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10-year plan to revitalise schools and colleges for every child Schools to be inclusive by design, with dedicated ‘inclusion bases’ and new guidance on adaptations to improve inclusivity and accessibility.

Today Labour launch another major strategy, the Education Estates Strategy.

It is a 10 year plan for national renewal for schools and colleges, ending the sticking-plaster approach to repairs and instead providing high-quality spaces which are fit for purpose.

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A dozen bits of positive news in last couple of days. Amongst a great outcome for our excellent PM yesterday. Delighted Labour are continuing delivering and giving Britain stability. We all benefit.

Wetherspoon boss urges pubs to back Reform By Henry Saker-Clark The founder of Wetherspoon has urged other pubs to back Reform UK. Sir Tim Martin, chairman of JD Wetherspoon, said Reform's plans to slash beer duty would help the sector move towards "tax parity with supermarkets". Nigel Farage's party announced a series of proposals to support pubs last week. They included pledges to cut VAT in the hospitality sector by 10 per cent, cut beer duty by the same fraction. Reform also said it would reverse the recent rise in employers' national insurance contributions (NICs) for the sector and gradually remove business rates for all pubs. The party has said it would fund this package with around 23on, which it plans to secure through reinstating the two-child benefit cap, except for families with two British-born parents. In a lengthy stock exchange filing yesterday, Martin (inset) told industry leaders "there's no question that this initiative would utterly transform the competitiveness of pubs" He said: "By eliminating the tax differential between supermarkets and the hospitality industry, and restoring margins to devastated businesses, these changes would enable pubs to regain some, or all, of their lost trade. "You would think that this offer from Reform would have been greeted by a crescendo of enthusiasm, ecstasy and support from the licensed trade and its supporters. "However, surpris-ingly, initial support has been underwhelming, at least from the great and the good in the hospitality industry" Last month, Labour announced additional business rates support for pubs. The announcement was a U-turn following complaints from pubs about rates changes in November's Budget.

Multimillionaire Brexiter, Tim Martin, urges pubs to back Reform. Just like he urged the country to vote for Brexit. Too bad if it makes you poorer. Too bad for the children he’ll push back into poverty. Tim wants more money. And he couldn’t give a shit about the cost for everybody else.
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Surprised James O'B has been sucked into the hard of thinking zone TBH!!

I’ve just donated to Labour. It’s one thing that can really help them.

And it will show them the support I have for Keir Starmer.

Every penny helps.

Sir, As a Labour Party member I never liked Lord Mandelson but I accepted that he was a wily and effective fixer. I thought it was a wise and canny move to send him as our ambassador to Donald Trump's Washington: send a snake into the snakepit. But I was wrong and I confess that my judgment was warped by pragmatism. The politics of Trump taints us all. Keith Morgan Cardiff

Daily Mail Nigel Farage is expected to urge Donald Trump to punish Britain through trade and diplomatic action if it fails to uphold free speech when he faces US politicians today. The Reform leader and MP is due to say Britain has become an 'authoritarian censorship regime' after the arrest of Irish writer Graham Linehan for posting trans-critical tweets.

Good letter(Times)
Starmer made a grave error of judgement…
But what was Farage’s threat of Trump imposing tariffs on us over free speech bullshit?
Or his mate,Gill,taking Russian bribes?
Or his links to crypto, Brexit and profiteering deregulation?
Just if we’re actually serious about any of this…

James OBrien thinks Starmer’s position might be safer than he thought at 10am.

Glad he got there!!!

Hard to believe but American media is even worse than ours. I find that gobsmacking because ours is disgraceful.

Most of our media is studiously ignoring the Epstein links to Brexit, Farage and far right populism. Farage is being touted for No.10. He wants an even more extreme Brexit. A race to the bottom to sell us out to this global network of oligarch crooks.
Why TF isn’t he being investigated and stopped?

I am so pleased that our Government has committed another significant amount of funding for St Elizabeth Hospice and East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices.

This will help improve facilities, upgrade equipment, and ensure their vital services can continue delivering outstanding care to families in need.

You’d think the only story in Town was about Mandleson.

It’s not. It’s about Andrew MB, Trump, Bannon, Farage, Brexit, Putin and criminals yet to be confirmed and named.

Absolutely agree with every word, and it is crystal clear that Labour are the ONLY party who are committed to a sustainable future for the NHS -but why is it that the BMA enco7rage their young Doctors to continue with Strike action !!??

I’m probably a bit late to the party had a long lazy lunch and just catching up. But Angeliki sounds like the perfect Labour candidate for Gorton & Denton. I’ve donated to her campaign as that’s the best I can do from Essex. But best of luck!!!

Road repairs agreed to protect historic Tudor building in Ipswich Following Ipswich MP and a charity's plea, the road outside a historic Tudor house is set to be fixed.

This is one of Ipswich's most iconic buildings.

It's why I contacted Suffolk County Council urging them to take action and repair the road outside.

I'm pleased, following my representations, and those of Cancer Support Suffolk, Suffolk County Council has now agreed to carry out necessary works.

Churchwarden linked to foreign-born billionaire is behind £200k Reform gift The man whose firm made the donations will not discuss where the money came from, nor his ties to wealthy Farage allies who may not hold citizenship

This is what’s known as dodgy as fuck…

Farage is in hock to murky foreign billionaires, taking their money to prioritise their interests if they buy him power. He’s exploiting people’s racism and anger to pretend he’s on their side. But he’s already sold them out.

www.thetimes.com/article/660a...

Sorry to say this Colin but Vote Green and you get Reform !

Blade
I agree with many of your views
But we are at a crossroads here
Angeliki has been selected by her local Party
If she is not supported by enough voters, Reform get the floor
It is time to unite against the Right wing extremists with tactical voting to counter their billionaires funding
Please

Please SHARE! @europeanmovement.co.uk now has >27,000 followers. 🙌

Maybe, with the demographics of the constituency, they'd be better knowing the truth about their candidate!!

Hey @lisanandy

Is there anything, anything at all, you can do to sort out our media? They’re crucifying Labour daily. I voted for you and I want to hear what you’re up to as my elected government.

Thank you in advance.

“Zia Yusuf, the party's head of policy, told the Times last year that his party would adopt a 'Trump 2.0' approach to immigration, saying: "We are going to move at great speed. It'll be much more like Trump mark two than Trump mark one"
When they tell you who they are, you better listen”

Somebody should do an investigation into Chris Mason - as far as I can see there are only two reasons to support Reform getting its hands on power - Either he is an out and out rascist, or he is getting a kickback from the millions being bored into their coffers- I would like to know which it is !

They say Starmer is boring. I don’t see that.

He stood up to Musk. Right result

He stood up to Trump. A better result

He stood up to Burnham. Right result.

He’s a man of courage and integrity. Exactly the qualities I’ve wanted in a PM for the last 14 years.

Auditions for lineup of Spite Girls are still open...

Trump’s ICE spreads mayhem and misery – and sounds a dark warning for Europe This is another glimpse of what happens when fear and loathing of migrants curdles into toxic tribalism

The ICE murders in Minneapolis are a “glimpse of what happens when fear and loathing of migrants curdles into toxic tribalism, another grim warning for all those European voters flirting with the far-right and dark forces of nationalism.”

That’s Reform in the UK.
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Unfortunately, it is obvious that Burnham saying he wants to stand will generate speculation and re-open internal divisions

'Iconic' Ipswich Willis building to become tech firm Halo's HQ The move will help the Ipswich Town sponsor's plans to employ up to 800 graduates, says its boss.

This is a huge endorsement of Ipswich.

Halo, one of the UK's biggest tech firms, is moving into the iconic Willis building.

It's a real statement of intent, and the firm's move is another good news story when it comes to jobs and investment in our town.

Photo of Jenrick and Farage shaking hands, grinning and taking the piss Robert Jenrick is a fraud and a hypocrite. That's not just my view, that's the view of one Nigel Farage, who has spent years describing him as everything that is wrong with British politics, only to this week warmly welcome him into Reform UK.

How, after this week, will Farage still be able to portray his party as being fresh-faced politicians "telling it like it is" when he has not just invited a washed up liar like Jenrick into his team, but a dishonest tax-dodger like Zahawi. Is Farage really going to be able to convince the country that Nadine Dorries represents a change from the dishonesty and incompetence voters rejected a year and a half ago? What about Lee Anderson? Or Jonathan Gullis. And these are just the names we know about at the moment. How many other politicians who served at the top of the worst Conservative Government in British history is Farage likely to welcome in before the next general election?

Conservatives/Reform/CONform

Same people, same policies, same racism, same nasty ideologies, same corruption, same shady funding, same fossil-fuel-fandom, same MAGA-malevolence, same inevitable failure….

They need to ruin each other. Not the country.

www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/robert-jen...

I've stopped laughing at Farage. He terrifies me. Labour are doing some really great stuff.... so depressing that they are always put down so much. Not perfect... but on the right track. There will be huge amounts of tactical voting on the next GE. Nobody sane wants Reform in.

Because you’d never know from the British media. The two big National stories are:

Northern Rail Link. Linking 5 Major Northern Cities gets the go ahead.

Wind Power. Ed Miliband brings Britain significantly closer to Net Zero in 2030.

Don’t let the media’s indifference make you not value these