Labour for Devolution @Lab4Devolution

To create a stronger, fairer Britain we need a programme of federalism to devolve power away from Westminster and into communities 🌹 labourfordevolution.co.uk Joined May 2019

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Zoë Billingham @zoe_billingham

5 years ago

The crisis in local government funding is far from over – central government must meet the estimated £3bn gap in funding due to covid in the years ahead as basic minimum. But that will be a short term fix. (1/4)

BBC News (UK) @BBCNews

5 years ago

Covid leaves UK councils with £3bn financial black hole bbc.in/3xybBeg

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Labour for Devolution @Lab4Devolution

5 years ago

The picture Dominic Cummings paints highlights the perils of having nearly all of our state capacity centralised in a few major Whitehall departments. When the leaders of those departments have no plan, we all have no plan, but it doesn't need to be that way.

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Ryan Swift @RyanSwift93

5 years ago

Andy Burnham’s tips for Starmer: - ‘Provide wholehearted support for true devolution’ - ‘Come up with a Labour version of levelling up’ - ‘Build the next Labour manifesto not from focus groups but the policies of Labour councils and mayors’ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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Tracy Brabin WY 🌹 @TracyBrabin

5 years ago

We did it! I'm proud to be the first West Yorkshire Metro Mayor and I'm incredibly humbled and grateful for every single vote. I will fight for every single resident so everyone has the opportunity to succeed. Thank you.

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Steve Rotheram @MetroMayorSteve

5 years ago

Wherever you live, make sure you use all your votes for Labour to help us build a region with #NoOneLeftBehind

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LabourWomensNetwork @LabourWomensNet

5 years ago

Sending best wishes to all @UKLabour candidates tomorrow, and especially to @JessieJoeJacobs and @TracyBrabin as they seek to smash the metro mayoral glass ceiling! Your sisters are right behind you! 🌹

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Liam Byrne MP @liambyrnemp

5 years ago

The West Midlands has been hardest hit by COVID. But under a Labour Mayor, we can bring back industry, lead green Britain and champion the community spirit that got us through the last year.

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Labour for Devolution @Lab4Devolution

5 years ago

As well as failing to improve educational outcomes, academisation is the mass centralisation of schooling, shifting oversight from councils to the Department of Education, which has coped woefully with that responsibility in the last year.

Guardian news @guardiannews

5 years ago

Gavin Williamson wants to turn more state schools into academies theguardian.com/education/2021…

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Labour for Devolution @Lab4Devolution

5 years ago

Stop “inviting” local authorities to bid for piecemeal cash pots. Just provide fixed, fair, long-term funding so they can decide what’s best for their communities.

Rt Hon Sir Grant Shapps @grantshapps

5 years ago

Today I've launched a £120m scheme to introduce zero emission buses 🚌 across the country. We’re inviting authorities to submit their bids for funding as we strive to decarbonise our transport network, improve air quality & #BuildBackGreener ✅ gov.uk/government/new…

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Andy Burnham @AndyBurnhamGM

5 years ago

After 35 years of deregulated buses in Greater Manchester ... 35 years of rising fares and routes being cut ... We are bringing our buses back under public control. 👍🏻

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Labour for Devolution @Lab4Devolution

5 years ago

Concerning precedent if the Labour leadership supports the government takeover of Liverpool City Council. If local citizens dislike how the council has been run, they can vote out its leadership. It's not for Westminster politicians to make this decision on their behalf.

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Labour for Devolution @Lab4Devolution

5 years ago

Great to see that Labour's response to the bus plan calls for "support[ing] councils in their efforts to start up, and run, municipal bus services that meet the specific needs of their communities". Bravo @SamTarry. mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

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Labour for Devolution @Lab4Devolution

5 years ago

If you allowed local government to regulate buses, if you handed over control of commuter rail, if you properly funded local government, you'd achieve what the government intends. But instead we've yet another national plan delivered from Westminster.

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Labour for Devolution @Lab4Devolution

5 years ago

The Conservatives are finally recognising that bus deregulation has failed, and the aims of their new bus plan are mostly good. The remedies, however, are completely misplaced. theguardian.com/politics/2021/…

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Alex Sobel MP for Leeds Central and Headingley @alexsobel

5 years ago

This reflects what difference devolution and a Mayor can make. The Government needs to devolve much more power and spending locally. We know best how to spend money locally

Dan Jarvis MP @DanJarvisMBE

5 years ago

Today we’re taking our future into our own hands. We’re using our own money to create an £860m Renewal Fund - a game-changing investment for a stronger, greener, fairer South #Yorkshire. sheffieldcityregion.org.uk/mayor-announce…

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Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer

5 years ago

The Conservatives cut council funding by 60% since 2010. So they were already on the brink of financial disaster before the pandemic. Now the government is forcing councils to hike council tax and make hard-pressed families pay the price of Tory failures.theguardian.com/society/2021/m…

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Labour for Devolution @Lab4Devolution

5 years ago

Swingeing cuts on cards as councils in England face funding crisis, watchdog warns theguardian.com/society/2021/m…

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Labour for Devolution @Lab4Devolution

5 years ago

This in particular perfectly tells the story of how the government has failed us in the last year. "Decisions are centralised and delivery is outsourced" - neither are acceptable ways to run public services.

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Labour for Devolution @Lab4Devolution

5 years ago

Clear signs from @RachelReevesMP that the Labour leadership intends to put community at the centre of our plan for the United Kingdom - exactly as we must do. newstatesman.com/politics/uk/20…