@daliajoe.bsky.social
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As the year ends I want to celebrate Bath’s small businesses which are vital to our city. Yet many face rising business rates & costs.
We @libdems.org.uk have long called for the unfair business rates system to be replaced. We need a system that supports businesses & encourages them to grow.
We @libdems.org.uk have long called for the unfair business rates system to be replaced. We need a system that supports businesses & encourages them to grow.
December 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM
As the year ends I want to celebrate Bath’s small businesses which are vital to our city. Yet many face rising business rates & costs.
We @libdems.org.uk have long called for the unfair business rates system to be replaced. We need a system that supports businesses & encourages them to grow.
We @libdems.org.uk have long called for the unfair business rates system to be replaced. We need a system that supports businesses & encourages them to grow.
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This year has shown the real impact of practical, values-led policy to deliver change across the country and in our communities.
December 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
This year has shown the real impact of practical, values-led policy to deliver change across the country and in our communities.
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This was a hopeless budget.
November 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
This was a hopeless budget.
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The Government has deliberately turned its back on the single most effective step it could take to kick-start growth and fill the £90 billion Brexit-shaped hole in the public finances.
We need a new Customs Union with the EU to get our economy growing.
We need a new Customs Union with the EU to get our economy growing.
November 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The Government has deliberately turned its back on the single most effective step it could take to kick-start growth and fill the £90 billion Brexit-shaped hole in the public finances.
We need a new Customs Union with the EU to get our economy growing.
We need a new Customs Union with the EU to get our economy growing.
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The @local.gov.uk have published their briefing on the Autumn Budget 2025 summarising the key announcements for council.
Our Autumn Budget 2025 briefing summarises the key announcements for councils and provides an initial LGA view.
Read it here: https://orlo.uk/tTZdC
Read it here: https://orlo.uk/tTZdC
November 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The @local.gov.uk have published their briefing on the Autumn Budget 2025 summarising the key announcements for council.
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Local authorities will be relieved the Government will cover special educational needs costs from 2028/29.
But this does not fix the deep-rooted problems that exist.
Councils still need a clear plan to address their existing deficits & children continue to be failed by a broken system.
But this does not fix the deep-rooted problems that exist.
Councils still need a clear plan to address their existing deficits & children continue to be failed by a broken system.
Government faces £6bn SEND shortfall once override ends
Spending watchdog warns 'no savings have been identified' to offset pressure on government coffers
schoolsweek.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Local authorities will be relieved the Government will cover special educational needs costs from 2028/29.
But this does not fix the deep-rooted problems that exist.
Councils still need a clear plan to address their existing deficits & children continue to be failed by a broken system.
But this does not fix the deep-rooted problems that exist.
Councils still need a clear plan to address their existing deficits & children continue to be failed by a broken system.
This is a disgrace! Men deserve better! Men die every week because there is no National Screening Programme...!! Please repost!
Prostate cancer screening not expected to be made widely available in UK
Prostate cancer screening not expected to be made widely available in UK
Expert advisers likely to recommend only a few thousand men with genetic variant should be eligible for tests
Prostate cancer screening will not be made routinely available for the vast majority of men across the UK, according to the expected recommendations from a panel of expert government health advisers.
The UK national screening committee is expected to only recommend screening for men with the genetic variants BRCA1 and BRCA2 who are between the ages of 45 and 61. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
This is a disgrace! Men deserve better! Men die every week because there is no National Screening Programme...!! Please repost!
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Last summer Susan Murray won back the seat of Mid Dunbartonshire with a majority of nearly 10,000 over the SNP.
In May, voters in the equivalent seat of Strathkelvin and Bearsden will have a choice, a hardworking local champion in Adam Harley or more of the same with the SNP.
In May, voters in the equivalent seat of Strathkelvin and Bearsden will have a choice, a hardworking local champion in Adam Harley or more of the same with the SNP.
November 28, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Last summer Susan Murray won back the seat of Mid Dunbartonshire with a majority of nearly 10,000 over the SNP.
In May, voters in the equivalent seat of Strathkelvin and Bearsden will have a choice, a hardworking local champion in Adam Harley or more of the same with the SNP.
In May, voters in the equivalent seat of Strathkelvin and Bearsden will have a choice, a hardworking local champion in Adam Harley or more of the same with the SNP.
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This Government has chosen to reject the single biggest thing it could do to turbocharge economic growth and repair the £90 billion Brexit black hole.
For millions of people struggling with higher bills this was a botched budget.
For millions of people struggling with higher bills this was a botched budget.
November 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This Government has chosen to reject the single biggest thing it could do to turbocharge economic growth and repair the £90 billion Brexit black hole.
For millions of people struggling with higher bills this was a botched budget.
For millions of people struggling with higher bills this was a botched budget.
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The challenge of securing critical minerals is partly a recycling challenge, but it will require better use of the resources we have in Devon, too. This will help to free the UK from the stranglehold that China has on critical minerals.
November 28, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The challenge of securing critical minerals is partly a recycling challenge, but it will require better use of the resources we have in Devon, too. This will help to free the UK from the stranglehold that China has on critical minerals.
Tell the Government to negotiate the UK return to the Common Market!!!
Today the Government had the opportunity to end the cost of living crisis, get Britain growing again and repair the £90bn Brexit black hole - by fixing our trade with Europe.
It didn't.
It didn't.
November 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Tell the Government to negotiate the UK return to the Common Market!!!
Today the Government had the opportunity to end the cost of living crisis, get Britain growing again and repair the £90bn Brexit black hole - by fixing our trade with Europe.
It didn't.
It didn't.
November 28, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Keir Starmer says everyone in the UK will be required to have mandatory digital ID. That’s not the kind of country we want to be.
Liberal Democrats have always stood up to defend civil liberties against government overreach.
We will fight tooth and nail to oppose these plans too.
Liberal Democrats have always stood up to defend civil liberties against government overreach.
We will fight tooth and nail to oppose these plans too.
September 26, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Keir Starmer says everyone in the UK will be required to have mandatory digital ID. That’s not the kind of country we want to be.
Liberal Democrats have always stood up to defend civil liberties against government overreach.
We will fight tooth and nail to oppose these plans too.
Liberal Democrats have always stood up to defend civil liberties against government overreach.
We will fight tooth and nail to oppose these plans too.
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The Tories can shout at me all they like, but the truth is their Brexit deal it is hurting our country and Labour won’t do anything about it.
Today I urged the Prime Minister to actually fix it.
Today I urged the Prime Minister to actually fix it.
October 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The Tories can shout at me all they like, but the truth is their Brexit deal it is hurting our country and Labour won’t do anything about it.
Today I urged the Prime Minister to actually fix it.
Today I urged the Prime Minister to actually fix it.
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Zero Carbon Guildford's fantastic #Guildford Community Fridge initiative is open from 10:30am to 1:30pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays, distributing good food that is approaching the end of its shelf life in supermarkets to the community.
Find out more👇
www.zerocarbonguildford.org/community-fr...
Find out more👇
www.zerocarbonguildford.org/community-fr...
Guildford Community Fridge | Zero Carbon Guildford | Food Waste
ZERO community fridge is an initiative which redistributes surplus food in Guildford. The fridge is open Tuesdays & Thursdays and open to all. We save around 17 tons of food per year through around…
www.zerocarbonguildford.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Zero Carbon Guildford's fantastic #Guildford Community Fridge initiative is open from 10:30am to 1:30pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays, distributing good food that is approaching the end of its shelf life in supermarkets to the community.
Find out more👇
www.zerocarbonguildford.org/community-fr...
Find out more👇
www.zerocarbonguildford.org/community-fr...
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In Bath, and across the UK, 3 children in every classroom are dyslexic.
Too many are falling behind, struggling with their learning & mental health.
As a former teacher, I know the challenges teachers face. It's vital they're given proper training to identify & support children with dyslexia.
Too many are falling behind, struggling with their learning & mental health.
As a former teacher, I know the challenges teachers face. It's vital they're given proper training to identify & support children with dyslexia.
November 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
In Bath, and across the UK, 3 children in every classroom are dyslexic.
Too many are falling behind, struggling with their learning & mental health.
As a former teacher, I know the challenges teachers face. It's vital they're given proper training to identify & support children with dyslexia.
Too many are falling behind, struggling with their learning & mental health.
As a former teacher, I know the challenges teachers face. It's vital they're given proper training to identify & support children with dyslexia.
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Sexual exploitation is being perpetrated on an industrial scale by pimping websites which currently enjoy total legal impunity.
Advertising prostitution in a phone box was made illegal 25 years ago, so why isn’t the Government taking action on banning the practice online?
Advertising prostitution in a phone box was made illegal 25 years ago, so why isn’t the Government taking action on banning the practice online?
November 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Sexual exploitation is being perpetrated on an industrial scale by pimping websites which currently enjoy total legal impunity.
Advertising prostitution in a phone box was made illegal 25 years ago, so why isn’t the Government taking action on banning the practice online?
Advertising prostitution in a phone box was made illegal 25 years ago, so why isn’t the Government taking action on banning the practice online?
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The thousands of WASPI women in my constituency impacted by the changes to the state pension age and across the country have waited too long for justice. So I welcome the news that the Government is going to consider more evidence.
November 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The thousands of WASPI women in my constituency impacted by the changes to the state pension age and across the country have waited too long for justice. So I welcome the news that the Government is going to consider more evidence.
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I welcome the Government's decision to reconsider issuing compensation to #WASPI women.
Hundreds of thousands of women were failed when the age at which they could claim their state pension was changed without their knowledge.
This includes more than 3,000 women in North East Hampshire.
Hundreds of thousands of women were failed when the age at which they could claim their state pension was changed without their knowledge.
This includes more than 3,000 women in North East Hampshire.
November 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I welcome the Government's decision to reconsider issuing compensation to #WASPI women.
Hundreds of thousands of women were failed when the age at which they could claim their state pension was changed without their knowledge.
This includes more than 3,000 women in North East Hampshire.
Hundreds of thousands of women were failed when the age at which they could claim their state pension was changed without their knowledge.
This includes more than 3,000 women in North East Hampshire.
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This is really great to see. The @waspicampaign.bsky.social have done some amazing work fighting back and the government must take this opportunity to compensate them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Government to rethink rejection of Waspi compensation
Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden says that the rethink does not mean that payouts will necessarily follow.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
This is really great to see. The @waspicampaign.bsky.social have done some amazing work fighting back and the government must take this opportunity to compensate them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Here’s what I’ve been up to over the past week:
November 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Here’s what I’ve been up to over the past week: