Adele Barnett-Ward
@Adele_Thames
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Thames Ward Labour Cllr, Reading BC. Lead for Leisure & Culture. Doctoral researcher: sex asymmetry in councillor retention. RT=/=endorsement. Views my own.
Reading, England
Joined November 2017
I do not pick up ward work from social media and my accounts have limited notification settings so I do not see all replies and tags. To contact me about council issues please email Adele.Barnett-ward@reading.gov.uk
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This is why I can’t stand Polanski. His driving mission first and foremost is to destroy the Labour Party, not actually serve the country.
“It would be very tempting to take Keir Starmer down” #BBCLauraK asks Green leader Zack Polanski about whether he might stand against the prime minister in his Holborn and St Pancras constituency https://t.co/CkTHGctZ4k
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❄️🚄 BREAKING NEWS: Rail fares frozen❄️🚄 We’re freezing rail fares at the Budget. Our historic intervention will keep travel costs down for hardworking families. Commuters on the most expensive routes will save hundreds of pounds. https://t.co/HVqfZVMMEb
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Regulated fares, which include season tickets and off-peak returns, will not see annual price rises for the first time in 30 years, the government announces.
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Thank you for over 15k followers. Who am I to receive such support? Goodness me. I try to share love, smiles, joy and happiness to WOMEN and GIRLS.
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We are freezing prescription charges. No one's health should be put at risk because they can’t afford their medication.
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Every state primary school in England will have a library by the end of this Parliament. If your school doesn’t yet have a library or dedicated reading space, I strongly encourage schools to apply for support through this initiative: https://t.co/qlumQmeK7J
librariesforprimaries.org.uk
We work with hundreds of schools across the UK to give them the training, resources, books and furniture that they need.
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Important piece from @oliviabaileymp on what free breakfast clubs can do for children with SEND. Support for those children is at the heart of all we do, as we build inclusive schools where every child can achieve and thrive. https://t.co/rnaLywMwpv
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Early education minister Olivia Bailey explains improvements to Labour's flagship breakfast clubs scheme
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NEW: Half a million more children will benefit from Labour's free breakfast clubs from April next year.
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‘I cannot continue within a group that chooses symbolic protest over democratic responsibility.’ Good for her. Shocking that Bristol Green Cllrs staged protests by walking out and holding placards in response to residents exercising their democratic right to speak to the council.
BREAKING: Bristol city councillor resigns from the Green group Full story here https://t.co/ETmXWKwymR
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I grew up in a household where every pound mattered. I know what it feels like for families trying to get to the end of the month. We’re rolling out free breakfast clubs nationwide to help families with the cost of living and giving every child the best start in life.
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Reselling tickets above face value set to be banned by government
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Ministers are expected to announce the plan to tackle touts and resale sites offering tickets at several times face value.
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I am relieved that the police have made arrests. Now we need to spread the word to find the two young men who helped this poor girl. They may have information that could help convict the rapist/s.
👮♀️We have arrested two 26-year-old men from Reading on suspicion of the rape of a girl in Prince of Wales Avenue on Saturday👮♀️ We are still appealing for two Good Samaritans who helped the victim after the offence to come forward. They are two males, possibly boys in their teens
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Here it is… Restoring Order and Control: A statement on the government’s asylum and returns policy https://t.co/0GMqdjybqz
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People have been up in arms about this the last 24 hours. Ironically the same people who for years have told everyone not to believe the Sun. But suddenly *now* is the moment they declare it to be gospel truth? Telling... Anyway, no surprise to say it was bollocks.
🚨 BREAKING: Shabana Mahmood will tomorrow announce that asylum seekers will have their valuable assets like jewellery seized and sold to pay for their accommodation costs [@TheSun]
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Top work from the Home Secretary. The Greens are total hypocrites on this - asylum hotel NIMBYs
Look how angry the Green Party’s Carla Denyer is at the end of this video 😆
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Now @ShabanaMahmood pierces the hypocritical bubble of The Green Party - who so often object to housing asylum seekers or planning attempts to build homes in their local authorities - but talk the big rhetoric in the Commons. Wowsers
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Shabana Mahmood calling the Green Party out here on their bullshit is absolutely glorious. https://t.co/VsvfcCc4eh
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Rail worker praised for saving lives in train attack in Cambridgeshire, UK, released from hospital https://t.co/17NFeYkL2k
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Samir Zitouni's family say they are "really happy" but that he faces a significant recovery.
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Imagine if he did have to use the same birthdays though. Official birthday in June, official unofficial birthday in April, and then unofficial unofficial birthday in November. I wonder how many generations it would take until the monarch had a birthday in every month
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