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Cllr Yaqub Hanif @yaqubhanif.bsky.social · Aug 16

Great morning canvass speaking to residents of #Stopsley #luton #VoteLabour
@LutonLabGroup @teamlabouruk.bsky.social
@coopparty.party.coop

Cllr Yaqub Hanif @yaqubhanif.bsky.social · Aug 14

Jashn-e-Azadi Mubarak to fellow Pakistanis in #Luton and beyond. #Pakistan Zindabad

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Cllr Yaqub Hanif @yaqubhanif.bsky.social · Jun 6

Eid Mubarak one and all #Eid #Luton

Cllr Yaqub Hanif @yaqubhanif.bsky.social · May 12

Good luck everyone #luton #examseason

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Cllr Yaqub Hanif @yaqubhanif.bsky.social · Apr 14

Proud to have moved motion 8: AI in education #neu2025
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Cllr Yaqub Hanif @yaqubhanif.bsky.social · Mar 11

Truly humbled by this gesture from @nancyrotering.bsky.social having met in Manchester at the Strong Cities Network transatlantic dialogue event.

Cllr Yaqub Hanif @yaqubhanif.bsky.social · Feb 24

I’m incredibly proud of the Labour Party’s budget at Luton Borough Council today. After 14 years of austerity 180million, which hit services and residents, our Labour council once more delivered a balanced budget with a funding boost from the Labour government.

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LabourList @labourlist.bsky.social · Feb 5

📢 NEW: 'The Government must continue to use every tool in its diplomatic operation to make our alternative case: for Gazans to return home to their land, and have a voice in their future.'

Labour MP Sarah Owen writes on how we should respond to Trump:

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‘Trump’s set out a nightmare vision for Gaza – the UK must offer an alternative’ – LabourList

I am not sure even the sharpest of political observers would have predicted Trump Mark II putting in a bid for Greenland, let alone declaring…

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Cllr Yaqub Hanif @yaqubhanif.bsky.social · Feb 5

Looking forward to the LGA labour conference this coming weekend & catching with some old comrades & colleagues

Cllr Yaqub Hanif @yaqubhanif.bsky.social · Feb 5

Happy birthday to THE GOAT 🐐

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ALT: a soccer player wearing a red shirt that says atc on the front

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Cllr Yaqub Hanif @yaqubhanif.bsky.social · Jan 25

@teamlabouruk.bsky.social east of England conference in Southend #labourEast

Cllr Yaqub Hanif @yaqubhanif.bsky.social · Jan 21

Tories clamouring desperately to blame Labour for the Southport tragedy! The failures leading to the tragedy happened on their watch.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Jan 14

More than 64,000 Palestinians may have been killed by traumatic injury in the first nine months of the war in Gaza, according to a new study. It suggests that the Hamas health ministry tally, a figure the UN relies on, is a significant undercount. nyti.ms/4fZxCIv

The aftermath of Israeli airstrikes in Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip. The text reads: "Death Toll in Gaza Likely 40% Higher Than Reported, Researchers Say." Photo by Yousef Masoud for The New York Times.

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Cllr Yaqub Hanif @yaqubhanif.bsky.social · Jan 14

Luton Citizens’ Fund Decision Day are coming up on Saturday 18th January!

You can decide the community projects in your area to receive funding.
Drop into your local venue to cast your vote and find happening in your area.

Venues are open for voting from 9:30 AM till 12:30 PM

Cllr Yaqub Hanif @yaqubhanif.bsky.social · Jan 9

Hasn’t taken long for Lib Dem cry babies running to the press! Always playing out pantomime through the press instead of engaging proper political debate:

www.lutontoday.co.uk/news/politic...

Luton council faces criticism over lack of consultation as it backs devolution plan for Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes

A devolved strategic authority covering Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes, run by an elected mayor, "won't have a role in making decisions at a local level", according to Luton Borough Council.

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Cllr Yaqub Hanif @yaqubhanif.bsky.social · Jan 5

For Tommo and Elon fans. The latest available data on UK child sexual abuse offences shows White British offenders are disproportionally highly represented compared to other ethnicities. Source: www.csacentre.org.uk/app/uploads/...

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Cllr Yaqub Hanif @yaqubhanif.bsky.social · Jan 2

tories having their strings being pulled more & more by Musk and fascists Twitterati! Equally worrying and patehic that this is the behaviour of HM Opposition!

Badenoch calls for national inquiry into 'rape gangs' www.bbc.com/news/article...

Kemi Badenoch calls for national inquiry into 'rape gangs'

Alexis Jay, who led a major inquiry into historical child sex abuse, says changes are needed, not more research.

www.bbc.com

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Thirsk and Malton Labour Party 🌹 @thirskandmaltonlabour.uk · Dec 31

Added @mike-reader.bsky.social to Labour MP Starter pack #3 go.bsky.app/7DuR4Nj

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Cllr Yaqub Hanif @yaqubhanif.bsky.social · Dec 31

Why is the beeb running such a pathetic headline! a 3 time elected mayor is anything but a failure. Looks like the beeb is still running scared of the right!

Cllr Yaqub Hanif @yaqubhanif.bsky.social · Dec 30

Couldn’t agree more!

Cllr Yaqub Hanif @yaqubhanif.bsky.social · Dec 27

Winter getaway

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Co-operative Party @coopparty.party.coop · Dec 21

🚨 FINALLY: After years of neglecting our pollinators and authorising the use of toxic neonictinoids, bees and other pollinators are being protected by this Government. 🥳

Bee health is non negotiable. 🐝💜🌹

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · Dec 21

Here are just some of the now deleted Tweets previously put out by the man Kemi Badenoch has just made an ennobled peer of the realm

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Co-operative Party @coopparty.party.coop · Dec 20

👇 ICYMI: this week, the Government introduced their devolution white paper, including a new Community Right to Buy.

Read Co-operative Party General Secretary @fortunejf.bsky.social's reaction to it here.

The House magazine @thehousemag.bsky.social · Dec 17

The new Community Right to Buy will be a lasting legacy of this Labour government
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The new Community Right to Buy will be a lasting legacy of this Labour government

Parks, pubs, sports clubs, libraries, allotments, community centres, local shops, youth clubs – these are the building blocks of a community.

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Cllr Yaqub Hanif @yaqubhanif.bsky.social · Dec 19

the Tories, drastically cut local government budgets, devastating communities up & down the country, this Labour government is investing once more in councils.

£69 billion of funding will be injected into council budgets across England to help them drive forward the government's Plan for Change.

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