Thank you to our Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for delivering the popular Conservative Manifesto Commitment to ban live exports for slaughter and fattening. It is the first live exports ban in Europe and is a huge win for animal welfare #ActionForAnimals

As well as dominating Europe, 4 out of the global top 10 universities are 🇬🇧. Britain's higher education triumph marches on.

Not just out of recession.
Not just faster than expectations.
This is a genuinely good growth rate, the first 'trend growth rate' we've seen in years. Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt will be delighted

🤝We welcomed Community Champions from the #TescoStrongerStarts programme, Groundwork UK and Dominic Raab MP for Esher & Walton, to share how the community grant from Tesco will help fund our bereavement services for children & young people.

A sincere thank you from us all💙

NEW
New OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives figs show the amount of state aid (subsidies/tax breaks etc) offered to Chinese companies is NINE TIMES what OECD nations like UK provide.
We finally have the beginnings of an answer to one of the biggest questions in the global economy news.sky.com/story/chinese-…

RIP Frank Field. My thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends. A formidable MP, and a brilliant man. telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/2…

This weekend, I’m abseiling off Anfield Stadium to raise money for Patrick Wild Centre, for the study of SYNGAP1, a genetic disorder that my granddaughter suffers from.

Please donate what you can here 👇🏻
gofundme.com/f/syngap1resea…

Great to hear local business, Fumb Games, is receiving £150,000 gov investment to hire more staff, secure publishing deals and unlock more private investment - all part of the gov’s plan to grow the creative industries by £50 billion by 2030. More info 👇
gov.uk/government/new…

Fantastic news that Chile 🇨🇱 has ratified UK 🇬🇧 accession to #CPTPP !

🇬🇧 🇨🇱 trade is worth almost £2bn and we hope to boost 📈 this even more.

Another sign of our important relationship - Chile was the first country to sign a continuity agreement with us after leaving the EU.

Two years on from his arrest on fabricated charges, Vladimir Kara-Murza remains in prison in appalling conditions, at the hands of a regime determined to silence him and everything he stands for.

The UK will not rest in our efforts to secure his release.

2 years ago Vladimir Kara-Murza was arrested for opposing Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine. The deliberately harmful prison conditions imposed by the Russian authorities are threatening his life.

Russia should release him immediately on humanitarian grounds. #FreeKaraMurza

My Trade Secrets today. Australia’s defiance of Chinese trade coercion isn’t just about smart exporters.

It’s also a consensus among Aussie politicians and public about trade & preventing Beijing playing divide and rule. Brussels & Washington take note.

on.ft.com/3QbZejB

Gold is trading at another record high this morning, consistent with the market’s’ main takeaway from yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting — that is, the world’s most powerful central bank seems willing to tolerate higher inflation for longer.
#economy #centralbanks #markets #gold

Our head coach Kevin Rudd with Dominic Raab, Chris Bryde (@StMarys_RL) and Piers Anthony (@BrunelRL) before presenting to the APPG Rugby League ahead of today's historic Wheelchair #RugbyLeague varsity game.

Thank you for your kind wishes and continued support over the last two months.

Wishing everyone a Happy Mother's Day. C

📸 The Prince of Wales, 2024

A salutary lesson in one of the greatest economic and geopolitical challenges the West now faces.

How China crushed the West in the race to power electric cars telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/…

Plenty of negative comments on the #Budget in the papers today (incl. some from me!), so here are the positives...

1️⃣ right to focus on cutting NI and promise to do more here (overall tax burden still rising but at slower pace, and gradually rebalancing away from a tax on work)

ICYMI, final UK composite #PMI revised down a touch to 53.0 in February (flash 53.3) but this is still consistent with a return to growth 👍

Euro area index recovering too, albeit still relatively weak (held back by France, 48.1, and especially Germany, just 46.3).

Press

Schroders Global Cities Index ranks London as the best City in Europe to invest in.

For the first time ever, Manchester moves into the Top 30 worldwide.

The whole of the #EU had 2 cities, the same as poor old #Brexit Britain. 😉

thisismoney.co.uk/money/investin…