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.
"We pray for her (Princess of Wales) and The King in their dignified response and we pray for all those who are suffering the same way."
The Archbishop of Canterbury,
@JustinWelby
leads Easter prayers referring to the
@RoyalFamily
in his
#Easter
sermon.
How politically unbiased is Cass?
Questions have been raised about the neutrality & evidence basis for the controversial
#CassReview
. The report’s author
@Hilary_Cass
has been asked to provide answers why she is meeting with Women's Declaration in the House of Lords this week.
An official compliant has been lodged with the
@Conservatives
Party in regard to
@Baroness_Nichol
’s online behaviour.
It comes after dozens of complaints were lodged with social media companies regarding her views on
#trans
.
The Conservative Party has been contacted for comment
'if you listened to people in the audience, maybe you wouldn't be so out of touch'
@Keir_Starmer
receives a round of applause after calling the Prime Minister out of touch.
#BBCDebate
#GE24
The Prince and Princess of Wales with their children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis follow The King and Queen back to Buckingham Palace.
#Coronation
@KensingtonRoyal
Moving tributes to our late Queen Elizabeth tonight, led by the Prince of Wales
@KensingtonRoyal
from Westminster Abbey.
Quoting The late Queen, Prince William says “I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Christmas story.”
#royalcarols
"Our natural world is one of our greatest assets"
Prince William delivers his first speech as Prince of Wales on the threats posed by illegal wildlife crime to the environment, biodiversity and communities across the world.
#ClimateAction
#ClimateEmergency
#BiodiversityCrisis
Prince William delivers the keynote speech highlighting the serious and organised nature of illegal wildlife crime and its damaging impact on global biodiversity and local communities
David Dimbleby dispels the myth that people are disinterested in politics by highlighting how
@RoryStewartUK
&
@campbellclaret
filled the Albert Hall a few weeks ago just so people can listen to them natter about politics.
He tells the Sir Ted Heath lecture - time for change?
Mayor of Greater Manchester,
@AndyBurnhamGM
tells
@BBCBreakfast
it’s a “tremendous development” that the Prince of Wales is supporting the homelessness cause.
He says they’ll be supporting the Royal Foundation. GM’s A Bed Every Night Scheme has reduced homelessness from 300-72.
German Parliamentarians warmly welcomed King Charles to the Bundestag with a standing ovation.
Speaking in German, he said he and his family were "deeply touched" by the thousands of messages of condolence written in books across the country. 🇩🇪🤝🇬🇧
#KingCharlesIII
#StateVisit
Leader of the
@LibDems
,
@EdwardJDavey
has responded to the Prime Minister’s speech agreeing that the Conservatives left a “toxic legacy”. He calls on the new Government to deliver “bold and ambitious action…to fix this mess”. He calls for action to fix
#NHS
waiting lists.
The first Muslim and youngest ever Lord Mayor of Westminster,
@LM_Westminster
Cllr Hamza Taouzzale arrives at Westminster Abbey. Someone who represents exactly the spirit that The King and Queen wants to celebrate today.
#Coronation
Transport Secretary,
@GrantShapps
: “Yesterday as negotiations were ongoing Mick Lynch &
@RMTunion
walked out & went to a TUC rally”
Mick Lynch “What Shapps said is an entire fabrication. We left on Fri & they said they were prepared to meet on Sun. They never mentioned Saturday”
The Co-Leader of
@TheGreenParty
,
@carla_denyer
tells
#bbclaurak
that deescalation should be the top priority of the UK Government. Following Iran’s attack on Israel last night, she says that the Greens have called for a ban on arms sales to Israel over their invasion of Gaza.
“I’m not going to sit here and promise this will be resolved overnight.”
The Prime Minister tells
#BBCLauraK
that “by next spring” we will have eliminated all those waiting over a year. He asks for the public to hold him to account over
#NHS
performance.
Congratulations to our regular local government columnist, Cllr
@HelenCBelcher
on receiving an OBE in this year’s
#NewYearsHonours
for services to the
#trans
community.
"Have we finally discovered what they meant when they said we're all in this together?"
Keir Starmer says in reference to George Freeman MP quitting his ministerial role after claiming he could not afford his mortgage
#PMQs
Not a dry eye in the house as
@TheMontyDon
pays a wonderful tribute to the country’s favourite good girl, Nell who recently passed away. Gardeners across the country join to say we have all loved knowing her over 8 years.
#RIPNell
🐶😢💔🎾
#gardenersworld
Concluding the exchange on pensions and the £46bn aim to get rid of National Insurance,
@Keir_Starmer
attacks the Conservative spending plans
'Vote Tory, Risk your Pension'
#PMQs
Hearing serious worries from Conservatives Central Office that they may fall behind
@reformparty_uk
in Wellingborough. Senior figures are questioning why they were told not to campaign there by Party Chiefs.
#WellingboroughByElection
Never have there been more powerful words from Sir David Attenborough on ensuring we deliver our global
#COP26
pledge: “We can do it.”
“It is within our power to do it, we can do it, we must do it. Then there will be a future for the planet.”
#FrozenPlanet2
This Christmas, the Archbishop of Canterbury,
@JustinWelby
is encouraging people to support
@Feeding_Britain
, a charity founded to combat hunger and food poverty in the UK.
There are 600,000 children that live in food insecure households in the UK. (2021/22
@DWPgovuk
)
Our Editor sat down with asexual campaigner Yasmin Benoit
@theyasminbenoit
to discuss her activism and the Ace in the UK Report she launched in collaboration with Stonewall.
Read the full interview here 👇
Huge risk to Government. If the
@OBR_Uk
’s independent assessment does not back up the Government’s 2.5% growth plan, this is potentially terminal for government economic credibility.
#MiniBudget
For those that don’t know what a humble address is:
humble address klaxon:
Labour is seeking support from rebel Tory MPs to force Liz Truss’s government to speed up the release of the OBR’s assessment of the impact of the recent “mini” Budget
Labour Parliamentary Candidate,
@Miatsf
tells the
@SME4LABOUR
and
@BestForBritain
reception that B4B has led a “brave campaign” to expose the truths of
#Brexit
. She says she has “never seen the economy so broken” and is encouraged by Labour’s mission for growth.
#LPC23
#lab23
On an emergency call last night, UK Defence Secretary
@BWallaceMP
persuaded 28 nations, including the UK, European countries & the US to give more weapons, medical supplies and other military aid to
#Ukraine
as it fights invasion from
#Russia
.
#StandWithUkriane
.
@kimleadbeater
Kicks off
#PMQs
with a question on standards in public life, sadly drowned out by MPs... there's probably a message in there somewhere.
MPs asking questions about how much the Home Secretary’s ride in a chinook cost the taxpayer as she arrives in
#Manston
from Dover - a journey of 20 miles.
Equalities Minister,
@KemiBadenoch
to introduce new law requiring all new restaurants, public toilets and shopping centres to install single-sex bathroom facilities. In the latest move end gender neutral bathrooms, critics say this will lead to increased
#trans
discrimination.
Ahead of the launch of her petition to ban children’s access to social media apps, Brianna Ghey’s mother, Esther Ghey tells
#BBCLauraK
she would “like a law introduced so that there are mobile phones that are only suitable for under-16s.”
Former
@LibDems
MP,
@StephenWi11iams
returns to frontline politics as he wins a Bristol Council seat with two other Lib Dem colleagues - unseating three Conservative Councillors.
#LocalElections2024
Absolutely delighted to be returning to the council after a 25 year gap! Caroline, Nick and I flipped a three member Tory ward. We are enormously grateful to the residents of Westbury on Trym and Henleaze and will work hard for them and contribute to the running of the city.
Heartbreaking to hear about the loss of Philip, who took his own life. It’s so important to hear about the need to improve
#mentalhealth
services tonight on
#countryfile
.
"Absolutely appalled" says Newcastle City Council leader, Nick Forbes on news the Government is to scrap the Eastern leg of
@HS2ltd
.
He claimed the region would be "bypassed" when new routes were developed elsewhere.
#HS2
#levellingup
#rail
The Princess of Wales cannot contain her pleasure at seeing the Ascension Choir sing. A beautiful demonstration of the UK’s rich diversity.
#Coronation
@KensingtonRoyal
MP who voted against the Government to extend women’s rights in Northern Ireland and pledged to be an “ally to the LGBT+ community” attacks
@stellacreasy
over her support for
#transrights
and their protection in law? 👇
@LibDems
have announced their policy to give free school meals to all those in primary school, starting with those in poverty.
Currently, free school meals are only made available to those in households with incomes under £7,400.
@Earlychildhood
has issued their report on businesses supporting families with young children. Whilst
@HRHCatherinePoW
is staying away from public events as she recovers after her cancer diagnosis, she has been briefed on the report.
Read report here👇
Leader of the house
@PennyMordaunt
speaks on the importance of preparing a younger generation of female MPs to enter elected office, at the
#IWD
2023 celebrations hosted in Parliament by
@5050Parliament
and
@MariaMillerUK
At the
@LGBTCons
celebration of 10 years of same sex marriage tonight with special guest
@David_Cameron
.
He recalls a moment when one of the No.10 team thanked him as he would be able to marry his partner as a result of
#equalmarriage
.
Founder of
@OctopusEnergy
, Greg Jackson
@g__j
tells
#bbclaurak
he’s pleased attempts to create culture wars over Net Zero “failed” during the General Election campaign. Ahead of The King’s speech, he calls for rapid action to deliver grid connections to unlock infrastructure.
Ministers “very sympathetic" to new pet abduction bill, due for Parliamentary debate today.
The Bill brought forward by
@Anna_Firth
could see anyone convicted of the offence facing a fine or a maximum of 5 years in prison.
@pettheftaware
is also calling for compulsory scanning.
"If women had the opportunity to set up businesses at the same rate as men, we would have around 1.1 million more start-ups in the UK".
For the latest edition of our journal,
@TulipSiddiq
discussed gender inequality in the financial services sector 👇
Labour Leader,
@Keir_Starmer
will launch a 5,000 mile nationwide battle bus campaign in west London this morning.
@LibDems
Leader,
@EdwardJDavey
will not be on the campaign trail today as he will be with his family. He and his wife Emily will be caring for their son, John.
As the UK fights Russian aggression overseas, the Shadow Foreign Secretary,
@DavidLammy
says it is important that the Government focuses on the fight at home too.
“We need to fix the problem of dirty Russian money flowing through London,” he said.
#SundayMorning
#Russia
To mark
#WorldAIDSDay
, we hosted a panel which saw an insightful discussion between Matthew Hodson, Silvia Petretti, Paul Bates and Rt Hon Lord Smith.
Watch here to find out more about raising awareness and combatting stigma 👇
Commenting on
#GeorgiaHarrison
, “She is brave and she is brilliant”.
@lisanandya
tells
#bbclaurak
there must be more legislation to ensure tech companies act and more access to justice. “We need to send a message to say this kind of behaviour is not tolerated.”
In a scathing 🧵, Conservative Chair of the London Assembly,
@AndrewBoff
accuses the party of a “Putinesque” attack on
#trans
people. He accuses Equalities Minister,
@KemiBadenoch
of a failure to meet with
#LGBT
members of the party and a “hate filled” approach.
It appears that
@KemiBadenoch
wants to change our Party from one that promotes and extends individual liberties into a hate filled sect that wants to remove them.
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The Privileges Committee concludes that Conservative MPs and peers deliberately tried to undermine its inquiry into Boris Johnson and intimidate its members.
They single out Nadine Dorries, Michael Fabricant, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Priti Patel, Mark Jenkinson and more.
Excellent sermon from the Archbishop of York at St Paul’s celebrating The Queen’s
#PlatinumJubilee
“we are all so pleased you are still in the saddle.”
No doubt Her Majesty will be watching on tv at home.
Chaired by
@Miatsf
,
@lb_southwark
is launching the Southwark Land Commission to work to free up more of
#Southwark
’s land, for the benefit of local people.
Cllr James
@mcash
said this is an opportunity to “think big for the benefit of residents”.