If you support justice for former miners; their widows and coal mining communities in County Durham and across the UK then vote
@UKLabour
in
#GeneralElection24
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@DurhamMiners
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2024: Daniel Bruce, "We've analysed more than 5,000 contracts.. Multiple corruption red flags in £15 billion worth of contracts.. That's almost £1 in every £3 of what the Conservative gov spent in it's covid response.. A system beset with system weaknesses, political choices that
The transport industry is the UK’s single biggest polluter, accounting for 24% of total carbon emissions.
New high speed rail lines are crucial to reducing this figure and help us to reach our net zero carbon emissions target.
👉
Today we're laying legislation to allow every community in England to Take Back Control of our buses
After 40 years of failed deregulation & falling passenger numbers, this
@UKLabour
Government is delivering on our promise to act on behalf of passengers
📉14 years of Conservative Government: Local bus services driven into the ground.
🚍10 weeks of a Labour Government: Local communities empowered to take back control of their buses.
This is what Labour in power delivers.
Tomorrow, I'm hosting a Parliamentary drop-in alongside water campaigners for MPs to join the fight against the sewage scandal.
⬇️ Tell your MP to be there ⬇️
On
#EmergencyServicesDay
today people across the country pay tribute to the heroic work of emergency workers, from firefighters to paramedics to police officers and many more in between.
🚨
#999day
This week our ASLEF delegation is at
@The_TUC
congress in Brighton.
We'll be talking about industrial strategy, investing in industry and workers, rail public ownership and delivering the New Deal for Working People.
Today Govt will introduce a motion for a UK Sustainable Aviation Fuel Mandate.
Greener transport is a sector-wide challenge.
My experience on
@TransportCttee
equips me with knowledge & experience to lead the TSC as Chair through this transition 2B a greener sector.
#GM4Chair
As President of
@the_TUC
and General Secretary of the
@fbunational
I spoke to TUC conference about the Grenfell tragedy.
The inquiry that came out last week demonstrated without a doubt that the fire was preventable.
That can never be allowed to happen again.
No more austerity - a powerful call from
@alexgordon4me
@RMTunion
at
#TUC24
👇
We "must launch a high-profile & constructive campaign to make the case loudly & proudly for a more radical, progressive & credible economic strategy for social renewal."
Our demands most moderate are: “No more austerity under Labour”
@alexgordon4me
@RMTunion
#TUC24
“The trade union movement & the TUC have a key role to play in shifting Labour off the petard on which it has hung itself.” - Alex Gordon, RMT President
This report will be an absolutely must read for anyone who cares about improving patient care and the NHS.
And this is spot on:
‘The Health and Social Care Act of 2012 was a calamity without international precedent – it proved disastrous.’
🚨 Labour must tax richest Brits instead of 'pick pocketing' pensioners
💬 "I'm calling for
@UKLabour
to change course and to look at introducing a
#WealthTax
on one side, and on the other side borrow to invest for British industry."
@UniteSharon
Rest easy just had it confirmed Downing Street has dismissed sending prisoners to Estonia, so glad that Government are listening to the POA and ended this daft speculation in the media. Steve Gillan Gen Sec.