Chris Wills (he/him) 🏳️🌈
@crispeater.bsky.social
Labour and Co-op Party councillor for Withington ward in Manchester. LGBT+ Lead on Manchester City Council. Union steward. Lover of Doctor Who, Eurovision and walks.
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Scrapping the two-child cap is both anti-poverty & pro-learning.
Children don’t come to school ready to learn if they live in poverty. Teachers can’t focus on teaching if they’re plugging gaps elsewhere.
What goes on outside the school gates makes a big difference inside them.
Children don’t come to school ready to learn if they live in poverty. Teachers can’t focus on teaching if they’re plugging gaps elsewhere.
What goes on outside the school gates makes a big difference inside them.
November 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Scrapping the two-child cap is both anti-poverty & pro-learning.
Children don’t come to school ready to learn if they live in poverty. Teachers can’t focus on teaching if they’re plugging gaps elsewhere.
What goes on outside the school gates makes a big difference inside them.
Children don’t come to school ready to learn if they live in poverty. Teachers can’t focus on teaching if they’re plugging gaps elsewhere.
What goes on outside the school gates makes a big difference inside them.
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Banning plastic wet wipes is a major step forward in protecting our rivers, beaches and wildlife.
11 billion wet wipes are used every year - this Labour government is taking action to clean up our waterways.
11 billion wet wipes are used every year - this Labour government is taking action to clean up our waterways.
November 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Banning plastic wet wipes is a major step forward in protecting our rivers, beaches and wildlife.
11 billion wet wipes are used every year - this Labour government is taking action to clean up our waterways.
11 billion wet wipes are used every year - this Labour government is taking action to clean up our waterways.
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This Labour government’s removal of the two-child limit will lift 450,000 children out of poverty, rising to around 550,000 alongside other measures announced this year, such as the expansion of free school meals.
November 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM
This Labour government’s removal of the two-child limit will lift 450,000 children out of poverty, rising to around 550,000 alongside other measures announced this year, such as the expansion of free school meals.
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The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
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A good day for Ed Miliband: mansion tax introduced, green levies moved off bills to taxation, ban on new North Sea oil and gas licences confirmed.
November 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
A good day for Ed Miliband: mansion tax introduced, green levies moved off bills to taxation, ban on new North Sea oil and gas licences confirmed.
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Today’s Labour Budget is about fairness. Our Labour values in practice.
Lifting nearly half a million children out of poverty paid for by a gambling levy, a tax on homes worth £2m, and closing tax loopholes.
We are Labour and we make different choices.
Lifting nearly half a million children out of poverty paid for by a gambling levy, a tax on homes worth £2m, and closing tax loopholes.
We are Labour and we make different choices.
Two-child benefit cap to be scrapped from next year
The policy, introduced under the Tories, means parents can only claim universal credit for their first two children.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Today’s Labour Budget is about fairness. Our Labour values in practice.
Lifting nearly half a million children out of poverty paid for by a gambling levy, a tax on homes worth £2m, and closing tax loopholes.
We are Labour and we make different choices.
Lifting nearly half a million children out of poverty paid for by a gambling levy, a tax on homes worth £2m, and closing tax loopholes.
We are Labour and we make different choices.
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The Chancellor has scrapped the two-child limit, benefitting more than half a million families.
In April 2025, out of families impacted by the limit:
- 6 in 10 had 3 children.
- 6 in 10 had at least one person in work.
- And 6 in 10 are receiving a health or disability benefit.
In April 2025, out of families impacted by the limit:
- 6 in 10 had 3 children.
- 6 in 10 had at least one person in work.
- And 6 in 10 are receiving a health or disability benefit.
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The Chancellor has scrapped the two-child limit, benefitting more than half a million families.
In April 2025, out of families impacted by the limit:
- 6 in 10 had 3 children.
- 6 in 10 had at least one person in work.
- And 6 in 10 are receiving a health or disability benefit.
In April 2025, out of families impacted by the limit:
- 6 in 10 had 3 children.
- 6 in 10 had at least one person in work.
- And 6 in 10 are receiving a health or disability benefit.
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💼 The Chancellor made a number of bold, important interventions in the Budget today:
- Scrapping the two-child limit in Universal Credit
- Lowering energy bills
- Holding down transport costs
- Increasing the minimum wage
These will all assist families struggling to get by.
- Scrapping the two-child limit in Universal Credit
- Lowering energy bills
- Holding down transport costs
- Increasing the minimum wage
These will all assist families struggling to get by.
November 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
💼 The Chancellor made a number of bold, important interventions in the Budget today:
- Scrapping the two-child limit in Universal Credit
- Lowering energy bills
- Holding down transport costs
- Increasing the minimum wage
These will all assist families struggling to get by.
- Scrapping the two-child limit in Universal Credit
- Lowering energy bills
- Holding down transport costs
- Increasing the minimum wage
These will all assist families struggling to get by.
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Great to see that a proper tax on online gambling has been included in the budget today. The Treasury Select Committee’s recent report proposed this as a way to encourage people to spend less time gambling on predatory slot algorithms, while also raising revenue. (1/2)
Stewart Kenny, one of the co-founders of Paddy Power, told me on the Treasury Select Committee today that he regrets many parts of the industry that he once led. (1/4)
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Great to see that a proper tax on online gambling has been included in the budget today. The Treasury Select Committee’s recent report proposed this as a way to encourage people to spend less time gambling on predatory slot algorithms, while also raising revenue. (1/2)
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Labour is scrapping the two child benefit cap to deliver on our historic moral mission of tackling child poverty.
November 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Labour is scrapping the two child benefit cap to deliver on our historic moral mission of tackling child poverty.
It’s @mancitycouncil.bsky.social Full Council. Fantastic to hear from Cllr Julie Reid about our Outstanding rating for Children’s Services from Ofsted. It’s a tribute to the hard work of all involved, including Councillor Garry Bridges and the late, much-missed Sheila Newman.
November 26, 2025 at 10:19 AM
It’s @mancitycouncil.bsky.social Full Council. Fantastic to hear from Cllr Julie Reid about our Outstanding rating for Children’s Services from Ofsted. It’s a tribute to the hard work of all involved, including Councillor Garry Bridges and the late, much-missed Sheila Newman.
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For the first time since the ‘90s, Labour is freezing national rail fares. That will mean savings for people across the country. Read more here: www.gov.uk/government/n...
First rail freeze in 30 years to ease the cost of living
Rail fares frozen for the first time in 30 years in historic intervention to deliver real savings for millions of commuters.
www.gov.uk
November 26, 2025 at 10:09 AM
For the first time since the ‘90s, Labour is freezing national rail fares. That will mean savings for people across the country. Read more here: www.gov.uk/government/n...
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This World AIDS Day, 1 December, we remember those we’ve lost to HIV.
Join with our community to promise, pledge and take a stand for people living with HIV – because it’s more than a ribbon.
Donate now.
https://www.tht.org.uk/pin
Join with our community to promise, pledge and take a stand for people living with HIV – because it’s more than a ribbon.
Donate now.
https://www.tht.org.uk/pin
November 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
This World AIDS Day, 1 December, we remember those we’ve lost to HIV.
Join with our community to promise, pledge and take a stand for people living with HIV – because it’s more than a ribbon.
Donate now.
https://www.tht.org.uk/pin
Join with our community to promise, pledge and take a stand for people living with HIV – because it’s more than a ribbon.
Donate now.
https://www.tht.org.uk/pin
£2bn is obscene. Hope the Chancellor squeezes them hard in the Budget. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
UK gambling firms spent ‘astronomic’ £2bn on advertising last year
Calls for Rachel Reeves to increase taxes in budget as estimate outstrips duties collected from online casinos
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:26 AM
£2bn is obscene. Hope the Chancellor squeezes them hard in the Budget. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Using public office to push Russia’s malign agenda is a betrayal of our country and our national security.
Nathan Gill will now face the consequences of his actions.
We’ll do what is necessary to disrupt and deter interference from foreign states.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
Nathan Gill will now face the consequences of his actions.
We’ll do what is necessary to disrupt and deter interference from foreign states.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes
The judge tells Nathan Gill his actions were a
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Using public office to push Russia’s malign agenda is a betrayal of our country and our national security.
Nathan Gill will now face the consequences of his actions.
We’ll do what is necessary to disrupt and deter interference from foreign states.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
Nathan Gill will now face the consequences of his actions.
We’ll do what is necessary to disrupt and deter interference from foreign states.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
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Good to see this ex Reform official behind bars.
I hope future interviews with grifter Nigel Farage question Reform’s connections with Russia.
news.sky.com/story/former...
I hope future interviews with grifter Nigel Farage question Reform’s connections with Russia.
news.sky.com/story/former...
Reform UK's former Wales leader Nathan Gill jailed for accepting pro-Russian bribes
Gill, 52, pleaded guilty to eight counts of bribery between 6 December 2018 and 18 July 2019 in September.
news.sky.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Good to see this ex Reform official behind bars.
I hope future interviews with grifter Nigel Farage question Reform’s connections with Russia.
news.sky.com/story/former...
I hope future interviews with grifter Nigel Farage question Reform’s connections with Russia.
news.sky.com/story/former...
Good. Reform UK is a pro-Russia party. One of many reasons they should never be anywhere near government.
NEW: Nathan Gill, Reform’s former leader in Wales, sentenced to 10.5 years in prison over pro-Russia bribes.
November 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Good. Reform UK is a pro-Russia party. One of many reasons they should never be anywhere near government.
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connecting local authority funding with local needs via the new 2025 indices of multiple deprivation
www.gov.uk/government/s...
www.gov.uk/government/s...
English indices of deprivation 2025: statistical release
www.gov.uk
November 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
connecting local authority funding with local needs via the new 2025 indices of multiple deprivation
www.gov.uk/government/s...
www.gov.uk/government/s...
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It's been a long time coming...today we are reconnecting council funding with deprivation ->
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Tackling deprivation and reversing years of unfair council funding
Outdated funding formulas that penalised deprived areas for decades are being scrapped, so local people finally get the vital public services they deserve.
www.gov.uk
November 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It's been a long time coming...today we are reconnecting council funding with deprivation ->
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Today GM raises the bar on growth.
November 20, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Today GM raises the bar on growth.
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Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance 🏳️⚧️ 🕯️
Trade unionism is all about solidarity, with no one left to face trouble alone. We are stronger together.
Join our networks and find support. unsn.uk/2tJY83u
Trade unionism is all about solidarity, with no one left to face trouble alone. We are stronger together.
Join our networks and find support. unsn.uk/2tJY83u
November 20, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance 🏳️⚧️ 🕯️
Trade unionism is all about solidarity, with no one left to face trouble alone. We are stronger together.
Join our networks and find support. unsn.uk/2tJY83u
Trade unionism is all about solidarity, with no one left to face trouble alone. We are stronger together.
Join our networks and find support. unsn.uk/2tJY83u
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I suspect they're delaying it because its mental and unworkable - and is clearly aimed at the exclusion of trans, and gender conforming people, from society.
November 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I suspect they're delaying it because its mental and unworkable - and is clearly aimed at the exclusion of trans, and gender conforming people, from society.
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🎟️ Your new all-access consumer protection just dropped ✨
The Government is announcing today that ticket resellers will be BANNED from selling tickets above face value.
We've been backing music fans and we'll see you on the barrier for these brand new protections 🫶
The Government is announcing today that ticket resellers will be BANNED from selling tickets above face value.
We've been backing music fans and we'll see you on the barrier for these brand new protections 🫶
November 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
🎟️ Your new all-access consumer protection just dropped ✨
The Government is announcing today that ticket resellers will be BANNED from selling tickets above face value.
We've been backing music fans and we'll see you on the barrier for these brand new protections 🫶
The Government is announcing today that ticket resellers will be BANNED from selling tickets above face value.
We've been backing music fans and we'll see you on the barrier for these brand new protections 🫶
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Saturday was the official ‘opening’ by the Lord Mayor of the new artwork at Mauldeth Road station. A fantastic design by Caroline Coates, celebrating local wildlife including flora and fauna from the parks in Ladybarn.
November 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Saturday was the official ‘opening’ by the Lord Mayor of the new artwork at Mauldeth Road station. A fantastic design by Caroline Coates, celebrating local wildlife including flora and fauna from the parks in Ladybarn.
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Not the first to make this point. But there is a tyrant in charge of another country who is accused of being heavily linked to a paedophile sex ring - and supposed ‘patriots’ in this country are passionately willing him to take down our national broadcaster. Madness.
November 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Not the first to make this point. But there is a tyrant in charge of another country who is accused of being heavily linked to a paedophile sex ring - and supposed ‘patriots’ in this country are passionately willing him to take down our national broadcaster. Madness.