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Zelenskyy has arrived in Germany, where he is scheduled to meet today with the Chancellor, the President, and the President of the Bundestag. Discussions will focus on strengthening air defense and supporting Ukraine's energy sector.

🇩🇪🇺🇦President Zelenskyy: A good and very substantive meeting with Chancellor Friedrich Merz. I thank Germany and the Chancellor personally, the entire government team, and all Germans for their tangible and exceptionally significant support.

Former Chancellor Rachel Reeves has argued the UK's future should be inside the EU, and that Brexit has made the country "poorer, weaker and less secure" She’s right👇

Former Chancellor Rachel Reeves has argued the UK's future should be inside the EU, and that Brexit has made the country "poorer, weaker and less secure" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Reeves says UK's future should be inside the EU

BP quarterly $8.46bn (£6.3bn) profits hit ‘obscene’ 18-year high. Shareholders and execs profit from wars, household and business hit hard. No curbs on profiteering. Will fuel inflation and poverty. Chancellor didn't levy windfall tax on energy companies.

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BP profits hit ‘obscene’ 18-year high as Iran war drives up oil refining margins

UK will give a further £10B of economic and military support in the largest ever package of financial backing for Ukraine. PM Burnham and Chancellor Healy informed President Zelenskyy this morning of their decision and announcement in the Budget.

The Chancellor says this is a budget for working people. He says it's about growth and fiscal discipline. But aren't these the same fiscal rules that constantly change - and have constrained the investment this country so badly needs?

Chancellor pays tribute to Rachel Reeves. Yet he's said this is a "continuity government" but refuses to make the big changes we so desperately need. So what was this new Labour Government for other than a change in the people reading the "difficult choices?"

This is how the UK Chancellor can increase the income tax personal allowance by £3,000. Must end/curtail subsidies to banks. Align tax rates on capital gains & dividends with those on wages. Inconvenience to a few, but millions will be lifted out of hardship.

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This is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardship

Ahead of tomorrow's budget statement. Here’s how the UK chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millions by addressing tax and fiscal anomalies. There is no shortage of money. All that is needed is the political will.

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Here’s how the chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millions

UK Chancellor pledges cheaper marmalade and gherkins in pre-Budget package of 'everyday fixes'. Fiddling at the edges. Need redistribution of income and wealth. End profiteering in housing, energy, water, essentials. Increase tax personal allowance.

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Healey pledges cheaper marmalade and gherkins in pre-Budget package

The German chancellor's upbeat pitch comes at a time of mounting pressure in Berlin, where a ministerial resignation and rising far-right support have left the chancellor’s coalition on shaky ground. #Investment #Germany #AsiaRelations

Chancellor Merz: We are facing a massive threat in the east of our continent. Russia's attack war against Ukraine has deeply shaken the European peace agreement. And we see that Russia wants to destabilize Germany every day.

UK Chancellor announces £2bn Energy Wealth Fund after Jackdaw gas project. PR gesture. UK squandered North Sea wealth in tax cuts for corporations and the rich. Norway didn't, has $2.4 trillion sovereign fund. UK govts fight class wars, long-term neglected.

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The 'trillion pound' oil fund the government believes Britain could have built

🇩🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 Germany’s Chancellor Merz: A surrender, or even an unconditional surrender, for Ukraine is not an option, because this would be a surrender of all of us.