Dave

Not seen anything. The Hobbit wasn't close to the level of LOTR

Letter from the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to Baroness Casey of Blackstock DBE CB

The Commission will continue it's worth this year and is expected to start up a national conversation, which will likely have many opportunities for people to engage with the Commission's work.

It's really good to see both immediate action and longer term work on social care being done!

3/3

And yet public sector pay only has a marginal effect on inflation. It mainly means the government is able to point out that they are keeping borrowing down. Everyone wants the public sector, no-one wants to pay for it. Many don't even know what it is.

Reduced bills for around 300,000 households in WaterSure reform Around 300,000 low‑income households will see lower water bills thanks to the biggest overhaul of WaterSure in nearly 30 years.

Thousands of low‑income households will see lower water bills thanks to the biggest overhaul of WaterSure in nearly 30 years.

The changes will expand the eligibility criteria to include disability benefits, meaning a further 53k low-income households will see significant savings.

Thank you Labour!

Here is the PM talking to us after yesterday's COBRA meeting and before the press conference on the Middle East.

So good to have a sensible, intelligent, grown up PM during this crisis, after years of terrible PMs.

The thought of any other current party leader dealing with this really scares me.

Fewer free parking spaces around the country for blue badge holders. Consequently, more people parking on yellow lines.

Also, between 2010/11 and 2016/17 the defence budget was cut by 22%, down to 1.8% of GDP. Lots of redundancies.

This is incredible. UK emissions fell 2.4% in 2025 as coal fell to a 400-year low. Incredibly, we used less coal last year than than in 1600, when Queen Elizabeth I was on the throne and Shakespeare was writing Hamlet
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...

The UK will rapidly deploy four additional Typhoons to Qatar to support defensive operations.

Read more about the situation in the Middle East in today’s MOD daily update👇

This information is out there. He should know. If he doesn't that just shows his level of journalism

Anything to get in a dig at Labour

It was in dock for maintenance. It has been pulled from this before it was completed, to go to Cyprus. Hopefully nothing will go wrong

We had another lovely morning here, so Foxy had chance to relax in the warm sunshine
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He made a passing comment about HMS Dragon not being ready. If he'd asked he'd know why it wasn't ready. He probably knows why is wasn't ready, but didn't want to enlighten his audience.

Allergy training to become compulsory across all schools in England, says government The plans, due to come into force in September, follow support for Benedict's Law, a campaign to improve allergy safety in schools.

We're taking crucial steps to keep children safe in school, so they can achieve and thrive.

For the first time, schools must stock life-saving allergy pens. Allergy awareness training will be provided. Each school will have a dedicated allergy policy.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Jansen Ganesh is on fire in this column on the UK’s role in the Iran conflict

www.ft.com/content/eaee...

The Green policies seem to be very wishy washy. Build more houses (how many?), but not where Green supporters live. Reform NATO from within (already happening, but a reversal from leave NATO). Mostly, we will do something based on Green ideas, but without saying what or how.

He's as much a populist as Farage, and about as pleasant

Still a racist though

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The UK media are using it to attack Labour and support Reform UK Ltd

The President, Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defence all floundering around, trying to justify the war and either contradicting each other, or lying.

She's trying to be relevant, having lost her deposit at the bye election. Did nothing constructive in government, not doing anything constructive now.

Okay, apart from including Labour for cuts in funding in the DoJ, which isn't born out by the facts, a reasonably comprehensive piece. I imagine that Reform UK Ltd supporters are bombarding the forces recruitment website, as patriots ready to do their duty. Or just shout at hotels. Take your pick.

No experience necessary as you will be trained up in their 'centre of excellence' (possibly next door to the DOGE office). So they will vet all the applicants before any election material goes out.

13 new Labour/news announcements that will be deliberately missed or misrepresented by our media

Please share as we have to do the job of our media. Let your fam/friends know this government has your back. As well as keeping us out of a forever war.

Stronger protections for children with allergies in school Life-saving allergy pens must be stocked by schools for the first time under new plans announced today.

Labour bring in stronger protections for children with allergies in school!

Measures include:

+ requiring life-saving allergy pens to be stocked by all schools

+ Extra training for teachers

+ improved incident reporting

+ dedicated allergy policies

+ Individual Healthcare Plans

It's far easier to shout at hotels and paint roundabouts than it is to do something that involves work and accountability

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