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Meg van Rooyen

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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"This is a historic moment in British politics. This is the start of something very, very different" 💬 Laura Parker responding to today's announcement of a National Commission on Electoral Reform on behalf of the campaign 🌹 #Labour4PR #Lab26
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End Fuel Poverty Coalition @endfuelpoverty.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Households are heading into winter facing another surge in energy bills, with gas unit rates potentially doubling year-on-year from January. Today, we have submitted a seven-point Winter Rescue Plan to the Chancellor, calling for: [1/4]
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Stella Creasy MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It’s not too late to stop this madness - the government has said the uk mega donors are a problem. The lords can bring in a cap on UK donors to stop any attempt to buy the next election. Share this and ask your MP to join us protecting British democracy.
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38 Degrees @38degrees.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Tomorrow we’re delivering our MASSIVE sewage pollution scandal petition with @sascampaigns.bsky.social to the Government. It’s been signed by 340,133 members of the public demanding Andy Burnham finally turns the tide on this scandal.
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
📜 The amendment calling for a National Commission on Electoral Reform has been ruled out of scope 🙃 How absurd that the 'Representation of the People Bill' can't consider how people are represented! 💥 This was never about an amendment, but about a National Commission
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
“Burnham, a longtime advocate of electoral reform, will be asked to support the new commission into ditching First Past the Post in his first 100 days as Prime Minister. MPs have said the National Commission on Electoral Reform must report before the next election” #Labour4PR🌹
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Labour MPs will push Burnham to back voting reform in first 100 days
Exclusive: Nearly 100 Labour MPs support commission on changing the system used for Westminster election
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
“Andy Burnham is facing new pressure to act over electoral reform, with nearly 100 of his MPs backing a commission to decide on a route to replace the first-past-the-post voting system.” #Labour4PR 🌹 @theguardian.com @guardianpolitics.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Why do some Labour MPs want electoral reform and will it happen?
Despite the policy not being included in the party’s 2024 manifesto, Andy Burnham is under pressure to act
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Renters' Reform Coalition @rentersreformco.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The Renters’ Rights Act won’t work as intended if it’s not enforced properly. That's why 34 organisations signed our letter to @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social asking him to ensure the landlord database is transparent, effective, and timely. Read more 👇 rentersreformcoalition.co.uk/landlord-dat...
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The landlord database is coming soon – here’s what it must include
Safe, secure and affordable homes for all.
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
✍️ “So I think PR is more likely to happen than not… I recognise that it is hard to defend a system that gave Labour two-thirds of the seats in the Commons on one-third of the votes.” @rentouljohn.bsky.social @the-independent.com #Labour4PR 🌹 www.independent.co.uk/voices/andy-...
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Andy Burnham wants to change the voting system – and it could well happen
A change to a proportional system is very possible after the next election – there ought to be a debate about which system it should be, writes John Rentoul
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End Fuel Poverty Coalition @endfuelpoverty.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The Energy Ombudsman accepted 46,532 complaints in the first half of 2026, up 16% on last year, with billing disputes accounting for almost six in ten cases. [1/3]
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End Fuel Poverty Coalition @endfuelpoverty.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
UK profits from a handful of energy firms have topped £6bn this year as gas bills are set to rise again on 26 Aug. Meanwhile energy bosses’ shareholdings are up £30m+ since the Iran conflict. War windfalls for the energy elite, higher bills for the rest. www.endfuelpoverty.org.uk/war-windfall...
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War windfalls for energy elite as bills set to rise further
UK profits posted by a handful of energy firms in 2026 exceed £6 billion as the Energy Rich List sees their wealth increase.
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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
"For perhaps the first time in postwar history, all the conditions for [electoral] reform are now in place." 💯 ✅ Majority public support ✅ Increasingly chaotic election results ✅ Growing support in Westminster ✅ A pro-PR Prime Minister This could be the moment that changes UK politics for good 👇
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Electoral reform has never been closer
The three key ingredients are now in place
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Prof Ruth Patrick @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Late to share (cos life) We need to talk more about fact UK still has a Benefit Cap, & one that causes real, lasting harm, while ascribing the thousands of families affected with a power they do not have. 📖 New article on @nuffieldfoundation.org funded research www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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An impossible move? Households’ experiences of trying to escape the UK’s benefit cap | Journal of Social Policy | Cambridge Core
An impossible move? Households’ experiences of trying to escape the UK’s benefit cap
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End Fuel Poverty Coalition @endfuelpoverty.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Single-parent families, Black families + disabled households are more likely to be in energy arrears, we can reveal today. University of York's analysis of the government's Family Resources Survey found that 14.3% of single-parent homes are in arrears – almost 3 times the national average. (1/3)
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AdviceUK @adviceuk.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The advice sector is experiencing a “perfect storm”. Free and independent advice is a lifeline and a core part of making life’s essentials more affordable - but it's being stretched to breaking point. We’ve made a short video of what our members are seeing and what needs to change 👇 bit.ly/4fqnOsv
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The State of the Advice Sector 2026 - AdviceUK Member Survey Report
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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End Fuel Poverty Coalition @endfuelpoverty.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
🗣️Andy Burnham takes office as Prime Minister today with millions of households still paying an unaffordable share of their income on energy. [1/5]
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mcewanmorton.bsky.social @mcewanmorton.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Some advice for Andy Burnham? Crack down on ‘rip-off Britain’ – and make sure voters feel the benefits www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Some advice for Andy Burnham? Crack down on ‘rip-off Britain’ – and make sure voters feel the benefits | Jason Okundaye
Fining errant corporations is welcome – but when consumers are also getting shaken down on their local high street, it’s time for a new and boisterous approach, says Guardian Opinion assistant editor ...
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Electoral Reform Society @electoralreform.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Hundreds of thousands are missing from the electoral register in Wales, with only 43% of 16–17-year-olds registered, compared to 95% of those over 65. buff.ly/JDgdxwc
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Wales becomes the first UK nation to introduce Automatic Voter Registration
Last week, the Welsh Government laid new regulations to introduce Automatic Voter Registration (AVR) across all 22 Welsh local authorities ahead of the 2027 local elections. This marks a
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
On my way, Clacton.
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End Fuel Poverty Coalition @endfuelpoverty.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
🗣️The people hit hardest by cold homes in winter are the same people being made unwell by hot homes in summer. 🔊 Listen to EFPC Spokesperson Simon Francis on LBC News this morning with Simon Conway
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
"If he wants to spend the summer arguing with a bin, I wont stop him." <stop stop he's dead gif>
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I will accept Nigel Farage's request to be appointed Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead.
It is a farce and a desperate distraction, and the people of Clacton deserve better.
But if he wants to spend the summer arguing with a bin, I won't stop him.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
In one move, Farage has turned from a threat into a laughing stock inews.co.uk/opinion/one-...
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In one move, Farage has turned from a threat into a laughing stock
His gambit will make him look sad, pitiful, pathetic, and about as far away from prime ministerial as it is possible to imagine
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Paul Lewis @paullewismoney.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Student loans were missold to millions of students barely aged 18 bit.ly/4p7wFDP MPs say. Budget freeze should be scrapped and CPI used as inflation measure to move towards a fairer sharing of costs of universities
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Scrap freeze on student loan repayment threshold, government told
A cross-party committee of MPs said there was a ‘moral obligation’ to honour the promises made to graduates when they took out the loans
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Today one of Labour’s strongest supporters of Proportional Representation takes his place in Parliament. Welcome, Andy Burnham! Now let’s rewire Westminster together so that every voter is fairly heard. #Labour4PR 🌹 @andyburnham.bsky.social
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Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · 05/06/2026
THEY ARE BASTARDS
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
GOOD MORNING. Andy Burnham has triumphed in Makerfield. Nigel Farage has been brutally humiliated. The sun is shining and the world is a beautiful place iandunt.substack.com/p/triumph-in...
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Memo to pretty much (but obviously not quite) everybody in the media…
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End Fuel Poverty Coalition @endfuelpoverty.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
⏰ We’re laying bare the cost of years of failure to fix the energy debt crisis. ➡️ 1 in 3 people are in energy debt or worried that they soon will be. Many are making impossible decisions to make ends meet. 💰 Energy giants making billions from price shocks should help clear the debt mountain.
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Reform’s plan to ban foreign nationals from social housing ‘racist and morally wrong’, Shelter says
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Reform’s plan to ban foreign nationals from social housing ‘racist and morally wrong’, Shelter says
Homelessness charity Shelter has condemned plans that a Reform government would ban foreign nationals from being allocated social housing.
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End Fuel Poverty Coalition @endfuelpoverty.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Nearly 1 in 3 UK adults are in energy debt or worried about falling behind. Median arrears: £750. UK energy industry profits: £3bn in 3 months. New research out today lays bare the true cost of years of failure to fix the energy debt crisis. www.endfuelpoverty.org.uk/energy-debt-...
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Energy debt fears plaguing UK households as industry profits rise
Energy industry profits hit £3 billion in three months. Meanwhile, nearly a third of UK adults are struggling with energy debt.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Tomorrow’s Independent front page:
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The Way Bac
Their promises of more jobs, more trade, more power for Britain have proved a con, Michael Heseltine writes as the Brexit vote 10th anniversary approaches. Never have so few done so much damage to so many with so little ability to execute what they lied about. Their scandalously false prospectus has turned to dust and ashes. Naturally, they blame everyone but themselves.
They are the guilty men and should...
...hang their heads in shame
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
AND the minority by far. We have to fight the lie that they are representative
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Meg van Rooyen @megvr.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Labour: it's time for Proportional Representation #Labour4PR www.labourforanewdemocracy.org.uk/its-time-for...
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Labour: it's time for Proportional Representation — Labour For A New Democracy
We we urgently need a fair, modern voting system
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End Fuel Poverty Coalition @endfuelpoverty.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
❎OVO Energy has agreed a £10.4m settlement after Ofgem found it failed to adequately monitor vulnerable prepayment meter customers, including those on the Priority Services Register. ➡️This comes weeks after the record British Gas PPM settlement. [1/3]
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Andrej @tepid.meme · 30/05/2026
Rip-off Britain strikes again.
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Nadia is right. First Past the Post is not working, and it's only going to get worse. 🌹 This is an issue that unites the Labour movement. It's time the government took the lead. ✅ Proportional Representation is the right thing to do, for the country and for Labour. @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social
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Morgan Vine @morganvine.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
If you're over State Pension age, on a low income and live with a partner who is below #StatePension age, the rules say you can't receive the social securuty entitlements meant for #pensioners. Today we joined with 12 other organisations to call for this unfair rule to be reversed #costofliving
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End Fuel Poverty Coalition @endfuelpoverty.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
British Gas has finally been held to account for the forced prepayment meter scandal. Ofgem found the company knew about failings and still didn’t act. The regulator has said the firm must pay compensation and has been fined. But the story isn’t over... www.endfuelpoverty.org.uk/british-gas-...
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British Gas fined £20m over forced prepayment meter scandal
Ofgem has concluded British Gas breached rules protecting vulnerable customers over forced prepayment meter installations.
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
❌ Two-party politics is over ⚠️ First Past the Post has reached breaking point. All it offers now is instability and unfair, random results 🎯 We need the Government to urgently establish a National Commission on Electoral Reform Full statement 👇
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Death of the two-party system — Labour For A New Democracy
These election results aren’t just bad news for Labour - they prove that two party politics are well and truly over
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
💯 "The contours of politics are in flux. An electoral system that looks incapable of reflecting that change undermines the integrity of British democracy." 🌹 Yes - and that's why we need a National Commission on Electoral Reform
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The Guardian view on Britain’s multiparty politics: the Westminster voting system needs to catch up | Editorial
Editorial: Local and devolved elections will reveal fragmented party allegiances that cannot be fairly represented in parliament via first past the post
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End Fuel Poverty Coalition @endfuelpoverty.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
📈 Shell has just posted profits of £5.07bn for the first quarter of 2026, double their Q4 2025 profits. 📈 Last week BP reported £2.4 billion, more than double on the same period last year. 📈 Equinor, the UK's biggest gas supplier, made $3.7 billion in the first three months of 2026. [1/3]
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Paul Lewis @paullewismoney.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
‘An Englishman’s home is his castle’ - unless debt collector asks court to approve unseen a warrant to break in and fit a prepayment meter bit.ly/4uzbbBx old scandal resurfaces with approval by judge & and Dept for Net Zero Concern! At least now prepay tariffs same as DD
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Ed Miliband’s department backs blind approvals to force-fit meters
Warrants for prepayment devices waved through by judges in system that campaigners argue puts vulnerable households at risk
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Yes.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Reform UK are refusing to explain why Nigel Farage posed for a "Christmas drink" with far-right activists, some of whom took part in a violent attack at a church. One of the men pictured with Farage was convicted of assault by beating last month, after storming an anti-racism meeting at the church
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Reform UK Refuses to Explain Why Nigel Farage Met and Posed with Man Criminally Convicted for Violent Attack on Anti-Racism Meeting at a Church
For a year-and-a-half, Byline Times has attempted to get to the bottom of a photograph showing the party’s leader with far-right activists. Now, this newspaper's findings cast fresh doubts on Farage’s...
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
This is so terrific! Pithy and on point. Farage’s owners……
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
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Petition: Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership
Hold a binding national referendum on whether the water industry should be returned to public ownership. Water is a basic human necessity; we believe our privatised system has failed, so the public sh...
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
A big ongoing development in UK EU relations is Labour MPs now understanding the importance of freedom of movement. Replacing the cakeist Customs Union calls with this shows a real evolution in thinking to respond to what Brussels is saying. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Labour MPs call for Swiss-style EU deal and review of US ties to revive party
Group including former cabinet minister Anneliese Dodds also calls for roburst defence of climate policies
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End Fuel Poverty Coalition @endfuelpoverty.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
📊New polling commissioned by the End Fuel Poverty Coalition makes one thing clear: the public back the Windfall Tax. Across every party and every region of the country, voters say it would be wrong to scrap the Windfall Tax now. [1/3]
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 13/03/2026
Former political prisoner Nasrin Parvaz reads a letter to Keir Starmer signed by more than 100 pro-democracy, pro-justice and anti-war British-Iranians, including other former Evin detainees Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Aras Amiri. Full list of signatories is at togetherforiran.org
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 04/03/2026
Isabel Oakeshott: anti-migration commentator, economic migrant to Dubai, possible future evacuee of the very British state she insists is broken. Isn’t it funny how mobility becomes acceptable when it’s your own?
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Isabel Oakeshott: Economic Migrant, Tax Exile, Future Evacuee?
The commentators who fled Britain for lower taxes have built careers sneering at the country they left - yet still rely on it when the world turns dangerous.
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