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Sludge @osludge

#localgovernment #councillors #health #politics #nhs #localgov #socialcare #governance #fbpe #brexitshambles uk Joined October 2010
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Claire #EnoughIsEnough 💙 @clairebubblepop

a month ago

Wow Braverman… now saying VAT on public school fees will harm thousands of children. So when Johnson took away £20 UC uplift, wouldn’t give low income families free school meals, now our schools are literally falling apart but it’s the private kids going without? Oh do f*ck off!

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dave lawrence 🐟🐟🐠 @dave43law

a month ago

Hang on - they put in the NI increase for social care BUT then almost immediately scrapped it and since have cut NI twice!!!!! #ToriesOut628 #SunakOut518 #GeneralElectionNow #Sunackered #UnitedAgainstTheTories #Starmer4PM #ToriesDestroyingOurCountry

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Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @Haggis_UK

a month ago

Hang on - they put in the NI increase for social care BUT then almost immediately scrapped it and since have cut NI twice!!!!! #ToriesOut628 #SunakOut518 #GeneralElectionNow #Sunackered #UnitedAgainstTheTories #Starmer4PM #ToriesDestroyingOurCountry

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The New Statesman @NewStatesman

a month ago

“The vast majority of those who supported the Conservatives in more working-class areas were primarily motivated by economic concerns, and they have been failed by the Tories’ economic record and serial incompetence.” 🖊️ @claire_ainsley newstatesman.com/comment/2024/0…

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London Councils @londoncouncils

a month ago

We're grateful to colleagues @LBofHavering for sharing with #Panorama their experience of managing these pressures. The #localgov funding system is broken. More info on our analysis and policy solutions can be found here 👇 londoncouncils.gov.uk/our-key-themes…

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Michael Marshall Smith @ememess

2 months ago

I think I've understood it now: "Woke" = change "Unconstitutional" = I don't like it "Election interference" = being held accountable for actual crimes "Marxism" = being considerate to people who aren't like me "Leftist mob" = normal humans who are tired of this bullshit.

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Sludge @osludge

2 months ago

It's just so wrong to whip up hatred of institutions whose role is to hold government to account/ensure it doesn't break the law. It is surely the first step to an autocratic state.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog

2 months ago

It's just so wrong to whip up hatred of institutions whose role is to hold government to account/ensure it doesn't break the law. It is surely the first step to an autocratic state.

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Ian Dunt @IanDunt

2 months ago

If our political debates were even remotely sane, this would be considered the defining moment of the Rwanda issue. It's the moment when the logic of the government position completely falls apart.

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David Anderson @bricksilk

2 months ago

If our political debates were even remotely sane, this would be considered the defining moment of the Rwanda issue. It's the moment when the logic of the government position completely falls apart.

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Sludge @osludge

3 months ago

Pretty much the first sensible thing the Tories have done. Yes there are quality risks, but we must move people into towns. #Housing #HousingCrisis bbc.co.uk/news/uk-682663…

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Sludge @osludge

3 months ago

Tbf I can't quite remember when I was parent governor and I think my elderly parents would struggle to remember the year my sister died. But I guess we're not the President. bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-…

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Alex Taylor @AlexTaylorNews

3 months ago

Oh look ! It's taken not even a week to go from "3 yrs late, after putting it off 5 times, we're carrying out customs checks at our borders !" to ... (wait for it😀) "We don't have enough people really so we'll just wave stuff through willy-nilly"👇 "Taking back control" 🤡

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stellacreasy @stellacreasy

3 months ago

🚨This IS mad. The government post Brexit border plans are due to come into force in less than 12 days and they still can’t say how much businesses will have to pay to import. Get ready for a summer of eating turnip and empty supermarket shelves if this goes ahead. 🚨

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James Mitchinson @JayMitchinson

5 months ago

Did I intentionally juxtapose a Prime Minister spitting feathers at critics of his stop the boats obsession with the consequences of a Prime Minister’s ruthless cruelty towards local authorities providing life-saving services? No. Not at all.

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Piali Das Gupta @PialiDG

5 months ago

Just a reminder that #localgov's funding has been squeezed for 13 years, with the first cuts in June 2010. And in that year's Comprehensive Spending Review, cuts to council funding were front-loaded. Even when some govt depts had underspends, councils were forced to cut.

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Sam Freedman @Samfr

5 months ago

Just a reminder that #localgov's funding has been squeezed for 13 years, with the first cuts in June 2010. And in that year's Comprehensive Spending Review, cuts to council funding were front-loaded. Even when some govt depts had underspends, councils were forced to cut.

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Sam Freedman @Samfr

5 months ago

The financial collapse of local government is one of those stories that really should be getting far more national coverage.

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Best for Britain @BestForBritain

5 months ago

Johnson's back room spinners working hard, but the reference to the UK having the second worse number of excess deaths was in relation to that first wave in the spring of 2020 - as, I suspect, Tom knows very well. ~AA #CovidInquiry

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Sludge @osludge

5 months ago

What *are* the #Brexit freedoms? The freedom to not be able to live and work in Europe?

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National Rail @nationalrailenq

5 months ago

ℹ️ #Longbridge - Disruption is expected until 08:00.

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Alex Richards @AlxdrRchrds

5 months ago

Would you like to see Farage getting a thorough dressing down? Well, here you go…👇 Somehow, 2005 seems so much better than 2023, as if we’ve regressed, because we have. #ToryBrokenBritain

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YouGov @YouGov

5 months ago

The EU transition period ended on Dec 31st 2020. Since then, do you think Brexit has gone well or badly? Well: 12% Neither well nor badly: 20% Badly: 61% yougov.co.uk/topics/politic…

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YouGov @YouGov

5 months ago

A majority of Britons would support joining the single market, even if this meant free movement of people All Britons Support: 57% Oppose: 22% Leave voters Support: 35% Oppose: 45% Remain voters Support: 83% Oppose: 6% yougov.co.uk/politics/artic…

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