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Today my heart is with our trans community, treated so abysmally in this country. Draft guidance means trans people are barred from services they could previously access & inclusive service providers will be at legal risk. Green Party statement: greenparty.org.uk/2026/05/22/sia…











I know country in Western Europe that might be very interested in Associate Membership Status.


Equality is not conditional. Dignity at work is not negotiable. The EHRC Code of Practice has been published. UCU is examining it urgently. This is a significant and unsettling moment and we will not leave branches to navigate it alone. Employers' duties under equality and employment law remain in force; this does not change that. We've written to @UniversitiesUK: universities and colleges are responsible for protecting staff and students, not putting them at risk through rushed or inconsistent decisions. UCU will organise, defend, and fight for the rights of trans and non-binary people.











Today my heart is with our trans community, treated so abysmally in this country. Draft guidance means trans people are barred from services they could previously access & inclusive service providers will be at legal risk. Green Party statement: greenparty.org.uk/2026/05/22/sia…



Please see our statement on the EHRC's guidance🏳️🌈.



This Labour Government is cutting VAT from 20%➡️5% on children’s meals & family attractions this summer. 🎡 Cheaper days out 🍿 Lower cinema & theatre ticket prices 🍽️ Affordable family meals 🚌 Free bus travel for 5-15 year olds in August Helping families enjoy more for less.

1/ Police officers who gave decades of service to this country have just had their retirement plans ripped up overnight. The Government has quietly cut the lump sums available to retiring officers in the 1987 Police Pension Scheme - with immediate effect. 🧵

Watch as BBC host Fiona Bruce interrupts a Question Time debate on Scottish independence to claim that the 2014 vote settled the issue for '20 to 30 years' Bruce stepped into an exchange between Tory MP Harriet Cross and Green MSP Ross Greer





