Kent County Council has roads, SEND, social care, building maintenance and reorganisation to deal with. Naturally, Reform councillors have found time for prayers and the national anthem, while backing less time for opposition leaders to respond to the administration.

This Labour government is tackling the housing crisis. Our Social Housing Bill will protect precious social housing stock and incentivise the building of new social homes. Our Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill marks the beginning of the end for the feudal leasehold system.

BREAKING: Nigel Farage is facing a formal investigation by the parliamentary standards watchdog over a £5m gift from the crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne, which he did not declare.

Online safety campaigners reveal Starmer frustrations after Phillips exit

My Statement on the Leadership of the Labour Party

On the Isle of Sheppey, poverty is too often compounded by poor public transport. Missed buses, unreliable services, and routes that simply do not connect people to where they need to be are making it harder for people to access work, education, and appointments both on and off the island

I’ve been working for weeks on a subject I had avoided because I found it daunting - the genetics of Parkinson’s. But a brilliant geneticist Matt Farrer convinced me that it was important if we were to understand and beat the disease. Here’s the result open.substack.com/pub/rorycell...

The problem for Nigel is that it has never been a question of “I don’t agree with the law” even for individual MPs The question has always been “does the law agree with me?” Let alone wider public opinion

One week since the English Devolution & Community Empowerment Bill received Royal Assent. But what does it actually mean for you? More power, closer to home. Watch the video… let’s break it down.

What new laws have been passed since the election in a nutshell 👇

This is a key point in a good article by Sadiq Khan. It's possible to come up with long, involved explanations of why people should not feel threatened by particular chants, but the reality is that many do. So the humane response is to stop using those chants. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This is off the charts mad and bad for so many reasons. But it’s telling that the Telegraph think it’s only mum’s that do the laundry. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Someone needs to tell the Telegraph it’s 2026 not 1926.

The worst thing for me about the catfish discourse on here today is that I now really fancy fish and chips for supper, yet we’ve already got a set of very tasty Sichuan dishes made Not only is that now not my mood, but either option could cause a diplomatic incident with Bluesky overdosed Americans

There’s no “accused” about it - a politician being handed £5m IS a conflict of interest. Accepting such a gift is an open and shut case of not being interested in, let alone fit for, public service www.ft.com/content/6a56...

Along the coastline near Warden Point, a dangerous waste sight has emerged. Hundreds of small vials, labelled 'Virus Transport Medium' have spilled from the cliffs onto the shore, an unsettling and dangerous intrusion into a landscape and our community.

I’m of the 8,599 renters in Sittingbourne and Sheppey who from today have been made massively more secure by our Renters Rights Act I’ve rented all my adult life I don’t have a mortgage and am still a long way off one This is massive for people like me, my husband & so many others in the country

🧵1/ Yet another worrying example of crypto donations into hard right politics. I called out Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain party for taking money from an impermissible donor and reported my concerns to the Electoral Commission.

This Labour government is bringing the feudal leasehold system to an end. Not overnight. Not in a single piece of legislation. Not recklessly. But decisively, and for good. A pleasure to deliver a keynote speech at the @instituteforgovernment.org.uk today. www.youtube.com/live/WqCFyqp...

Hundreds of thousands of young people across 🇬🇧 don’t know they have a Child Trust Fund - with an average of £2,200 per account currently unclaimed. Find out if you have a Child Trust Fund using the information here - it’s easy to check👇👇 www.gov.uk/government/n...

The illegal dumping at Eastchurch may have been stopped by the fairly drastic expedient of blocking the road & it was worsened by the houses that fell off the cliffs Now though medical sample containers are being exposed in the waste, it needs urgently looking at again by the Environment Agency

5/ £5m. Within 12 months. Not declared. The public, and the people of Clacton, will draw their own conclusions - but Parliament cannot look the other way. Farage needs to explain why he kept this money secret.

THREAD 🧵 Nigel Farage was secretly given £5m by crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne in 2024. That’s on top of the £22m Harborne has donated to Reform UK that we know about. This raises major red flags 🚩.

Off the coast of Sheppey sits a WWII shipwreck, the US owned SS Richard Montgomery, which sank in 1944 carrying thousands of tonnes of munitions. Its masts still rise above the water, a haunting but iconic local landmark that has become part of the island’s identity and everyday view.

We are investing in new rail, roads, and nuclear reactors.
 New scanners for our hospitals and free breakfast clubs for our children. We’re not going to let the Conservatives - or their friends in Reform - tear that down.

There is a way for the assisted dying Bill to return to parliament - and MPs owe it to terminally ill people and their loved ones to do so. Over 200 Lords wrote to MPs on Friday, calling on them to bring the Bill back in the next parliamentary session.

London Marathon? Completed it mate! Picked up an injury at Mile 22 so did the last few miles limping and crying - if I ever decide I'm doing this again please get me sectioned. Thankfully though it was for a very worthy cause and not a PB! warringtonwolvesfoundation.enthuse.com/cf/charlotte... 🐺

Those saying the Lords filibustering the assisted dying bill is about scrutiny ignores both the Commons scrutiny but also that the actions of a few Lords has stopped the rest of the Lords being able to take a view.

A small number of Lords are blocking the assisted dying bill from completing its parliamentary journey. The Bill has had a huge amount of scrutiny in the Commons (more than any Government bill) but those opposed in principle are using procedural tactics to block it.

#Dignity #Choice #Compassion

An absolute joy to visit Battersea Dogs and Cats Home this morning to celebrate the fact that from next week, private renters will gain a new legal right to request a pet through powers in our transformative Renters’ Rights Act.

It comes after HSBC, Barclays, Halifax, NatWest and TSB all shut... Read more: www.kentonline.co.uk/sheerness/ne...

This is why the Homelessness strategy focuses on ending use of the worst forms of temporary accomodation. All children deserve a chance at childhood, especially those at risk of poverty. www.gov.uk/government/p...

Horrendous - but neccessary - understanding of the impact bad temporary accomodation can have on our children. Linked to the deaths of 104 children over the past 6 years, 76 of them babies. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

In case you’re confused - the £100k of tax Richard Tice failed to pay here is totally different to the - £92k of tax not properly withheld on dividends - the £600k side-stepped via highly aggressive tax avoidance Industrial scale grifting revealed by @danneidle.bsky.social and Gabriel Pogrund

People living with HIV who are on treatment can’t pass it on during sex. Just 23% of people in the UK know this simple fact and this lack of knowledge creates stigma. That's why it's so important to pass on the facts. https://tht.org.uk/about-us/what-we-do/our-campaigns/cant-pass-it-on

About to kick off on today’s session, looking at the challenges women face in the stand-up comedy scene. It builds on work the Women and Equalities Select Committee has done on misogyny in the music industry. Could be quite eye opening

What are the experiences of women in live comedy? Ola Labib, Nina Gilligan and Rachael Healy will talk to the Women and Equalities Committee to share their views. Watch from 2.20pm, 15 April: https://youtube.com/live/hGvl_O2uFAw

We owe men growing up in Britain today far better than the toxic views and scams peddled by the Manosphere. But too often, we see boys as problems in waiting rather than exploring what they need from us. Great to bring MPs and experts together to discuss how we can do better.

The Telegraph just gave a convicted criminal a two-page spread to explain why he's pumping £4 million into Reform UK. They tucked his criminal record away in the small print. So as a former financial crime specialist I’ll do their job for them👇

The real headline: crypto crook (who pleaded guilty to breaking US money laundering rules) plans to try and buy UK politics www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

💬 'Job security drives productivity' At our recent dialogue Minister Dearden spoke on the positive relationship between employment rights and economic growth. She also outlined government thinking on the changing world of work and the impact of new technologies. #Employment #AI #Technology

Resetting my Days Since I Last Thought About The SS Richard Montgomery counter to 0 (was 183) Explosives-filled shipwreck to have masts removed www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

After fracturing my wrist and needing A&E today, one thing is clear: Even during strike action, people are still being seen and cared for with real professionalism and compassion. If you need medical attention, please don’t delay or put it off. #NHS

I never felt more one-of-three when George Osborne announced it, and I feel very one-of-three again today.

Kids in poverty are no different to mine and yours – they should have the chance to learn, play and grow without worry We should be proud that, as of today, the two-child benefit cap is finally gone, writes Save The Children CEO Moazzam Malik

Why do our second-tier cities underperform? Why do we have fewer trams in the UK? I try my best to give an answer to these two interconnected questions. chriscurtismk.substack.com/p/to-grow-th...

Fantastic and very correct read, which contains this absolutely horrifying story:

Today is a good day for children! 450,000 will be lifted out of poverty thanks to the end of the two-child limit. We're celebrating this along with 17 other orgs with an advert in The Times. The advert has been funded by hundreds of small donations from people supporting @38degrees.bsky.social.

The two-child limit is scrapped from today! How has the policy affected children? And what will scrapping it mean for their lives? Please listen and share.

Reform UK is running a “horror show” at Kent County Council, with an aggressive atmosphere, political point-scoring and no improvements for residents, The Mirror has been told.