Uplifting being in the hall for the Labour Deputy Leader hustings - cheering on Lucy Powell

So now Gatwick’s 2nd Runway is approved, does this nullify the 2015 Airports Commission report that favoured LHR 3rd Runway over Gatwick 2?
UK needs a national airport strategy that considers the impact yet more SE capacity growth has in the regions & their airports
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I’m pleased to have nominated @lucympowell.bsky.social for Deputy Leader - here’s why

Speaking to Nick Robinson for Political Thinking on why I’m standing to be a full time Deputy Leader - being clear about whose side we are on, being a bridge between the movement & leadership, lifting the two child limit, the atrocities in Gaza and telling a unifying story 👇

What’s the European Convention on Human Rights ever done for us? 😉

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Whereas as someone old enough to be (but not yet) a grandmother, the babies and toddlers on my timelines are all cute and doing cute things.
Really worrying 😤

It’s one thing to disagree with MPs, but quite another to make threats of death and violence. And the actions of the Tory MP are wholly unacceptable

Great news in the Cranford by-election for @labourhounslow.bsky.social
Congratulations to Hira and all the Labour team!

I loved this debut novel from Hounslow councillor Salman Shaheen. It's beautifully written and you'll never see the twist coming. It's now available for pre-order, and you should absolutely grab yourself a copy: www.amazon.co.uk/Freebourne-N...

We’re calling for bold action to reverse a decade of bus service decline in England outside London and the large city centres 🚌

Our report urges Govt to reform funding, aim for a minimum level of connectivity so no town or village is left behind. ⬇️
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Hounslow Labour are recruiting for a mobilisation assistant in the run up to the local elections next year.

Please do share with anyone you know who might be interested or apply yourself!

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Due to the word limit I didn't have space to write in further detail about how important it is that we don't repeat the mistakes that the Biden Administration made- they failed to use their leverage over Israel & I don't want the UK Government to make the same mistake.

I've written in the Hounslow Herald about the suffering in Gaza and repeated my calls for an end to arms sales to Israel, the immediate recognition of the Palestinian State and Israel's lawless action in both Gaza & the West Bank.

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A reminder of the poor state of the public realm that Labour inherited.

The prison crisis enabled by the Conservatives (who failed to build enough prisons & cut the services that help prevent crime) ended up costing the taxpayers millions.

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The innovative Land Fund has enabled us to tackle the housing crisis head-on, starting more than 8,000 new homes five years ahead of schedule.

I’m proud that nearly 6,700 affordable homes at social rent levels were completed last year, which is the highest in a decade.

Since coming into Government last year Ministers have been making dozens & dozens of small changes that have a huge difference- in this case Jess Phillips has worked to tighten the rules around getting a firearms or shotgun license in order to better protect families

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For all its faults London is a city where you can get a virtually brand new high speed train from Whitechapel to Heathrow, where you can eat from restaurants around the world, visit free museums and galleries, walk along a canal and so much more- there is a reason so many tourists visit.

I must admit I am not a huge fan of the continued attacks on London & the language from some politicians that is creating an image that doesn't exist- I recently went to a West End show after work and while I wasn't wearing a versace necklace I was safe...

As a local councillor during the New Labour years I saw first-hand how central & local government worked together to put record investment into public services that let us fund youth services, retrofit nearly all council homes with new kitchens & roll out Sure Start Centres.

In the Future of Socialism Anthony Crosland rightly said that socialism should be focused not just on exports and pensions, but also on having more cafes, brighter streets, more theatres, murals, public art and the many public goods that make life better.

This paper from the IPPR touches on this.

I think I first raised issues around asylum accommodation back in 2022- ironically the Minister who responded was Robert Jenrick.

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The more traditional model that we used in the 1990s & early 2000s (when we had a large number of asylum seekers in the UK) worked and saw local councils getting much needed funding- the current system is broken for everyone. 3/3

One Christmas time I met a group of asylum seeking women locally who were relying on a local charity to get essentials like baby/toddler food & warm coats/blankets.

The reason why the HO is rightly moving away from the use of hotels is that they're not effective for anyone... 2/3

This is an important point of clarification; in one case from a few years ago a hotel was stopped from using their own kitchen to make food for asylum seekers as the contractor wanted to use their own supplier (which was more expensive & provided a much lower quality) 1/3