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@danwootton @AndyBurnhamGM @JamesMelville Must be the nearest by-election he could find 😆😆

@AndyBurnhamGM @JamesMelville You will lose. Labour has destroyed the country.

I can confirm that I will be requesting the permission of the NEC to stand in the Makerfield by-election. I grew up in this area and have lived here for 25 years. I care deeply about it and its people. I know they have been let down by national politics. Ten years ago, I decided to leave Westminster. Why? Because, after 16 years, I came to the conclusion that our national political system does not work for areas like ours. I learnt this fighting its failure to invest in the Wigan borough, for justice for the Hillsborough families and against its treatment of Greater Manchester during the pandemic. Over the last decade, I have been challenging this failure from the outside and building a new and better way of doing politics. We have built Greater Manchester into the fastest-growing city-region in the UK and put buses back under public control, introducing a £2 fare cap to help people with cost-of-living pressures. However, there is only so much that can be done from Greater Manchester. Much bigger change is needed at a national level if everyday life is to be made more affordable again. This is why I now seek people’s support to return to Parliament: to bring the change we have brought to Greater Manchester to the whole of the UK and make politics work properly for people. Millions are struggling and they need the Labour Government to succeed. It has already made changes to make life better for them in its first two years. After this week, we owe it to people to come back together as a Labour movement, giving the Prime Minister and the Government the space and stability they need as the by-election takes place. I want to recognise the difficult decision taken by Josh Simons and the sacrifice he and his family are making. I have worked closely with him as Mayor on issues like flooding and illegal waste dumping and have seen first-hand how effective he has been. He has put the communities of Makerfield first, made a real difference for them and should take great pride in that. Finally, I truly do not take a single vote for granted and will work hard to regain the trust of people in the Makerfield constituency, many of whom have long supported our party but lost faith in recent times. We will change Labour for the better and make it a party you can believe in again. ENDS

@Bonsaigirl11 @SandyofSuffolk The EU Common Agricultural Policy history. Suggest you read about it and it's mechanism, instead of making crap comments. Explain what isn't true if you think you have a case.

@AIM_Higher99 @SandyofSuffolk Totally not true 😡

Why is everything so expensive in this country? Just been into my local village butchers and bought 4 lamb chops. £14. That's double what they are in Aldi but they're twice the size of Aldi's so that's ok. But in my favourite restaurant in Los Gigantes, Tenerife, you can get 6 lamb chops, chips, salad and a carafe of wine for 13 euros. And they import the lamb from New Zealand too. Is it just because our energy costs, business rates and employment costs are so high or is there a lot of greedy profiteering going on here in the UK?

@Bonsaigirl11 @SandyofSuffolk Don’t agree how farmers have been treated recently but…. Don’t forget they’ve had a relatively easy ride for 30 years through various schemes guaranteeing them income! They actually now have to run farms as a normal business now, which they’re not used to.

@SandyofSuffolk You could check out the farmers costs in this country, they are astronomic. Maybe watch Clarksons farm and see the reality. It is appalling how we treat our farmers some don’t make any profit!! And just to remind you food comes from farms not supermarkets!!

@noah_okafor @LUFC Wow 132k likes. #thegoat

Look mommy i scored twice at Old Trafford🤹🏽‍♀️ @LUFC

@BBCMOTD Only ourselves to blame. Getting pumped first 30 mins, Perri should go down and Farke team talk change to 4-4-2. Easy. They all do it, why shouldn’t we 😡

⏩ What are your thoughts on this? 🤔

@FedUpWithItAll7 @piersmorgan The economy was already on its knees before Truss. It was just hidden, until they found a scapegoat. She walked into the trap. 🤷🏻‍♂️ her policies would’ve had us on a better path compared to where we are now. IMHO

@piersmorgan What’s rich is you asking for his resignation so loudly when you didn’t utter a word when Liz Truss nuked the British economy and when the Tories systematically finished off this country for over a decade . Go hang your head in shame

Reposting.

@Keir_Starmer Well I hope they answer questions, not like you in PMQ's. Disgraceful, even Lindsay Hoyle is fed up of you !

I know parents are worried about social media and its impact on their children’s safety. They rightly expect fast action. Today, I’m calling on senior leaders from X, Meta, Snap, YouTube and TikTok to step up. I will do whatever it takes to keep children safe online.

@pistol147 68 gross

Running a competition for 2 tickets for my match Saturday morning and Sunday morning plus hotel stay in Sheffield Saturday night Question….. what is my lowest score round an 18 hole golf course???? Winner picked tonight at 10pm Good luck everyone In the event of more than one correct answer winner will be drawn at random One guess per person please

@DavidHarma99438 @Manterik @writethewrongs2 @KemiBadenoch @WiltsAnnabelle @Conservatives So where’s your work / life balance on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday then?

@Manterik @writethewrongs2 @KemiBadenoch @WiltsAnnabelle @Conservatives Hiya, one of the people who this benefits. I’m still contracted to work 37.5 hours. So I work 8-6 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday with a 8-5:30 shift Thursday. I’m literally doing 5 days work in 4.

A council job with a four-day working week for five days’ pay. Nice if you can get it. Not so nice when taxpayers are paying the bill. We deserve full-time services for full-time pay. The @Conservatives will ban this ridiculous policy and get Britain working again.

@BBCNews Another poor BBC article. 1 parent doesn't work full time, and goes to Costa for lunch which is ridiculously expensive for anything. It's just laughable journalism.

'We can't justify a £52 lunch': Middle-income families cut back on days out bbc.in/4uJNOG3

@GBNEWS There's obviously a lot more to it concerning drilling that we may or may not know. Do we have an agreement somewhwere that what we drill we have to sell on to a 3rd party and not keep and decide where it goes for refining?

‘Why won’t you open up oil and gas fields and bring down the cost?’ GB News’ Political Editor Christopher Hope pushes Prime Minister Keir Starmer on why the government won’t allow drilling in the North Sea, in light of the Iran conflict pushing up global oil prices.

@BrummieTricky For a product that needs refining and shipping to forecourts, they’ve done well to do that in less than 12 hours. It’s a joke and just a massive money making scheme. Should be a lag of weeks if not months before prices increase.

My petrol station Sunday night (diesel) 139.9 My petrol station Monday morning 149.9 MY PETROL STATION 5 MINS AGO 159.9 How are they allowed to do that? Surely Must be a law they can only rise it a certain amount? 20p in 12 hours is a joke Shell garage 35p overnight

@GrahamSmyth So all the years of football over Ramadan, I can’t recall a break to break fast ever mentioned. What happened previously? Did players just grab a drink at the next available natural break, like an injury or a substitution?

Leeds United ask for Ramadan break during Norwich City game to be respected, with Joel Piroe and visiting players set to break their fasts towards the end of the tie. #lufc yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/football…

@kickitout @LUFCMOTcom Are you seriously saying that an athlete footballer on 200k a week fasts all day and becomes highly dehydrated right before a massive game in the Premier League, then 300ml of water and an oat bar sorts them out for the last 78 minutes? Errr no.

Kick It Out statement: It’s massively disappointing that some Leeds United fans booed when Manchester City’s players broke their fast during the first half of the match at Elland Road this evening. This was compounded by the fact that an explanation was displayed on a big screen inside the stadium. Pausing the game to allow Muslim players to break their fast during Ramadan has been an agreed protocol for several years now. It’s an important and visible part of making the game welcoming for Muslim players and communities. But as tonight’s reaction shows, football still has a long way to go in terms of education and acceptance.

@MikeyDT1979 @PeterStefanovi2 Government forecast is that outstanding student loans by 2040 will be £500 billion. How on earth do you expect the Government to finance that at zero %?

@PeterStefanovi2 Student loans should have been 0% interest loans pure and simple. Where is the incentive for young people to go to university when they’ll be saddled with £100k + of debt for a large chunk of their lives?

“How much did you borrow?” “£84,000...” “…how much do you owe now?” “£110,000” Max Linford discusses how much his student loan has risen despite paying off £8000 since graduating in 2023. #Newsnight

@outthered Good work. What’s your preference when stacking S&S ISA? Dividend stocks, funds? Out of interest

My pension contribution every month has just hit £423 That includes my 5% and my companies 3%. Along with my S&S investing I’m putting away around £1200/1300 a month. Things are starting to ramp up 🙌

@Keir_Starmer Well your first sentence doesn’t count for 5.2% of the population for starters.

Stronger rights at work. Better protections for renters. Delivered by Labour. Threatened by Reform. Nigel Farage has declared war on the interests of working people.

@BBCNews Gov projections are that only 56% of student loans will be paid back for those starting jobs 2024-2025. Outstanding student loans will be £500 billion by 2040 on current projections. It’s not financially sustainable for either the student or the government.

@BBCNews How did this case study manage to borrow over £75,000 from SLC. Was she a student for 10 years or something? Surely it would get to a point where you’d say no more, not just plough on regardless thinking you’re never likely to pay it back.

Phillipson defends student loan change and says average repayments will rise by £8 a month bbc.in/477XX5f

@JezClein @BBCNews Casual work 15 hours a week over 4 years is circa £31,200 helps ease the burden somewhat. I’d be interested to know if said case study had a part time job whilst studying.

@AIM_Higher99 @BBCNews £9000 tuition fees per year even if you have a placement year Maintenance grants which can be up to £11000/year if you're in London £80k for a 4 year course right there