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Adam Hug @adamhug.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Strong narrative and analysis about where we are as a country matched with some proper ambition about how to respond to those challenges from Andy

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Heidi Alexander MP @heidialexander.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Tomorrow at @labouruk.bsky.social Conference, I will announce that we will nationalise Avanti West Coast train services at the first opportunity. We are building a railway Britain can rely on. www.thetimes.com/article/b68f...

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Avanti West Coast main line set to be nationalised in March

The transport secretary says the operator’s Manchester to London route ‘hasn’t been good enough for far too long’ and passengers have been paying the price

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Matthew Pennycook MP @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It’s not a silver bullet but bringing more empty homes back into use can help solve the housing crisis. Today, we’re announcing strengthened powers for councils to take control of long-term empty homes and use them to house families in need.

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Adam Hug @adamhug.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I’m delighted to see this announcement include EDMO reform to tackle empty properties. I campaigned for years for this at both WCC and the LGA. It should help make Empty Dwelling Management Orders actually usable, creating a real tool in the arsenal of local authorities to bring homes back into use.

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Adam Hug @adamhug.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Great to see a new publicly owned bus (the 6) will be running through my area.

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Adam Hug @adamhug.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Having a strong pan-London approach for freight consolidation is crucial to managing a world where personal car use falls but congestion remains high. Also speeding up lane rental approvals which are taking way too long. Both would significantly help with bus speeds alongside bus priority measures.

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 18/09/2026

More officers. Smarter tech. Record funding. Fewer places for phone thieves to hide.

Bar chart showing 'theft from the person' 42% lower, 'personal robbery' 33% lower, 'vehicle crime' 33% lower. Text above reads "Targeted policing is making a difference in Westminster. More officers and Sur-Ron e-bikes are helping cut crime across Westminster, with significant reductions in theft, including phone theft." Text below bar chart reads "Source: MOPAC analysis of MPS recorded crime data (12 months to August 2026 vs previous 12 months. London Datastore 02/09/2026. Recorded crime data is subject to future revision".

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Adam Hug @adamhug.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

As expected the new Conservative administration in Westminster announcing its plans to flip homes in the Council's pipeline from social housing to intermediate. Also the start of their campaign to try to persuade GLA to lift the household income cap from 75k www.westminster.gov.uk/news/westmin...

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Westminster City Council launches key worker housing delivery plan | Westminster City Council

Westminster City Council is launching a delivery plan to help key workers, including nurses, poli

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Matthew Pennycook MP @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Delighted our Social Housing Bill passed its Second Reading this week. At its heart are radical reforms to the Right to Buy to protect precious social rented homes and incentivise the building of more of them. The Bill also gives greater protections to tenants who are victims of domestic abuse.

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Westminster City Council @citywestminster.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Wishing Happy New Year to all our Jewish residents and friends across Westminster celebrating Rosh Hashanah this evening. We hope this coming year brings everyone peace, prosperity and good health. Shana Tova! #Roshhashanah

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Karen Buck @queensparkkaren.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

We’ve seen this movie before. It ends with homelessness, Temporary Accommodation costs crippling local councils, renters in severe financial hardship. That this can be done without huge social damage is the politics of wishful thinking.

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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

NEW - Ed Miliband announces today - An import ban on goods from illegal settlements in the occupied territories. A comprehensive sanctions regime against providing services such as construction or financing for Israeli settlements. 1/2

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Adam Hug @adamhug.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Hugely important steps by Ed Miliband on sanctions on illegal settlements in the West Bank. But it is also crucial that this isn't just Britain acting alone but working together to with a broad coalition of likeminded countries to help maximise possible leverage www.gov.uk/government/n...

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Joint Foreign Ministers' Statement on the Two-State Solution

Statement of the Foreign Ministers of Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the UK on the Two-State Solution

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Adam Hug @adamhug.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Community spaces and organisations are vital to building community cohesion, as evidenced by the great community hubs we were able to open in Westminster. They bring people together from all walks of life, something that is so vital in these fraught times www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Youth clubs, trade unions, pubs: here's how Burnham can fix Britain's social recession | Gordon Brown

From volunteering to the WI, we have lost so many ways to meet our neighbours. Making that easier can only be good for society, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown

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Adam Hug @adamhug.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Balaclava clad extremists on the streets of Portsmouth and Dover can't be allowed to dominate the political debate (or mess with the RNLI).

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Adam Hug @adamhug.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

It’s been a busy few days on the doors in Holborn and St Pancras. A great team of campaigners from Camden and across London are already hard at work to ensure Labour holds the seat with a hopeful, positive but pragmatic campaign that shows the change we are making locally and nationally.

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Adam Hug @adamhug.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Out speaking to residents in hugely diverse Somers Town this morning. Not a place receptive to this racist division from Restore (as many residents commented)

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Adam Hug @adamhug.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This is a disgraceful and racist attack on Sagal who is a committed public servant and local government leader. Reform need to be called out for this divisive nonsense.

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Adam Hug @adamhug.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Strong mix of things that can have a day-to-day impact and deeper transformation that people can still see and feel.

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Adam Hug @adamhug.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Team Westminster out helping Labour’s by-election campaign in Trinity ward Wandsworth

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 27/08/2026

I grew up in a council home, so I know just how important they are. With £6 billion in funding for more affordable homes, we can transform the lives of thousands of Londoners all over this city.

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Adam Hug @adamhug.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Finally found this old photo from my first event as a local councillor (16 years ago) celebrating the partnership between Dolly Parton's Imagination Library and the Westbourne Children's Centre, helping give books to young kids in my ward. The reach of Dolly's philanthropy was huge and appreciated

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

A sitting Conservative MP using the word Yookay. Genuinely astonishing to me that visibly there is no warning sign, at all, will be heeded by loads of people at Westminster with a *direct stake* in this type of politics failing.

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Adam Hug @adamhug.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Important test for @citywestminster.bsky.social ‘s new administration. Will they stand up to their national front bench and call out this attack on our residents, are they trying to keep their head down or do they agree with it? Conservatives trying to divide our local communities.

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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

It’s fantastic news that London will receive £168m of additional funding to support people off the streets - 38% of the national total. We’re determined to support the PM’s drive to ensure everyone has a safe place to sleep, working with London Councils and charities. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Andy Burnham unveils plan to get rough sleepers off streets for Christmas

Rough sleepers in England will be offered housing, in a move likened to the “Everyone In” initiative during the pandemic.

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Adam Hug @adamhug.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

As Jim says if you want to make a meaningful difference to dodgy shops (e.g Candy Stores) on the high street you need to give HMRC (plus Companies House and other existing institutions) the funding they need to do the job. It’s not magic that’s required; it’s better functioning bureaucracy.

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Adam Hug @adamhug.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Excellent news to give councils greater control of their local high streets.

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Adam Hug @adamhug.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I see Joshua Bonehill-Paine’s advisory role is already having an impact. This is extremely extreme from the Tories in their race to the bottom with Reform. This would have a devastating impact in my community on countless families who have lived here for years www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Conservatives pledge to ban foreign nationals from social housing

They claim around 230,000 homes would become available under their plan to limit social housing entitlements.

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Adam Hug @adamhug.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Excellent news @bevcraig.bsky.social will do an amazing job for Manchester. It’s a really strong result on the back of some real positivity over the last few weeks.

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Adam Hug @adamhug.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Big turnout at the reopening of the Exchange- the great local community hub run by the North Pad Foodbank that makes such a difference in our local area.

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Adam Hug @adamhug.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Creating a genuine system local authorities to retain more of the proceeds of local growth has been talked about for years and not really achieved. Would have real value if it can finally happen. (Also the perennial London reminder that currently the strategic authority is not constituted from LAs)

Section of the Rewiring the state document on role of local authorities and business rate retention.

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Adam Hug @adamhug.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Aligning key public service boundaries is a really important step and needs to be thought about carefully. At the moment in London for example none of the key geographies align with the constellations of LAs for NHS, Police, homelessness or growth/jobs subregional partnerships all being different.

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Adam Hug @adamhug.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

And where was the only place the Tories actually made progress in this year’s elections? In London where disproportionately their voters and Conservative curious swing voters are more likely than the median to support action on climate change and are less hardline on both Europe and cultural issues

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Kirsty McNeill, Minister of State at FCDO has many years of commitment + expertise on international development for many years before entering parliament in 2024, inc as exec director at Save the Children +working for Gordon Brown when he was PM, after being a Make Poverty History campaign organiser

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James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Delighted to see Andy Slaughter - one of Parliament's proper good guys, a policy expert and a lovely chap whose plugged away doing good work for years* - get a role as Solicitor General here. *full disclosure - my former boss! But he's great

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Ministerial Appointments: July 2026

The King has been pleased to approve the following appointments.

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Adam Hug @adamhug.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Ending rough sleeping is a vital goal for the new government but is a deeply complex challenge. Delivering on this commitment will require cross departmental working at all levels of government and should be a component of the devo agenda for new govt to drive local collaboration on this shared goal

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Luke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Seen a few people saying rough sleeping policy isn’t aimed at median public concern. Quite apart from any policy/moral imperative it really is - rough sleeping comes up time again in focus groups as one of the most visible signs of Broken Britain and community decline!

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Adam Hug @adamhug.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Really good to see Jonny back where he belongs with a strengthened remit. Healey, Miliband and Rayner part of a strong lineup so far. Plus some strong names clearly in the building awaiting announcement.

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Adam Hug @adamhug.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Strong opening priorities.

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Adam Hug @adamhug.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Good to hear Andy talking about a broad church Labour party delivering devolution, tackling the need to build council homes and tackle the temporary accommodation crisis.

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Adam Hug @adamhug.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Big congratulations to @london.gov.uk on his peerage in recognition of his service to London over the last 10 years.

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 10/07/2026

I'm deeply saddened and shocked by Ann Widdecombe’s death, which is now being treated as murder. My thoughts are with her family and friends at this incredibly difficult time. As the Prime Minister has said, now is the time for unity.

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Starmer responds to 'shocking' news

Starmer has commented as the police have launched a murder investigation into Ann Widdecombe's death.

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Adam Hug @adamhug.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Seems Kemi plans to run hard right climate deniers as parliamentary candidates in 2 Cities + Kensington & Bayswater-a strange definition of 'serious people' & one unlikely to be in tune with broadly one nation, affluent social liberal swing voters in those seats www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/07...

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Adam Hug @adamhug.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Labour Party is coming together to unite behind Andy Burnham to get us on the front foot delivering further devolution, building more council homes and tackling the deep challenges the country faces while Nigel tries to run from scrutiny in a bin-based farce.

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Adam Hug @adamhug.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Westminster Tories wasting no time at all by ending universal free school meals in local secondary schools (all Westminster kids aged 11-14 had received a free school meal). Not that it’s imediately obvious they are doing that from this word salad www.westminster.gov.uk/news/westmin...

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Westminster plans to align secondary school meal offer with new national eligibility | Westminster City Council

Westminster City Council has announced plans to align its support for secondary school pupils wit

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 04/07/2026

Today at Pride in London, we’ll show the world that love will always triumph over hate.

Progress Pride flags decking out Regent Street ready for Pride in London

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Joe Powell MP @joepowell.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The escalation in Sudan is horrifying, with civilians in El Obeid cut off from access to food, water and fuel as RSF drone strikes escalate. Hundreds of thousands of people are at grave risk. Sudan is one of the worst humanitarian situations in the world, and the conflict must end.

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Adam Hug @adamhug.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Massive congratulations to the amazing @bevcraig.bsky.social on being nominated as Labour’s candidate for Mayor of Greater Manchester. She’s done an amazing job at Manchester City Council and at the LGA and will make a great metro Mayor.

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Cllr Bev Craig (@bevcraig.bsky.social)

Running the best city in the world. Leader of Manchester City Council since Dec 2021, elected Labour Councillor since 2011. Passionate about all things Manchester, Labour, Cities, Sport, Culture an...

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Adam Hug @adamhug.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

End of an era. The Prime Minister has spent the last 6 years first getting the Labour Party into a position where it could win power, achieving a historic landslide and then for the last two years governing in challenging times. Whatever comes next hope he gets much needed time with his family

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Adam Hug @adamhug.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

A lovely day in Makerfield knocking doors for @andyburnhamgm.bsky.social

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