Melksham & Devizes Primary
@MelkDevPrimary
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Group of independent individuals offering a transparent way to choose one candidate to unite behind in Melksham & Devizes at the next general election.
Melksham & Devizes
Joined November 2023
๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ - ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐น. Reform gets figures on highway damages paid by WC from 'the paper' & has to be corrected.๐ค https://t.co/nqCseEYUJC
bbc.co.uk
We held a debate with candidates from the main parties for the local elections in Wiltshire.
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Devizes local election candidate fails to meet required criteria to be on ballot paper. A mistake, they say. Remember the 2021 PCC Election that cost the public ยฃ1.5m to rerun after another Tory mistake. Report on @devizine1 website. https://t.co/IvCoyA3c3n
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Feel like you're not truly represented by your local / Wiltshire councillors? Think you have the skills/experience to do better than the incumbents? Workshop: TUES 11th Feb 6pm-7pm to find out what's involved & how to stand at the local elections in May. https://t.co/C1cvW0It17
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PARLIAMENT DEBATE ON PR: 30th JAN Our MP @BrianMathewLD should be at the forefront of pushing for PR. Write /tag/comment as this is one of the main reasons we all voted him in at the GE. Link below / mail brian.mathew.mp@parliament.uk Petition: https://t.co/sVLU53rBQJ
@LibDem4ER
petition.parliament.uk
We are petitioning for a National Referendum to decide whether the current electoral system should be RETAINED or REPLACED by a system where the number of MPs each party gets reflects the proportion...
๐จ BREAKING: Next week, on 30th January, MPs will debate Proportional Representation. Weโve got the most pro-PR Parliament in history. Now let's make this the biggest debate on PR ever. Click here to contact your MP and ask them to attend ๐ https://t.co/jbVODunUut
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Why I voted in favour of the Terminally ill adults (End of life) Bill today. I will be writing to all those constituents who have contacted me on this issue over the next week with my extended thoughts.
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New data on farms and inheritance tax: a third of farm estates over ยฃ1.5m arenโt farmers but wealthy people avoiding IHT by sinking money into farmland. The Budget hits farmers too hard and tax avoiders too lightly. It needs to change.
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Rich countries are failing to deliver the $1tn/year needed for developing nations to combat the climate crisis. Instead, we see vague promises and empty numbers. The global south deserves more than lip service. ๐ #ClimateFinance #Cop29
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If anyone needs a little pick me up Heres a grovelling Lee Anderson apologising to his peers today, having been investigated by the parliamentary watchdog for bullying & harassment that found he told a security guard: โf**** off, everyone opens the door to meโ
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For some of the more over-excited commentators out there I recommend some... facts: Average borrowing over next 5yrs = 2.6% Average borrowing under Tories = 5.6%
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Snap Poll - Support for Budget Measures: ๐ฅ Increased NHS Funding: Support: 71% Oppose: 15% ๐ฐ Raising Minimum Wage: Support: 69% Oppose: 14% โฝ Fuel Duty Freeze: Support: 63% Oppose: 14% ๐ข Rise in Employer NICs: Support: 37% Oppose: 33% ๐ Increasing Bus Fare Cap: Support:
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And who do the public think should take the burden of any tax rises?
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Fantastic News! A new railway STATION for Devizes!!! Really Really Good news, and so glad to have requested this from the Rail Minister in my maiden speech!!! Yippee!!
bbc.com
The far-reaching report also states the county's trains "lacks frequent and direct services".
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Let's remember this when the local elections are held in May 2025. Wiltshire Council's refusinal to engage with an independent local newspaper in response to a critical article is the stuff of the playground! ๐ก
melkshamnews.com
Wiltshire Council has refused to engage with the Melksham News following the publication of an article in its last issue
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We'd probably all agree that joined up digital health records are good but want to be confident that the provider is trustworthy, not just in it for profit/to scrape our data. Palantir has capital investors as major shareholders (wiki). Contract info: https://t.co/gD8w82g9P1.
goodlawproject.org
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Infuriating. The fact that our elections arenโt representative, and can be easily manipulated in a range of ways, is the core reason our country is in a mess.
Rushanara Ali spoke about the integrity of our elections To an almost empty chamber Is this why it was so easy for Russia to interfere in the Brexit referendum, and why May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak all ignored Russian interference in our referendum - because almost no one in
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Let's make sure privatisation, under-funding and staff pay erosion come out top in the governments new NHS survey! https://t.co/5vvuOuTDBI RT once completed. Post a ๐ of you stand against NHS privitisation
gov.uk
Sets out the governmentโs 10 Year Health Plan for England.
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More background to the dreadful HCRG 'care' contract: angry doesn't come near! "This is deeply depressing news as we had hoped that this contract would be awarded to a consortium of NHS providers & not a private company owned by a private equity company." https://t.co/C0bgFDg3JK
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More on who's raking in the cash... https://t.co/bbyrzxjCtr
opendemocracy.net
Healthcare business that was once owned by Richard Branson cashes in from NHS contracts
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