Cllr Adele Williams

Branch secretary Louise Stonard spoke at #Nottingham's #MayDay demo on Saturday. She described the harmful impact it has on the local economy if jobs are lost @UniofNottingham - with our sister unions UCU and Unite, and with students, we will fight the proposed cuts - rally Weds!

Labour is at a turning point. We're supporting candidates in key internal elections this year who will champion progressive policies and call for a more democratic Party. Nominate them in your CLPs before 26 June. futureweneed.com

Our president @LopaLeach featured on the BBC discussing the horrendous job cuts at our university. Our community, our students, our staff members, and our university deserve better. So we fight back. MAB starts on Wednesday. Strike action next Friday. We will see you there.

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

Our administration must be doing SOMETHING right if they keep making headlines! theguardian.com/education/2026…

"Andy Burnham should never have been blocked." Speaking at our annual conference Angela Rayner calls out Keir Starmer for blocking Andy Burnham's leadership bid.

With additional details about the (wholly unnecessary) course closures and redundancies coming out today, we share these wonderful photos of our rally taken by @tregenza to remind you all that there is clear and significantly more humanitarian alternative to the path we are on.

Enjoying how the subtitles for this change 'donor' to 'owner'

"If you haven't got the courage to stand against the wealthy and the powerful and redistribute wealth and power back to working people, then don't stand up and say you're going to deliver real change." Our general secretary Dave Ward at CWU General Conference this morning with a message for Labour.

UNISON stands with Britain’s Jewish community to oppose antisemitism. Message of support for today's rally in central London.

These are terrible results for Labour. Read our full statement below 🔽

Catherine West is reflecting the upset in her constituency where so many seats were lost but I don’t think this is right approach. We need to discuss how we go forward & I worry some in shadows want to exploit her concerns and bounce us before we have a proper democratic process.

What is the UK doing to gather data and take cases to the international courts?

1/ Every time I encounter a bizarre anti-environmental article in the Telegraph, I know the writer will be connected in some way to the disgraced Revolutionary Communist Party or its successors. These are the people behind Brexit & the fake ‘grass roots’ campaigns against LTNs.

‘Yes, the government should freeze rents – and develop a plan for long-term rent controls’ Andrea Egan, UNISON general secretary unsn.uk/4tGsrod

The need for public ownership is stronger than ever. The need for more council homes is stronger than ever. The need for a tax on extreme wealth is stronger than ever. It’s time Labour offered a real alternative to fix a struggling Britain. 🌹

I’m angry, appalled and disgusted at this latest heinous attack on our Jewish community and the fact that Jewish people are having to live in a constant state of fear. I urge all Londoners to stand with our Jewish communities. Condemning antisemitism is not enough. We need to collectively fight against it, as we have in the past. I’m working with the police, the Government and community leaders to redouble our efforts to eradicate the scourge of antisemitism wherever it rears its head & protect Jewish friends, colleagues & neighbours.

NEW 🚨| Poll reveals shocking increase in racism at work. From 2020 to 2026 black and ethnic minority workers have reported a rise of racist remarks, abuse, unfair treatment and violence. It’s time for action to stamp this out.

Tice, who said Angela Rayner would resign if she had "any moral decency", did not respond to our latest inquiries about his tax affairs or even acknowledge receipt. Nor did his lawyer or Nigel Farage's team. However, he has now posted a statement saying of his wider affairs: "Naturally I am always happy to put things right and if numbers need rechecking, of course I will pay what is owed - be that more or less." Where does that leave us? - Story #1: Tice avoided £600k in corporation tax by classifying his company as a real estate investment trust in unusual circumstances and benefitting from a loophole meaning he did not have to meet technical rules that otherwise applied. Tice accepts this, and said everyone should seek to avoid as much tax as legally possible. - Story #2: Tice broke the law by failing to pay at least £92k - or, per further analysis by @DanNeidle, £120k - in withholding tax before paying incorrectly large dividends to himself and his off-shore trust in Jersey. He says the dividends he personally received meant he ultimately paid more income tax, meaning HMRC received the money it was owed, or even more. He has not provided any evidence for this or addressed what tax the trust paid. He has dismissed the fact the law was broken - and the accompanying fact that the company still has an unsettled tax bill - as a "technicality". Farage, when asked to evidence Tice's claim that HMRC received equal/more tax, snapped at a reporter and demanded she provide a "lecture" on the nature of real estate investment trusts. - Story #3: Tice failed to pay ~£100k in corporation tax on dividends deposited in four shell companies he owned and which were part of a group which donated huge sums to Reform. Last month he gave us contradictory stories as to why dividends were not taxed. a) He said they were tax-exempt. (They were not in this case.) b) He said the parent group suffered losses allowing tax bills to be offset. (This is not the case.) He did not respond to further inquiries which we sent yesterday morning. Overall, the evidence indicates Tice used unusual measures to avoid £600k, and failed to pay up to £220k on tax owed. Per @DanNeidle the underpayments mean the firms are vulnerable to HMRC investigation which could lead to required repayment plus interest and fines.

Big #Nottingham welcome to all the Hockey fans in our arena this Playoffs weekend. Gutted Panthers aren't in it but not our year.