Co-Chair @prosper_UK_ | First Mayor of the West Midlands and former MD of John Lewis | Chair @birminghamrep
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Millions of voters are turned off by populism & are looking instead for competence and realism
@Prosper_UK_ exists to support a Conservative Party focused on growth, opportunity & responsible government
Britain can do better & prosper again
Join today: prosperuk.com/sign-up/
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Andy Street retweeted
The time is right to move on from the triple lock.
It is uncertain, unpredictable and expensive.
A smoothed earnings link would protect pensioners from inflation, make the system fairer, and free up more money for priorities like defence.
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Andy Street retweeted
We have launched A Fairer Welfare System.
Welfare spending is heading for £406bn.
Our plan: reform the triple lock, restore in-person assessments, make work pay, and protect those who genuinely need help.
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.@Prosper_UK_’s first policy proposal:
The triple lock has served pensioners well, but it isn’t sustainable forever.
A smoothed earnings link would protect pensioners while putting the system on a fairer, more sustainable footing.
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Andy Street retweeted
Jun 10
Seven years after graduating.
That is not a normal loan.
It is a broken system.
Sign the petition: fairfees.uk/sign
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Andy Street retweeted
Jun 8
Good to see @RuthDavidsonPC launching @ProsperUKs first campaign, Fair Fees.
Student loans should help young people get on. But for too many graduates, the system now feels less like a loan and more like an extra tax on aspiration.
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Andy Street retweeted
Jun 8
Graduates are being charged far more than they borrowed.
Today we launched our first campaign to reform the student finance system and make it fairer for graduates, students and the next generation.
Sign the petition: prosperuk.com/fair_fees_peti…
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Jun 5
Pleased to have contributed to @WeAreBrightBlue's Liberalism Liberated
My argument is simple: devolution has proved itself, but England’s mayors still need fiscal autonomy to drive real growth
The next phase must be genuine fiscal devolution
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Andy Street retweeted
Jun 5
We heard it again in Liverpool.
At our roundtable with @DowntownBusines, businesses were clear: they want to invest, hire and grow.
But high taxes, rising employment costs, planning delays and skills gaps are holding them back.
Policy should not just be written in meeting rooms in London. It should be shaped by the people creating jobs, taking risks and trying to get Britain growing again.
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Andy Street retweeted
May 27
Tony Blair is right.
You cannot claim growth is the mission while making energy dearer, hiring harder, welfare more expensive and businesses less confident.
And you cannot prepare Britain for the future while ducking AI, defence, planning, tax and public service reform.
The centre can be radical. The centre-right needs to own that space again, because Labour clearly cannot deliver it.
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Andy Street retweeted
May 26
The 2019 coalition has left the station.
The Conservative Party will not rebuild by trying to recreate it. And Chasing Reform risks shrinking the party further.
The opportunity now is to build a broad, pro-growth, centre-right coalition focused on living standards and competence.
As @gavinbarwell pointed out here
conservativehome.com/2026/05…
The more striking thing from this is that more current Tory voters voted to Remain than Leave the EU: as they have shed votes to Reform the party is now not only less Leave than 2019 Johnson coalition, but also more Remain voting than those who voted for Cameron in 2015.
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Andy Street retweeted
May 20
Too many difficult debates in British politics are simply avoided.
Prosper UK is going to begin policy work on a fair deal for the next generation, looking honestly at how housing, taxation, pensions and opportunity affect younger and older generations differently.
You cannot solve long-term problems by pretending they do not exist.
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May 20
Massive congratulations to Unai, the players, the staff, and every Villa supporter. We’ve waited 44 years for nights like this to return.
You’ve made us proud tonight.
#UTV
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May 19
Good luck to Unai, the players and every Villa fan making the trip to Istanbul tomorrow.
Safe travels and enjoy every second of it. #UTV
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May 19
It’s time to put the city and residents first - put political differences aside.
Birmingham is not ungovernable. It needs stable, serious local leadership that puts residents first.
Working with other parties locally is not the same as endorsing them nationally.
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Andy Street retweeted
May 16
These results show there is no chance of rebuilding our 2019 coalition. Reform are here to stay.
We can still win with a party to the right of us - but only if we build a new centre-right coalition based on serious, pro-growth policies. 2015 showed it can be done.
@gavinbarwell for Conservative Home
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Andy Street retweeted
May 13
This Friday @andy4wm and @ruthdavidsonpc are hosting our first Prosper UK Town Hall in Scotland.
After last week’s Scottish Parliament results, the conversation feels more important than ever. No set piece speeches, just an open discussion about serious, moderate, pro-growth politics in Scotland and across the UK.
Sign up: tinyurl.com/ProsperUKEdinbur…
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May 11
Across the WM I’m sorry to see good friends and colleagues lose their seats.
But there are lessons too. In Sutton Coldfield, Conservatives gained by focusing on competence, local priorities and delivery.
The path back is a focus on growth & opportunity.
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Andy Street retweeted
May 11
Farage said he would wipe the Conservatives out as a national force. He hasn’t.
But the 2019 coalition has gone. Reform is not going away. Labour is losing ground, and the Lib Dems aren’t breaking through.
Millions of centre and centre-right voters still feel unrepresented.
The route back is a new coalition built around the economy, everyday priorities and serious government.
prosperuk.com/to-get-the-cen…
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