She also straight forward lied in claiming the number of unemployed people claiming benefits was up 1.5m - when she knows that number is largely about people transferring from legacy benefits onto UC. I’m sure she’ll be referring herself to the privileges committee any moment now

Badenoch lied in the Commons today! Given she is so keen to make a big deal of people supposedly misleading the House, will she refer herself for investigation now we know she DID mislead the House?

My latest little video for pre-schoolers. Food Michael Rosen Rhyme Time youtu.be/f3I5SEcGoxw?... via @YouTube

"Before handwriting, before phonics, before “learning behaviours”, there must be attunement, shared understanding and relational security." Wonderful piece!

I’m looking forward to meeting lots of schools from Wolverhampton at my @ChildrensBkShow performance on Thursday 24th September. Every child who attends my performance will get a FREE copy of Out of This World to take home and keep 📚 Join us: tinyurl.com/ytdvnarm

Post-truth nonsense from Kemi Badenoch at PMQs. Some facts: - employment is up over 800k since the election - employment rate is near the highest on record (look at this chart) - inactivity rates are lower than all but one year under the Tories

Tooting rejects racism. The Reform candidate for Tooting Broadway published multiple racist posts on social media. I've written to Nigel Farage demanding answers on why she hasn't been expelled. Vote Labour to stop a Reform/Tory coalition of hatred and division in Wandsworth.

I'm running this pay what you can webinar next week. Explore a different way of thinking about behaviour. Very grateful for any shares. Thank you! ⬇️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1985807984...

Shout out to the King's speechwriter. Covered all the necessary points very well and clearly. Delivered in a calm, reasonable tone, by a man who is clearly well-prepared and well able for whatever arises. The orange felon is going to be furious, when someone explains it to him.

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Thinking about the £600k tax Rice avoided. I used to arrange care, + did a rough calculation. The money he didn't pay is enough to provide twice daily support to wash, dress, undress, give meds, prepare food + drink for around 82 older people for a year. share.google/YTSG01GFYRGC...

When voting in the local elections, please judge Reform on our record so far: -over 75 councillors sacked, resigned or defected -every council raised council tax after promising to cut it -Staffordshire sacked two leaders for racism -Nottinghamshire spent £70k putting flags up

We've started to roll out our tactical voting advice for the UK elections in May: stopreformuk.vote We're working as fast as we can to give advice in every single election. That's over 3000 elections! It includes Council, Mayor, Senedd and Scottish Parliament.

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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

Hannah Spencer is basically right. There is a toxic culture in Westminster which is badly exacerbated by alcohol. There's a reason why the main bar in Parliament now has CCTV and requires drinkers to scan their passes when they enter. There's just been so many incidents of abuse

Hang on, so Nigel Farage keeps jumping on the bandwagon of scrapping 20mph limits in Wales, but his flagship council in Kent is introducing it and even say it reduces casualties and saves lives. They even link the Welsh policy. Absolute hypocrisy from Reform UK. www.kent.gov.uk/roads-and-tr...

Trump: "The ridiculous Ballroom lawsuit, brought by a woman walking her dog, who has absolutely No Standing to bring such a suit,....." The woman with No Standing is Prof. Alison K. Hoagland, a historic preservation expert and architectural historian of The National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Waterfalls are one of the defining natural features of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, and they’re a big part of what makes the landscape feel so distinctive and alive! #YorkshireDales #MondayMotivation #Wensleydale

Glenn “I’m not a racislist” Williams is Reform UK’s candidate in Whoberley, Coventry. He used to be a Conservative. He was also a councillor once, until he resigned after making racist comments in 2016..

Evening thread of calm and joy. Just what's needed ⬇️🌅

Labour.members want Starmer to stay as leader. That should put it all to bed. Labour MPs support him. That should put it all to bed. But the media want him gone. So they keep trying to remove our democratically elected PM and government from office. The media do not get to decide who is PM.

Farage only lies. 🤣🤣

If you were horrified watching elected leaders run & scramble because of gun violence, just imagine how my daughter Jaime felt in school running from an active shooter before she was killed. Now, become a part of the solution & only vote for people determined to address gun violence in America.

Israel is bombing Lebanon again.

Battering ram used to evict the Bermingham family from their cottage on the Vandeleur estate in Kilrush, County Clare, Ireland. Photo thought to be by Timothy O'Connor (National Library of Ireland).

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Oh listen. More 'BBC balance' on #BBCR4Today Not.

Quite repulsive that a millionaire who grifts his arse off on side gigs while taking a salary from the state for the MP job he fails to do, should have it in for those who earn the very least, threatening to lower the NMW, scrap improvements to their rights and tear up the welfare safety net.

85% of Reform UK voters think London is unsafe. 63% of people who actually live here say it is safe. That gap was created deliberately. The dystopia is a lie. #London #ReformUK #Farage #Politics

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Do people know the hypocrisy of Ed Davey? When post office minister in the Tory-Lib Dem coalition he says officials didn't tell him the full facts of the post office Horizon scandal to explain away his inaction. Yet calls for Starmer to resign for officials not giving the full facts on Mandelson.

Scott Holman (who works for Nigel Farage), is standing both in Croydon and in Essex at the same time.

Videos supposedly showing large groups of Muslims praying in the middle of streets in central London have been gaining traction on social media. But they aren’t real. The clips feature garbled text, glitching flags, and AI watermarks.

Reform have suspended one third of the MPs they elected, and lost nearly 10% of their elected councillors to suspensions, expulsion and resignations.

Reform UK pledges to control the presentation of historical narratives in Welsh museums t.co/xCpTmA29kB

BBC says what?

Quick reminder. The sitting councillor, who was also England's longest serving councillor died. Normally, when a death happens within six months of an election, the election takes place with the others. Reform used an old law to force a by-election at a cost of £20,000 to the taxpayer.

This took place before David had even been buried. The turnout was 17% - reflecting the apathy and disgust felt by residents. This isn't a victory. It's a reminder of how ghastly Farage and Reform are.

During a recent ITV Wales election debate Reform UK’s Welsh leader Dan Thomas claimed “we don’t know” how many asylum seekers have been “dispersed across Wales”. But the UK government does publish this information, as our fact check explains.

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One month to go until London Rivers Week 2026 @thames21.bsky.social So many wonderful activities planned, some already sold out. V excited about this one taking place on May 23rd. Artist & historian Remiiya Badru will be leading a river walk. Reserve your space here 👉🏼 share.google/HPH8WYMmEvxS...

Farage missing from #PMQs, just like he was missing from the security vetting statement yesterday. Anywhere that’s not Clacton or Parliament!

Now that the media's latest attempt to remove Starmer has failed, time to turn attention to his achievements: ➡️ 0.6% GDP growth in Jan-Feb 2026 ➡️ Unemployment down to 4.9% ➡️ Pay rising faster than inflation ➡️ Min wage increased 4.1% ➡️ UK now 5th largest economy ➡️ 35% decrease in small boat crossings

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'Richard Tice’s girlfriend is very annoyed that the free press she champions, despite having emigrated to a dictatorship without one, is investigating her boyfriend for stuff she says people who aren’t her boyfriend, like Angela Rayner, should resign over.' You couldn’t make it up. 🤦🏻‍♂️