BREAKING: In a shocking announcement , Donald Trump said he will fire America’s leading Generals and replace them with MAGA Generals. This is what fascism looks like. Retweet to make sure all Americans see this.

As evidence grows that the Tate brothers raped, trafficked and forced minors into pornography, let us never forget or forgive those who have defended, excused, platformed or even received money off these monsters And I’m thinking Tommy Robinson, George Galloway, Candice Owens,

A terraced house in Blackpool pays more council tax than a £100m penthouse in the West End.

If you pick up the South Wales Argus today you can read about Griffithstown Labour councillor Nathan Yeowell's experience at the Democratic National Convention where he saw Kamala Harris confirmed as the party's presidential candidate #LDReporter #USelection

This is an important report from the OBR, demonstrating the long-term impact of public investment on economic growth. It has some big implications for the UK’s fiscal framework. Quick thread:

My worry, in contrast, was: underfunded public services undermine growth in myriad ways; growth leads to lower tax revenues, more underfunding, etc etc. We have to break out of the cycle one way or another. We've tried the other way...

The Daily Mail is foaming at the mouth about Starmer moving a portrait - so the Today Programme just read out the headline & ran a whole feature on it. Can we please stop letting these papers set the news agenda? Let them howl into the void if they must, but don't run after them

Our last three deputy Prime Ministers have been Dominic Raab, Therese Coffey and Oliver Dowden so please forgive me for really not giving a crap if Angela Rayner likes dancing when she’s on holiday.

It’s a tradition for Secretaries of State in the department

Nice beer, nice view, Haddaway blaring on the cafe speakers, just call me Shirley Valentine. See you all next week 😉

The Hostages Families Forum bows its head in mourning for the murder in captivity of Ori Danino, Almog Sarusi, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Alexander Lobanov, Carmel Gat, and Eden Yerushalmi, may their memory be a blessing. These six hostages, kidnapped alive on October 7th, were later

Let us not forget the shambolic Labour Live event organised by Jeremy Corbyn’s team. Appalling line-up, appalling ticket sales, leaving a loss in excess of £1m. I do think excessive Oasis ticket prices are a disgrace. But I take no lectures from these amateurs.

Sir Keir Starmer has promised a reset of relationships across sectors and tiers of government. Read Head of Policy & Programmes Grace Wyld's new blog exploring whether missions can provide this opportunity to deliver better #partnerships >> futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/2024/08/27/gov…

Congratulations Lord John Spellar 🎉

Join us next week as we launch 'Infrastructure Investment Partnerships' – a new report urging Govt to develop a new model of public-private partnership to deliver the UK’s infrastructure ambitions. 📆 Thursday 12 Sept, 12:30 💻 Online, via Zoom Sign up: eventbrite.co.uk/e/rebuilding-t…

My NEW @theIFS comment on why Angela Rayner needs to fix the local government finance system before or alongside any plans for further devolution is OUT. Failure to do so risks entrenching inequalities and undermining benefits of devo. Read: ifs.org.uk/articles/devol… A 🧵

It's lovely when populist inaccuracies are again being properly challenged 👇 #EnergyTransition

JD Vance standing behind bullet proof glass and protected night and day by some of the best trained armed guards in the world telling American parents that their children being shot and killed is a fact of life they will have to live with.