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🇬🇧 Official Restore Britain | North Durham Branch. Common sense. Local people. 🇬🇧

31/10/2026

Luke, don't insult our intelligence.

This is political virtue signalling dressed up as good news, aimed at people who won't look beyond the headline.

Let's put that £100 into perspective.

Based on forecast inflation, the average UK household will face around £1,200 more in annual living costs just to maintain the same spending.

So households could be facing another £1,200 in costs, and you're celebrating giving them £100 back? That's still roughly £1,100 more to find. An absolute p**s take.

And that's before considering individual tax changes or differences in household incomes.

Meanwhile, the OBR forecasts:

- 0% real wage growth in 2027 and 2028.
- Just 1% economic growth in 2027.
- The national tax burden rising to 37.9% of GDP in 2027–28.

These are independent forecasts, not any opposition figures.

It's taking from Peter to pay Paul, then expecting a round of applause for handing Peter buttons back.

Rupert Lowe raised the fundamental issue. Britain needs policies that reward people who work, build businesses, create jobs and contribute to the economy. Not MPs celebrating taxpayer-funded handouts while the wider economic picture declines.

Labour was founded to represent working people. You've become so preoccupied with redistribution that you've lost sight of the people creating the wealth in the first place.

Labour increasingly resembles the Welfare Party, not the Labour Party.

Taking from productive britain to buy votes from the unproductive.

You're betraying the original meaning of Labour and the working people you were supposed to represent.

30/10/2026

Today, Restore Britain has published our comprehensive veterans policy paper, A Home Fit for Heroes.

I want Britain to become a country that properly looks after the men and women who have served in our Armed Forces.

Our proposals are substantial.

We will establish a dedicated Department of Veterans' Affairs, headed by a Cabinet-level Secretary of State.

One department responsible for veterans' welfare, pensions, compensation, housing, healthcare and employment support.

Every local authority area will have access to a dedicated Veterans Officer. Someone who can actually get things done - one point of contact to simplify the process.

We will abolish NHS prescription and dental charges for qualifying veterans and their immediate families. Free eye tests and hearing tests, too. Where NHS dentistry is unavailable, we will fund private treatment.

Veterans will receive statutory priority for social housing - nobody who served this country should be left sleeping on our streets. NOBODY.

We will introduce funded retraining for veterans whose military qualifications are not recognised in civilian life, alongside lifelong employment support. We will also encourage recruitment of former servicemen and women into our police, emergency services, prisons and border services.

And importantly - immigration enforcement roles.

We will bring post-service pensions and compensation administration together under the new department.

Bereaved families will receive dedicated support, and we will introduce a funeral contribution for veterans whose deaths were not attributable to military service.

We will legislate to stop malicious legal proceedings against veterans who served. We will not tolerate endless legal harassment of our former servicemen and women - we will legally pursue those found to be engaging in vindictive complaints against our veterans.

We will also introduce a statutory Veterans Charter, giving qualifying veterans enforceable rights rather than leaving them dependent on goodwill.

As a party, we are sick of seeing veterans treated as an afterthought.

These people served our country. Some came home with life-changing injuries. Others lost friends, colleagues and years with their families.

They have done their duty to Britain. It is time Britain did its duty to them.

That is what a Restore Britain Government will deliver.

30/10/2026

We want to make something absolutely clear.

Our investigation into asylum accommodation near a lical Nursery has raised genuine concerns about safeguarding, the suitability of the location and the decisions made by the relevant authorities.

Those concerns remain, and we will continue pursuing answers.

Following changes to Home Office accommodation assessment criteria under Shabana Mahmood, particularly regarding proximity to schools and nurseries, we believe there are serious questions that deserve answers.

Has this property been reassessed? Have the appropriate safeguarding considerations been examined? Can the authorities demonstrate that its location remains suitable?

These are reasonable questions, and we will not shy away from asking them.

However, we also recognise that this is a sensitive issue affecting real people and families within our area.

There are ordinary residents living alongside these properties. They are our neighbours, our friends and our community. They deserve to feel safe in their own homes.

Protecting our communities means protecting the people who live in them.

Information identifying the property has been publicly accessible for several years, long before our investigation. Nevertheless, we have deliberately chosen not to republish the full address, recognising the importance of handling sensitive information responsibly.

We ask everyone discussing these issues to show the same consideration towards neighbouring households and the occupants themselves.

We understand that people feel strongly about these matters. We do too.

But change must come through lawful, democratic means. Never through threats, intimidation or taking matters into your own hands.

Our concerns are directed at the authorities responsible for accommodation placements, licensing and safeguarding.

No one should approach, threaten or attempt to interfere with the property or anyone living there. Doing so risks the safety of innocent people, including neighbouring families.

We will continue gathering evidence, questioning decision-makers, challenging decisions through the appropriate channels and demanding transparency.

We remain unwavering in our concerns about the proximity of this accommodation to the nursery.

But responsibility for explaining and justifying these decisions rests with the authorities, not with the people living inside the property.

We want proper safeguarding, transparency and accountability.

And we want change achieved democratically and lawfully.

Restore Britain North Durham

28/10/2026

Article 4 this, Article 4 that. Darren, you're missing the point!

Nobody disputes Reform introducing Article 4. We're asking what you've actually done about THIS property in the last 18 months, and that is a completley reasonable question to ask!

Have you and Reform investigated its licensing and planning history? Has Reform requested inspections? Has Reform raised concerns about its proximity to Oxhill Nursery? Or even explored any lawful routes to challenge its continued use?

If so, what were the findings? If not, why not?

And let's not forget Andrew Husband coming onto our page dismissing our research as "absolutely clueless", mocking Jean for having no powers, claiming she wouldn't be involved in council business, saying she can chair a committee in the crematorium and suggesting she'd have more time to walk her dog (after we stated it was her late dog)

🚫 We don't do that to your candidate Mark Taylor. Please don't do it to Jean! 🚫

An elected councillor doesn't need to chair a committee or hold executive powers to scrutinise decisions, question officers, raise motions or demand accountability.

If Andrew genuinely believes councillors without executive positions are powerless then he is in for a shock if jeans elected,

Data, research, accountability and public transparency.

👀 And Darren, as for your suggestion that we don't understand planning, licensing, the private rented sector or Home Office procurement, you have absolutely no idea who is working with us, what experience they bring or the extent of the research we've carried out.

We've spent months examining licensing records, planning applications, property ownership and company networks. We've identified properties and connections that deserve further investigation.

You've never asked to examine our evidence, yet you're happy to publicly dismiss our understanding of the subject.

How would you know? 🤦🏻

To his credit, (and a huge change in tone) Andrew has since responded constructively to our formal correspondence and offered to involve an officer. We've welcomed that. ✅️

We've repeatedly offered you both our extensive research. We know the owner of this property, we have documented their other properties that are also currently under Mears licences, we have also mapped properties they have acquired that are NOT currently under any HMO licence but have the potential to be. We have located a solicitor firm that deals in assylum and immigration law that is currently owned by a man of the same name, only few doors down from the company that owns THIS property.

Please don't you or Andrew insinuate we know nothing.

You say Reform has the powers. We're asking you to use them.

Let's stop trading insults, examine the evidence and start tackling these properties surgically, one at a time.

Work with us, not against us.

Reform UK
Darren Grimes
Restore Britain

28/10/2026

📢 UPDATE: MEARS HMO OPPOSITE OXHILL NURSERY

We've received a prompt response from Durham County Council Leader Cllr Andrew Husband, which we're pleased to see.

Andrew shares our concerns about accommodation situated directly opposite a nursery attended by children aged just 2–4.

Jean replied and hopes we can work together to get some proper answers. 🤝

Meanwhile, Jean and the team will continue examining the legislation, licensing powers and every avenue available to challenge the property's suitability and seek an end to its use for asylum accommodation 🇬🇧

For transparency, we're sharing Andrew's response and our reply below.

📩 Original correspondence: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1LxBcfKy7p/

27/10/2026

🤯MEARS HMO DIRECTLY OPPOSITE A NURSERY FOR CHILDREN AGED 2–4.

Our research team has visited the property and spoken directly with several male occupants, although communication was limited due to their English proficiency. 🧐

Following Labour's revised asylum accommodation-sourcing criteria, we're demanding to know whether this property has been reassessed, including its proximity to the nursery, safeguarding considerations and whether it remains suitable for its current use.

🇬🇧Our candidate Jean Thomson has formally raised our concerns with the Home Office and Durham County Council, copying in Labour MP Luke Akehurst and Reform's council leadership.

✅️Children's safety must be a priority. We want answers, not excuses.

Full correspondence below 👇🏼

27/10/2026

North Durham will be there 🇬🇧

26/10/2026

CRAGHEAD & SOUTH MOOR — 19TH NOVEMBER

Jean is fed up with hearing the same promises every election. Fewer potholes, cleaner streets, more police. Yet the same problems persist.

She also understands that becoming a councillor doesn't mean you can simply demand these things happen and P**F magically they are done.

Making big promises might sound good, but actually getting things changed takes tedious boring work. You need to know what the problems are, who's responsible and what can realistically be done about them.

That's why Jean wants to use research, facts and evidence to challenge poor decisions and hold those responsible to account.

Her five priorities are:

- Tackle problem properties and landlords who repeatedly fail to act.
- Use data to challenge policing tactics that arn't reducing crime.
- Protect vulnerable women and children from unsafe housing decisions.
- Scrutinise HMO investors and companies profiting from publicly funded accommodation without care for the local residents.
- Question how public money is spent locally and challenge services that aren't delivering.

Jean isn't promising to fix everything overnight. She wants to transparently get answers, challenge decisions that aren't working and, where possible, push to REVERSE bad decisions that have harmed the area especially in regards to Mears HMO housing.

We've published her five priorities so you can read exactly what she wants to achieve and how she plans to go about it.

Read then here: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DUBEmg4ZN/

JEAN THOMSON | RESTORE BRITAIN

Thursday 19 November 2026

IT'S TIME TO PUT STANLEY FIRST.

25/10/2026

Restore Britain is an unashamedly pro-shooting party.

It is a vital part of rural Britain, helping supply British game to local butchers, restaurants, pubs and households.

It supports gamekeepers, farmers, rural businesses, food processors, hospitality jobs and more. It pumps millions and millions into parts of rural Britain that are entirely forgotten by Westminster - very often at times of the year when otherwise local businesses would perish.

We want to see more British game on dinner tables, at home but also across the public sector. Let’s serve more game in our schools, hospitals and other public sector institutions.

Why not? Rather than importing cheap meat from the other side of the planet.

Use what we have here.

A Restore Britain Government will proudly celebrate the food produced in our countryside and the people whose livelihoods depend on it. Something urban MPs, the vast majority of them, will never understand.

Restore Britain supports responsible shooting.

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