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RT @LauraPidcockMP: A few Sundays back, I took part in a brilliant event commemorating the 'Battle of Stockton' in 1933 when the people of…

@FrPhilipMurray @Cambridge_Uni Apols if I gave that impression. I know that some do & work hard to get there. Obviously, there are huge barriers & we have to ask seriously why it is easier for some pupils rather than other & private schooling is one important factor. 2/2

My full TUC speech here: labour.org.uk/press/laura-pi…

Just finished talking about @UKLabour’s transformative plan for a Ministry of Employment Rights at #TUC2019. So excited about these plans & how our legislative changes will shift the balance of power in workplaces & in turn, change the lives of workers across the UK. Bring it on.

Today at @foreignoffice questions, I raised the case of 11yr old Dylan. His mother Natalie, a constituent of mine, has not seen her son in over a year, after he was taken by her ex-partner & not returned from a holiday in Turkey in 2018. Hope for & expect Dylan's imminent return. https://t.co/EzJ4R9fEQ7

Labour Members of NW interested in future of health services, come & help us tomorrow to spread the word about the 17 million taken from us overnight by this government. We have to stand up and demand a new hospital. All the details are here 👇🏻 facebook.com/events/1068732… https://t.co/84vy0Qkzgf

Dear Asda. These I ntimidatory tactics will not work: @asda workers will be supported by @UKLabour MPs because we are on their side. As a multinational company, you make billions from their labour & you’d do well to remember that. Your staff deserve better treatment than this.

.@graceblakely hits the nail on the head here. When we talk about @borisjohnson’s showy populism, it’s things like this: the real solutions to crime are about funding youth services & alleviating inequality & poverty. Our new PM has nothing to say on this. https://t.co/ycRMToQNKA

At the @arise_festival in London in June, I gave a speech about the impending election of a hard right Tory leadership under @BorisJohnson and why we should be hopeful and confident nevertheless. Full speech can be seen on my YouTube, here: youtu.be/xmFz32H8ewc https://t.co/fXTNtBKWjJ

RT @guardian: ‘Don’t just sit and shout at the TV, join the Lib Dems and transform the country’ theguardian.com/politics/2019/…