After 14 years, nowhere is safe from Tory failure - sickness benefits have soared in literally every constituency.

Millions are on mental health waiting lists or can't work due to long-term sickness - it costs us all a fortune.

Our country needs change.

thetimes.co.uk/article/sickne…

This was already the case. This is less than government promised in 2019.

Victims under NDAs can breach them to reveal crimes in new law telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/0…

Nothing like getting a letter from minister about how much better healthcare in my area is on day I'm told that the urgent referral my kid needs in order to walk which was meant to be 2 wks ago won't come for another month. So galling when they tell us everything is great

A very happy Eid to all celebrating, thank you to all who throughout Ramadan have raised so much money for local and national causes and need. I hope the sun shines all day tomorrow.

Woman Killed, Hackney: A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the death of a woman who was found unresponsive in a car in east London on Saturday morning. Police believe the suspect was known to the woman. CountingDeadWomen bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

The amazing campaigners who did this prove progress albeit slow is possible.

I hope he gets the help and support he needs, the conservatives nationally should suspend him during that time. Mental health doesn't make you racist, this man owes an apology to many but his views on some of his Muslim colleagues on the council is were he should start.

In just THREE days...

A #woman was murdered in her car in an alleyway.

Another #woman was killed whilst buying groceries with her baby.

Another #woman 's remains were ID'd.

Tell me again who violent males select as victims.

And then dare deny the reason why.

#SexMatters

‘Almost’ isn’t good enough!

This is horror-bollocks from the usual suspects. How come this level of disinformation is allowed in an election campaign?

Adorable. Thank you The Times and The Sunday Times

Evan Stark obituary theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

Today's Times contains some very important, and illuminating, quotes on Rishi Sunak. I'm not always a huge fan of Tim Shipman's columns - they focus too much on the Westminster 'games' rather than policy - but this week's has some really useful nuggets. 🧵

This is an incredibly powerful letter from Agnes Wanjiru's niece, Esther. Writing in The Times and The Sunday Times on the twelfth anniversary of Wanjiru's disappearance, she says: 'We’ve been stonewalled for far too long.'

Please read her words here: thetimes.co.uk/article/2aabe8…

cc. David Collins

Can someone drill down in to these figures this seems a bit Trussonomics to me. If it's been so great why do parts of Birmingham and Wolverhampton have country's worst rates of youth unemployment?

Read this and weep

Today I’ve written to David Cameron.

We can’t have a Foreign Secretary dodging scrutiny on arms sales to Israel. He must:

- Publish the foreign office legal advice.

- Take questions from MPs in the Bar of the House of Commons.

- Unequivocally commit to international law.

It did feel this way as if Rishi Sunak and Cameron are at loggerheads on the subject

My husband just asked if Mark Sedwill was actually the bloke from Yes Minister, and the likeness is uncanny

Bab, I set up a sexual exploitation service in the midlands and helped loads of women get freedom and justice. In fact in last 2 weeks I wrote to Minister about how many of these services are under threat from closure at the moment, yet to get a response. I can do this all day.