Mark Harper

Inflation shooting up to 3.6% is deeply worrying for families already feeling the pinch. Labour’s decision to tax jobs and borrow more is killing growth, driving up prices and making everyday essentials more expensive. Because they’re too weak to take tough decisions, more tax…

Labour isn’t working.

When Labour aren’t raising eyebrows, they’re raising taxes. At #PMQs today, and in the studio afterwards, Labour refused to rule out pushing more people into higher rates of income tax. We all know what that means 👇

Keir Starmer’s End-of-Term Score Card: 📉 Economy contracting 📈 Inflation highest in the G7 ⬆️ Unemployment rising 💸 Borrowing costs worse than Greece 💥 Spending out of control And it’s only year one. With more tax rises on the way this Autumn, the worst is yet to come.

This morning’s news that inflation has shot up to 3.6 per cent - and remains well above the 2 per cent target - is deeply worrying for families. Labour’s decision to tax jobs and ramp up borrowing is killing growth and stoking inflation – making every day essentials more…

The Church of England’s General Synod today passed a motion by 238-7 votes, requesting 'His Majesty’s Government work to improve funding and access to desperately needed palliative care services instead of enacting a law that puts the most vulnerable at risk.’ #AssistedDyingBill

It should not be easier to have a large family on benefits than through work. But that is what Labour and Reform MPs want - more handouts, funded by borrowing and taxes. Do you think this is fair?

❌ This subsidy isn’t a good use of £650m of limited taxpayer cash 👉 New car buyers are significantly better off than most 👉 Manufacturers will be able to keep their prices & margins higher than otherwise It’s why I said no when I was Transport Secretary

We brought in the two-child benefit limit because people on benefits should make the same choices as everyone else. Reform want more benefits. Starmer won’t say what he believes. Today @Conservatives are forcing a vote in Parliament to find out.

This morning, Rachel Reeves' deputy, Darren Jones, refused to rule out new taxes on: 👉🏻 Your family home 👉🏻 Your savings 👉🏻 Your pension Millions of hardworking people are set to pay the price for Labour’s costly u-turns and economic mismanagement. We can't afford Labour.

Thanks to Labour's reckless choices the economy actually shrank in May. This will pile on even further pressure for tax rises in the Autumn. Under Labour - taxes hiked, inflation & unemployment up & growth stagnant. We can’t afford Labour. bbc.com/news/articles/…

Our Conservative family mourns the loss of Lord Tebbit today and I send my sincerest condolences to his loved ones. Norman Tebbit was an icon in British politics and his death will cause sadness across the political spectrum. He was one of the leading exponents of the philosophy…

26 former UK diplomats. 164 words. None of them is “hostages”.

Today, we stand with those who carry the pain of the 7/7 attacks, the families, friends and colleagues of those who never came home. We will remember them always.

I've written to the @OBR_UK seeking urgent clarity on the multi-billion pound hole created by Labour’s unfunded spending commitments. When governments lose control of the finances and transparency is sidelined, confidence in our economy is put at risk. Parliament and the public…

Busy today holding the government to account. Labour’s welfare chaos is a ticking tax timebomb. Hardworking families & businesses are set to pay the price for the Chancellor's economic mismanagement in the Autumn. More taxes. More debt. More borrowing. We can’t afford Labour.

But….. 👉 with only 1 reference to palliative care 👉 only 3 mentions of hospices and 👉 no commitment to universal access to high quality palliative and end of life care ❌ we shouldn’t even think about legalising Assisted Suicide ❌ it wouldn’t be a real choice for anyone

After the farcical scenes yesterday, reality dawns for the government. Keir Starmer’s u-turns and capitulations have blown an enormous hole in the public finances. And who is going to pay for this rank incompetence? Labour’s magazine of choice makes it clear: all of us.

This farcical climbdown is the most humiliating moment of Labour’s first year in office. Their flagship welfare bill has disintegrated - stripped bare at the last minute in a desperate attempt to avoid both a defeat, and a confidence vote in Keir Starmer. This isn’t serious…

This is grotesque. Glorifying violence against Jews isn’t edgy. The West is playing with fire if we allow this sort of behaviour to go unchecked. The cultural establishment needs to wake up to the fact this isn’t protest, it’s incitement. (1/2)