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1. 151 flood schemes delivered in 12 months to boost flood resilience across the nation 2. £20m investment in civic museums to protect opening hours & jobs, 3. India Trade Deal Delivers for Scotch Whisky Industry 4. Patients receive earlier access to life-saving treatments as UK trial approval times cut in half from 91 to just 41 days 5. Aspiring teachers can get up to £31,000 tax free through bursaries and scholarships 6. New funds for local leaders to unlock jobs and boost innovation across the country 7. Major home buying overhaul, to save time and money and prevent abortive sales 8. First woman appointed to be Archbishop of Canterbury 👏👏👏 9. Marrying couples to gain freedoms to get married in new locations – from beaches to castles 10. Online appointment requests are now available at your GP practice 11. UK to reform asylum offer to reduce the pull factor for small boat crossings 12. UK reimposes UN sanctions o

Every week Labour delivers improvements and change in Britain.

Every week you aren’t told about it.

Every week the media ignores the good news.

And there’s plenty of it. Here are just ten good things accomplished by our hard working Labour government in 1 week. 👏👏👏

Divided parties don’t win elections.

With the threat of Reform, we must unite, not divide our movement and energise our opponents.

As your Deputy Leader, with a seat in Cabinet, I’ll put Labour’s heart & soul into government and deliver for all of our nations and regions.

So did I but obvs not. Novara media has joined (facilitated?) the Zack fest, but I guess momentum still hopes to get its power back in Labour. I wish they wouldn't!

I was undecided for a while but given Momentum is supporting Lucy, I'm going to vote for Bridget. The momentum days should be consigned to the bin of ideology first, being in power second.

Our media lets us down badly :

Labours accomplishments - rarely mentioned

Nigel Farage’s house - dropped/ignored

Nathan Gill’s admission of working for Russia - zilch

Russia/Iran funding Reform/Farage - silence

Instead they spread lies on the Budget/MPs/anything to discredit Labour

Why????

Government Tracker – Full Fact Full Fact is monitoring the government’s delivery on its promises

#FullFact real-time Government Tracker updated today.
It now shows Labour delivered (or are on track to deliver) 57 of 83 Election pledges.
This is an extraordinary achievement in just 15 months in power.
The Tories managed just 3 (one partially) in 5yrs

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#BackBridget @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social @backbridget.bsky.social

Labour’s commitment to biodiversity: 100 days of policy and action UK Government has offered a promising shift in priorities and a commitment to biodiversity– how does this translate into policy and action?

Green roofs and wildlife corridors complement biodiversity net gains, meaning new developments must improve local habitats. Labour strengthened these rules to prevent ecological loss.

www.openaccessgovernment.org/labours-comm...

Isn’t protecting nature while building homes better than ignoring it?

Stamp duty

Cutting Stamp Duty. Who benefits???

Abolishing stamp duty would put a £24.5 billion a year black hole in Government finances by 2030, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility

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Ironically, one of Leicester's "single ethnicity" areas is Belgrave Road, although actually it's not at all mono-ethnic.

Belgrave Road is the heart of Leicester East, the only seat the Tories gained in the 2024 election. Not sure the Hindus who gave them that victory will be as keen to do it again.

Badenoch’s ‘thoughtful Conservatism’ turns out to be just the slower road to Faragism | Rafael Behr The Tory leader’s intellectual meanderings have shrunk her party into little more than a holding pen for future Reform party candidates, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

Badenoch’s only achievement is to have shrunk the Tories to a low-wattage Faragist think tank and warehouse storing future parliamentary candidates for Reform www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Mourning those murdered by Hamas isn't incompatible with mourning those murdered by the Israeli state.

Demanding that the hostages return isn't incompatible with naming & demanding an end to genocide.

Naming the power imbalance & impact thereof doesn't desecrate those murdered two years ago today.

The TV licence fee is not doubling for over 65s – Full Fact A spokesperson for the BBC confirmed this isn’t true, contrary to claims being shared on social media.

We’ve spotted several videos being shared on social media claiming the TV licence fee is set to double for over-65s.

But this isn’t true.

Excellent letter from the Bishop of Birmingham to Robert Jenrick.

At a time when so many other voices have been silent, the bishops have been admirably outspoken against attempts to stir up division.

The churches do a lot of community cohesion work & do not want to see this trashed for party gain.

Top Tory slammed over comment about not seeing 'another white face'

Robert Jenrick is under fire after allegedly complaining about not seeing "another white face" when visiting an area of Birmingham.

The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick about his comments about Handsworth

Birmingham, my home city, is a fantastic city, with fantastic people- a success story. It has its problems, like anywhere. But the obsession the online right has with it is as transparent as it gets.

Free biscuits! says Farage! Wow !say the MSM
Free biscuits! say the Tories Ineresting ! say the MSM
Free biscuits! says Ed Davey . biscuits on a pogo stick - wow! say the MSM
Free biscuits! says Zack P. We've always wanted biscuits say novara 🤣

Free biscuits ! says this🌹gvt.

"We hate biscuits!"

Jenrick is a dangerous fool

Considering how historically literate and sensitive to echoes of speeches of the past our media has shown itself to be, when it comes to every word uttered by a progressive, I find the lack of reaction to Jenrick ending his speech with "let us build this new order" quite puzzling. ~AA

Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in Birmingham neighbourhood Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on short visit

This is shocking racism from Jenrick and Badenoch should sack him immediately.

No further comment necessary.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Might be worth having a look at what Helen Mirren said about people going "awwww" at older people. We are not fucking cute. Sooner or later everyone sort of gets old......

Photo of an angular shaped tea set with two cups and saucers, a teapot, a plate, a sugar bowl and a milk jug, all decorated with painted angular shapes in orange, black, blue and yellow

English ceramics designer Clarice Cliff, her Art Deco Diamonds Conical Pattern Tea set, 1930 #womensart

Photo of a mended white cup on three white saucers with four white saucers to the right partly shown, each saucer has writing on it with names of places and dates, all against a white background

Yoko Ono, Mended (tea) Cups (2015) on harrowing world events, healing and peace #WomensArt

I don't mind paying more tax one bit, but I wouldn't take kindly to giving financial support directly to a racist , reform voting older person .

Labour have so far rolled out free breakfast clubs to 750 primary schools across England, with work already starting on the next 2000.

These are actual policies delivering real change and improvements to real people.

Here Michela tells us how she is benefiting.

www.instagram.com/p/DPeKtTiE11H/

Ironically the most segregated community in the UK is the English upper class.

Jenrick defends calling Handsworth 'worst-integrated' The shadow justice secretary stands by his comments about the Birmingham area amid sharp criticism.

Dear @robertjenrickmp.bsky.social.

Born & bred in Handsworth.

Represented it for 18 years as a councillor.

Heard you're an expert now.

Next time you're in town, I'd be delighted to give you a personal tour and even introduce you to my mum.

Lots of love, Paulette x

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