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Revealed: The Staggering Amount of Time Nigel Farage has Spent on ‘Second’ Jobs Since Becoming an MP The Reform UK leader has logged more than 1,100 hours for 14 outside employers since his election in July 2024

Revealed: The Staggering Amount of Time Nigel Farage has Spent on ‘Second’ Jobs Since Becoming an MP

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The union premium in the USA. $250 a week. More for groups like black and Hispanic women ble-t.org/news/u-s-uni...

How many millions of public money lost by what can only be called scams? Crony contracts and not for for purpose PPE.

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Utterly disgraceful. It’s as if Reform were already in power.

A logarithmic line chart shows COVID‑19 trends in England from early 2020 to February 2026. Four lines track positive cases, hospital patients, deaths involving COVID‑19, and PCR test positivity. All indicators rise and fall in multiple waves. The most recent data shows around 611 cases, 617 hospital patients, 43 weekly deaths, and 2.7% PCR positivity. The chart uses official UKHSA, NHS England, and ONS data.

COVID messaging is fading but the virus is still here.
Data keeps warning us, yet without clear guidance on ventilation, vaccination, and indoor risk, people navigate blind.
Treating the pandemic as over weakens readiness for the next one.
Clear communication and resilient data systems => essential.

115 years on – still fighting for the basics for working women

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True Labour- great concept. Great stuff @stellacreasy.bsky.social

Congratulations, richly deserved.

Starmer is facing a cocktail of dissent that is growing ever more potent After the Greens’ byelection win, PM’s failure to make a progressive offer has angered Labour’s soft-left majority

If Starmer won’t change, he has to go ASAP. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Cruelty to immigrants is not what my party stands for. It’s time for True Labour, not Blue Labour | Stella Creasy We must get back to the party’s roots before it is too late. That means embracing difference, rejecting division – and fighting for opportunities for all, says MP for Walthamstow, Stella Creasy

"There is an alternative way forward: being True – not Blue – Labour. True Labour doesn’t fear those who are different. Instead, it demands everyone contribute their abilities to society – and works to unlock such skills."

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Not something you would expect to read, very interesting. Green policies often don’t stand up to close scrutiny.

Join Reform, the home of crooks, traitors, Russian agents, and failed Tory MPs.

The trade union premium in action. Trade union members get around 10-12% higher pay than non union counterparts and lots of other benefits, not least being half the likelihood of being killed or injured at work.

Feminist labour organising: Community Health Workers in India Achieve Historic Victories This International Women's Day, we celebrate the women who turned "volunteer" exploitation into worker power through feminist organising and collective action to secure maternity leave and wages.

Brilliant! Feminist labour organising. Like the sound of that, especially needed in India. publicservices.international/resources/ne...

Proof of the slogan we used in the campaign for ILO Convention on safety in mines: “the stronger the union, the safer the mine!”
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Should be on every leaflet whenever Reform stand in an election.

Just as the Foreign Affairs Select Committee- of which my excellent MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social is a member - has said the same thing. Come on Keir, set the throttle on the reset to max!

This is outrageous nonsense. Govt passed a law in 2024 to start reforming leasehold, more measures due this year. Charges capped. I’m sorry but Polanski can’t be trusted if he tells such lies.

Reminds me of an article l wrote years ago for Co-operative News about one of my favourite co-ops. I used to receive requests for how to get hold of the anto snake venom. scroll.in/article/1090...

Shame that NHS management can’t be bothered to talk with the union that represents their workforce.

Events in the Middle East make a stronger relationship with the EU even more urgent. I can’t understand why the government isn’t driving faster and deeper on this.

Stop the steal: protect workers’ and renters’ rights! Reform UK has just pledged to rip up legal protections for workers and renters. Sign this petition to stop the steal.

Have you seen this? Reform UK has just pledged to rip up legal protections for workers and renters. I'm really worried about it. I've signed a petition to stop the steal. Can you add your name too? www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...

Please sign the latest Labourstart campaign to free a jail trade unionist.

NEW REPORT: Breaking Point: Heat and the Garment Floor Thousands of Indians are falling ill and dying of preventable deaths due to extreme heat. Heat Watch is helping expand awareness, capacity, and accountability to facilitate better decision-making and ...

Interesting new report on the impact of extreme heat on garment workers in India. www.heatwatch.in/blogs/new-re...

Will Cruella apologise or back down? Will she admit she got it wrong? Don’t hold your breath.

Local authority workers are the backbone of communities across the UK, providing many public services that are vital for a functioning society.

Years of austerity have cut council services to the bone while workers and communities have been asked to pay the price. 1/2 ⤵️

Forcing people to do something sounds very un-British. Maybe Badenoch needs to learn about British values as well as the law!

All disputes have to end with talks, so why not start now?

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