Saffi Price

Imagine your party has won a historic byelection. You've had election day, a loads of interviews, held a press conference with your new MP and welcomed lots of new members. Sleep? Nah. It's time for The Last Leg! #isitok

About to go on @GMB to argue why Chancellor is morally wrong to freeze the Plan 2 student loan repayment threshold, and should reverse the decision... ...while in practice for most with that loan it works like a graduate tax, it was deliberately set up and sold as a loan contract (both so the wealthy didn't need get it and so if you move abroad you still owe it). Freezing the threshold is a one sided breach of contractual terms. No commercial lender would be allowed to do it, the FCA would strike it down. The govt shouldnt be allowed to do it either, it should at the very least stick to the terms it agreed with students when they took out their loans. This freeze hits lower and middle earning graduates the hardest. They will end up repaying, at a guesstimate, £300/yr more due to it and do so for the rest of their loan's 30yr life. While the highest earners will pay more each year too, at least for them it'll mean they'll clear the loan earlier so repay less interest.

This is absolutely extraordinary. Feel so so hopeful seeing the huge numbers coming out not just to support - but to get stuck in campaigning. Final weekend: here we go!!! Join.greenparty.org.uk

On the heaths in early February, visitors get their best opportunity to hear woodlarks sing. 📷 Derek Middleton

Sir Ian McKellen at 86 expertly reciting Shakespeare last night!

The combined tuition fees of the entire Question Time panel would not cover my cost for 1 year of uni. Is that fair?

Dear 🇬🇧, Here’s your reminder that a decade ago, before the NHS was intentionally gutted by the Tories, the UK health service was ranked #1 in the world. Do not let @Nigel_Farage con you into believing otherwise. It’s time to end privatisation and reinvest in the NHS. #SOSNHS

3K billionaires control $18.3 trillion, and this concentration of wealth is reshaping democracy itself. Billionaire money changes who gets heard, who decides, and who gets left behind. Read the evidence: oxfam.org/en/resisting-r… #RuleOfTheRich #FightInequality #TaxTheSuperRich

GREEN GAIN FROM REFORM 🎉🎉🎉 First ever Green gain from Reform - Horsley in Derbyshire Massive congratulations to new Cllr Lian Pizzey and Amber Valley Green Party @ambervgreens 💚 Green 1341 Ref 1091 Cons 426 Labour 116 Advance 57 LD 43

Govt suppressed this horrifying report last year, sneaking it out now while attention elsewhere, no doubt hoping to bury dire implications of likely ecosystem collapse. Ministers must urgently step up, change direction & restore vital life support systems theguardian.com/environment/20…

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A real shame if this photo went viral again today.

You can't change your past, but you can reframe it today. You can’t foresee your future, but you can shape it today

@Matt_Pinner 20!

10 for me!!….I feel confident nobody Has all 20!! How many for you?

Still to see details of the Warm Homes Plan but early rumours are promising. Some thoughts 1) Elec levies are out of date - they were placed when elec was very dirty due to coal, which is now gone. Uk elec is too expensive (driven by policy)

🚨BREAKING: Employment Rights Bill passes in the House of Lords and will become law. This is an historic day for working people across the country, and the trade unions who represent them. Some of the watershed measures this Bill delivers: ➡️ Banning exploitative zero hours contracts ➡️ Sick pay for all from day one ➡️ Expanding paternity, parental and bereavement leave ➡️ Strengthening protections for pregnant women, whistle-blowers and victims of sexual harassment ➡️ Making flexible working the default ➡️ Repealing Tory anti-union laws Unions and workers have long campaigned for these vital rights. Finally, working people will enjoy more security, better pay and dignity at work thanks to this Bill.

@VodafoneUK you stole our money from our bank account and are now refusing to give it back. You can't work your automated system and we, as customers, are paying the price. Not for any service just for your ineptitude. Just wrong on so many levels.

My latest research looked at people’s relationship with nature since 1800, and created a model that accurately recreated that trend and looked forward to 2125 theguardian.com/environment/20…

We are moving to new definitions of success for organisations & systems, says @indy_johar. It is less about prescribed “end-states” (targets & standards to be achieved) & more about creating the conditions for change - diverse people working well together, having a sense of agency, adapting quickly & creating shared futures. He sets out key leadership shifts including: 1. Focusing on relationships, not just plans: Success comes from strong trust & communication between people & teams, making it easier to handle challenges & seize opportunities. 2. Treating goals as guides, not set-in-stone: Use goals to give direction but be ready to adjust them as circumstances change & new opportunities arise. 3. Strengthening the “agentic capacity” of diverse people: Enable people to sense, interpret, act & learn together across the system so coherence is built from the ground up—not imposed from above. 4. Pushing authority and accountability closer to where challenges & opportunities happen: So decisions can be made quickly & locally. 5. Measuring improvement in adaptability & collaboration: not just results: A healthy system is one that can handle diversity, make sense of new information & adjust quickly — not just one that delivers on a fixed plan. 6. Investing in trust & learning systems: Make time & space for teams to learn from what’s working & what’s not & share that knowledge openly. 7. Operating across different time horizons simultaneously: (i) current urgencies & institutional realities (e.g. targets, reporting cycles). (ii) transitional infrastructures for reflection & adaptation; (iii) long-term investments in trust, feedback & sensing new directions. substack.com/home/post/p-16…. Via @karas01

Exclusive: Twenty MPs have accused Southern Water CEO of ‘pure greed’ and urged him to refuse a pay hike that would take his salary to £1.4m “Decline this disgraceful payment for failure”.