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Callum Parrish @callumparrish.bsky.social · 1h

The Government is launching a fast-track review to tear up outdated licensing rules that have been holding back pubs, bars and local events and we want to hear from the people who know best: landlords, punters and communities.

Cheers to Change: Red Tape Review Could Bring More Food, Music and Fun to Your Local

The Government is launching a fast-track review to tear up outdated licensing rules that have been holding back pubs, bars and local events and we want to hear from the people who know best: landlords...

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Callum Parrish @callumparrish.bsky.social · 7h

Foreign Secretary hosts meeting in Northern Ireland, focused on preserving security and stability in the Western Balkans.

Foreign Secretary to put boosting security and tackling illegal migration at the heart of foreign policy during meeting of European partners

Foreign Secretary hosts meeting in Northern Ireland, focused on preserving security and stability in the Western Balkans.

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Callum Parrish @callumparrish.bsky.social · 8h

Over 40,000 more sick or disabled people will receive intensive employment support to move into secure, fulfilling work and out of poverty, thanks to a £167.2 million boost to the Connect to Work programme.

Job advisers to be embedded in GP surgeries as tens of thousands more sick and disabled people offered help into work

Over 40,000 more sick or disabled people will receive intensive employment support to move into secure, fulfilling work and out of poverty, thanks to a £167.2 million boost to the Connect to Work prog...

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 8h

Hamas and Israel have agreed to implement the first phase of the Gaza peace plan. Qatari media says that includes the release of the 20 living hostages in one go. Sky News Arabia says it will also include an Israeli withdrawal from 70% of the Gaza Strip.

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Callum Parrish @callumparrish.bsky.social · 9h

Nearly 7,000 brand new jobs will be created in the United Kingdom thanks to a raft of major new deals secured by the Prime Minister during his visit to India.

Nearly 7,000 new UK jobs to be created as a result of Prime Minister's trip to India

Nearly 7,000 brand new jobs will be created in the United Kingdom thanks to a raft of major new deals secured by the Prime Minister during his visit to India.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 10h

Just Jack Posobiec, of pizzagate ‘fame’, advising the White House. Because of course he is.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 10h

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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Callum Parrish @callumparrish.bsky.social · 10h

Ooh, Happy Birthday Nadine!!

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 12h

Reform UK Kent Councillor and Cabinet member Chris Hespe would rather save Adolf Hitler from a burning building than a trans person.

There’s more.

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Callum Parrish @callumparrish.bsky.social · 13h

They were ruled unlawful in 2017 after the Tories tried charging for it.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 13h

David Lammy rules out charging workers for employment tribunal claims

Justice secretary says right to challenge unfair work behaviour is core to Labour work plan after union backlash The justice secretary, David Lammy, has ruled out reintroducing charges for employment tribunals after a backlash from unions over the proposals. The Guardian revealed last week that ministers were considering a plan to charge workers a fee to take their bosses to court as part of negotiations in this year’s spending review. Trade unions responded with fury, labelling the idea a “disaster”. Continue reading...

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Callum Parrish @callumparrish.bsky.social · 14h

A record number of gang leaders have been charged for ‘county lines’ offences in the past year following targeted police action through the government’s County Lines Programme.

Record number of gang leaders charged for county lines offences

A record 2,300 ‘deal lines’ closed in first year of this government.

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Callum Parrish @callumparrish.bsky.social · 14h

21,000 new homes in North Sussex unlocked after four-year bottleneck

Thousands of new homes get the go ahead in North Sussex

21,000 new homes in North Sussex unlocked after four-year bottleneck

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Callum Parrish @callumparrish.bsky.social · 14h

He isn't the Shadow Chancellor.

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Andrew Lewin MP @andrewlewinmp.bsky.social · 14h

Kemi Badenoch appears to be getting plaudits for a speech in which she breezily claimed to have found £47,000,000,000 in savings.

The inconvenient truth is that these numbers are nothing more than a fantasy.

This really is Liz Truss's party now.

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Callum Parrish @callumparrish.bsky.social · 14h

#BackBridget @backbridget.bsky.social @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social

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Callum Parrish @callumparrish.bsky.social · 15h

The UK has reaffirmed its support for Georgian sovereignty at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva and called out Russian occupation of Georgian territory

UK calls out Russian occupation of Georgian territory

The UK has reaffirmed its support for Georgian sovereignty at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva and called out Russian occupation of Georgian territory

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 17h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Bridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 23h

As your Deputy Leader, with a mandate to do more and a seat at the Cabinet table, I will deliver for all our regions and nations.

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Bridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 17h

Divided parties don’t win elections.

With the threat of Reform, we must unite, not divide our movement and energise our opponents.

As your Deputy Leader, with a seat in Cabinet, I’ll put Labour’s heart & soul into government and deliver for all of our nations and regions.

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 17h

Does Reform have a Russia problem?

Nigel Farage is ‘in bed with Putin’, claims Rachel Reeves, after party’s former leader in Wales pleaded guilty to taking bribes from the Kremlin

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Callum Parrish @callumparrish.bsky.social · 19h

#BackBridget @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social @backbridget.bsky.social

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Callum Parrish @callumparrish.bsky.social · 19h

Three new Bollywood blockbusters will be made in the UK from next year, the Prime Minister has announced in Mumbai today.

Bollywood comes to Britain: Three blockbusters to be made in the UK from next year

Three new Bollywood blockbusters will be made in the UK from next year, the Prime Minister has announced in Mumbai today.

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Callum Parrish @callumparrish.bsky.social · 19h

Was he an Oooo-sheen, Ocean or Oys-in guy?

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Callum Parrish @callumparrish.bsky.social · 19h

The house or the stamp duty?

Callum Parrish @callumparrish.bsky.social · 19h

Started speech trashing Rayner over stamp duty issues, and now announces she wants to scrap the tax completely...

Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 19h

BREAKING: Kemi Badenoch announces a Tory government led by her will abolish stamp duty

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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 20h

"While Britain was redefining what a woman is, China was building five nuclear reactors," says Kemi Badenoch.

I cannot be the only person curious about how these two things are related

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