Nigel Farage was unable to attend the Budget in the Commons because his seat reservation was removed, The Telegraph understands. The Reform UK leader’s prayer card — a green slip of paper that backbench MPs put on a spot on the green benches to reserve their seat — was moved after it was placed this morning. 🔗 telegraph.co.uk/business/202…

Will try not to lose any more commentary switching between apps.. Moving on to former journalist @Torcuil Crichton who as a former j likes whistleblowers and points out the picture Fintan is painting is different to what we read about. Call Safe to Say programme is a running joke and people raising issues get beaten down. Do you have confidence in your staff Fintan says yes but he's disappointed in the report. But trying to paint this as a specific control room issue not reflected across the organisation more broadly and not seen in staff turnover etc. But says one person feeling they have to go outside to be heard is one person too many blah blah blah Waffle reduces the time for questions in a time limited session Torcuil points out it's critical safety stuff so how will you turn it around Kayte replies with waffle of her own. Culture, pride in the work blah blah. We need to make sure people trust us and can be confident that they will be heard etc Torcuil says we rely on you so how will you do it. She says we're taking it seriously and the organisation will hold us to account and she's delighted about that. They've kicked off their thinking. Do the plans resonate Q do you speak to trade unions and when was the last time. Kayte says the day the report came out and they have a good relationship with the unions etc Now on to @mike_reader The organisation between the public and blackouts has a toxic culture the exec didn't know about and keeps missing operational deadlines... How can the public be sure the lights won't go out this winter... Kayte "security of the system is the no1 priority (but they're completely focused on CP2030 and also totally focused on fixing the culture per previous answers 🤔) They spend all day every day focusing on this Q the Times had a leak where you said connections was the focus and is CP2030 or keeping the lights on more important!! Fintan doesn't recognise the Times ref (they literally had him on tape!) but says keeping the lights on is more important although his tone sounds the least confident of the session Now Mike asks about comp and how much they earn. Fintan says his is in the accounts and base £309k Kayte says just under £300k. Asked about bonuses. Fintan waffles. Says metrics for bonus and results are published. Ooooh this is uncomfortable, Fintan doesn't want to answer Is culture part of the metrics. Answer yes but using far more words! Q is the comp fair based on the issues 😂 Fintan says the board hasn't looked at it yet for this year Q do you think your comp is fair and reasonable? Fintan waffles. Pressed on fairness. Fintan says yes.. My pay is fair!! Q missing deadlines and having a bad culture do you think it's right eg last year. Fintan says Ofgem says NESO met expectations and they're above industry norm for staff satisfaction. Obviously now we've found a problem Q Kayte do you have all the tools you need to do your job. She says yes! Crazy. NESO needs access to live embedded meter data to model demand better Now Mike challenges on missed connections deadlines. Waffle about complexity and says will be done if the customer is ready. Nice trick to blame the market again

🔥 TENSIONS ERUPT AS ED MILIBAND CHUCKLES AT MP’S SERIOUS QUESTION!