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Andy Burnham says he wants to end 40 years of neoliberalism.
But even if he becomes prime minister, the Labour Party is running out of time to show it’s on the side of working-class communities. jacobin.com/2026/06/uk-burnh…
Sarah Doyle retweeted
RMT general secretary Eddie Dempsey thanks @unisontheunion general secretary @AndreaEganGS after she announced a joint RMT/Unison campaign against outsourcing at the union’s annual general meeting in Liverpool
ALT Photograph of a man and a woman standing in front of an RMT Liverpool 5 branch banner
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🚨BREAKING - NHS OUTSOURCING PROPOSALS DEFEATED
Huge victory as Security Officers at the Countess of Chester come together in UNISON to defeat disastrous outsourcing proposals.
🤝 Public services must be run in the public interest - not to line the pockets of profiteers
Sarah Doyle retweeted
A year ago I left this website, partly because of how racist it had got, but also because I was warned people in the Labour Party wanted to block me from re-running as a councillor (because I’m leftwing). A project built on fear and cronyism was always going to end this way.
Sarah Doyle retweeted
Preston City Council is exploring the possibility of extending a hand of friendship to a town in Palestine as a symbol of our sympathy with the people of Palestine, the wider Middle East and those of all faiths / communities who are suffering through conflict across the globe
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Leader of Preston City Council, Councillor Matthew Brown and Councillor Nweeda Khan, Cabinet Member for Communities and Social Justice release a joint statement, which you can read in full on our website:
preston.gov.uk/article/8436/…
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South Asian solidarity during the Miners' Strike.
Here's a food collection leaflet in Urdu and Punjabi that was distributed across Birmingham.
Street collections on Soho Road in Handsworth were known to be amongst the best supported & miners squabbled over who got that 'patch.'
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1/21 Amid such bleak news from Birmingham here’s a more detailed look at something distinctive about it - its legacy of inter-war art deco private flats. No other UK city outside London has so many, and there are virtually none in the obvious peers like Leeds and Manchester.
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Tonight @localsolutions Big SleepOut is taking place at Liverpool Cricket Ground.
Every penny raised will support our homeless provision and take us one step closer to achieving our vision of ending homelessness.
@srcdoyle @liamrobinson24 @LiamThorpECHO @lpoolcouncil @LandAid
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✍️ Myself & @_RuthieB_ have been campaigning to protect the Household Support Fund
💷 It has enabled us to help 330,000 residents with food, fuel and other emergency costs over 3 years
📢 The fund must be extended beyond March 2024 in @Jeremy_Hunt's budget on Wednesday
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Next week we are bringing our budget proposals to full council. Our proposals include an additional £3.5m for children's services, rising to £4.8m from 2025/26 (1/5)
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New research underlines the strong case for social housing, with £31.4bn in wider benefits to society inc:
· £5.2bn savings to the NHS
· £4.5bn savings to homelessness services
· £2.7bn savings due to fewer disruptions to education
& this is only a starting point of 90k builds
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🚨New social housing sales/demolition figs today🚨
27,616 social homes sold/demolished in 2022/23. Of that, 10,896 were Right to Buy sales, again outstripping supply of social rent homes (9,561). Every year since 2013/14, more social homes have been sold under RTB than built (1)
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Our plan to rent houses to deliver temporary accommodation will
🏡 Move people and families out of hotels and into proper homes close to schools and in communities
💷 Lead to net saving of £121m until 2029
We will lobby for a national solution to this Tory homelessness crisis
#News: The issue of #homelessness & the cost of temporary accommodation will take centre stage at a Cabinet meeting later today.
A five-year plan, which could save the council more than £100m, is to be considered.
liverpoolexpress.co.uk/liver…
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Sarah Doyle retweeted
It's gone to press!
Thanks to the wonderful folks at @coopnews for pulling together the 2024 edition of our 'Intro & funded projects' booklet.
Pick up your copy at #LabLocal24 next weekend or download it here: councils.coop/publication/cc…
Sarah Doyle retweeted
Well done to @MunicipalDreams @PeteApps and all the others who appear on this list. I look forward to seeing @Kwajotweneboa joining them next year.
Five of the best books about the UK housing crisis | Books | The Guardian theguardian.com/books/2024/j…
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No one in social housing should play any role in this proposal except to oppose it. It is purely a last ditch, desperate attempt by #sunak to appeal to right wing racist voters, using rhetoric that the fascists in the National Front used in the 1970s. theguardian.com/politics/202…
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We agree with our friends at @Shelter this is scapegoating and will not deliver the social homes we need to tackle homelessness. To end the housing crisis we need proper solutions - not policies that exclude people from support when they need it most. bit.ly/3OeCo9T
Sarah Doyle retweeted
When they know they’re being held accountable by all of us they try to divide us. Dont be fooled.
theguardian.com/politics/202…
Sarah Doyle retweeted
Nothing to say on this except don’t fall into their trap. Social homes for everyone who needs or wants one. Depriving communities under the guise of “Britishness” isn’t it
🚨 NEW: Rishi Sunak plans to change the Tories’ social housing policy to "British homes for British workers” to bolster his reputation on immigration
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