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@tom_belger

2 years

Looks like not hundreds but thousands of teachers in central London for @NEUnion rally and March as part of the #TeacherStrike

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The founder and CEO of Wow air was a 'marketing man of the year' in Iceland in 2017. Wondering if the award organisers are regretting that now. Here's everything you need to know about their collapse

Budget airline Wow air collapses with all flights cancelled and passengers stranded

Furious passengers have been left stranded after talks to raise funds failed and the airline announced it had closed down.

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The #TeacherStrike will get all the attention in education today, but they’re not alone - here’s government officials + reps on picket lines outside DfE offices in central London this morning. Some Ofsted staff voted to walk out too. All the latest updates today via @SchoolsWeek

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Just spoke to a Leicester councillor. "I've never seen the bottom fall out of the Labour vote so fast," they said, and from "predominantly very loyal" local Muslim voters. He said anger was "worse" than over Iraq, and non-Muslim voters were raising it with councillors too. 1/2

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1 year

NEW: Entire Leicester City Council Labour group has unanimously called upon party leaders, including Keir Starmer, to call for a ceasefire and the end of collective punishment in Gaza. This after senior members including David Lammy held talks with them to address their concerns

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🌹NEW: Pro-Starmer candidates win a landslide victory in elections for Labour Students and Young Labour posts. Another setback for the left, as they were two of the few parts of the party where it was still strong - with majorities on both committees.

Labour Students and Young Labour election results in full: Pro-Starmer candidates win control as...

Pro-leadership candidates have won the overwhelming majority of seats on the Labour Students and Young Labour committees in internal elections, in a significant defeat for…

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4 years

'If my son hadn’t been in the room opposite and my wife lying next to me, I wouldn’t be here now.' Being excluded from furlough is fuelling depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts among new hires. #excluded #ExcludedUKAPPG #newstarterfurlough

Coronavirus: Furlough exclusion pushes new hires 'to brink of suicide'

New hires feel ‘forgotten’ again by the chancellor, with exclusion from furlough taking a heavy mental toll.

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3 months

Ed Miliband has just written this to staff, setting out his six priorities - interesting insight into what's key on the agenda:

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@Ed_Miliband

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This government was elected with a mandate to take immediate action to boost Britain's energy independence. The onshore wind ban is a symbol of how bad decisions in the last fourteen years have put up energy bills for families. Today, it ends.

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The decision means there is now no official Labour candidate – but three former Labour representatives standing against each other in Ali, Galloway and Danczuk....has that ever happened before?

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New: Labour has withdrawn support from its Rochdale by-election candidate Azhar Ali - leaving it without an officially endorsed candidate as it is too late for a new one to be added to put in place:

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3 years

The @GoodLawProject is warning many Covid-vulnerable families may de-register their kids rather than be prosecuted or send them in. And even a parent being threatened with a fine/prosecution acknowledged the school was in an "impossible position" because of the DfE's stance.

John Dickens

@JohndickensSW

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. @nadhimzahawi says improving school attendance is his 'top priority'. But he already faces legal action over the plans, and councils now being asked to intervene have had funding for such services ripped out. This week's long read by @tom_belger

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4 years

A hell of a lot of understandable anger over the Treasury’s recent furlough announcement and the way it’s been reported. Media and MPs are now highlighting how many gaps it still leaves though - here’s my take #newstarterfurlough

Coronavirus: UK government gives newly hired workers 'false hope' on furlough support

Many workers who started new jobs in March still cannot be furloughed, despite the government extending a cut-off date for its job scheme.

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5 months

Protesters keep standing up to heckle Wes Streeting at the Progressive Britain conference over Gaza. Crowd clapping them down, then a chant of ‘Wes’. Streeting says it’s like being back at NUS conference, it’s a democratic country and the Green party’s available.

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6 years

Prince William says NO celebrities would back his mental health campaign three years ago - until just before it launched. Here's what he said at Davos today

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5 months

Happened to be sat behind @paulmasonnews while covering an event for @LabourList , just as he announced he’ll stand for Labour nomination in Islington North tonight. I asked why he’s going for it:

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5 years

A child of the 1950s Windrush generation is going to lead one of Britain's best-loved shops in 2020. Sharon White will become the first black, first female @johnlewis chair. No mention of that in most coverage, but I think that's something to shout about.

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I'm so proud and excited to be joining the fantastic @LabourList team at such a critical time for the party. Any pitches, stories and tips, please DM or send to tom.belger @labourlist .org. And any ideas and feedback more widely will really help shape where LabourList goes next.

LabourList

@LabourList

1 year

🌹📝 We’re excited to announce @tom_belger is LabourList’s new editor! At a key time for Labour, we’re also asking your help building our platform for news and views from across the party and beyond: 💷 Please donate ✉️ Send stories/tips 📢 Pitch op-eds

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Ex-HMRC border chief Karen Wheeler tells an @instituteforgov event a tech fix alone won't solve the Irish border issue, Dover could be 'clogged up' after no-deal and there are risks at the Channel and Irish border that 'frankly you can't mitigate away.'

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4 years

Thrilled to join @SchoolsWeek as a reporter today! Any news, story ideas, confidential tip-offs etc affecting education welcome- DM or tom.belger @schoolsweek .co.uk. Forever grateful to the incredible team I've sadly said goodbye to at @YahooFinanceUK @YahooNewsUK @YahooFinance

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1 year

Feels like this is Starmer talking to the party - saying quite starkly everyone must accept that a Labour government can't do much of what it wants to. Reminds me of Jim Callaghan: 'I tell you in all candour that that option no longer exists.'

LabourList

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Labour leader @Keir_Starmer has warned in a major speech that "we must accept the consequences" of the party's fiscal rules, warning working people will pay the price if @UKLabour "lose control of the economy":

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4 years

Rishi Sunak very very gloomy in Commons - and no new announcements; more disappointment for anyone hoping for holes in support to be plugged. He just told MPs the economy will get 'worse before it gets better.'

Chancellor Rishi Sunak: UK economy will get 'worse before it gets better'

Sunak hit out at claims Britain economy was struggling more than other countries, saying the UK's own official data 'flatters other countries.'

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@tom_belger

2 years

“Teachers are my super heroes” one child’s placard reads #TeacherStrike

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@tom_belger

2 years

This is pretty striking - school leaders in at least two counties made pacts to not show off #AlevelResults . They want to avoid "inappropriate" comparisons between schools and years given Covid disruption. @Morsecat @JonnyUttley @jim1902adams @ASCL_UK

School leaders form pact not to show off A-level results

Some trust and school chiefs avoided 'tempting' PR about top A-level grades, warning Covid makes comparisons 'ridiculous'

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@tom_belger

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@NAHTnews general secretary tells @SchoolsWeek its “absolutely remarkable” how much heads have supported @NEUnion members striking today. They’re fulfilling their professional and legal duties but they know the NEU’s fight is “the fight of the profession”. #teachersstrike

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@tom_belger

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Powerful placard held by @NEUnion member Kirsty Abbs, said she was taking part in the #TeacherStrike because of a lack of funding for her south London school, rather than her own pay. She says she’s here for her support staff too, who can’t be here.

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4 years

More than a million people are missing out on the government's coronavirus income schemes. I spoke to a 43-year-old who's used up his life savings and had to swap his flat for his mum's sofa @YahooFinanceUK @CommonsTreasury

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1 year

New: The BBC's projected national share analysis puts Labour on 36%, some nine points over the Conservatives. That's the biggest lead since 2010. John Curtice says it could mean a 4.5% swing at Westminster, "perhaps just enough" to win the general election #LocalElections2023

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4 years

Huge anger at the government from MPs, campaigners and people struggling for dismissing MPs’ calls to help many people excluded from crisis support. #ExcludedUK #forgottenPAYE

ForgottenPAYE

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4 years

“The longer these gaps are left, the deeper the wounds are becoming with irreversible damage caused to the lives of millions, through no fault of their own.” @ElliePhillipsUK & @timpravda spoke to @tom_belger @YahooFinanceUK #forgottenPAYE #ExcludedUK

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2 years

I’ve been talking to schools in recent weeks about everything they’re seeing and doing as the cost of living has soared. Some of what they said is jaw-dropping in one of the richest countries in the world. Here’s a few examples. 🧵

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2 years

Make sure you read @tom_belger ’s investigation today on how schools are stepping in to help children in the cost of living crisis

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5 years

14,000 uninsured taxi rides with strangers in the front seat pretending to be Uber drivers is a pretty big revelation by @TfL today. It's revealing too TfL has little faith in Uber's ability to stop other future safety problems, despite that issue being fixed. #Uber #uberlondon

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@YahooFinance

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Highlight: @tom_belger on London banning Uber: "Uber's vowing already to appeal this decision to cut it out of one of its key global markets ... At least 14,000 trips in London were taken with people pretending to be Uber drivers."

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2 years

One speaker at the rally said it’s 30,000 people here; another said police had told him it was 40,000. Whatever it is it’s absolutely huge . One @NEUnion member teacher told me they felt so much pride staff were standing together for what they believe in. #teachersstrike

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4 years

Firms/MPs welcome grants but also ask - why still so much less or nothing aimed at: - Shut-down firms' suppliers? - People previously in new roles? - Freelancers who once earned £50k+? - PAYE/part-time self-employed? - Directors? #ExcludedUK

Sunak told UK business lockdown support doesn't go far enough

Business chiefs and senior politicians warn many firms and workers are still not receiving enough support, from brewers to private hire firms to the newly self-employed.

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2 years

Oxford Circus now heaving with teachers heading to rally. #TeacherStrike

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6 years

'Talk's not good enough': @Oxfam chief Winnie Byanyima slaps down CEOs and world leaders for their inaction on inequality at #Davos . Quite a speech

‘Talk’s not good enough’: Oxfam chief slaps down Davos elite on inequality

Davos is full of talk about globalisation's 'left-behind,' but top CEOs and politicians have just been told they are to blame.

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2 years

Upbeat mood and lots of noise on march

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2 years

The @NEUnion says 30,000 people here for march and rally - with the crowds stretching all the way from start at Broadcasting House to end at Downing St. That’s a 1.6 mile, 35-mile walk according to Google. Massive turnout if the figure’s right- it feels enormous. #teachersstrike

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6 months

I hear Labour Students and Young Labour committee election results could be landing shortly...we'll have them up on @LabourList when they do

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2 years

“Teachers just want to have funds”

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4 years

If anyone reading this wants to get in touch about their own experiences or those of others they know - please feel free to DM me or email tom @yahoofinance .com

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@NewStarterJust

4 years

Thank you @tom_belger and @YahooFinance for speaking to #newstarterjustice members about the mental health impacts. It's a very significant aspect of life for those in financial hardship, and an essential thing to highlight in our battle for support.

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9 months

Some 33 student groups have signed this statement. It's notable that standing up for trans rights is a key part of the campaign messaging by the most senior candidates on the broadly pro-leadership @Organise24 slate in current Labour Students elections.

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🚨 New: @LabourStudents groups at dozens of universities have released a joint statement condemning the national party "in the strongest possible terms" - after Rosie Duffield said Labour had dismissed claims of transphobia and antisemitism against her.

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By my quick maths on results announced so far - the left has won just one of 19 roles on the Young Labour committee, and two of 19 on the Labour Students committee, with pro-Starmer candidates winning the rest. Quite a radical turnaround...

Labour Students and Young Labour election results in full: Pro-Starmer candidates win control as...

Pro-leadership candidates have won the overwhelming majority of seats on the Labour Students and Young Labour committees in internal elections, in a significant defeat for…

labourlist.org

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3 years

I took 9 trains/tubes/buses in a day between London and Torquay to try to track down the ex-CEO of the trust at the centre of a big academy finance scandal... But the only possible address we had turned out to be for a retired carpenter with the same name. At least he was nice...

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Exclusive: A scandal-hit academy trust is suing former trustees to recover up to £2.8 million of 'lost public funds'. Experts say the case sets a precedent that should serve as a warning for the sector

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2 years

🪧 London primary teachers on their way home from the #teachersstrike march and @NEUnion rally in London told me they were impressed by the turnout - organisers say it was in the tens of thousands. I’m impressed with this upside-down-cardboard-box placard/lesson for Keegan

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1 year

He said: "The messaging has started to change but it hasn't enough. There's got to be something big to get people back on board. I don't know whether it will recover." If it wasn't for the council's collective stance, some councillors would have walked "ages ago".

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1 year

So @UKLabour has a new-look website. Helpfully also means lots of past speeches/press releases promising things the party no longer supports have vanished! The press release archive only goes back to September last year. #Labour

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🛑 @LabourStudents has just voted to call for not only an "immediate ceasefire" in Israel and Palestine but also to halt Britain arms sales to Israel, @LabourList can reveal. See the motion's full wording here:

Labour Students votes to lobby for suspension of UK arms exports to Israel – LabourList

Labour Students has voted to call for not only an "immediate ceasefire" in Israel and Palestine but also to halt Britain arms sales to Israel,…

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4 years

So many people have spoken about this 'emotional rollercoaster' of having hopes needlessly raised and then dashed on top of exclusion itself, like when scheme and cut-off extension were announced - it wasn't clear at all to most people that many March new starters were excluded.

Dave Leyland

@cityfourever

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@tom_belger It's an emotional rollercoaster, one moment up the next down. Interview yesterday was great, but different scenarios going through my head by the time I got home I was depressed again. £0 income for 4 months and rapidly running out of savings. #newstarterjustice #ExcludedUK

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I still find it remarkable many of the biggest government decisions about individual academies are made behind closed doors. DfE officials and advisers will debate and decide the fate of high-profile, scandal-hit Holland Park School tomorrow, but...🧵

Holland Park rated ‘inadequate’ as Ofsted slams behaviour and ‘disharmony’

Ofsted slammed behaviour and 'disharmony' at the academy at the centre of a scandal and legal battle, but faces questions over past praise for the school

schoolsweek.co.uk

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5 years

The Conservatives are against governments running the railways...unless it's the Italian, French, Dutch or Germany governments running our network, of course. Italy's state-owned Trenitalia is going to replace Virgin co-running West Coast services.

The UK is letting an Italian state-owned firm run part of the rail network — but is still against...

A Conservative minister says governments running the railways is 'not the answer' just after the West Coast line was handed partly to the Italian government's train operator.

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4 years

Being excluded from crisis support is not just leaving many former new hires jobless - it's taking a heavy toll on their mental health. One told me about coming 'to the very brink of ending it all' after repeatedly dashed expectations of being furloughed

Coronavirus: Furlough exclusion pushes new hires 'to brink of suicide'

New hires feel ‘forgotten’ again by the chancellor, with exclusion from furlough taking a heavy mental toll.

uk.finance.yahoo.com

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2 years

It’s true - away from its headline SEND reforms, behind the scenes DfE officials are quietly twisting cash-strapped councils’ arms into IMF-style bailouts. They’re conditional on massive spending cuts in provision for some of the most in-need pupils. 1/2

Matthew Keer

@CaptainK77

2 years

Welcome to the real SEND Implementation Plan - the one that’s already kicked in

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3 months

Great to be on ⁦ @BBCNews ⁩ channel just now - spoilt for choice on what Labour needs to do most in the short term! Fixing creaking public services and kickstarting the economy have to be up there, but restoring trust in politics itself feels crucial too.

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New DfE guidance says downplaying inappropriate sexual harassment as 'banter' or 'boys being boys' risks normalising abuse. It feels like progress, and almost unthinkable if it weren't for the wave of @ei_culture allegations this year. #edutwitter

New guidance on sexual harassment: What you need to know

The DfE has issued beefed-up guidance on tackling sexual misconduct in schools, warning downplaying it as "banter" or "boys being boys" can normalise abuse.

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1 year

My jaw dropped when George told me this. And dropped even further when he said the party had not even apologised, and it then declined to apologise again or even comment when I approached the press office. What's going on!? Was anyone else affected?

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❗️ New: A student member had his conference pass revoked just hours before it began, leaving him hundreds of pounds out of pocket after a seven-hour train from Aberdeen. @UKLabour blamed high visitor numbers - but offered no apology (or comment to us).

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6 years

Former top Bank of England official @D_Blanchflower calls Brexit-backing economists 'charlatans and crackpots', and says 95% of economics papers are irrelevant. Exclusive by @lxndrnthrtn and me for @YahooFinanceUK #Brexit

Former top Bank of England official calls Brexit economists 'charlatans and crackpots'

A former top official at the Bank of England has claimed that most economics is irrelevant, and told Yahoo Finance that it had left Brexit open to the influence of "charlatans and crack pots."

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4 years

I also talked to @ElliePhillipsUK about how leaving out many freelancers from support could hit diversity in the media, and her new @ForgottenPAYE campaign. 'Only rich people are going to ride out the wave.'

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@tom_belger

4 years

More than a million people are missing out on the government's coronavirus income schemes. I spoke to a 43-year-old who's used up his life savings and had to swap his flat for his mum's sofa @YahooFinanceUK @CommonsTreasury

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Hundreds of teachers here by BBC Broadcasting House in central London. Can see signs saying “WTF? Where’s the funding?”, “No fund, less teachers, worse education”, “I am striking 4 your kids”

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2 years

@The_TUC general secretary Paul Nowak just passed to offer support to civil servants outside @educationgovuk

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Exclusive (I think): @ScottishLabour has voted down a motion submitted via women's conference which had urged it to "acknowledge the principle of women’s sex based rights". Most CLP votes and women's conference had backed the motion. #ScotLab24

Scottish Labour rejects ‘sex-based rights’ motion backed by women’s conference and most CLPs –...

Scottish Labour has voted down a motion submitted via its women's conference which had urged it to "acknowledge the principle of women’s sex-based rights", despite…

labourlist.org

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5 years

Made my debut on Yahoo Finance's The First Trade show today!

Yahoo Finance

@YahooFinance

5 years

Highlight: "Boris Johnson looks increasingly unstoppable in the race..." @tom_belger says. "It's not good news for investors ... that's really down to investors' fears about Johnson taking Britain over the edge with a no-deal Brexit, potentially devastating for British business."

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So it’s good to see @NAHTnews heads are marching tomorrow on a social issue for apparently the first time in history. We so need proper action now, before low-income working family poverty becomes as unremarkable and accepted as out-of-work poverty and foodbanks already are.

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6 years

Five years ago Tommy Robinson was tucking into halal dinner with a Muslim family and warning of the dangers of far-right extremism. Here’s my take on what’s happened since, why he’s reverted to type and how he became a global alt-right hero. #TommyRobinson

How Tommy Robinson won the support of the global alt-right

Jailed activist was warning of the dangers of the far-right just five years ago

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@tom_belger

2 years

Paul Whiteman, general secretary of leaders’ union @NAHTnews tells teachers - your fight is our fight too. He says they will ballot members again unless progress is made. “When you oppress working people, they win.” This is about saving education, not damaging it. “Stand firm.”

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New: Starmer’s written to all @UKLabour councillors, emphasising “millions of innocent” Palestinians and Israelis affected. Says Gaza needs humanitarian access incl. food water electricity medicines - and the world to act to stop “humanitarian catastrophe”.

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1 year

Anyone an expert analyst of infant electoral behaviour? Not sure if my son’s jumping in enthusiasm, outrage or complete obliviousness at me on the telly discussing #LocalElection2023

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2 years

Why such secrecy? If it was a local authority decision, key reports informing the decision would be public in advance, anyone could attend the meetings, and detailed minutes should get published much faster afterwards.

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4 years

Not at all, incredibly powerful picture summing up people’s ‘emotional rollercoaster’ far better than I can.

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@NaomiTemplar

4 years

@NewStarterJust @tom_belger @YahooFinance Thank you @tom_belger a brilliant article raising the issues and also despite the seriousness we are pleased to see my husband’s illustration of the rollercoaster ride in it! Great to have a bit of a lift in these really difficult times for us. #newstarterjustice

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Whatever you think about Holland Park's future, surely people like @H_P_S_Official board, leaders, staff, @hollandparkneu , @RBKC leaders like @lionhouse33 , @StopTheMATness , @FormerHPS , @UnitedLearning should be able to see debate among DfE officials and elected advisers.

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Fascinating talking to the new National Institute of Teaching's CEO Melanie today about boosting takeup of teacher training, and how it hopes its research can help shape ECF and ITT reforms. It's jointly run by @HarrisFed @OasisAcademies @OGATrust @StarAcademies , and partners

Schools Week

@SchoolsWeek

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The new National Institute of Teaching should be judged on its success as a "rising tide that lifts all boats", according to founding CEO @MelanieRenowden . She spoke to Schools Week about how the flagship training provider @NatInstTeaching will work

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To be clear this is not my analysis, it’s quoting the BBC/John Curtice. And it’s about local election leads not general - I’m guessing that’s why I’m being accused of erasing the 2017 general election from history.

Tom Belger

@tom_belger

1 year

New: The BBC's projected national share analysis puts Labour on 36%, some nine points over the Conservatives. That's the biggest lead since 2010. John Curtice says it could mean a 4.5% swing at Westminster, "perhaps just enough" to win the general election #LocalElections2023

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Here’s what he added on Starmer’s new line (see @labourlist post): “Moving in the right direction, but taking so long to get there other parties have occupied that ground first. Unless he's calling for a ceasefire this statement just won't cut through images coming out of Gaza”

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New: I understand @UKLabour NEC will vote later today on scrapping the duty for CLPs to have equalities officers, scale back policy debate at conference and close a potential loophole to stop members supporting the likes of Corbyn and Driscoll. Full story to come on @LabourList

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5 years

Deja vu? The pound has slid this morning against the dollar. Analysts blame 'feeble' manufacturing figures out today, and Gove's refusal yesterday to rule out ignoring parliament if MPs vote to block a no-deal Brexit. Via @YahooFinanceUK @YahooFinance

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Big businesses and governments are under pressure over the risk of a million species becoming extinct - latest on the landmark UN-backed #IPBES report about the the threats to nature via @YahooFinanceUK #GlobalAssessment

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@tom_belger

2 years

Lots of passing cars - though mostly vans, coaches and refuse trucks - tooting their support for DfE staff,

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2 years

And surely it'd be helpful for the entire sector - academies and maintained schoos alike - to better understand how the system works, and what officials like to see. If the system's working as well as DfE suggests, that insight and familiarity might even help boost academisation

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2 years

Zahawi said this week work is best route out of poverty and governments helping. But several heads said it’s working families who now can’t afford breakfasts, lunch, clubs. Oh and their kids don’t get free school meals as the government cut poorer working families’ entitlement.

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...no-one from the school, trust, council, community or media can go to the meeting. Unless the trust/school/DfE/others make it public, the first official confirmation and insight comes months - sometimes three - later via published minutes with minimal details.

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A PR campaign by the DWP to detoxify universal credit includes letting the BBC film in jobcentres, but not letting staff talk openly. I'm sure the Beeb won't let it be propaganda, but hats off to Liverpool jobcentre staff for ALL refusing to participate.

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2 years

The @pcs_union member says at central London picket - “It’s important those who can afford to lose a day’s pay do strike. You can’t run public services unless you find them properly. Morale is at an all-time low.”

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@NEUnion general secretary @MaryBoustedNEU says at massive teacher rally near Downing Street that @GillianKeegan must stop the “anti-teacher rhetoric” #TeacherStrike

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@tom_belger

3 years

Digging into new @educationgovuk attendance drive, we found: - Zahawi has told councils using penalty notices, parenting contracts and education supervision orders is 'important' - and they should consider social care intervention where absence is a 'symptom of wider issues' 1

Schools Week

@SchoolsWeek

3 years

Exclusive: Education secretary @nadhimzahawi has ordered councils to tell parents that keeping their children off school has 'repercussions' as he attempts to tackle rising absence rates #absence #attendance

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Parker pen gifts on tables for guests at Labour’s annual business conference…and here’s the agenda for the 400 attendees

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Shadow chancellor @RachelReevesMP begins her speech at the @UKLabour business conference. She says profit is not something to be disdained, but a mark of business succeeding 🧵

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5 years

This is absolutely brilliant. If anything sums up local democracy's male, pale and stale problem this is it

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So having analysed the names of 20,000-odd councillors I was going to do a map showing the most common local politicians' names in different places. Only problem is you end up with A GREAT BIG MAP OF JOHN

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Not corroborated but a Labour source is saying the party have now dislodged the Tory council leaders in Thanet, Canterbury, Rugby and Swindon. That's a lot of angry ex-council leaders #LocalElections2023

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Worth saying I FOId for the most full written/oral record of one advisory board's most recent meetings. DfE said very cursory published minutes are actually the only record. More detailed minutes or recordings aren't made. So limited historical record of key public decisions.1/2

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I still find it remarkable many of the biggest government decisions about individual academies are made behind closed doors. DfE officials and advisers will debate and decide the fate of high-profile, scandal-hit Holland Park School tomorrow, but...🧵

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Chuffed to say I've joined @YahooFinanceUK 's team full-time as a reporter focusing on business and policy, after freelancing for a while. Any stories with Brexit, work and human angles particularly welcome - get in touch at tom @yahoofinance .com.

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5 months

At least five have stood up, each starting to shout after another is escorted out. They say nothing progressive about Labour. Streeting says he’s not got onto public service reform yet.

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@tom_belger

4 years

Exclusive: Startup Coadjute has signed a new deal to spread its blockchain-style platform, which it hopes can double the speed of property sales. If they pull it off it'd tackle untold amounts of hair-pulling nationwide. Via @YahooFinanceUK @JoinCoadjute

Blockchain 'could double the speed of UK property sales'

Exclusive: A tech deal means half of estate agents should soon have tech that can cut frustrating delays in property sales, according to a UK startup.

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@tom_belger

8 months

Read @Keir_Starmer and @RachelReevesMP outline their messages to guests at their business conference here… Keir says a long-term plan for growth would be the guiding aim for his government, and Rachel says Labour is proudly pro-business and pro-worker.

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4 years

Haven’t seen this confirmed but lots of flowers today outside my favourite cafe growing up. Really sad news; she was wonderful. As someone wrote and I hope doesn’t mind me sharing: ‘To the light of Lewisham and queen of cafes, may you rest in peace.’ #maggiescafe

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1 year

Rapturous reception for Keir here at Congress House @progbrit . He says he used to be a decent mid distance runner, and any runner knows the hardest yards come at the end despite Labour’s success at the local elections. Labour is on track but there’s “a lot more work to be done”

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2 years

@The_TUC chief Nowak says civil servants get treated as “back room staff who don’t make any difference - it couldn’t be further from the truth.” He says they’ve had a “huge real terms pay cut”. #strike

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2 years

Tens of thousands of school support staff across England are going to vote on whether to accept employers' flat £1,925 pay offer - worth between 4% and 10.5%. @GMB_union just announced a poll of local council staff

GMB union ballots school support staff over £1,925 pay rise

Members polled over a pay deal worth 10.5% for the lowest-paid school staff and 4% for some higher earners

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3 years

Remarkable gap between English regions showing up in the data - London's had a 7.2 percentage point rise in A or A* grades, vs 3.6 pp in the north-east. A thread...

Schools Week

@SchoolsWeek

3 years

London has seen twice as big a jump in A and A* grades as the north-east. Schools Week investigates - what's behind the north-south divide? #alevelresults2021 #ALevelResults

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2 years

Great to be at @EducationFest - @samtwiselton and @TomRees_77 discussing how early career framework reforms going so far #EducationFest

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@tom_belger

2 years

The @NEUnion joint general secretary says: “How have we got to half a million children every day being taught by unqualified teachers? How have we got to class sizes the highest ever recorded for secondary pupils and in 30 years for primary pupils?” #teachersstrike

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2 years

Alarming as DfE undertook big detailed school survey a few years ago. They might say it's up to schools to maintain buildings. But they admitted £11.4bn of work was needed. Grants don't come close. Can you really pass the buck without passing the cash? @NEUnion @unisontheunion

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🧱 The DfE has said it does not know which schools are at risk of collapse, despite admitting last year that buildings collapsing is now 'very likely' @unisontheunion

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One MP at Starmer’s meeting with Muslim MPs and peers today told me talks “useful”, “robust” and people had the chance to speak about feedback they were getting. “He was in listening mode.” MP said voters are “upset”, and not just Muslims- “I’ve never had so much casework.”

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@tom_belger

1 year

Just spoke to a Leicester councillor. "I've never seen the bottom fall out of the Labour vote so fast," they said, and from "predominantly very loyal" local Muslim voters. He said anger was "worse" than over Iraq, and non-Muslim voters were raising it with councillors too. 1/2

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The general secretary of @NEUnion @MaryBoustedNEU has vowed to continue a legal battle with parents against the DfE, after the government signed off Holland Park School joining United Learning. @hollandparkneu staff have walked out several times in protest

DfE signs off Holland Park move to United Learning despite legal battle

The scandal-hit standalone academy will join the large trust despite a campaign, legal battle and strike action over the move

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1 year

Great to have @ChristabelCoops of @LabourTogether writing for us on the lessons we should and shouldn’t draw from the three by elections.

LabourList

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1 year

"For anyone – including Tory strategists – to focus on the Uxbridge and South Ruislip result, is a mistake." Our new columnist @ChristabelCoops on why it's victory in Selby, not defeat in Uxbridge, that Labour should be concentrating on:

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Hats off to these Colombians for throwing a party in defeat - and letting some English blokes dance along #ENGCOL

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