The Iran war is a warning: Britain must build resilience – at home and with our allies in Europe | Keir Starmer

I think it's bad for the President to threaten to annihilate an entire culture and i do not think you are being alarmist if you take his threats seriously and literally.

New measures in the Employment Rights Act came into effect yesterday. Workers will now benefit from: •Day 1 rights to parental and unpaid paternity leave •Strengthened statutory sick pay •Stronger protections for whistleblowers of sexual harassment www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Today the two-child limit is gone. Parents have told us what this will mean for their kids: - A first-ever birthday party for a 10-year-old - Better quality food - Clothes that aren't completely worn out - Going on the school trip without getting into debt - A new mattress - Swimming lessons

Just some of the new rights at work heading your way today thanks to a Labour Government, the Labour-union link and the New Deal for Working People.

Too right it does. In 26 days' time we will: ✅Abolish Section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions. ✅Introduce periodic tenancies. ✅Limit rent increases to once a year. ✅Ban rental bidding and rent in advance. ✅Make discrimination against renters who have children or receive benefits illegal.

From all of us at the Co-operative Party, we’d like to wish a very Happy Easter to everyone celebrating!

So Kemi would have stood shoulder to shoulder with Trump on Day One but a month later - having committed British service personnel and weapons to attack Iran - she would have realised she'd made a mistake. Well, that really does inspire immense confidence.

Labour has just released the biggest single funding allocation to deliver more places for children with SEND on record. Manchester City Council is receiving over £10m to help create new places in inclusion bases in schools, make buildings accessible and create new special school places.

👶 Up to 30 hours of paid for childcare – saving up to £7,500 🥣 Free breakfast clubs – saving families up to £450 📄 Day one paternity rights and strengthened statutory sick pay - paid from day one of illness with the minimum earnings threshold removed.

Here’s what’s changing: ⚡ Around £117 off average energy bills 💷 4% Pay rise for 2.7 million workers – up to £900-£1500 a year more 💰 State Pension up 4.8% 👨‍👩‍👧 Two-child limit scrapped – more support for young families

This month Labour are putting more money in your pocket to help with the cost of living and are boosting workers rights. Labour Values in Action 🌹

From today the government is increasing National Minimum Wages to: • £12.71/hr for workers aged 21+ • £10.85/hr for 18–20 year olds • £8/hr for 16–17 year olds and apprentices Ensuring that workers get a fair day’s pay.

BREAKING: “It is increasingly clear that as the world continues down this volatile path our long term national interest requires closer partnership with our allies in Europe and with the European Union.. Brexit did deep damage to our economy” Prime minister Keir Starmer 👏

UK national minimum wage and national living wage increases from today (1 April). 💷 Check your pay. If you're not sure, speak to your union rep.

From today, Labour has increased the minimum wage to £12.71 an hour, cut energy bills by £117, frozen prescription charges, expanded sick pay and brought in day one rights at work. Not bad for a government that’s supposedly “no different”.

Thanks to this Labour government, big changes are coming tomorrow to help working people 🌹 ✔️National Living Wage & Minimum Wage increasing ✔️Prescription charges are frozen ✔️The two-child limit is lifted ✔️£117 average being knocked off energy bills ✔️ Day one paternity leave

Happy International Transgender Day of Visibility! 🏳️‍⚧️ Today we recognise and celebrate transgender and diverse experiences. Equality is not negotiable 🫶

Congratulations to The Victoria in Withington on being named as Stockport & South Manchester CAMRA’s pub of the year. A brilliant local pub and very well deserved.

Good to attend launch of our @manchesterlabour.bsky.social campaign for the local elections on May 7th in Fallowfield today. Great speeches from Bev Craig, Andy Burnham and Lucy Powell as we take our positive message of unity and hope to our residents in every ward in Manchester over next 6 weeks.🌹

Kemi Badenoch was forced this morning to reveal the truth - she knows more North Sea licenses won't take a penny off bills. A pragmatic energy policy continues to use the North Sea while going faster on the clean energy transition. That's what this government is doing.

This week 200 Best Start Family Hubs will open in areas that the Tories left without family services. But we’re not just plugging the gaps they left behind, Labour will open 1,000 hubs to build on the proud legacy of Sure Start and back families. www.lbc.co.uk/article/fami...

@oliviabailey.bsky.social is right. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Very soon the two-child limit will be gone! This is a critical first step in turning opportunities around for kids. www.theguardian.com/money/2026/m...

This is great news: an immediate ban on political donations in cryptocurrency & a £100k cap on donations from UK citizens abroad. Yes, there's more that needs doing, & the door is left open to crypto in future. But we should celebrate (& applaud) the wins when they come. www.gov.uk/government/n...

This hits harder today, a year since I lost my best friend. Never deleted him from my phone, never will.

Since November 2024, our empty homes team have helped bring 500 empty homes back into use, providing much needed homes for local residents and families in Manchester. ilovemanchester.com/500-empty-ma...

Withington Library recently reopened after refurbishment, including new windows, improved meeting room and the installation of an air source heat pump. Investment by Manchester City Council has transformed the library into a better space for the local community.

I met a Ukrainian delegation last week as part of the Energy Security & Net Zero Select Committee and there is a lot to learn from them about energy security and distributed power networks.

I have repeatedly had this arguement with people who are supposedly green and climate concious. 'No transition until just transition, do it right, its a little extra time and expense.' No. A climate emergency means something. We need to move quick and at huge scale. Thats what a emergency requires

Well I hate to report that they appear to have failed in their reputational aspiration

The biggest barrier to large-scale clean energy infrastructure is idiots like these people.

This is not only bigotry. It’s literally incitement to violence against these politicians. Connor and his ilk need banging up.

This failed Tory experiment has punished innocent children and cost us all in lost opportunity and lower life chances. Labour is putting our values into action lifting children out of poverty. Reform and the Tories would reinstate the cap and push children back below the poverty line. 2/2

Labour governments lift children out of poverty. 450,000 children will benefit from our choice to scrap the two child benefit cap, with those with the broadest shoulders paying a fairer share to cover the cost. 1/2

The Venn diagram of transphobes and anti-abortionists is a circle. www.thepinknews.com/2026/03/17/e...

Some good news: we will soon restore a night bus service to all 10 boroughs in GM. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Excellent news - night buses across GM coming soon. 🚌 👏🏻

Christians, Jews, Sikhs and Hindus have all prayed in Trafalgar Square. Nick Timothy singled out Muslims, then had the brass neck today to sit on the front bench. He should be sacked. The Tories are following Reform into the gutter. Neither are fit to govern.

A massive campaign win for our members and the credit union movement. Millions more people will have access to fairer borrowing and saving because of today's reforms. Growing credit unions, growing our movement, growing our economy.

At Full Council. First motion is on standing up for our renters. Moved by @gavinwhite76.bsky.social and seconded by my fab ward colleague Angela Gartside. The Labour government’s Renters’ Rights Act is a game-changer.

This is cool. The Government is set to allow plug-in solar, low cost solar panels that families can buy at supermarkets and put on their balconies or outdoor space. "In Germany over a million have been sold, helping households with energy costs and reducing dependence on fossil fuels."

We know these are worrying times for families and the government is doing everything we can to fight your corner. Actions announced today: ▶️Going further and faster on the clean power mission ▶️Plug-in solar to be available in UK ▶️Review of regulation on heating oil www.gov.uk/government/n...

Good news for Manchester A bigger budget means we can make Manchester better! #manchester

The government has published a child-friendly version of its poverty strategy. Education secretary Bridget Phillipson explains why.

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Solidarity with professional service staff at several UK universities on strike again today over yet another below-inflation national pay offer of just 1.4% 😯 After years of real-terms pay cuts, University staff deserve better! #fundourfuture #fundourpay @unisoninhe.bsky.social

Labour MPs just voted to expand free school meals to half a million more children, lifting 100,000 children out of poverty. The Tories and Reform UK voted against. Only Labour will give children growing up in our country the best start in life.

The Government have frozen rail fares, which means: ✔️No increase on season tickets, peak returns for commuters and off-peak returns between major cities ✔️ Savings worth hundreds of pounds for commuters on the busiest routes ✔️ Over a billion journeys a year benefitting

Channel 5 should feel very seen by this thread.