Nightmare for a friend of mine in London. Please share.

Don Quixote, Pedro Almodavar, Julio Iglesias, Francisco Goya, can you hear me? Your boys just took one hell of a drawing.

I wonder why the Govt issued its decision not to compensate WASPI women at 5pm? www.gov.uk/government/p...

💥 In Donetsk region, birds are building nests from drone fiber optics.

At the start of my terrorism studies course, I ask students what most terrorists have in common. They always say: 1- Mental illness 2- Religion. They are, of course, wrong. The two most common traits of violent extremists are: 1- Gender 2- History of domestic violence and online mysogyny.

Wall-E origin story looks terrific.

This is a very good, balanced and crucially evidence-based piece by @stevewebb1.bsky.social on the triple lock. archive.ph/BweOI

Steve Webb, as always, hits the nail on the head. Bountiful private pensions are enjoyed by relatively few, while our state pension still lags considerably behind the European average.

😂 Sam Coates makes an ABSOLUTE TIT of himself. Calls PM photos "fake news" then finds out they're from the Press Association. If you make a spurious, inflammatory point you never made about any official photograph before, to pitch yourself as the only reliable source, at a minimum check your facts.

I’ve come to the view that the state pension Triple Lock (or similar generous increases) needs to go on for longer. TL:DR because private pension savings are nowhere the level needed to make up the ‘other half’ of what we need in retirement. My piece for the Telegraph today:

The first poll says Burnham is 3% ahead of Reform. I argue that his true lead may be greater kellnerp.substack.com/p/what-is-th...

Reeves’s daft promise not tax the state pension in some circumstances will exclude older pensioners and help only a few hundred thousand younger ones bit.ly/42z9t7j top analysis by ex Minister @stevewebb1.bsky.social

Rachel Reeves’s state pension tax break won’t help many

Wes Streeting is already facing growing calls to stand down as PM

The Daily Star have bought another lettuce 👀

Miatta Fahnbulleh - the minister for devolution, faith and communities - has resigned from govt this morning, calling on the PM to set a timetable for an orderly transition of leadership. Our ministerial resignation tracker has the latest info... docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

If Andy Burnham fights a by-election, what is the message on his leaflets? Vote Labour to get rid of the Prime Minister??

I am reminded of Elmer the elephant by the Birmingham political map of 2026 though the quite positive patchwork of harmony message of that storybook may be challenging to emulate in city local politics

Our current contender for the closest ward of the night... Saddleworth South (Oldham) LDM: 1594 (35.04%) RFM: 1592 (35.00%) LAB: 602 (13.2%) CON: 417 (9.2%) GRN: 344 (7.6%) LDM Hold Last Elected 2023

Obligatory election night coverage post: if you’re at a count and want to known who’s won before anyone else, just find the slightly odd Lib Dem activist who has a spreadsheet, they always know the result first.

Hi @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com just caught up on your pensions special money show from Tuesday night. Just wanted to say well done on getting across so many tricky pensions ideas in such a clear way - and especially discouraging people from opting out of their workplace pension - thank you!

This matters for policy. Misreading HLE trends risks misdiagnosing the problem. Should worsening self-reported mental health among people in their 20s/30s drive decisions about the State Pension Age? I’d argue not (see my recent paper with @stevewebb1.bsky.social) www.lcp.com/en/media-cen...

When your Deputy Leader gives this answer to a question (in the Times) about whether you should remain Prime Minister, it’s not a ringing endorsement…..

CELEBRITY TRAITORS SERIES TWO CAST ANNOUNCED 🚨🚨

The Tony Blair Institute has come up with a truly awful plan for fixing pensions - so that your pension is based on a personalised projection of your death date. Former pensions Minister Steve Webb explains: " Just imagine going to a benefits tribunal to argue with DWP you should ...

Is it just me, or could we be a few years away from a constitutional crisis? Suppose Reform (or the Greens) win power with virtually no representation in the Lords - how do they get legislation through? Either create hundreds of new peers (love to see the vetting there..) or instant Lords reform??

No10’s account is incredible. I held Developed Vetting for nearly ten years and spent three years at the heart of the Cabinet Office. I have never heard of a Developed Vetting denial being overruled. Here’s why…🧵 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

This is as close to hopeful as I get...

"My grandmother, who lived to 92, occasionally asked visitors to kill her, though more in hope than expectation." as.ft.com/r/ea7a77ed-e...

I'm a big fan of the triple lock. But this defence of it is stupid: there's no need to play off old against young (quite the opposite; the thing about the lock is that it benefits younger people more), nor to pretend that the lock is only affordable if we cut other benefits.

Since 2018 Italy have qualified for more men’s cricket world cups than men’s football world cups.

Interesting trail from Ian Cheshire of the Pensions Commission at @standardlifeuk.bsky.social event The commission will publish modelling based on BOTH the state pension with a triple lock AND a less generous future state pension (even though triple lock not formally in scope)

we go live to Heard Island:

On the plus side, as it's his 66th birthday today, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor will have qualified for his state pension...

Can't help feeling that pensions stories won't be dominating the front pages tomorrow morning....

At this very moment both the BBC News and Sky News channels are yet again showing a live speech by Nigel Farage. When will they start showing every speech by @zackpolanski.bsky.social and @eddavey.libdems.org.uk live as well?

This Monday marked 10 years of doing a weekly column for This is Money, answering reader questions on pensions. Little did we realise the impact it would have, including forcing the Govt. to refund over £900m in underpaid state pensions as well as helping lots of individuals - very rewarding!

Just going to leave this here

Today's column. On the abyss. www.thetimes.com/article/c7f8...

I’m guessing there will have been some raised eyebrows when this popped up in the DWP ministerial press cuttings this morning….

Column in which I ask the important question: has Torsten Bell ever killed a man? economist.com/britain/2026...

I’d started wishing Man Utd well under Carrick who seems decent … now I’ll have to go back to hoping they lose ….

My new column for Money Marketing on why the forthcoming pensions dashboard could have a bigger impact than people think - and why financial advisers could have a key role to make sure that it succeeds: www.moneymarketing.co.uk/opinion/stev...

BRB, just googling “what happens if you get rid of your lightning rod and there is more lightning?”

and no I haven't put the Mandelson-Epstein-Reinaldo scoop on twitter we journalists *can* make Bluesky the place to break news

As expected, the Government has 're-taken' the WASPI compensation decision, but has come to exactly the same conclusion - no compensation. Just announced in the House of Commons.

Thanks to @stevewebb1.bsky.social (and colleagues at LCP) for this very interesting report: lcpuk.foleon.com/gender-ethni...

Many people assume their will determines where their money goes after they die. But with pensions it's not quite that simple. This week I reply to a reader who wants her pension pot to go to her daughter with everything else to her husband and discuss who decides what goes to whom! #pensions

Anyone else having trouble telling the News and The Traitors apart tonight?

Kemi discovering after 15 months that Robert Jenrick has been plotting in "secret"