Kevin Byrne

The @liverpoolpost today claims former Big Help bosses Peter Mitchell and Colette Goulding owe over £17mn to a London property fund. We repeat our call for @lpoolcouncil leader @liamrobinson24 to make a statement about Labour councillors involvement in the charity.

11 years ago today.

The move made yesterday by the leader of the @BhamCityCouncil is a vindication of the bin workers’ struggle for a decent deal. Workers will always come first! #VictoryToTheBinWorkers #Birmingham

Last night I welcomed the Hillsborough Law carry-over motion, which means we can keep the fight for the Hillsborough Law alive in Parliament. But it shouldn’t have come to this. Two anniversaries, a full Parliamentary session but still no Hillsborough law - it’s not good enough. We knew there’d be resistance from those who oppose transparency & accountability - and that’s why political courage and leadership matters. The PM promised, now deliver: Adopt my amendments. No carve-outs. No one is above the law. Get it done PM - we have waited long enough. #HillsboroughLaw #JFT97

Now the inquiry has finally accepted that blacklisting frequently occurred, no stone must be left unturned in discovering the true scale of #blacklisting by the #spycops and reveal who in authority gave the green light for this. 🧵 2/3

Workers come first and we will always do everything in our power to ensure that our members are treated with dignity and respect. I salute the fortitude of my members who have needlessly been forced to endure months of attacks and hardship to get us to this point. @SkyNews

RT @nowak_paul: So pleased that after a more than year of action @unitetheunion members have secured a fair resolution to the Brum bin stri…

🚨BREAKING Deal agreed to end bins strike after 15 months! It is an absolute abhorrence that this deal has been blocked not just once but twice by unelected unaccountable commissioners and officers at Birmingham City Council. Congratulations to the Unite members who stood firm throughout, backed by their union. “The move made today by the leader of the council is a vindication of the bin workers’ struggle for a decent deal” @UniteSharon

🚨BREAKING🚨 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: 𝐈𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗵𝗮𝗺 𝗯𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 "Unite under my leadership will always back workers however long it takes."

I spoke recently in a Westminster Hall debate on hidden credit liabilities and the role of the Financial Conduct Authority in regulating the big banks. For far too long, banks have mis-sold loans to people like Andrew Candy and failing to disclose hidden credit lines, risks, plus unaffordable break costs. And time and again, they’ve been allowed to get away with it, shielded by a regulator that appears unaccountable and evasive. That cannot continue and why calls for the FCA to be included within the scope of the Hillsborough Law legislation grow louder. We must ensure that both the banks and the Financial Conduct Authority are subject to proper scrutiny and held accountable under the law. No institution should be above it.

Any scouser who willingly votes this man’s party in the next elections has betrayed their city and their people.

THE MAN THEY CALLED A NUTTER JUST GOT A KNIGHTHOOD In 2003, the Post Office fired Alan Bates from his small branch in Llandudno, Wales. The reason? He refused to repay £1,200 that the Horizon computer system had invented out of thin air. He invested £65,000 in that post office. He made 507 calls to the helpline. He kept meticulous records proving the software was broken. The Post Office's response was to terminate his contract and walk away. Their own internal documents called him "unmanageable." People at industry conferences called him a nutter and a thief. He couldn't afford a hotel room at one protest event. He slept in a tent. So naturally he spent the next 20 years building the Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance, dragging the Post Office into the High Court, winning a landmark judgment in 2019 that proved Horizon was riddled with bugs, errors and defects, and triggering the overturning of more than 900 wrongful convictions. Over 900 people were prosecuted. Around 700 convicted. 236 went to prison. The scandal was linked to at least 13 suicides. The compensation bill has now passed £1.2 billion. Fujitsu (@Fujitsu_Global) knew about the bugs from 1999. The Post Office (@PostOfficeNews) knew. They prosecuted people anyway. Then they destroyed the evidence, sacked the forensic accountants when they got too close to the truth, and deleted social media comments from victims. Paula Vennells, the CEO who presided over much of it, collected a CBE. She kept it for years. Bates turned down an OBE in 2023 specifically because of that. He finally accepted a knighthood in 2024. After the ITV drama. After the public inquiry. After the nation had caught up with what he'd been saying since 2003. Twenty years. Sleeping in a tent. Called a thief by the people who were supposed to represent him. Sir Alan Bates was right from the start. The institution was lying from the start. That is the whole story. Sources: @ComputerWeekly | @BBCNews | @ITVNews | @guardian |

A message to all reds and palace fans attending today. #UnityIsStrength #FootballWithoutFansIsNothing

🚨 BREAKING 🟥 U.S. President Trump to Spain: “We’ll remove you from NATO and suspend all trade agreements.” 🇪🇸 Spain’s President Sánchez responds: “Do whatever you want, just stay away from us.”

I welcome the Government’s announcement to carry the Hillsborough Law into the next Parliamentary session, which means we can keep fighting to implement the Hillsborough Law in full. Ministers must now end the delays and deliver the law in full - and end the damaging media briefings during this process. #HillsboroughLawNow #JFT97

LFC Foundation and Forever Reds have come together to donate £5,000 to Fans Supporting Foodbanks after one of the charity's fundraising buckets was stolen outside Anfield.

A small clique organised around Morgan McSweeney and Labour Together wanted Mandelson promoted, come what may, to strengthen their factional grip and to oppose real Labour values.

Socialism or barbarism. #starmerout

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At today’s #Mandelson debate I told the Government it must disavow the toxic politics of the former US ambassador and Labour Together - a politics that has repelled millions and deliberately moved the party far from the values on which it was founded. I also called, once again, for a full and independent inquiry into the actions of Labour Together. Nothing less than full transparency and accountability will do.