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I do this when tidying their room involves them picking up their clothes and dumping them in the laundry basket. Just refold them (unless they are volunteering to do the laundry and ironing).
Another example from this govt of a round peg in a round hole. All the best with it @andrewpakes_
📣 Budget day news 📣
Honoured to have been appointed as the Government’s Cooperatives & Mutuals Champion to work with the sector to help deliver plans to double the size of the mutual economy 🐝🇬🇧
@CoopParty @CooperativesUK @coopuk
Would have been a moment to move everyone over to QE2 Centre inc Office of PM; staff from co-ordination roles at Cabinet Office inc National Security; all Govt Ministers and their private offices (they'd keep a base at their dept); Govt Comms Service; Delivery Unit etc
Stay for the smaller parties, they all got single figures but won on the energy! Def giving Eurovision vibes - def case for Graham Norton & Rylan to do the UK's election night coverage LOL
Devastating news for the Labour family with the passing of Shanika Mahendran. A fitting tribute by @_CallumAnderson - "Even in grief, we can take comfort in having known such a remarkable person. Shanika lived with purpose, served with conviction, and loved with generosity."
I join the entire @MKLabourParty family in mourning the death of Councillor Shanika Mahendran, who has passed away at the age of 28 following a short illness.
Milton Keynes is better because she was here.
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John Lehal retweeted
An important step toward shifting our public services away from profit to the public good.
Good to hear Chancellor @RachelReevesMP @darrenpjones and @chriswardmp make case for delivering public services for benefit of workers, tax-payers & service users rather than shareholders.
Good things can happen - if you fight for it.
After campaigning from @pcs_union, today the government announced that thousands of outsourced low-paid workers are to be brought in house. They will see a massive improvement to their pay and conditions.
Enjoyable trip and a positive response for @andy4makerfield
Our in Makerfield today for @andy4makerfield. People stopping in the street to take posters to show their support for Andy.
From Basildon to Wigan to get Labour over the line.
Never knew this!
🐟It’s National Fish and Chip Day! And East London is where it all began.
Fish and chips are an integral part of East London’s story - after Jewish immigrant Joseph Malin opened the first chippy here in 1860. The rest is history.
So let’s celebrate the shops who helped build and serve our communities!
Sounds like a great initiative we can all learn from, and great use of AI in public services >>
I’m excited about this.
I've been working with businesses and the government on a new Economic Inactivity Partnership to help more people get a fair chance at work.
One of the things we're trialling here in the West Midlands is a new AI tool that helps employers recruit those that normally get overlooked. Care leavers. Ex-offenders. Young people who need additional help.
The willingness is there. Now the tools are too. Looking forward to seeing the difference this makes.
Great to be out in Makerfield for @AndyBurnhamGM @andy4makerfield yesterday. Andy’s message is simple: he’s in it for you.
Positive #LabourDoorstep session in Wolverton, Milton Keynes. Fun fact: MK has the highest recycling rate in the country. Great response for @LaurenJTownsend and the @MKLabourParty team. Lots of laughs with @rosie_wrighting as always. #GOTV
Some great advice and tips in this from HBR on building a superteam #leadership #management #teamleadership
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Great to join the Bedford goes to Barry day out #labourdoorstep @KanishkaNarayan
Beautiful Barry, bold progressive policy, bundle of doorstep @UKLabour energy - what more could you want? 🌹
Big thanks to @LSCaerdydd @CHazelgroveMP @darrenpjones @karinsmyth @KerryMP ☀️
Five Substacks worth your time. Apologies it’s so blokey this time.
@PeterHyman21 on Liverpool's social innovators "citizens with their ideas, lived experience and entrepreneurial spirit, and institutions with their resource, expertise and networks"
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By @restate_thinks on Where should devolution go next?
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Finally, @Keir_Starmer "We will be defined by our ability to stand up for British interests in this volatile world. To make our country more secure and resilient. To give working people a fairer deal and deliver more opportunities for their children."
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