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Last night we held our national Citizens UK General Election Assembly, where community leaders shared testimony and asked politicians from different Parties for change on #LivingWage, #Citizenship, #Housing & more. Here are some of their stories 👇🏾 📸 Sylvie Pope

Today we go to polling stations to vote in #GeneralElection24 Check here to find out who is standing in the constituency you live in & the location of your local polling station: birmingham.gov.uk/info/50341/4_j… Please go out & vote 🗳

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Congratulations newly elected MPs! This week Angela Rayner & others pledged to work with Citizens UK on issues that matter to our communities. We're ready to build on existing relationships like these & foster new ones with all elected officials. Everyday people win change💪💯

It's not just local politicians, people in public life at local levels (particularly women) are being constantly harassed and abused. We need stronger civic leadership and this is a huge barrier. It's why Birmingham Citizens has stopping community trolling & harassment as a priority.

Meet our Communities for Afghans Action Team. Yesterday ahead of #ENGNED we had our 1st meeting of group leaders getting prepared to welcome Afghan refugee families. Get in touch to join us or for more info: sponsorrefugees.org/get-involved/c…

Domestic fossil fuels are currently only providing 8% of Britain's electricity. ⚡️

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: Go to your privacy settings RIGHT NOW and uncheck the box allowing Twitter to use your posts and metrics to train Gr*k

Solidarity with everyone who's feeling unsafe or scared after the events of the past week. Hate will not win. This small minority of people seeking to do harm, who have the misguided belief that our diversity creates weakness, are not the majority.

A Statement from Birmingham Citizens

As the new term gets underway following the summer holidays, it can be a stressful period for those considering their next steps (or for some, their first steps) on securing further education, work or training. Join us next Wednesday afternoon in Small Heath for support:

This is shameful reporting. BMT’s collection is our shared civic history. It belongs to the city and the council is the steward. It will never be for sale, despite the implication here than it ought to be.

URGENT PSA for whoever is in charge of this at Morrisons or other supermarkets. The second you start selling a vegetarian takeaway banquet for two, I will buy them every month for the rest of my life. 🙏

If you're from Birmingham and haven't read our child poverty report, please do. It's a crisis at a scale I am guessing most don't know. childpoverty.birminghamlive.co.uk

Great to be at Birmingham Newman University for a meeting of diverse local organisations who are concerned about the future Bartley Green Library. We explored our options and everyone left committing to bring more people and local institutions to the table to be part of the solution.

How Primary School children from Small Heath sparked a new movement for work 📣 The children of Ark Victoria Academy are making waves in the region and inspired a regional movement on work. Read more 👇 citizensuk.org/chapters/birmi…

🚨 New research, commissioned by Citizens UK, reveals the number of children in hotels for longer than the 6-week legal limit has increased by 663% in three years, from 490 children to 3,250, with more than 150,000 children now living in #TemporaryAccommodation in England.

Over 19k people in our region will see an uplift in their pay because 611 employers here are Living Wage Foundation accredited. A powerful launch of #LivingWageWeek yesterday with LeaderofBirmingham, Deputy Mayor of West Midlands Combined Authority: Sharon Thompson🌹🇰🇳 + many top leaders hosted by Aston University.