Child poverty is a scar on our national conscience A Labour government has taken millions of children out of poverty before. It can do so again.

“Child poverty is the biggest cause of social division in Britain today, a scar on our national conscience, and a stain on the soul of the country”

Gordon Brown

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Energy price cap: Typical yearly energy bill to fall by £129 from July, Ofgem announces Ofgem urges the millions of households on the price cap to "shop around" for savings as there are "better deals out there" despite the reduction in the default tariff.

The average annual energy bill will fall by around 7% to £1,720 from July, Ofgem has announced

news.sky.com/story/energy...

Crawley looked and sounded in his interview far more contrite and less arrogant..Paradigm shift maybe..

A week a long time in politics...Last week I was very disappointed with Starmer this week he's done really well...

Charities step up pressure on Keir Starmer to scrap two-child benefit cap Exclusive: Survey commissioned by children’s charities shows UK voters want to see families prioritised

Charities step up pressure on Keir Starmer to scrap two-child benefit cap

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Gordon Brown suggests people on top rate of income tax should be excluded from winter fuel The former prime minister, who introduced winter fuel as a universal benefit when chancellor, said there is a strong case for it, but suggests society's richest pensioners could be exempt.

Governments "have to be fair" to pensioners but there is a case for people on the top rate of income tax to be excluded from winter fuel payments, Gordon Brown has said

news.sky.com/story/gordon...

The recent UK-EU Summit brought significant progress on youth opportunities, defence cooperation, and easing food trade, marking positive steps our movement will build on for a stronger European future.

The key outcomes from this week’s UK-EU Summit This week’s UK-EU summit in London was a long-overdue and hopeful step toward rebuilding a constructive, cooperative relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union.

This week’s UK-EU summit in London was a long-overdue and hopeful step toward rebuilding a constructive, cooperative relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union.

Read our take on it all:

Food bank demand up by half in five years as charity urges Labour to act “A whole generation” has now grown up in the UK while food banks are the norm, charity chief says

2.9m emergency food parcels provided by food banks to Britons facing hunger.

1.8m to families with children.

Shameful statistics.

Real wage/benefit cut, profiteering takes toll.

16m live in poverty.

1% have more wealth than 70% of population combined.

Must redistribute.

Yesterdays EU/UK closer economic alignment will be good news for the UK..

Johnson put a border in the Irish Sea, sold out the fishing industry, all SMEs trading with the EU, our farmers, universities, musicians, young people, scientists, all of us…
And now he sits in the mess he made throwing insults at those who are clearing up after him.
What a monumental piece of shit.

Morrisons says UK-EU deal will 'ease' price pressure The EU-UK trade deal has been praised as a

Morrisons says UK-EU deal will 'ease' price pressure

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Transparent..👇👇👇

Seems pretty resounding...👇👇👇

The far right are imploding..

The adults are finally in the room...

Breakthrough in UK-EU Brexit reset talks before summit Late breakthrough believed to be on fishing rights in run-up to Starmer’s meeting with European Commission president * UK politics live – latest updates Talks between the UK and EU over a significant reset to relations achieved a last-minute breakthrough overnight, believed to be about fishing rights, just before the start of a crunch summit in London. With Keir Starmer preparing to host the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, in London on Monday morning after late-night talks, stumbling blocks included the timescale for agreement on access to British waters for the EU’s fishers, and checks on foods and similar products. Continue reading...

Breakthrough in UK-EU Brexit reset talks before summit

And provides the opportunity to explore opportunities in Europe.

Reducing my right to queue at airports is just wrong..I want my sovereignty to queue..Outrageous.

The England womens cricket team have had some criticism on the standard of the fitness of the players..Well I've just witnessed a player training really hard in the gym..Looked really fit and strong..💪🏻

New energy upgrades for public buildings to save taxpayers money Schools, community centres and care homes receive new awards to upgrade their buildings and save money off bills in the long term.

Brilliant!

The Labour government has issued over £630m to schools, hospitals, and other public buildings for measures including heat pumps, solar panels, insulation and double glazing.

It is estimated measures like this will save the public sector around £650m a year over the next 12 years.

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EU Deal Would Give Reeves £10 Billion and Cut Risk of Tax Hikes An improved trade deal with the European Union would hand UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves £10 billion ($13.3 billion) in the Autumn Budget and limit the need for further tax increases, according to econom...

An improved trade deal with the European Union would hand UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves £10 billion in the Autumn Budget and limit the need for further tax increases, according to economists

Sounds like a plan

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Reform UK ‘would trigger immediate and violent sterling crisis’ Nigel Farage’s tax-cutting plans risk blowing an £80bn hole in public finances if he wins power, economists warn

Nigel Farage’s Reform ‘would trigger immediate and violent’ sterling crisis

www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

Take a moment.
Bluebells are blooming.
Spring is quietly lifting the world.

Voices of hope and healing...threaded through a woodland floor.

This Mental Health Awareness Week, pause in nature with us.

#ThoughtfulThursday

UK economy defies gloomy warnings to grow 0.7% in first quarter of year Expansion came despite looming tax rises and tariffs but economists predict growth will weaken in coming months The UK economy grew by 0.7% in the first three months of the year, according to official figures, defying business warnings of a collapse in confidence ahead of Labour’s tax increases and Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs. The Office for National Statistics said gross domestic product (GDP) rose at the strongest pace in a year over the first quarter, continuing an expansion after growth of 0.1% in the final three months of 2024. City economists had forecast a rise of 0.6%. Continue reading...

UK economy defies gloomy warnings to grow 0.7% in first quarter of year

Top Tory caught admitting Brexit drawback in leaked clip In response on Wednesday night, the Tories insisted that Chris Philp was not saying the Tories did not have a plan for how to handle asylum seekers post Brexit.

They never had a plan.
They just lied and lied and lied.

Both Brexit and Immigration are the most dishonest and ruinous policies going. A Tory/Farage conspiracy of deceit that Labour seems to want to protect rather than challenge.

As for Chris Philp - get in the bin.
news.sky.com/story/leaked...

The way to defeat Reform and Farage is to build a sustainable economy todays ONS figs will disrupt Reform..

Exclusive: Details of Keir Starmer’s Brexit reset deal revealed Exclusive: The deal will be unveiled on Monday — with a warning it will anger both Brexiteers and Rejoiners

Keir Starmer is set to agree a youth mobility scheme in alignment with the European Union despite his controversial clampdown on migration, a senior government source has confirmed.

Reform UK offers nostalgia, not solutions Reform UK trades on national nostalgia – but behind the slogans lies regression, not renewal or reform

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I voted for Starmer and voted Labour all my life..I'm done his latest speech on immigration ' strangers in our country' is truly abhorrent..