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The number one issue people face is the cost-of-living crisis — Labour should be focused on that, not trying to outdo Reform. I’ve set out a plan to raise tens of billions at the Budget to fund emergency action on the cost-of-living. My new article: https://t.co/aouxAzwhib
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Calls have been made for the press regulator to investigate “systematic failings which lead publishers to keep running fake, likely AI-generated, PR content.” https://t.co/dPfediubGo
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Calls have been made for the press regulator to investigate “systematic failings which lead publishers to keep running fake, likely AI-generated, PR content.”
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EXCLUSIVE: Opposition councillors have accused Reform council leader of 'walking a fine line' over video promoting JCB after Lord Bamford donation https://t.co/wP8P1ihKLD
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"He needs to be very clear about what his interests are"
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A group of millionaires have urged the government to increase taxes on the rich, and use the funds raised to lift kids out of poverty and invest in rebuilding public services. Worth noting, 75% of Brits said they would support a wealth tax https://t.co/PQ1VGCwB9E
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“The gap between the super-rich and everyone else grows by the day."
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Reform’s Lee Anderson mocked for ‘outrage’ over ‘woke’ gingerbread https://t.co/f5jDTxycij
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The MP said that under a Reform government there will be no more gingerbread people, police people or chair people
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Zarah Sultana perfectly sums up why the economy isn't working for the vast majority of the population https://t.co/yuGCerhyN8
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'The super rich in this country are laughing all the way to the bank'
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From May 1 2026, no fault evictions will be banned, giving families the security they deserve in their own homes. The difference a Labour government makes.
On 1 May 2026, we will abolish Section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions when we switch on the new private rented sector tenancy system. More details in our roadmap for implementing the Renters’ Rights Act published today 👇🏻 https://t.co/Y7jnBUjhwt
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EXCLUSIVE: Labour MPs and Mainstream say that the government must stop the infighting and focus on delivering policy amid leadership plot briefings https://t.co/a9QhrdZ1b9
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"The government should be focusing on delivering policy, not fighting among themselves."
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'Project 2029 poses a real threat to our democracy: We must act', writes Tom Brake of @UnlockDemocracy , about attempts by the right-wing to replicate the equivalent of the US’s Project 2025 in the UK https://t.co/0mkSrXFdTY
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The UK is waking up to the reality that the UK is also vulnerable to the equivalent of the US’s Project 2025
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'Rather than platforming racists, Reform should start actually listening to young people’s priorities.' says chair of @YoungGreenParty
https://t.co/FmzGVpZKz5
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Matt Goodwin has argued that UK-born people from ethnic minority backgrounds are not automatically British
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‘The fact that Reform accepted the Member's defection following this information coming to light tells us everything you need to know about the party’ https://t.co/yLjDmwx7Co
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‘The fact that Reform accepted the Member's defection following this information coming to light tells us everything you need to know about the party’
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One of the Labour Party's moral missions has always been to eradicate poverty. Glad to see the PM signal the two child benefit cap could be lifted. We are the sixth-largest economy in the world, no child should be growing up in poverty.
PM signals two child benefit cap could be lifted @DrAmirKhanGP asks Starmer if he will scrap the cap on @lorraine 'I wouldn't be telling you we're going to drive down child poverty if I wasn't clear that we will be taking a number of measures in order to do so', PM says
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"This open antisemitism is part of Reform’s wider far right and racist politics that must be called out." https://t.co/rLlhsq9OE4
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"This open antisemitism is part of Reform’s wider far right and racist politics that must be called out."
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The Reform mayor used a SpongeBob SquarePants meme to declare an end to working from home https://t.co/5VjOmqYeR7
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Jenkyns says her team will ban working from home, even though Reform-run Lincolnshire County Council allows it
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Labour’s decision to reconsider WASPI compensation offers ‘glimmer of hope’, says Unison https://t.co/LirUlwTB2Q via @leftfootfwd
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“What started out as an administrative error was compounded by successive governments reneging on their promises. It’s time for ministers to put things right.”
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Unison says Labour's decision to reconsider compensation for WASPI women offers a "glimmer of hope" https://t.co/N5YmDb46N9
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“What started out as an administrative error was compounded by successive governments reneging on their promises. It’s time for ministers to put things right.”
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"This open antisemitism is part of Reform’s wider far right and racist politics that must be called out." https://t.co/rLlhsq9OE4
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"This open antisemitism is part of Reform’s wider far right and racist politics that must be called out."
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They were not, as she claims, “phrased poorly.” They were racist. https://t.co/pqqa7NzBT5
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They were not, as she claims, “phrased poorly.” They were racist.
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