Cllr.Jan Gavin
@JanGavin91
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Labour Councillor for Caversham Ward. Life-long Labour, care passionately about good local government.
Reading
Joined January 2010
Surely they can't just airbrush away our #Rdg history! Oppose the Greenshaw Trust’s removal of Sir John Madejski’s name from school he founded - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/0YTELFSaVt via @UKChange
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Oppose the Greenshaw Trust’s removal of Sir John Madejski’s name from school he founded
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New fares start today for singles and returns due to the national fares cap increasing to £3. The great news is that single fares in Reading will be cheaper!
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On 1 January we're making changes to our single fares following the changes to the national single fare cap
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NEW: Ministry of housing has opened consultation on sweeping changes on right to buy 👇 🏠Council tenants to live in home for around a decade (up from 3 years) to qualify for RTB 🏠Newly-built social homes exempt 🏠Imposing 1-for-1 replacement target for councils 🏠Discounts set
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Today the PM announced our new world-leading target to cut UK emissions by 81%. There is no national security or economic security without climate security. That's why we have announced this target today. To protect future generations, deliver jobs and drive economic growth.
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Work is under way to decarbonise the Council's buildings. We're replacing gas boilers with heat pumps in the Civic Offices & Hexagon Theatre, our Bennet Road site is becoming a net-zero depot & funding has been secured to investigate decarbonisation of the Town Hall. #rdguk
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Rachel Reeves confirms that councils will be able to keep all the money raised through Right to Buy sales. A big step that councils have long been asking for to help them build more. Long overdue. #Budget2024
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The sheer volume of coverage given to stories about landlords, shareholders and people sending their kids to private schools, possibly having to pay just a little bit more in tax, tells you everything you need to know about what the priorities of the British press really are
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Today the new rules on MPs taking second jobs comes into force. @LucyMPowell talks about why these changes are important.
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Corbyn, who is himself privately educated, abstained. What a fiasco.
NEW: MPs in Corbyn-aligned ‘Independent Alliance’ vote against Labour's plan to tax private schools 🚨 https://t.co/u5PovXGwM8
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Laura Kuenssberg is paid £325,000 a year Chris Mason is paid £265,000 Sue Gray was paid £170,000 Sir Keir Starmer is paid £167,000 I'm not convinced that BBC political journalists should earn twice as much as the Prime Minister or his Chief of Staff
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Our state schools need teachers more than private schools need embossed stationery. Our children need mental health support more than private schools need new pools. Our students need careers advice more than private schools need AstroTurf pitches. https://t.co/Wc55CmVuge
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'Nice-to-haves' in independent education - 'the new swimming pool, the new AstroTurf pitch' - to be sacrificed as fees are taxed
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Wow, this isn't just an endorsement of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz by Bruce Springsteen, it's a sermon, a song, and a love letter to America!
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Great to be out talking to residents on a beautiful sunny morning in Caversham about what matters to them.
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Sue Gray is on £170k a year ..Not too shabby ..Only £30k less than Simon Case who she is replacing and £80k per year less than BBC hack Chris Mason who is reporting on it ...
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