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Dr. Jeevun Sandher MP @jeevunsandher.bsky.social · 11h

Between 2007 and 2022:

- The wealth of the top 10% grew 30% faster than for average households

- The wealth of 60 year olds has grown *100%* faster than 30 year olds

(both are underestimates as they miss the super wealthy)

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Dr. Jeevun Sandher MP @jeevunsandher.bsky.social · 1d

It has been two years since the appalling attacks by Hamas terrorists. Those attacks included British citizens as their victims.

We stand with the Jewish community against all hatred and discrimination, the return of all hostages, and will do what we can to build a lasting peace.

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Dr. Jeevun Sandher MP @jeevunsandher.bsky.social · 2d

Sof is one of the best comms people I've met.

Read her insightful piece on British patriotism here: renewal.org.uk/blog/mr-blob...

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Dr. Jeevun Sandher MP @jeevunsandher.bsky.social · 2d

Just 20% of Brits think today's youth will be have better lives than their parents.

That's 'cos today's youth are stuck in a Long-term Living Standards Crisis. Not enough good jobs and not enough houses.

That's why we have to create more good jobs and build a lot more houses

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Dr. Jeevun Sandher MP @jeevunsandher.bsky.social · 5d

Everyone being able to afford a good life is a Labour value.

Gabby Hinssliff rightly sets out why a paying £5 for a coffee makes a good life less affordable.

That's why this government is investing to get costs down.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

What a £5 coffee (or a £100 Pizza Express) tells us about a changing Britain | Gaby Hinsliff

For many Gen Xers, it feels like we’re sliding back towards the land of our childhoods: where eating out was for special occasions, and Thermoses were king, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

www.theguardian.com

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Dr. Jeevun Sandher MP @jeevunsandher.bsky.social · 5d

🚨 GOOD NEWS: SOCIAL MEDIA USE IS FALLING 🚨

Social media has become more damaging. We are being driven apart by algorithms that are designed to drive up engagement through outrage.

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Dr. Jeevun Sandher MP @jeevunsandher.bsky.social · 6d

I am appalled by the horrid attack on worshippers at a synagogue in Manchester today, on Yom Kippur.

All of my thoughts are with those injured and their families. I stand with the British Jewish community against antisemitic hate. We are all stronger when we stand together.

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Dr. Jeevun Sandher MP @jeevunsandher.bsky.social · 6d

Why did this Labour Party conference matter so much?

Join me for a delicious pint to find out 🍻

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Dr. Jeevun Sandher MP @jeevunsandher.bsky.social · 7d

.@Ed_Miliband is right.

There is no law of economics that says we must all do well. We have to act to make it so: by investing in people and the communities they live in.

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Matthew Palmer @so3brocktree.bsky.social · 7d

Let's all gloat a bit at Putin's expense, shall we?

Putin is not having a good week

Moldova, Bosnia, and Ukraine

crackingdefence.substack.com

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Dr. Jeevun Sandher MP @jeevunsandher.bsky.social · 7d

Britain achieves great things when we stand together, rather than apart.

Thank you to Peter Kyle for standing up for a united, inclusive Britain.

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Dr. Jeevun Sandher MP @jeevunsandher.bsky.social · 7d

These are dangerous times we are living in. We have two choices in how we respond to them.

We can find someone to blame — as Reform do. Or we can act, so that we all do well.

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Dr. Jeevun Sandher MP @jeevunsandher.bsky.social · 8d

Each of us coming together, with a common cause. Those are our Labour values.

My reflections on the PM’s speech on the last (full) day of Conference.

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Dr. Jeevun Sandher MP @jeevunsandher.bsky.social · 8d

Supporting business is essential for growing the economy and creating good jobs 💼

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Dr. Jeevun Sandher MP @jeevunsandher.bsky.social · 8d

Our values say everyone should be able to live a decent life.

Making life affordable is what this government will do.

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Dr. Jeevun Sandher MP @jeevunsandher.bsky.social · 9d

A long-term strategy for British industry, trading with our allies, and implementing the Employment Rights Bill in full.

Peter Kyle’s Conference Speech set out how Labour is getting businesses growing and wages rising.

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Dr. Jeevun Sandher MP @jeevunsandher.bsky.social · 9d

We can build a country where we all live a decent life. It is for us to make it so.

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Dr. Jeevun Sandher MP @jeevunsandher.bsky.social · 9d

Congratulations!

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Dr. Jeevun Sandher MP @jeevunsandher.bsky.social · 9d

Great to be at Party Conference talking about the most important issue facing us: getting living standards rising.

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Dr. Jeevun Sandher MP @jeevunsandher.bsky.social · 10d

Our nation succeeds when each of us does well and when we pull together around the values we share: unity, decency, determination.

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Dr. Jeevun Sandher MP @jeevunsandher.bsky.social · 10d

🚙 We’re supporting JLR suppliers 🚙

This is the difference a Labour government makes. Working with businesses and workers to secure prosperity for all of us.

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Dr. Jeevun Sandher MP @jeevunsandher.bsky.social · 11d

Fear and loathing are the defining emotions of our time. We are divided as never before.

We have to understand this moment in order to meet it. To meet it, we must build a vision of being British that unites us.

Read my pre-conference piece here: fabians.org.uk/fear-and-loa...

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Dr. Jeevun Sandher MP @jeevunsandher.bsky.social · 12d

4) That is why we're acting on growth *and* bills. Good for country, good for us electorally.

Some of our action on bills 👇

- Investing in social homes to get down housing costs
- Investing in clean energy to get down bills
- Redistributing childcare costs to help parents

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Dr. Jeevun Sandher MP @jeevunsandher.bsky.social · 12d

3) Getting costs down helps all of us *and* it helps the voters we are losing the most

Low- and middle-income voters spend more of their money on essentials.

Get bills down for all and helps the voters we are losing the most

(more info here: jeevunsandher.substack.com/p/labours-li...)

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Dr. Jeevun Sandher MP @jeevunsandher.bsky.social · 12d

2) Living standards are falling for *our* voters because of low growth *and* high costs

Low growth means lower wages

High costs are making us all poorer. Rising housing costs will make us *even* poorer. High energy and childcare costs will keep us poor

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