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When I opened the Labour Party conference in September, I did so for every single member within our @NowHillsborough campaign group. To give them a voice, to tell every person in that arena who we are and what we have been through. Im not denying that things have moved far too slowly, and it is frustrating, but Keir gave us a voice, and this was 1 of the most empowering moments of my life ❤️ So, this is a reminder of that incredible moment and a reminder of the promise made. #HillsboroughLawNow

When so many others refused to support them @AndyBurnhamGM has always stood shoulder to shoulder with our Nuclear test veterans

@AndyBurnhamGM @June4th We are right behind you.

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

Good coverage of the 'Into the Atom' exhibition at the Wings Museum by the RAF News. issuu.com/rafnews/docs/r…

We remain positive & focused on working with @Keir_Starmer & his Gov to ensure that the Public Office Accountability Bill is fulfilled in its entirety A Bill that protects all & puts an end to a country where cover-ups are 2nd nature & victims are cast aside #HillsboroughLawNow

This week's blog - A report on the NCCF Conference held on the 9th May 2026. labrats.international/post/nccf-conf…

Brilliant summary by Pete Weatherby @NowHillsborough on why the intelligence and security services and MoD cannot be exempted from #hilsboroughlaw. And why senior officials cannot be allowed to decide on candour.

It's all right, it's not like thousands of people were relying on @Keir_Starmer to end the biggest scandal in British history. 40k troops subjected to medical experiments while being exposed to radiation from nuclear weapons. 40k wives, widows, 155k+ children and grandchildren with 10x the normal rate of birth defects. And 18 months of a @defencehq 'review' which has been repeatedly delayed. @JohnHealey_MP @AlistairCarns @Louise_Jones_MP step outside politics and bring this to an end within a few weeks. You know the truth. You know my reporting is accurate. You know time is running out for the few who survive. Do it now, or become part of the scandal. mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/n…

A Duty of Candour is desperately needed. Ten years on, why is Hillsborough Law stalled? gcnchambers.co.uk/a-duty-of-cand…

@StePurse @DefenceHQ This is disgraceful. The families have already suffered enough.

It took me 5 years to obtain my own father’s service medical records from the MoD @DefenceHQ. One of the reasons they resisted was that it contained my dad’s personal information. Yet they released personal and sensitive information regarding the families of the Chinook crash to a media outlet in an FOI without the knowledge or consent of those bereaved Chinook families! Yet more proof that the MoD is not fit for purpose and abuses its powers. This is exactly why they should never be exempted out of @NowHillsborough. I am not one of those affected by the Chinook crash but I am horrified, speechless and absolutely furious at this blatant abuse of power and disregard for the victims and their families. #EnoughisEnough #NuclearTestVeterans #News #Justice #HillsboroughLaw #MOD #Injustice #Truth #Scandal #SocialJustice #HLN #HillsboroughLawNow #NuclearWeapons #Nuclearbombs #NuclearWeaponsTesting #NukedBlood #BloodyTruth #MinistryofDefence #Trauma #MentalHealth #CoverUp

Our families have been put through enough by @DefenceHQ. So, what has the #MinistryofDeceit done now? I It revealed sensitive, personal info in an FOI to a media outlet, which thankfully they have agreed not to share. Our pro-bono lawyers are on it. independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

@AngelaRayner End the Nuclear Test Veterans scandal.

Our party has suffered a historic defeat. Many good Labour colleagues have lost their seats despite working hard for those they represented. We have lost good Labour administrations and lost the chance for more. What we are doing isn’t working, and it needs to change. This may be our last chance. The Labour Party must now live up to our name: we must be the party of working people. We’ve heard the same on the doorstep as we’ve seen in the polls - the cost of living is the top issue for voters of all parties. People have turned to populists and nationalists because we have not done enough to fix it. Living standards are barely higher than they were a decade and a half ago. People feel hopeless - that the cost of living crisis will never end, and now they see oil and gas companies use global instability to post record profits. Once again, ordinary people are paying the price for decisions they didn’t make. It’s no wonder that across the UK, working people feel the system is rigged against them. Things can be so much better than this. Countries including Spain and Canada have shown that economies can grow and people can thrive when governments stay true to labour and social democratic values and put people first. We need to learn from that. In London, we lost young people who fear they will never afford a home. In my patch and across the north, we lost working people whose wages are too low and costs too high. In Scotland and Wales, people do not currently see Labour as the answer.  We are in danger of becoming a party of the well-off, not working people. The Peter Mandelson scandal showed a toxic culture of cronyism.  Decisions like cutting winter fuel allowance just weren’t what people expected from a Labour government. For too long, successive governments have allowed wealth and power to concentrate at the top without a plan to ensure the benefits of economic growth are shared fairly. The result is an economy that does not work for the majority, with wealth concentrated in too few hands. This level of inequality, alongside squeezed living standards, is the outcome of a model built on deregulation, privatisation, and trickle-down economics. But we have the chance to fix this.  1/2

Tomorrow, May 7, join our #NPT side event on nuclear weapons verification, dismantlement, and victim assistance. Featuring @AnnieJacobsen, @IvanaNHughes, Prof. Peter Kuznick, @baklitskiy. Co-hosted with @MYNewYorkUN1, @PHMissionNY, Mission of Kiribati, @napf, and @ReverseTT_. Register: tinyurl.com/3as8f8sm

Great to attend the Candour & Communities Exhibition again today, 1 more day to go, a great panel today @VLCLiverpool @AVCT Judy, @IanByrneMP Cindy Butts, Lydia Hayes @cfpjustice @Malriel thank you to everyone involved, a wonderful place 👏 ⚖️ #Hillsboroughlawnow

Great to attend the Candour & Communities Exhibition today @VLCLiverpool well done to all the speakers, especially @Malriel you did us proud #Hillsboroughlawnow @cfpjustice 2 more days to go, hope to see you there ✊️

Opens today 👇

This is a great substack, link below, explaining the effects of Hillsborough and how tragedy chanting affects those affected by it, it's still being allowed to happen without any consequences, what is the @premierleague going to do about it? 1/2

You can watch the presentations at the opening of 'Into the Atom' on the Wings Aviation Museum YouTube channel. youtube.com/watch?v=h4fCFq…

@ann_poppy @willcpowell If #HillsboroughLaw had been implemented as a priority as Starmer promised, then proactive honesty, would have been a game changer in how the State would have to engage during investigations - I still pray for justice for your families and a true Duty of Candour - #RobbiesLaw