Sarah Doyle

A year ago I left this website, partly because of how racist it had got, but also because I was warned people in the Labour Party wanted to block me from re-running as a councillor (because I’m leftwing). A project built on fear and cronyism was always going to end this way.

📣ONLINE PUBLIC MEETING📣 Do you support care workers in Lancashire? Come along to our online public meeting on Thursday 23rd April to learn more about how to support them against the threat posed by Reform UK in the upcoming local elections ✊ vist.ly/4xztv

🇵🇸 Councillors support for Palestine Action Hunger Strikers 🇵🇸 Please sign and share! docs.google.com/forms/d/1eEIWQ…

Preston City Council is exploring the possibility of extending a hand of friendship to a town in Palestine as a symbol of our sympathy with the people of Palestine, the wider Middle East and those of all faiths / communities who are suffering through conflict across the globe 1/2

Leader of Preston City Council, Councillor Matthew Brown and Councillor Nweeda Khan, Cabinet Member for Communities and Social Justice release a joint statement, which you can read in full on our website: preston.gov.uk/article/8436/P…

@PapercupLPL Thank you Michelle. That means a lot! Thank you for all of the advice, support and the great work of @PCPCoffee. xx

@srcdoyle Many thanks for your help over the last few months supporting people who come into the shop. There are loud opposing voices who say a lot, but do a little. Not all good deeds are broadcast, but we both know the work being done. Thankyou Sarah #IWD

South Asian solidarity during the Miners' Strike. Here's a food collection leaflet in Urdu and Punjabi that was distributed across Birmingham. Street collections on Soho Road in Handsworth were known to be amongst the best supported & miners squabbled over who got that 'patch.'

1/21 Amid such bleak news from Birmingham here’s a more detailed look at something distinctive about it - its legacy of inter-war art deco private flats. No other UK city outside London has so many, and there are virtually none in the obvious peers like Leeds and Manchester.

Tonight @localsolutions Big SleepOut is taking place at Liverpool Cricket Ground. Every penny raised will support our homeless provision and take us one step closer to achieving our vision of ending homelessness. @srcdoyle @liamrobinson24 @LiamThorpECHO @lpoolcouncil @LandAid

✍️ Myself & @_RuthieB_ have been campaigning to protect the Household Support Fund 💷 It has enabled us to help 330,000 residents with food, fuel and other emergency costs over 3 years 📢 The fund must be extended beyond March 2024 in @Jeremy_Hunt's budget on Wednesday

Thread 🧵 Next week we are bringing our budget proposals to full council. Our proposals include an additional £3.5m for children's services, rising to £4.8m from 2025/26 (1/5)

@liamrobinson24 and I have consistently lobbied government against policy which is feeding this homelessness crisis. We need no fault evictions banned, LHA to reflect market rents, and investment in social house building. We still await a response from the minister.

Last year we opened an emergency hub to protect rough sleepers. I’m proud @LiverpoolLabour budget increases funding for homelessness prevention and protection. Real prevention means people will face less risk and we can invest money into future plans to build council houses.

Homelessness statics published today are a damming indictment of government failure. A record number 109,000 households in temporary accommodation. Despite challenging financial circumstances, @LiverpoolLabour budget has committed to investing £14.2m in homeless services.

New research underlines the strong case for social housing, with £31.4bn in wider benefits to society inc: · £5.2bn savings to the NHS · £4.5bn savings to homelessness services · £2.7bn savings due to fewer disruptions to education & this is only a starting point of 90k builds

@Liverpoolshell Thank you Michelle! Thank you to you and your team for being there for those who need it!

🚨New social housing sales/demolition figs today🚨 27,616 social homes sold/demolished in 2022/23. Of that, 10,896 were Right to Buy sales, again outstripping supply of social rent homes (9,561). Every year since 2013/14, more social homes have been sold under RTB than built (1)