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@YvetteCooperMP It’s illegal migration we are worried about

At the General Election we pledged to bring down net migration. Following reforms in our Immigration White Paper last Spring, it has now fallen 82% from the peak under the Tories. We promised a fair, controlled and managed migration system, and that is what we are delivering.

@10DowningStreet 82% of legal migration is down because they know the UK is now a shithole because of Illegal migration… which is up!!

NEW: UK net migration has fallen 82% in the last three years. We are delivering a secure Britain.

@I_Dont_Know_Her Because they are troglodytes… Money can’t buy class

Why the fuck would you collect a royal honour from the future king and wear trainers along with your dad.

@Keir_Starmer There will be more knives on public transport than a catering school…

Good news for families: Children across England will get free bus travel in August.

@Keir_Starmer But not cutting fuel duty or vat so you don’t care that much…

We’ve just extended the fuel duty cut for the rest of the year. This will support millions of drivers and families across the country. My Labour government is focused on what matters to you: cutting the cost of living.

@Boenau Yeah but they are soft, and minimal scratches can be buffed out… all good 👍

Vehicle size is a huge problem.

@AndyBurnhamGM No one picked you, hopefully no one is going to pick you… this is a sham vote @reformparty_uk and show them you are not stupid and you can see this for what it is

I am proud and humbled to have been selected as Labour’s candidate for Makerfield. These proud working-class communities represent the very best values of our country and they deserve so much better. It would be my honour to work for them every day, if elected as their MP, to achieve that. Many people here feel Westminster isn’t working for them and they are right. I am standing to change that and get the voice of these communities heard loud and clear. I am glad that this by-election has finally put the places that make up the Makerfield constituency into the national spotlight. They have been neglected by national politics for too long. It is a good thing that all political parties are now on the hook to tell the voters here what they are going to do for them. More than anything, people need life to be more affordable again. As Mayor, I have brought in changes which are helping, such as the £2 fare cap, free bus travel for our 16-18 year-olds and removing the 9.30am restriction from older and disabled people’s bus passes. But there is only so much I can do from Greater Manchester. If elected, I will have a relentless focus on reducing people’s everyday costs and bills and well as securing the investment these communities need. I have been an elected representative in Greater Manchester for 25 years. Throughout that time, I have fought for the people of the North West of England on so many fronts. I am now ready to bring the whole weight of that experience to fighting for the communities of the Makerfield constituency and would be privileged to be given that opportunity.

@EJWoolf @Iromg

Has anyone told him, he hasn't even won the by-election yet

@ITVNewsPolitics @itvnews @DanielHewittITV

Andy Burnham on Number 10: I will take my fight 'as high as I can go' Burnham sat down for an exclusive interview with @DanielHewittITV itv.com/news/2026-05-1…

@AndyBurnhamGM Come on people, vote @reformparty_uk in this sham move… let them see we can’t be played

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

@CitizenUddin It’s a Landrover it probably broke down pulling out the junction

It won't come as a surprise, that I just filmed this in West Ealing. It also won't come as a surprise it was an SUV driver. This kind of dangerous parking will not be tolerated in my local community. So obviously I will be reporting the driver.

@ITVNewsPolitics @itvnews Why do we want to get rid of one sleaze ball for another younger sleaze ball…. We want another general election. #labourout

'Where we need vision, we have a vacuum. Where we need direction, we have drift' Health Secretary Wes Streeting resigns from government In a letter, Streeting called for Starmer's resignation, criticising Starmer's leadership and the direction of the Labour Party

@TedUrchin Oh dear, how sad, never mind 🤣. Best get leaving then, he’s out out

I will certainly leave the Labour Party if Starmer is removed.

@chriswardmp It wasn’t a landslide, it was less vote share than Corbyn! Starmer stays and the votes will leave it’s as simple a that, most of the country hates him and Rachel Reeves. He has to go or @UKLabour goes. That’s all there is to it

@TheBritLad Good! That’s what we want

🚨BREAKING: Rumours circulating in left-wing circles claim Keir Starmer has issued a warning to Labour MPs: “I wont stand down, I just won’t and if this drama continues, I’ll call a snap election” Would he really stoop that low?

@BBCPolitics Nope… bye bye 👋

Has Keir Starmer done enough to save his premiership? bbc.in/4dih7rs

@mikegardner_wb Unless it’s his resignation or announcement of a general election I won’t be giving @Keir_Starmer a minute of my time

Let’s get our word bingo cards ready for Starmer’s 43rd relaunch speech tomorrow. Mine has these: Toolmaker Change Renewal Fixing the foundations 14 years £22 billion black hole Far right Division Reform Farage Not our war Brexit Breakfast clubs Lifting children out of poverty

@bo66ie29 You can’t build them for £6.50….

Dear Architects, what’s preventing you from designing new builds that look like this?

@kelvmackenzie 105mpg out of a defender… that’s pretty impressive! My hybrid RAV4 doesn’t get that

Bake Off’s Paul Hollywood is damned lucky to escape with 5pts on his licence for speeding and not face a careless driving charge after an officer told Worthing JPs he was tailgating at 88mph just 2 metres from the car in front ( meant to be 170 metres) on the M25. He was driving a Land Rover Defender weighing a couple of tonnes and had a mistake happened at that speed ( he was doing up to 105mpg) the consequences would be dreadful. Nothing’s worse on the m-way than a high speed tailgater. I’m no angel, having been done recently for doing 80mph, but drivers who use the outside lane like Silverstone and bully drivers ( obeying the rules) out the way are a bloody pest. Hollywood defence was that his cat was sick and he wanted to get home to take it to the vet. Could I remind Hollywood there’s nobody on the roads who hasn’t a good reason to get home quickly.

@Keir_Starmer We want you gone… that’s all. Just gone 🤷

We must respond to the message that voters have sent us and break with the status quo once and for all. We must confront the big challenges the public face with real answers. That is how we will deliver the change that people are desperate for and build a stronger and fairer country. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…