NEW: Bloomberg UK Saturday read

— Sunak is facing calls from some allies to name the election date to head off a leadership challenge after May 2

— Oct/Nov/Dec still the aim. Dec 12 is one date that’s been discussed

— but June/July in play as a back-up

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Check out this weekends Events for #Clacton #Harwich #Colchester #Essex at whatsontendring.com/events/

Was this the subject of a police investigation? I don’t think so!

Essex online prankster Simon Harris kept £367k from Tory controlled Essex County Council contracts - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

BREAKING: Energy Minister quits as Rishi Sunak suffers Tory exodus ahead of election
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With Labour buses will be run by local communities, for local communities.

Labour's Plan for Better Buses means:

✅Decisions about services, routes and fares devolved
⌛Better buses, delivered faster
🚍 Up to 1,300 bus routes created and saved

The Lib Dems are in third place in Essex. For more visible neighbourhood policing in Essex vote Labour on 2 May.

It’s a two horse race between me and the Tory candidate.

It’s so serious

Tory party discipline completely breaking down as one of their MPs, Nick Fletcher, calls on voters in Ashfield to back Reform UK's Lee Anderson.

Rishi Sunak already facing calls to sack him.

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Reliable, affordable and regular bus services will be the difference between opportunity and isolation for passengers within every community across #Essex #VoteLabour

Johnson and the madcap Tory plot to replace Sunak with Priti Patel.

This week’s @Newstatesman column.

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They couldn’t organise a drink in a brewery.

Part 109,372 of an occasional series.

“Thirteen Conservative election candidates are no longer due to appear on ballot papers in May because of admin errors.”

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Thirteen Tory election nominations are 'invalid' bbc.in/3vO62wG

13 Conservative candidates for Castle Point Council have had their nominations deemed “invalid” for May’s #LocalElections bbc.com/news/articles/…

Children living near Sure Start centres did better at GCSEs, study suggests < This does not surprise me at all - time to #ActforEarlyYears bbc.co.uk/news/education…

Why on earth did #Essex Tories close Sure Start Centres right across the County?
#ToryCuts #GeneralElectionlNow

Imagine destroying this programme.

That’s what the Conservatives did. Across Essex Sure Start Centres closed down.

Britain got better under the last Labour government. We can get our future back again.

“The wilful destruction of Sure Start and the reductions of children’s benefits after 2010 has set back opportunities for millions of children’s futures. That’s why our country desperately needs a new Sure Start.”
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Poorer kids who lived near Sure Starts got better GCSE results than peers - before Tory cuts
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