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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

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Still his most memorable speech 💼🌹📈🤓🥹

Just been told 4 Senior Cabinet Ministers have tonight gone into Downing Street to tell Keir Starmer it's time to go.

“We asked 48m voters ‘What would make you vote for Labour again’ You said - Gordon Brown If it’s up there I’ll give you the money myself”

The speed at which Labour have managed to destroy their core voter base is crazy.

#OTD 2005. Third term for Tony Blair as the BBC unveil their new CGI graphics… “2005 was the first election since the 1960s where economic related issues weren't among voters' top five concerns” A thread on the 2005 election 👇🏼

@OS_Architects Beautiful I think the vast majority of the public of show your architecture would say yes please this is what we want in our urban centres. I wish you the best of luck we desperately need this kind of architecture in mansion blocks to be brought back

We are developing some proposals for a modern mansion block with taller ceilings, more windows, better communal areas and a private garden. We’ve been researching Albert Hall Mansions and Richard Norman Shaw who is credited with making flats desirable to the aspiring Victorian middle classes @archi_tradition @Aesthetic_City @createstreets

POV: going on LinkedIn

There’s literally not a single sane person on the planet who welcomes that.

We were planning a cruise around New Zealand this winter. With the price increases and cuts to pensions we are going to have to fly economy to get there. I've got a bad hip. Fourteen hours in economy. Next time millennials rage about not being able to buy a property remember what some of us have to go through.

‘I feel profoundly let down.’ Is Starmer's government mimicking the Tories and their '14 years of corruption and dishonesty'? James O’Brien says he was ‘perhaps naive’ to think it would be any different.

@kieran_andrieu @AaronBastani Ask Aaron Bastani this question please, Could the actions of President Trump make a posadist revolution possible?

@BenedictSpence People responding like we’re advocating to scrap the state pension where just saying let’s put it in a sustainable footing and sorry yes that means scrapping the triple lock so future pensioners will actually have a state pension. The triple lock is unsustainable full stop ✋

Pensioners will call you heartless for not wanting to fund the retirement they failed to prepare for, and then shrug when you ask them how we should pay for children.

AI has gone too far. Harry Potter "6 7" platform. Credit: Unhindered Studios

@FraserNelson Bunch of coward’s who are gonna financially screw this country for short term political gain

The 'triple lock' is one of the worst Tory ideas that Labour ever copied - now endorsed by Reform.

Just seen this video of Big John delivering his perfect takeaway order. It's like watching an elite athlete in flow state 👏