Today's Times.

Rishi Sunak continuing his vindictive assault on people with mental illness, vowing to stop welfare payments for depression & anxiety.

Yet there are 1.9 million people on NHS mental health waiting lists.

So how dare they suggest this is about 'help'?

Monday #GOTV
Lots of #QueensPark residents ready to vote for
🌹Sadiq Khan
🌹Krupesh Hirani AM for Brent and Harrow
🌹London Labour
Big thank you to Harris Fiona Mulaisho Steve Crabb Deborah Cohen

I could use my lovely blue tick to go off on some thousand word diatribe about how beyond awful these low-lying scoundrels are, but instead I’ll just stick with: register to vote, make sure you have the right ID to vote, and vote.

Welfare secretary Mel Stride says people with depression or anxiety could lose sickness benefits as the system should not be paying them to deal with the “ordinary difficulties of life”. Has he ever needed - or tried to access - mental health support? theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

We're all in this together...

Susan Hall’s own campaign has removed her from her Party Election Broadcast, so we’ve stepped in to help.

Here she is — the Tory candidate for Mayor — Susan Hall, in her own words.

Thames Water collapse could trigger Truss-style borrowing crisis, Whitehall officials fear dlvr.it/T67lV4

Taxpayers are being softened up for a bail out of Thames Water. theguardian.com/business/2024/…

The Labour Party will guarantee the pensions triple lock over the next parliament.

With Keir Starmer as Prime Minister, pensioners will get the dignity, respect and security they deserve.

More here 👇

express.co.uk/news/politics/…

Nothing is guaranteed on May 2nd. Great for Labour Business to join Brent Labour & its councillors Cllr Neil Nerva 🌹🇪🇺🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🚉 and Krupesh Hirani AM for Brent and Harrow campaigning in Queens Park market today. Plenty of support for Sadiq Khan but many worries about the future too. #May2nd #SadiqKhan4London

Indefensible dereliction of duty by a government which can only think tax cuts and doesn't care what a mess it will leave.

theguardian.com/education/2024…

“I find it increasingly difficult to look my NHS colleagues in the eye”

Former Conservative minister and MP Dr Dan Poulter has quit his party to join Labour. He tells #BBCLauraK he believes that Keir Starmer can be trusted to run public services

bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Brexit is now threatening the City, which the Tories once defended. Sooner or later* they are going to have to face up to the calamity they have brought down on us
(*It will be later)

To be clear this would be a criminal offence, punishable with up to two years in prison.

How irritating for billionaire PM Rishi Sunak to have to answer these tricky questions from mere mortals. If only the British people were more grateful for everything he’s done for them. #GeneralElectionNow .

'The Rwanda scheme is a very expensive gimmick'

Labour's Wes Streeting MP says ‘even if it works at the PM's best expectations, it's still not going to deal with the problem of small boats'

#TrevorPhillips trib.al/wkmumC6

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Alastair Campbell: 'If Rishi Sunak can't get through 18 minutes with you without getting petulant & tetchy... I just don't think he's very good at this... do the job & govern..'

#TrevorPhillips #bbclaurak

Rishi Sunak’s interview with Trevor Phillips was full of nonsense this morning.

Private Eye Magazine front cover sums up his abject failure.

The Prime Minister has been community noted again

London: this Thursday is going to see the closest Mayoral election in history.

The Tories have changed the voting system and we need your help to remind local residents to vote - every vote matters.

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