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Roland Hoskins

@rolandhoskins1.bsky.social
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🇪🇺EU-rejoin, Wine drinker, foodie, regular walker. I strive for a blissful life. Not a Tory. #FBPE #FBNHS. ‘X’ account suspended🙄 DMs are off. Crypto traders - Go to hell.

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Roland Hoskins @rolandhoskins1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Can you take 2 mins to respond to Ofwat's consultation to demand they BLOCK the water bill hike. If water companies can't survive without hiking our bills, let them go bust and bring them into public ownership. Deadline: midnight Thurs 24th Sept weownit.org.uk/NoBillHike
weownit.org.uk
Ofwat: No to water bills hike, let them go bust - Respond by midnight on Thursday 24th September
Demand that Ofwat says no to bill hikes. Let water companies go bust and bring them into public ownership for nothing.
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Roland Hoskins @rolandhoskins1.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Trump and Greenland in a nutshell. 👇
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Roland Hoskins @rolandhoskins1.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Tell Coventry City Council to Drop Palantir. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
actionnetwork.org
Tell Coventry City Council to Drop Palantir
Coventry City Council should end its contract with Palantir and bring data and AI services back under public control. We are calling for transparency, meaningful consultation with residents and trade ...
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Linda🧷💙🌊🆘🐕🐿️🕊️🇺🇦 @lindaworkerbee.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Ty Lauren! 😘💙🤗🫶😊 @ltwlauren.bsky.social @docmurphydog.bsky.social @filosia.bsky.social @thewelshtaffy24.bsky.social @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social @cherylbluewave.bsky.social @pattyger.bsky.social @clarkpowers.bsky.social @lindaworkerbee.bsky.social @yodamonkey2.bsky.social
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Roland Hoskins @rolandhoskins1.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
If you fly from the newly renamed Donald Trump Airport to Sioux City your ticket would read DJT-SUX - Seems about right.
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Roland Hoskins @rolandhoskins1.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Tick-tock, tick-tock…… www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5...
bbc.co.uk
Parliamentary investigation resumes into Nigel Farage hours after he wins Clacton by-election - live updates
The Reform UK leader won the contest, which was boycotted by major parties, but didn't attend the declaration.
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Roland Hoskins @rolandhoskins1.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Southern Water notice seen today. Any issues - call the number given. I suspect it could get mighty busy if ALL issues were reported - including THEIR pollution into OUR waterways and sea.
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Roland Hoskins @rolandhoskins1.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I've just signed "Open University, stop advertising on Rupert Murdoch's Talk Radio" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/op... @StopFundingHate
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Roland Hoskins @rolandhoskins1.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Note how the victorious Spanish team edited out Trump and the FIFA president from their official photograph🤔 Well done Spain!!!
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Roland Hoskins @rolandhoskins1.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Privatised water has failed us. I’m backing @labourlewis.bsky.social’s call to ensure Andy Burnham meets water campaigners who’ve fought for years to clean up our water -not just the water bosses who’ve profited from the system. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/de...
actionnetwork.org
Dear Andy Burnham, meet with water campaigners to discuss bringing water back into public ownership
Privatised water is a complete failure. I’m backing Clive Lewis' call to ensure that Andy Burnham meets frontline water campaigners who’ve fought for years to clean up our water -not just the water ...
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
NEW: Before cryptobillionaire Christopher Harborne gave £5m to @nigel_farage, he gave £1m to Boris Johnson. For what?? Today @thenerve.news news reveals new evidence that tracks Harborne's investments in defence firm QinetiQ...to key defence announcements from Boris Johnson. 1/
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Cost of appeasing Trump Trump tore-up the international treaty to put 15% global minimum tax on large global companies to prevent profit shifting. UK to miss out on £600m a year after allowing US exemption from landmark tax deal. Why no trade sanctions on the USA for financial terrorism?
independent.co.uk
UK to miss out on £600m a year after allowing US exemption from landmark tax deal
The deal saw nearly 150 countries agree to a 15% global minimum tax to stop large global companies shifting profits to jurisdictions with lower taxes – but the US will be exempt
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Police are investigating a donation given to Robert Jenrick's Conservative leadership campaign in 2024. Investigation launched after referral from the UK Electoral Commission. This year Jenrick defected to Reform UK.
bbc.co.uk
Robert Jenrick: Met investigates donation to Tory leadership campaign
The former Conservative, now Reform UK, MP says the allegations are "entirely false".
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Roland Hoskins @rolandhoskins1.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Not a bad idea!👇
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Severn Trent Water company doubles CEO reward plan to £3.1m despite anger over water pay. Reward for what? 400m litres of water a day lost to leaks. Sewage dumped into rivers for 200,000 hours Customers fleeced No reservoir built since 1989 £12bn paid in dividends Must nationalise water.
theguardian.com
Severn Trent doubles CEO reward plan to £3.1m despite anger over water pay
Increase to long-term incentive plan means James Jesic could significantly outearn predecessor Liv Garfield
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Curse of private equity Up to 150 ex-WHSmith stores to close as rescue deal approved. Substantial debts owed to creditors written off. Will have knock-on effects. Post offices housed within shops will go. Many towns/districts, missing bank branches, will have no post office or bank branch
theguardian.com
Up to 150 former WH Smith stores to close as high court approves restructure
Restructuring plan involves writing off debts to suppliers and cutting rent for many landlords
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Roland Hoskins @rolandhoskins1.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
In December the UK government signed a deal with Trump to hike NHS drug prices - putting thousands of patients' lives at risk in order to inflate pharma profits. Every MP needs to know about the dangers of this deal. Invite yours to an urgent briefing: actionnetwork.org/letters/urge...
actionnetwork.org
Urgent briefing on US-UK drug pricing deal: invite your MP!
Public and political pressure is growing against the dangerous Trump-led US-UK drug pricing deal, which will see NHS medicine prices hiked in order to boost big pharma profits. Since we and Global Ju...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Dreaming of a home? UK workers' share of gross value added down from 71.9% in 1975 to 59.3%. Employee median wage £31,524 (£26,217 net). Can you buy a home? Private sector rents up 28% in the last 3 yrs. Social housing decimated since the 1980s. Govts still besotted with neoliberalism.
leftfootforward.org
The housing crisis is manufactured. We can end it.
Wage cuts and the right to buy are to blame
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Reeves examines using private sector funds to build new towns. It is PFI renamed as public-private partnerships (PPP). The state guarantees corporate profits for decades. £1 private investment results in £6 govt repayment. Cheaper for govt to borrow. It can issue public bonds.
theguardian.com
Reeves examines using private sector funds to speed building of new towns
Chancellor in talks with banks and investment funds about public-private partnerships to build infrastructure
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Utter disaster’: Alan Bates attacks schemes compensating post office scandal victims. 7 schemes. £1.5bn paid from public purse, could hit £3.5bn. Zero contribution by Fujitsu, PO execs, lawyers, accountants, advisers, other perpetrators. No one charged for false criminal convictions.
theguardian.com
‘Utter disaster’: Alan Bates attacks schemes compensating post office operators
Government should not be involved in providing redress to victims of Horizon IT scandal, campaigner tells MPs
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Danish Pension Fund Blacklists SpaceX. Previously, dumped US Treasuries over Trump's threat to Greenland. It says Spacex is “grossly overvalued”, and has “catastrophic governance structure” as Elon Musk strives to be a trillionaire. Any chance of City of London growing a backbone? archive.ph/dsVfR
bloomberg.com
Danish Pension Fund Blacklists SpaceX, Citing Governance Issues
A $25 billion Danish pension fund that earlier this year made headlines by ditching Treasuries as Donald Trump was threatening to seize Greenland now says it won’t touch SpaceX.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Working hard? Nigel Farage registered ‘absent’ from the last 77 votes in Parliament. UK MP basic salary is £98,599 plus expenses, including second home. Since becoming MP Farage has collected £2m from other jobs. There are questions about his undeclared gifts.
thelondoneconomic.com
Working hard? Nigel Farage registered 'absent' from the last 77 votes in Parliament
Official Parliamentary figures reveal that Reform leader Nigel Farage hasn't bothered to vote for anything in the last 11 weeks...
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Roland Hoskins @rolandhoskins1.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Far right newspapers are trying to run a smear campaign against Misan Harriman. We can't let them. Add your name to the open letter, and stand against hate and division. goodlawproject.org/s/4ca10b
goodlawproject.org
Stand in solidarity with Misan Harriman | Good Law Project
Far right newspapers are trying to run a smear campaign against Misan Harriman. Add your name to the open letter, and stand against hate and division.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Royal Mail privatisation Only 75.7% of UK first class mail delivered on time. Regulator keeps reducing targets, Royal Mail still doesn't meet them. Price of 1st class postage £1.80, 2nd class 91p. When privatized in 2013 by Tory/LibDem Govt: 1st class 60p; 2nd class 50p. We pay more for less.
bbc.co.uk
Royal Mail delivering just three-quarters of first class mail on time
Royal Mail says its service is improving and that it is on track to hit the regulator Ofcom's reduced targets
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Roland Hoskins @rolandhoskins1.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Far right newspapers are trying to run a smear campaign against Misan Harriman. We can't let them. Add your name to the open letter, and stand against hate and division. goodlawproject.org/s/4ca10b
goodlawproject.org
Stand in solidarity with Misan Harriman | Good Law Project
Far right newspapers are trying to run a smear campaign against Misan Harriman. Add your name to the open letter, and stand against hate and division.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
UK youth unemployment caused by years of neoliberalism and neglect: Poor healthcare Poor public transport Inequitable distribution of income Brexit - can't work in Europe Hiking state pension age - fewer jobs for the young Demise of manufacturing - loss of skilled jobs. Fewer apprenticeships
theguardian.com
‘A record of failure’: what’s in the first part of Alan Milburn’s Neet report?
The former minister paints damning picture of structural issues affecting 1 million young people in the UK
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Carol Witt💙🌊🦋💙💙🙌🫶 VoteBlue💙 @yeathrive.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Taco Tues Party’s Connecting #Blues We are #nevertrump friends #BlueCrew #WeRiseTogether are #StrongerTogether #MakeAmericaTrumpless #Iceless Thank you for including me Follow/Repost💙🙌🫶 go.bsky.app/CihAj7z @fritzjamoke.bsky.social @melissacombs.bsky.social @rolandhoskins1.bsky.social
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
UK chancellor tells ministers to ‘buy British’ in four key industries - shipbuilding, steel-making, energy and AI. All are foreign owned, profits exported. Not self reliant for most things. Manufacturing neglected: was 30% of GDP in 1970, now 9%+. Need a fundamental economic reset.
theguardian.com
Rachel Reeves tells ministers to ‘buy British’ in four key industries
Exclusive: Chancellor pushes for procurement of ships, steel, energy and AI to prioritise Britishness as well as cost
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Bank lending to UK businesses falls to lowest level in 30 years. SMEs disproportionately affected. The City prefers speculation, not long-term investment. But no reform of the City. Need a dedicated bank to support SMEs. Labour 2017/2019 manifesto promised one, abandoned in 2024. archive.ph/KolZz
ft.com
Bank lending to UK businesses falls to lowest level in nearly 30 years
Weak economic growth and tighter regulation hit credit for small- and medium-sized companies
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
£325bn dirty money flows through UK. Jumps to £788bn+ when UK tax havens added. Linked to financial crime, corruption, illegal trades, narcotics, tax dodging. Banks, accountants, lawyers profit. Govts deregulate finance industry, prosecutions rare. Bank frauds (HBOS) not investigated.
theguardian.com
At least £325bn of ‘dirty money’ flows through UK each year, says report
Call for crackdown as finance linked to corruption, tax evasion and money laundering is estimated at 10% of GDP
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Farage's Reform UK handed £15m by offshore millionaires, while patriotic Brits pay taxes Wealthy people, big business, foreign-linked money funding Reform, shaping UK politics. What have they been promised in return? End political corruption. Criminalise receipt/payment of all political donations
mirror.co.uk
Farage's Reform handed near £15m by offshore millionaires while Brits pay taxes
Analysis of Electoral Commission records shows that 18 Reform donors with offshore links gave the party almost £15million in 2025 — out of a total £18.6million in registered donations
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Repressive State New breed of political prisoner arises in UK as anti-protest sentences rise. Systematic incarceration of people acting to prevent climate breakdown and annihilation of Gaza. People imprisoned for holding placards. People imprisoned without being charged. What next,?
theguardian.com
New breed of political prisoner arises in Britain as anti-protest sentences rise
More people are being jailed in England and Wales as a result of acting to prevent climate breakdown and the war in Gaza, research reveals
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Roland Hoskins @rolandhoskins1.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Matt does it again.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Five toys on sale in UK found to contain asbestos, banned in other countries. Manufacturers must know asbestos is deadly but use it. Deregulation obsession - UK relies on exporters, importers & retailers to test goods and inform regulators if asbestos is found. Profits come before People.
theguardian.com
Five toys on sale in Britain found to contain asbestos in tests for Guardian
Discovery adds to fears about UK safety regime and exposes regulatory gaps as similar items were banned in Netherlands
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Since the most recent energy crisis, BP's profits have doubled. It's vital that the government show leadership to make sure we're funding renewable energy to keep people's prices down. My conversation today with the Mayor 👇🏼 m.youtube.com/watch?v=fM77...
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Mayor admits London won't hit 2030 net zero goal | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Zack Polanski
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Billionaire Trump donor, private equity boss in line to make millions from Thames Water bid. Attempted to fund Robert Jenrick’s bid for Tory party leadership. Wants exemptions from sewage dumping fines. Will extract returns, customers will be fleeced. Privatisation of essentials has failed.
theguardian.com
Billionaire Trump donor in line to make millions from Thames Water bid
Paul Singer is founder of a leading creditor in the hedge fund consortium locked in talks with the UK government
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
UK govt to weaken the role of the Financial Ombudsman Service. Victims of bank frauds will be left to chase banks, malpractices will rise. Govt besotted with destructive finance industry - Between 1995 and 2015, finance industry made a £4,500bn negative contribution to the UK economy
leftfootforward.org
The King’s Speech wasn’t the transformative plan for the country we need
The government has some good policies, but not a transformative plan for society.
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Roland Hoskins @rolandhoskins1.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
In other words, by 2039 it will be eye-wateringly more 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz...
bbc.co.uk
HS2 updates: Railway now expected to cost up to £102.7bn, transport secretary says
Heidi Alexander tells the Commons trains are expected to start running by 2036
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Campaigners threaten legal action over UK-US deal on prices NHS pays for drugs. Govt appeased Trump, agreed to pay £64bn more over the next decade to drugs companies. No impact assessment, no debate in parliament. Higher taxes and cuts in public services loom. Part of unchecked corporate welfare.
theguardian.com
Campaigners threaten legal action over UK-US deal on prices NHS pays for drugs
Two campaign groups claim that change to how NHS treatments are approved amounts to ‘unlawful power grab’
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Voters say Labour failing on housing as a third struggle to pay rent, mortgage. It's neoliberalism. Low wages make buying home difficult. Lack of social housing - Tories sold it. UK not self-sufficient in building materials. Unchecked profiteering. Must jettison neoliberalism. archive.ph/3oht4
inews.co.uk
Voters say Labour failing on housing as a third struggle to pay rent or mortgage
Exclusive polling shows 49 per cent of people think the Government is doing a bad job on housing
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Nigel Farage blames “computer-hacking” for public revelation of his £5m gift from a billionaire living in Thailand. Gift not disclosed to authorities. Foreign money funds Reform. What return have the tax exiles been promised on their investment? What else has not been disclosed? archive.ph/kowpN
thetimes.com
Nigel Farage blames ‘hacking’ for disclosure of £5m gift
Reform says voters weighed and dismissed the disclosure when they delivered the party more than 1,400 councillors
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Roland Hoskins @rolandhoskins1.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
No one would be surprised.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Environment Agency has not completed any prosecutions against water companies in England & Wales for pollution incidents occurring in the last five years. Companies rip-off people, dump sewage, still allowed to trade. Execs rewarded. Occasional corporate fines waived or deferred. archive.ph/db8Mt
thetimes.com
Water companies remain unpunished after Labour misses own deadline
Transparency requests show the Environment Agency has not completed any prosecutions against utilities for pollution incidents committed after mid-2021
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Reinstate windfall tax on banks after surge in profits, TUC urges. Banks will make bigger profits from interest rate hikes, without any additional effort. Claw them back. Energy companies are profiteering too, and must pay windfall taxes.
theguardian.com
Reinstate windfall tax on banks after surge in profits, TUC urges
Unions group wants rate returned from 3% to 8% after big four UK lenders reveal £14bn total profit in first quarter
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Roland Hoskins @rolandhoskins1.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
If you vote Reform you are also further enabling: Chakrit Sakunkrit who donated £5 million to Farage and later more. Sakunkrit also goes under the name of Christopher Harborne. Oh, what a tangled web we weave………….. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christo...
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Roland Hoskins @rolandhoskins1.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Changing the US constitution 👀
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Politicians want us to prepare for wars. How resilient is the NHS? 6.11m people awaiting 7.22m hospital appointments in England. 300,000 a year die prematurely awaiting a hospital appointment. Covid killed over 232,000. 16.8m people have a disability. We need war on poverty and exploitation.
leftfootforward.org
Waging war on poverty and exploitation is the only way to build a resilient society
The problems caused by neoliberalism cannot be addressed by bigger doses of neoliberal policies which prioritise profits and corporate interests over people’s welfare
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
More u-turns, prevarication and caving into developers from Labour. The Greens are clear. No more leaseholds. Bring in rent controls. Vote Green on 7th May. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
We can't abolish leasehold outright, minister says
Matthew Pennycook rejects criticism the government is dragging its feet on leasehold reform.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Confident. But not complacent. Every vote counts - let's replace Labour. www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
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