Simon Maxwell retweeted
Come on @andyburnham ... remember your promises to #ExcludedUK members and fulfil your promise to stand by the excluded!
youtu.be/Yjm6ag4m1xI

🚨PLEASE SIGN AND SHARE OUR EXCLUDEDUK PETITION🚨
✍️ PLEASE SIGN IT HERE:

WHILST WE ARE WAITING FOR PM ANDY BURNHAM TO HAND OUT THE PARITY HE PROMISED…. 🚨THIS IS HOW YOU CAN HELP….🚨 ✍️ SIGN our Parliamentary petition petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7813…

💜 DONATE to help fund the campaign: buymeacoffee.com/excludeduk

🌐 VISIT our website to learn more about ExcludedUK excludeduk.org

🔗 FOLLOW & SHAREour Linktree to find all our social media channels and campaign links linktr.ee/excludedukoffi…

📣 SHARE our posts and help keep #ExcludedUK visible

🏛️ CONTACT YOUR MPand ask them to support ExcludedUK and the Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support APPG.. even ask them to join by emailing admin@excludeduk.org

Every signature, donation, share and voice helps.

@JohnHealey_MP @ExcludedFighter @SadieMHarris @JohnMartinComic @inkbyboston @harrisonmaxwell @NickFerrariLBC @ITVX @PA @ExcludedUK @andyburnham @JohnHealey_MP @downingstreet @switherdenMP @MP4Stratford @AlPinkerton @gregsmith_uk @RichardNewby3 @ExcludedFighter @SadieMHarris @APPGGapsSupport @UKLabour @LibDems @Conservatives @theSNP @reformparty_uk @thisisyourparty @Plaid_Cymru @TheGreenParty @thatginamiller @MartinSLewis @JohnDCaudwell @itvnews @GMB @GBNEWS @BigIssue @LBC @itvnews @BBCNews @PA @AP @BBCBreakfast #Excluded #Covid19 #APPG #PMQs #FinancialRedress #BounceBackLoans #MentalHealth #justicefortheexcluded
@EstherMcVey1 you talk of betrayal? Maybe just spin round and look in the mirror....... there you see betrayal in detail. I am a family that was #ExcludedUK by the @Conservatives during Covid, all the fake lies and filling each others pockets. YOU betrayed 3.8 million tax payers
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Simon Maxwell retweeted
Replying to @RishiSunak
It’s a shame you didn’t think similar when you deliberately #ExcludedUK 3 million small businesses etc from any Covid support. Simply an outrage to people who paid in to the system. You and your party will have zero credibility for generations of voters @ExcludedUK @ForgottenLtd
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RT @ExcludedFighter: @RosieDuffield1 @APPGGapsSupport @ExcludedUK Rosie, your reply means so much to our community, especially when most MP…
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Signed! I kept two companies alive with my savings during COVID. Didn’t get a penny of support for either.
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Simon Maxwell retweeted
91 days as @10DowningStreet and @andyburnham is STILL IGNORING 3.8 MILLION #excludeduk hardworking taxpayers!

Is he going to a man of his words? 👇👇👇

@ExcludedFighter @ExcludedUK @susannareid100 @GMB @cathynewman @UKLabour @LBC @MartinSLewis
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Simon Maxwell retweeted
Replying to @griffitha
*Narrator*

60% of small-scale entrepreneurs said that the final years of the Tory Gov't damaged their business.

66% of small biz leaders felt that Sunak and the Tory Party were "out of ideas" & had lost the trust of the business community.

You're rubbish at this...
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Simon Maxwell retweeted
Hi Ed, when we spoke at Conference, I said there was a LD consensus that @andyburnham must honor his commitment to restitution for all the @ExcludedUK from COVID support. You pledged to raise this at party level. so WE look forward to action this week.

@Kevin_Maguire @GMB @PA
🚨EXCLUDEDUK... ON THE MAP!!!🚨

A quick media heads-up for Wednesday 28 October, Budget Day.

ExcludedUK has booked a digital video and audio advertising van which will be driving around Parliament Square and Westminster from 9am to 5pm, broadcasting campaign material e van will feature:

• video clips of Andy Burnham speaking publicly about ExcludedUK and the injustice faced by those excluded from meaningful Covid-19 financial support
• testimony from ExcludedUK members about the continuing financial, personal and mental health consequences of exclusion
• ExcludedUK campaign messaging and calls for recognition, accountability and redress

Our most prolific campaigner, Tim Pravda, also known as @ExcludedFighter, will be around Parliament Square throughout the day, together with other ExcludedUK members, and will be available to speak to journalists and broadcasters.

So, if you or any of your colleagues are in Westminster covering the Budget, please keep an eye out for the van and for Tim and our members.

We would be very grateful if you could also flag this with your political, Westminster, economics or newsdesk colleagues.

After more than six years, the 3.8 million taxpayers who were excluded from meaningful Covid-19 financial support are still campaigning to be heard.

If you would like interviews, background information, member case studies, video footage or briefing material in advance, please contact me.

Jennifer Griffiths
Head of ExcludedUK
Secretariat Secretary, Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support APPG
📧 admin@excludeduk.org
🌐 excludeduk.org

Dutifully paid in. Deliberately left out.

@BBC @BBCNews @BBCBreaking @BBCPolitics @BBCWorld @BBCR1 @BBCRadio2 @BBCRadio3 @BBCr4today @bbc5live @bbclookeast @bbclondonnews @BBCScotland @bbcwalesnews @BBCnireland @ITV @itvnews @itvanglia @itvcentral @itvmeridian @granadatv @itvtynetees @sky @SkyNews @SkyNewsBiz
@Channel4 @Channel4News @E4Tweets @More4
@channel5_tv @5_News @GBNEWS @TalkTV
@LBC @TimesRadio @talkSPORT @VirginRadioUK @ClassicFM @thisisheart @CapitalOfficial @KissFMUK @magicfm @guardian @thetimes @Telegraph @FT @mailonline @Independent @DailyMirror
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Simon Maxwell retweeted
the room next door - Kemi Badenoch
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"And with that .. he was off" 😂😂😂

The most instantly forgettable speeches of all time.
Bravo @griffitha
I’ve finally found my video of the month.
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"She looks like Eva Marie Saint in On The Waterfront"
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions

#Northbynorthwest #1
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WHILST WE ARE ALL WAITING FOR @andyburnham and @JohnHealey_MP to write our cheques.... you can help remind them by doing the following:

🚨THIS IS HOW YOU CAN HELP….🚨

✍️ SIGN our Parliamentary petition petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7813…

💜 DONATE to help fund the campaign buymeacoffee.com/excludeduk

🌐 VISIT our website to learn more about ExcludedUK excludeduk.org

🔗 FOLLOW & SHAREour Linktree to find all our social media channels and campaign links linktr.ee/excludedukoffi…

📣 SHARE our posts and help keep #ExcludedUK visible

🏛️ CONTACT YOUR MPand ask them to support ExcludedUK and the Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support APPG.. even ask them to join by emailing admin@excludeduk.org
Every signature, donation, share and voice helps.

#ExcludedUK @andyburnham @JohnHealey_MP @ExcludedFighter @SadieMHarris @JohnMartinComic @inkbyboston @harrisonmaxwell @NickFerrariLBC @ITVX @PA @ExcludedUK @andyburnham @JohnHealey_MP @downingstreet @switherdenMP @MP4Stratford @AlPinkerton @gregsmith_uk @RichardNewby3 @ExcludedFighter @SadieMHarris @APPGGapsSupport @UKLabour @LibDems @Conservatives @theSNP @reformparty_uk @thisisyourparty @Plaid_Cymru @TheGreenParty @thatginamiller @MartinSLewis @JohnDCaudwell @itvnews @GMB @GBNEWS @BigIssue @LBC @itvnews @BBCNews @PA @AP @BBCBreakfast #Excluded #Covid19 #APPG #PMQs #FinancialRedress #BounceBackLoans #MentalHealth #justicefortheexcluded
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Simon Maxwell retweeted
Andrew Griffith delivered one of the worst party conference speeches of all time, writes @RobDotHutton
thecritic.co.uk/an-historic-cl…
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🚨 IT’S FINALLY LIVE! PLEASE SIGN AND SHARE OUR EXCLUDEDUK PETITION 🚨

After waiting for it to be approved and published, I can finally say it:
My Parliamentary petition calling for financial redress for the 3.8 million taxpayers excluded from Covid-19 financial support is now LIVE!!!

✍️ PLEASE SIGN IT HERE:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7813…
The petition calls on the Government to:

“Establish a fair financial redress scheme for the 3.8 million taxpayers excluded from Covid-19 financial support, reflecting the support received by comparable taxpayers and businesses.”
For more than six years, millions of people who dutifully paid into the system have been fighting to be heard.

Newly self-employed people.
Company directors.
Freelancers.
New starters.
Those denied furlough.
PAYE freelancers.
People earning over the SEISS threshold.
Those affected by maternity, pensions and other circumstances.

People lost income, businesses, homes and financial security while others in comparable circumstances received substantial Government support.
The consequences did not simply disappear when lockdown ended.
This petition is our opportunity to show Parliament that the excluded have NOT gone away.
📣 WE NEED 10,000 SIGNATURES for a Government response.
📣 WE NEED 100,000 SIGNATURES for the petition to be considered for debate in Parliament.
So please do three things:
✅ SIGN IT
✅ SHARE IT
✅ Ask everyone you know to sign and share it too
Please share it on Facebook, LinkedIn, X, WhatsApp, email and anywhere else you can.
Tag your MP.

Tag journalists.

Tag broadcasters.

Tag anyone who supported the excluded.

We need to get this in front of as many people as possible.

After six years of campaigning, we are still here.

We are still fighting.
And we will continue until the 3.8 million excluded taxpayers finally receive the recognition, justice and financial redress they deserve.

Dutifully paid in. Deliberately left out.
👉 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7813…
#ExcludedUK #ExcludedUKPetition #FinancialRedress #CovidSupport #3Point8Million #DutifullyPaidInDeliberatelyLeftOut @RichardNewby3
@switherdenMP @MP4Stratford @AlPinkerton @gregsmith_uk @SadieMHarris @ExcludedFighter @JohnMartinComic @Euan4Falkirk @iqbalmohamedMP @JakeBenRichards @KimJohnsonMP @BeaversLorraine @OllyGloverLD @PaulKohlerSW19 @RebeccaHarrisMP @RosieDuffield1 @RupaHuq @SorchaEastwood @StephenGethins @SteveDarlingMP @timfarron @VikkiSlade72 @WillForster @ZoeFranklinLD @APPGGapsSupport @UKLabour @LibDems @Conservatives @theSNP @reformparty_uk @thisisyourparty @Plaid_Cymru @TheGreenParty @thatginamiller @MartinSLewis @JohnDCaudwell @itvnews @GMB @GBNEWS @BigIssue @LBC @itvnews @BBCNews @PA @AP @BBCBreakfast
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Simon Maxwell retweeted
Replying to @LukeTryl
If @KemiBadenoch wants to bring voters back to @Conservatives, start with #ExcludedUK abandoned by Sunak. Apologise and join the growing calls for @andyburnham as PM to honour his restitution pledge. This is about trust justice and accountability #CPC26 @NickFerrariLBC @UKLabour
"You've had eight months to do the sums, why are three million people still excluded?": Nick Ferrari challenges the Chancellor on why so many people are still unable to get financial help.

@NickFerrariLBC
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Simon Maxwell retweeted
All chat wasn’t it @andyburnham?

We get it in truth, you’re never gonna come out and financially remunerate something that your government were not responsible for but recognise the issue now you’re in power. #excludeduk
FAIR. PROPORTIONATE. DOABLE.

In this video from our ExcludedUK livestream on 24 June 2024, @AndyBurnham said:
“I think there are ways we can start to frame financial asks that I think are fair, proportionate and doable.”
Those words matter even more today.

Andy has been our ion from the beginning of the ExcludedUK campaign.

He has recognised that the exclusion of 3.8 million UK taxpayers from parity of Covid-19 financial support was not simply unfortunate.

It was an injustice that must be rectified.

He told us: “The public see you and the public support you.”
He promised: “We will work with you to make sure that the excluded is recognised as one of the injustices that this country needs to rectify.”

He also made clear: “I supported you back in the pandemic, and we support you now. The passage of time doesn’t change that.”

Now, as Prime Minister, Andy has the opportunity to work with ExcludedUK and the Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support APPG to turn those words into action.

We are ready to discuss financial asks that are fair, proportionate and achievable.
After more than six years, the 3.8 million cannot simply be written off. Businesses, homes, livelihoods and futures were lost.

More than 40 members of our community saw no other way out than to take their own lives.

Recognition is fair. Accountability is proportionate.
Justice is doable.
Prime Minister, let us begin that work.

Please email Head of ExcludedUK, Jennifer Griffiths, at jennifer@excludeduk.org
excludeduk.org #ExcludedUK #WeAreNotGoingAway #Relentless
#Lab26
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Simon Maxwell retweeted
5 years ago my local MP @StephenMorganMP wrote to @RishiSunak about the 3.7million people who were #excludedUK from ANY financial help during the pandemic. 5 years on and still nothing. No parity & no apology!
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Simon Maxwell retweeted
Have you visited the Trent Park House of Secrets yet? Fascinating insights into WWII espionage londonist.com/london/museums…
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How about you speak up for the many who got shafted by your very own @RishiSunak in Covid and got zero help? Then you might be bit more believable! We’ve not forgotten and never will at the ballot box! Generations won’t vote for you @ExcludedUK @ForgottenLtd @ExcludedFighter
Small firms are the engine of growth. This Government keeps stalling them.

Before my election to Parliament I spent the best part of two decades working with businesses.
I learned that a healthy economy isn't measured in Treasury forecasts. It's measured by whether a business to take on an apprentice or invest in a new machine.

Right now, too many can't.
📉 Just 18% of small firms expect to grow this year, the lowest since the FSB's index began in 2014!
💷 A small firm with nine staff on the National Living Wage has seen its employment bill rise by £25,850 a year since January 2025!
🏪 63% of UK firms now say tax is their biggest concern!

The jobs tax, higher business rates, more red tape and sky-high energy costs. Each one makes it harder for a local employer to give a young person a chance, the kind of chance I relied on growing up.

The Chancellor must listen to small businesses before the next Budget.

Read my full piece here 👇
peterbedford.uk/news/small-fir…
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Simon Maxwell retweeted
Replying to @LibDems @mpmwilko
After all your support over the years @sarahjolney1, thank you for meeting me outside #libdemconf to discuss the ongoing impact of #ExcludedUK, and how your party can now put pressure on @andyburnham to honour his words of restitution.

@ExcludedUK
@JohnDCaudwell
@thatginamiller
👇 Highlights from the #ExcludedUK Pre Budget Event on Wednesday. Mr Sunak must surely be able to spare the two minutes to listen. The Chancellor would be doing the country a complete disservice if he ignores those left behind on March 3rd. It's time to bring us in from the cold.
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