Some maths A 5% public sector wage increase would cost about £7bn more than in the public sector plans The candidates worried this was inflationary It is a fraction of their tax cuts, which they think aren’t inflationary (Excluding Sunak) The maths doesn’t work #itvdebate 

Guess which type of school most fiddled A-level grades when they graded themselves? Hint: the colour in the chart A* edition 1/

One thing @KwasiKwarteng  said on the radio this morning "No chancellor has trailed their Budget with the OBR before announcing it..." This is false - chancellors always do this so OBR can produce a forecast Ask @George_Osborne  @PhilipHammondUK  @sajidjavid  @RishiSunak 

Update: After today's official statistics on deaths linked to coronavirus, a cautious estimate of all UK deaths up to today 05 May stands at 53,800 A significant upward revision 1/

Welcome to the UK Border Force just detained my 17-yr old daughter at the Gard du Nord because she was travelling on her German passport (she's a dual national) I am furious

This is......bad

We keep having to rewrite the top of the splash because financial markets do not want to touch sterling

Update: Following the latest hospital figures for the number of people who have died after testing positive for coronavirus, a cautious estimate of the UK excess deaths linked to the outbreak is 50,200 some methodology follows 1/

Today, after shockingly high @ONS  death figures, a cautious estimate of the number of UK people who have died directly or indirectly due to the coronavirus pandemic is 46,000 There have been significant upward revisions today, which I will explain 1/