Jeremy Corbyn's new party should be called the 'Farage Assistance Group', former labour leader Lord Kinnock says. 'The splintering offered by a new party of the left...can only be of assistance to the enemies of Labour and the working-class', he adds. 📺 Sky 501

My kids are my pride and joy. Like all parents, I want them to thrive. We’re giving all children the best start in life by rolling out family hubs in every community. Rooted in the success of Sure Start, these will give parents the support they need. Our Plan for Change means

Not just a woman beater. Allegations of defrauding the taxpayer on Covid loans. Reform MP suspended himself from party after Sunday Times investigation. thetimes.com/article/7185a1…

First step to restoring Sure Start. Good to see this and it would be good over time to see much more investment in our future. Parenting seems too hard — children need a better start, says Phillipson. thetimes.com/article/0c3be8…

Anne Applebaum in The Atlantic: Trump says he wants peace. But every key decision his administration makes helps Putin keep fighting. Weapons blocked. Sanctions stalled. Disinfo unchallenged. She explains how the U.S. is realigning - toward Moscow. 1/

Greg Wallace will soon be sufficiently qualified to become a local councillor for Reform.

Well done ⁦British Museum⁩ Bayeux Tapestry to return to UK for the first time in 900 years thetimes.com/article/a3c950…

Pleased The Times and The Sunday Times has run my letter about The Salt Path scandal this morning.

Nigel Farage has recruited the man Liz Truss hand-picked to Chair her reckless Conservative Party. They crashed the economy & sent mortgages rocketing. Truss's disastrous economics are clearly Farage's blueprint for Britain - and working people would be left to foot the bill.

The BMA Resident Doctors Committee still refuses to meet me. After a 28.9% pay rise, they say another 29% is “non-negotiable.” This is not the way a reasonable trade union behaves.

We negotiated and delivered pay rises worth 28.9%. This year’s pay award was the highest in the entire public sector. We cannot afford to re-open that pay award. I have offered talks without any preconditions. The BMA is refusing. Unreasonable. Unnecessary.

EXCL w/Emanuele Midolo James McMurdock was on full-time salary at a bank during pandemic when he claimed £50k loan MP was initially a contractor via his company, then put on payroll for tax reasons — indicating his firm was not "adversely affected" by Covid thetimes.com/article/1d7adf…

Congratulations to Rachel Reeves and Darren Jones for announcing the £500 million social impact fund which will help transform children and youth services in the coming years and into which social investors may add an additional £500 million.

1970s employment rate: 72% Today’s employment rate: 75%

Together we’re building a fairer and greener Haringey 🌳

Appointed Defence Secretary 31 August ... took super junction out 1 September. Grant Shapps. Anyone heard from him today ?

Today marks one year since The Labour Party’s first King’s Speech. We promised to build a better Britain and have passed 21 bills to fix the foundations and deliver for working people. Still plenty to do, but we’re getting on with the job.

This is Diane Abbott's 2023 public apology for the "anguish" caused by her "initial draft" - for which she said "there is no excuse"

The last Labour govt laid the ground to get British workers pension saving again. But if we continue as we are tomorrow’s retirees will be poorer than today’s. So it’s time to finish the job - we’ll build a pensions system that’s strong, sustainable & fair ft.com/content/5208c0…

Labour is cleaning up the mess the Tories left behind.