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I'm retired, live in North West England with my partner and dog. Interested in politics and now spending some of my retirement touring Britain. No DMs please.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 16h
⚠️ He might want a fight on Brexit. Bring it on. Farage and his fellow Brexiteers have been proved wrong time and time again. 👏 This is a fight we will win.
politico.eu
Farage spoils for a Brexit brawl with Burnham
Reform UK leader will attack the prime minister’s turn towards Europe in a major speech Thursday.
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Pissedoffpundit @pissedoffpundant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Callum Parrish @callumparrish.bsky.social · 13h
Offenders leaving prison from today will be monitored under the toughest supervision in British history, as new powers to restrict their movements come into force.
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Toughest restrictions ever imposed on offenders on licence
Offenders leaving prison from today will be monitored under the toughest supervision in British history, as new powers to restrict their movements come into force.
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Callum Parrish @callumparrish.bsky.social · 13h
Households will be better protected from rising global energy costs this winter after the Government cuts tax on household electricity bills from today.
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Energy bill tax cut starts today to give families breathing space
Households will be better protected from rising global energy costs this winter after the Government cuts tax on household electricity bills from today.
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 16h
This is sovereignty. 'Wind and solar generated a record 41% share of the UK’s electricity needs in 2026 to date, compared with 25% from gas, avoiding the need for gas imports worth £5.9bn since the outbreak of war between the US and Iran in February.' www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-win...
Bar chart showing record wind and solar have saved the UK from gas imports worth £5.9 billion during Hormuz crisis.
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Callum Parrish @callumparrish.bsky.social · 10h
Over 750 young people attended Birmingham's first Youth Guarantee Jobs Fair, bringing them together with the UK's biggest businesses.
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750 young people connect with top employers at Birmingham’s first Youth Guarantee Jobs Fair
Over 750 young people attended Birmingham's first Youth Guarantee Jobs Fair, bringing them together with the UK's biggest businesses.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 9h
The UK has added 291,000 new solar PV installations in the 12 months to August 2026, the most in any 12-month period since 2012 It brings the cumulative installed solar in the UK to 23.2GW across 2,131,000 installations. It's also a 9% increase from August 2025, with 1.9GW of new capacity
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UK installs record 291,000 PV installations in 12-month period
This brings the cumulative installed solar capacity in the UK to 23.2GW across 2,131,000 installations.
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 10h
The far right thrives on lies and disinformation. We’re debunking some of the most common myths they peddle, exposing the harm they cause, and showing why their claims don’t stand up to scrutiny. Read our new report: hopenothate.org.uk/2026/10/01/f...
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Far Right Fact Check
Disinformation Debunked - What the data actually says.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 14h
“Brexit was a huge loss both for the British people and for the European project as a whole. If the United Kingdom were to make such a decision, Spain would welcome it with open arms and once again embrace our friends in Britain.” - President Sánchez
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Callum Parrish @callumparrish.bsky.social · 13h
The UK has announced a package of 31 sanctions against Russia as UK steps up economic pressure ahead of the winter.
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New UK sanctions target Kremlin war chest, propagandists and torturers
The UK has announced a package of 31 sanctions against Russia as UK steps up economic pressure ahead of the winter.
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 17h
DWP savings costing published re triple lock New policy will save on cash terms £15bn a year by 2039-40, £50bn by 2049-50 In real terms… £11bn by 39-40, £30bn a year by 49-50
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 17h
Who should pensioners trust more ... Labour who propose to cut the Triple Lock to fund social care Reform Ltd who propose to end the Triple LOck (and maybe pensions altogether?) to fund tax cuts fro the super-rich memes via We Demand UK
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 17h
"The world cannot sustain or afford billionaires; say no to tax evading fash like Jim Ratcliffe and modern day sportswashing – which is the practice of using sports, sporting events, or team ownership to improve a tarnished reputation ..." via The UK Against Hate #BlameMillionairesNotMigrants
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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 17h
On National Poetry Day, here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.
The Power of Poetry
 
with things falling apart
and anarchy let loose,
 
it was only poetry, he found,
which had any use,
 
so he reached for his copy  
of The Complete Works of Yeats
 
and bludgeoned the President
of the United States


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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 17h
Remember "Nigel Farage paid £40,000 by firm that helps super rich cut tax bills" (by immigrating) www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli... Well, here's another Reform UK hypocrite ... "Reform UK’s Welsh leader works for firm that helps foreign workers migrate to the UK" nation.cymru/news/reform-...
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Reform UK's Welsh leader works for firm that helps foreign workers migrate to the UK
Martin Shipton Reform UK’s leader in Wales works part time for an organisation that helps foreign migrants obtain visas to work in the UK, we can reveal. Helen Jenner recently took over from Dan Thoma...
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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 17h
The triple lock on the State Pension will be 'adjusted' from April 2030. What might that mean for the value of the State Pension? In this chart we show how the State Pension would have increased under various uprating measures, including the 'smoothed' triple lock announced by the PM today.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18h
Massive news. Notorious is 99p on Kindle for just this month. HUGE bargain and people love this book www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F2FHD18...
Book cover showing Eve, Capone, Mosley, Henry 8, Vladimir the Impaler and NOTORIOUS
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Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺🔶🌹💚💙 @cornishskipper.wsocial.eu · 30/09/2026
“YouGov suggesting Labour could more than double its seat total if it went into the next election promising to rejoin…the influential Institute for Public Policy Research will release a paper calling for the country to rejoin” Brexit is a disaster www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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No 10 gathering evidence on public support for UK rejoining EU
Senior Downing Street officials reach out to thinktanks and pollsters as they look to test backing for reversing Brexit
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Eve Livingston @everebecca.bsky.social · 18h
Still a few last freelance pieces publishing from before my new job & really pleased this is one of them. For @tbij.bsky.social I dug into far-right claims to “protect women” - and found women’s orgs across the country disrupted & intimidated by them: www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
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‘Fear is part of our life now’: women’s groups thrown into disarray…
Anti-immigration protestors are disrupting services aimed at those they claim to protect
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 18h
South West Water pleaded guilty to sewage dumping, fined £8m, a decade after the events. Yet govt introduced more deregulation. England's water industry controlled by organisations with criminal convictions. None has licence revoked. No exec prosecuted. Customers fleeced.
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South West Water fined almost £8m for sewage spills
South West Water previously entered guilty pleas to pollution offences spanning six years.
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Mike @mikem51.bsky.social · 18h
Offshore private equity should not be allowed ownership of UK assets or able to have contracts for any government activity unless it pays UK taxes in full.
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Dave @davel1001.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Out with Foxy this morning #crookolune #Lancashire
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“The question is not whether we can afford to remain within the Convention [ECHR]. It is whether, in an increasingly dangerous world, we can afford not to” Political liars and lightweights, like Badenoch and Farage, must never be allowed to take that risk. www.lawgazette.co.uk/commentary-a...
The Law Society
Gazette

In short, if Britain were to leave the ECHR, it would not be
'taking back control. It would be surrendering influence over the rules and institutions that help keep us safe.
The debate about the ECHR is too often conducted as though it were a choice between national sovereignty and international law. That is a false choice.
The Convention advances British interests because it reflects British values: liberty under law, democratic government and the accountability of power.
Walking away would not make Britain freer. It would make Britain weaker.
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Emmanuel Macron says “welcome back” if the UK wants to rejoin the EU. Pedro Sanchez says Spain would have “open arms” if Britain wants to reverse #Brexit #RejoinEU #JoinEU
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Heidi Alexander MP @heidialexander.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
As I said in my speech at conference, a train without level boarding is a job you can't take. All new Great British Railways trains will be level boarding, as standard. We’re building a railway that everyone can rely on. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
mirror.co.uk
Rail passengers to benefit from pledge to close train platform gap
EXCLUSIVE: Disabled people, pregnant women and other commuters will have easier and safer rail journeys under plans to close the gap between trains and platforms
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Good on Preston, doing the right thing. Preston City Council bids to take over refugee support role rejected by Reform-led Lancashire County Council www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...
lep.co.uk
Preston City Council bids to take over refugee support role rejected by Lancashire
County Hall has given the government notice that it wants out of the programme.
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
% who think each of the following should be run in the public sector Police: 89% Armed forces: 86% NHS: 86% Schools: 83% Water companies: 82% Rail: 76% Royal Mail: 76% Energy companies: 70% Bus companies: 67% Universities: 63% BBC: 62% Internet/phone providers: 38% Banks: 31% Airlines: 20%
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 30/09/2026
UK banks are Europe’s biggest coal financiers, report finds
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UK banks are Europe’s biggest coal financiers, report finds
Study says UK-based banks provided $8.3bn in coal financing in four year, with Barclays and HSBC leading rise UK banks are Europe’s biggest financial backers of the global coal industry, providing billions of pounds in funding for the climate-wrecking fossil fuel in the past four years, according to a report. The study found UK-based banks had provided $8.3bn (£6.2bn) in coal financing since Cop26 in Glasgow in 2021, when global leaders pledged to “phase down” coal use. Continue reading...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In terms of messaging, this is very positive, and a big shift from the nature-hatefest of the Starmer administration. Mind you, most tree-planting is unnecessary: I'd like to see much more emphasis on natural regeneration. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Half a million trees to be planted in England in three years, says government
Exclusive: Environment secretary Angela Eagle to make pledge as part of efforts to protect against extreme weather
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nandy labels Farage ‘master of conspiracy theory’ over Fairford claims www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Nandy labels Farage ‘master of conspiracy theory’ over Fairford claims
Culture secretary criticises Reform leader after he tried to link suspected bomb plot to small boat crossings
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Burnham speech: An astonishing moment of radicalism and commitment iandunt.substack.com/p/burnham-sp...
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Burnham speech: An astonishing moment of radicalism and commitment
It’s easy to be cynical, but it would be false. Something extraordinary is happening here.
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Immigration Bot @immigrationbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"‘Taking back control’ turns out to be staggeringly expensive. That’s something to mull over as budget day approachesEvery 100,000 immigrants lost to the UK costs the treasury £7bn, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility. That figure is unsurprising if you’ve been…" — The Guardian
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Cutting immigration to the UK means billions less for the Treasury. Can the country really afford that? | Zoe Williams
‘Taking back control’ turns out to be staggeringly expensive. That’s something to mull over as budget day approaches, writes Zoe Williams
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David @davidpeacock40.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
At long last, the ROSCO's are milking the rail industry.
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Andy Burge 🇬🇧🇪🇺 @andygjburge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... More proof that Farage and his henchmen Tice & Jenrick are spreading disinformation on an unprecedented scale. Not only that, they are doing so for truly evil purposes. IMO this amounts to Misconduct in a Public Office and all three should be prosecuted for that.
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Nandy labels Farage ‘master of conspiracy theory’ over Fairford claims
Culture secretary criticises Reform leader after he tried to link suspected bomb plot to small boat crossings
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 29/09/2026
The Northern Ireland Assembly has voted 46–29 to back the Conversion Practices (Criminalisation) Bill at Second Stage. This is a major step towards ending harmful attempts to change or suppress someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity.
humanists.uk
Victory! Northern Ireland Conversion Practices Ban Bill passes key vote
The Northern Ireland Assembly has voted to pass the Conversion Practices (Criminalisation) Bill at Second Stage. MLAs voted 46 in favour and 29 against, with 15 abstentions. Northern Ireland…
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 28/09/2026
🚨 Ed Miliband: "Europe is not just our geography, but so much more. "And on economics, on defence, on security, I say to this conference: our future lies in a stronger, deeper partnership with the European Union."
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Reform UK's Suella Braverman promises ‘consequences’ if pupils don’t sing Christian hymns. That would be policed. So what happens to atheists, agnostics, non-believers and other religious denominations. Will they be persecuted, imprisoned? Reform UK getting desperate and bizarre.
humanists.uk
Reform UK Braverman promises 'consequences' if pupils don't sing hymns
Reform UK has said schools will face ‘consequences’ if they fail to make pupils regularly sing hymns and the national anthem under a Reform government. The party’s education spokesperson, Suella Brave...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
Three people dead, including a child, in attempt to cross Channel to UK
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Three people dead, including a child, in attempt to cross Channel to UK
Dozens also reported injured after inflatable boat carrying 105 people gets into trouble off northern France A child was among three people who died ⁠and dozens of others who were injured while ⁠attempting ​to cross the Channel on Monday, French authorities have said. France’s maritime ​police ‌said ‌it received a ‌distress call in the early hours from an inflatable dinghy carrying 105 people that had ‌run into trouble in calm seas. One report said the vessel had overturned. Continue reading...
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Callum Parrish @callumparrish.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Amazing how satisfied some people seem to be attacking a Labour Party Politician for seeking to aspire for disabled people to be able to work and not left on the scrap heap.
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Former Tory, who was a Tory eight months ago, and represented the Tories for more than 30 years, demands other Tories apologise for their errors - but doesn’t offer one himself. Incredible, really... 😂 www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/nad...
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Nadhim Zahawi - who started the year a Tory - says Tories 'should be nowhere near government'
It's sound advice, but is Nadhim Zahawi - who was still a Tory in January - really in the best place to be delivering it?
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Kuenssberg couldn't sleep last night, imagining how she would spring "Santa Burnham" on the PM. She is crestfallen that he actually has a cogent answer, that is not a version of "it's true, poor people are wicked and must be punished".
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 27/09/2026
‘Rip the plaster off’: Andy Burnham sets out vision for universal free social care
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‘Rip the plaster off’: Andy Burnham sets out vision for universal free social care
PM says he will put proposals for NHS-style service funded by everybody into Labour’s next general election manifesto * UK politics live – latest updates Andy Burnham has said that he is going to “rip the plaster off” to fix the broken social care system, as he set out a vision for a universal service that would be free at the point of use for everybody in England. The prime minister said the new NHS-style social care service would be funded by “everybody” but did not give further details of how his radical long-term plan would be paid for. Continue reading...
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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Exclusive: I asked Andy Burnham about the gangs of masked thugs marauding around parts of our country and asked if he and his government should be doing more to call out their actions He called them ‘poisonous’ amongst other strong words. His condemnation was unequivocal. Full story here 👇
liverpoolecho.co.uk
Burnham slams 'poisonous' masked gangs & praises Liverpool solidarity
The Prime Minister was unequivocal in his condemnation of those sowing intimidation and division on the south coast as he arrives in his Liverpool, which he says has a proud history of fighting discri...
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D.Moore @d-moore.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
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magnetron21 @markwolves.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It's all about strategy, programme management, timescales, resources, dependencies. None of those things happen with words alone. Need structure ; hopeful it will materialise www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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‘I can deliver’: Burnham pledges radical change on eve of Labour conference
Exclusive: UK prime minister says delivering fiscal stability would be ‘crucial’ to be able to fix bigger problems
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Ken Bazinet @kenbazinet.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Venezuelan officials now in charge once hired investigators and hackers to dig into the source of Betancourt’s money. The Guardian reported. Experts are still skeptical the oil deal can hold. “The deal is like the big beautiful wall that Mexico will pay for,” said former US diplomat John Feeley.
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The truth behind Donald Trump’s ‘biggest oil deal in world history’
The US’s oil deal with Venezuela faces multiple legal and logistical problems, including questions about whether it can be implemented
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cdlane.bsky.social @cdlane.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
America deserves this
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Anna Clarke @annaclarke.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Help to Buy is back! Or rather, a new version - more tightly targeted and less likely to overinflate the housing market. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Andy Burnham announces new homes scheme for first-time buyers
Exclusive: Policy initiative for England will help more young people on to property ladder, prime minister tells Guardian
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Bridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
We should be proud that being British is something that unites people regardless of their skin colour. If today’s parties of the right want a backward-facing, exclusionary patriotism – Labour will fight against them, and we’ll win.
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Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺🔶🌹💚💙 @cornishskipper.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026
“Reform UK’s biggest donor is profiting from ties to a pro-Kremlin platform that hosts a Russian intelligence-backed influence operation” bylinetimes.com/2025/12/16/n...
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Nigel Farage’s £9m Donor Profits From Putin Propaganda Platform While Holding MoD Stake
Reform UK's biggest donor is profiting from ties to a pro-Kremlin platform that hosts a Russian intelligence-backed influence operation
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