Susan Brown

Great evening post cabinet at #TheJerichoTavern seeing #Magnolias and #ManWomanChainsaw, the latter of whom were particularly excellent.

##EidMubarak2025 to all who are celebrating in #Oxford and elsewhere.

Great sessions at #dcnconf2025 with #SamChapmanAllen, and #JimMcMahon and a really good session on #LocalGovernmentReorganisation

There are flats here Damian.

He's not. He's British.

🚨INCOMING: Labour’s budget on Oxford City Council passed last night, what does it include?🧵1/10

Always a pleasure to be on #BBCSundayPoliticsSouth

Interesting, challenging and fun time, listening, debating and catching up with old friends at #LabourLocalGovernmentConference

Would just like to be clear that I didn't eat them all myself.

It surely does (although I may have bought the last 3 two days running...😳).

Two women next to a fish tank.

Lovely cafe in Wood Farm at Atkyns Road. Picture shows tables and chairs in sunshine through picture window

A well-earned coffee for me and Liz Brighouse at the newly reopened and refurbished #FrancasCafe in #WoodFarm at the shops on Atkyns Road after our morning listening to constituents in #ChurchillWard.

Oh, I’m sorry, tech bros – did DeepSeek copy your work? I can hardly imagine your distress | Marina Hyde If China has done to Sam Altman what his OpenAI has been accused of doing to creatives, it would take a heart of stone not to laugh, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Oh, I’m sorry, tech bros – did DeepSeek copy your work? I can hardly imagine your distress | Marina Hyde www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Marina Hyde nails it as usual.

Do come and join us first Saturday of each month, meet at Wood Farm Shops - coffee afterwards at Francas!

Two women pictured outside Wood Farm Shops with bags of litter

Liz Brighouse and I did not manage this by ourselves! Big thanks to Becky and Alistair Howard who have been brilliant litter pickers again today. In the excitement of getting coffee at the newly re-opened Francas Cafe we forgot to take the group photo.

Image of bearded man with guitar singing. Partial view of banner reading Young Knives.

Great night at The Bullingdon seeing excellent local band, #YoungKnives.

140 new bike parking spaces are coming to Oxford!🚲🚲

🙋You can request locations to be considered for new cycle racks using Fix My Street

Find out more at www.oxford.gov.uk/news/article...

Video description: Cllr Louise Upton and Cllr Anna Railton on bikes talking about new cycle racks in Oxford

We must never forget. #HolocaustMemorialDay

This is exactly the same problem that many, many UK cities, towns and villages are facing. Local planning authorities need the powers to regulate and limit short term lets before even more communities are destroyed.

YouTube video by Oxford City Council Leader of Oxford City Council addresses Oxfordshire County Council Cabinet about devolution

Councillor Susan Brown, Leader of Oxford City Council, addressed Oxfordshire County Council’s Cabinet on Friday (10 January) to oppose the County Council’s devolution plans.

Watch the full Oxfordshire County Council Cabinet meeting from Thursday 9 January 2025: oxon.cc/Cabinet09012...

Absolutely we are.

A lovely morning listening to residents in #ChurchillWard. Potholes being raised a lot. Reported a number more to #OxfordshireCountyCouncil. Good news that Labour County councillors and @uklabour.bsky.social government have ensured there is more money to fix them.

Lovely day out seeing daughter and @bristolbearscf.bsky.social. Great to see Ella Lovibond who used to play alongside daughter and friends at #GosfordAllBlacks.

A good question. The only reason for postponing them is so that elections instead take place within a short time to the successor authorities. No discussions had even started on what these might look like at the time of the request.

Oxford City Council writes to Government about devolution and local government reorganisation in Oxfordshire – Oxford City Council Oxford City Council has written to the Government about its proposal for devolution and local government reorganisation in Oxfordshire.

A reminder that I wrote to government to oppose this. www.oxford.gov.uk/news/article...

18 councils make requests to postpone elections ahead of reorganisation Local government minister Jim McMahon said a decision will be made ‘as soon as possible’.

I've not seen any local Oxfordshire coverage of the list of councils requesting that their elections be cancelled but here is the list which includes Oxfordshire. A decision on whether to grant their wish will be made very soon. www.shropshirestar.com/uk-news/2025...

The Tories just tried to block reform of private renting.

This Labour government will ensure renters get the security, rights and protections they deserve.

Giving blood. Seems to come out quicker every time! @nhsbt.bsky.social

7 January 1792: #OTD Mary Wollstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Women was published.

This text was hugely influential and is regarded as one of the earliest works of feminist philosophy.

I suggest you listen to what he actually said.