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Ben Stevenson
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Freelance educator, broadcaster and organiser. Anti-Tory since 1984. #AVFC Internationalist, Humanist. Views all me.
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Labour are precisely all those things you describe. Sir Kid Starver is the worst PM in living memory.
July 21, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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at a glance
Same image of Labour's "policy progress", with items flagged according to whether they seem to be [E]thno-nationalist, [C]limate-change denying, and/or anti-[H]uman rights. Some text abridged. (1/2): - Renters' Rights Bill, banning no-fault evictions, making sure landlords keep homes safe - Water Measures Bill to penalise water bosses who pollute - Rail Franchising Bill to return rail to public ownership - Great British Energy Bill to deliver clean, secure energy to drive down bills & create jobs - Skills Bill to begin transformation of our skills system [H] - Children's Wellbeing Bill will ensure children are safe, healthy, happy & treated fairly - Employment Rights Bill. Partnership agenda to deliver workplace rights fit for a modern economy - Tobacco & Vapes Bill as part of approach to prevention - Crime & Policing Bill to take back control of our streets [H] - Border Security Strategy and Introduction of the Border Bill [E][H] - New Border Security Commander to fight illegal migration and criminalgangs [E][H] - Returns and Enforcement Unit redeploying staff from Rwanda scheme to ramp up returns for failed asylum seekers [E][H] - Recruiting up to 100 new specialist intelligence and investigation officers to tackle criminal networks [H] - Launched a knife crime coalition to begin the work to halve knife crime over the next 10 years [H] - Deliver our Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee. Taking forward our first step, we will introduce a guarantee to confirm minimum service levels in local policing [H] - Tackling violence against women and girls. We will continue to take tough action on repeat offenders and publish a Green Paper - Introduced Martyn's Law, delivering a commitment to better protect the public from terrorist attacks [E][H] - Taking control of our prisons by introducing new measures [H] - Lord Darzi Review of the NHS to expose the damage done by years of Conservative neglect - Kickstarted engagement for Labour's 10 Year Plan for the NHS to be published (tagged list continued from previous image) - Scrapped the ban on onshore wind and unblocked solar schemes. - Announced Great British Energy's first major partnership with the Crown Estate [E][C][H] - Next steps on Carbon Capture and Storage programme. Driving forward carbon capture by securing joint investment in leading technologies to deliver clean power [C] - Launch of the Warm Homes Plan to support investment in low carbon heating to cut bills. - Launched our Curriculum & Assessment Review. - Equality Act (Race and Disability) Consultation launched. [E][H] - Scrapped single word Ofsted single-word judgments to give parents a better understanding of a school's strengths and weaknesses. - Launched Skills England to reduce the country's need to foster the home grown talent our economy needs [E][H] - Launched major review into planning policy to deliver the reforms needed to get Britain building again [H] - Kickstarted Devolution revolution, shifting power out of Whitehall into communities - Established the Child Poverty Taskforce to begin the urgent work to tackle one of Britain's biggest social injustices - Passed the Budget Responsibility Act to deliver our commitment to fix the foundations and start to rebuild Britain - Launched a Strategic Defence Review and announced a new Armed Forces Commissioner [E][C] - Changing the way we govern by addressing key public inquiries, introducing legislation to reform the House of Lords reform and set up the Modernisation Committee - International Investment Summit. Catalysing investment to drive economic growth, boost innovation and high-quality jobs in all parts of the country [C] - 'Getting Back to Work' White Paper. Recommendations to tackle record levels of economic inactivity and get people back into work [H] - Launch of the Industrial Strategy Council. Working in partnership with business, civil society and trade unions to deliver the prosperity Britain is capable of [C]
July 21, 2025 at 11:13 AM
brummieben.bsky.social
Proud to be part of the team delivering this years @gftuet.org.uk programme. ✊
July 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM