A huge victory - especially for that man on the right, Chris Kitchen, who has been fighting for this for decades. All power to him and his members

Trust is built when people work together to shape the places they live. Real change happens when communities have power over their streets, their spaces, their future. That’s why we work for a different way. Trust grows when power is shared.

From ownerless roads to unadopted estates, communities are feeling the pains of the growing retreat of local councils from our public realm. Great to speak to Rachel Cunliffe about what it says about our politics when issues become no one’s problem to fix. newstatesman.com/politics/uk-po…

Absolute treat to chat to Jim McMahon MP about our shared work to put community empowerment at the heart of government and how we keep building Community Britain💪

bank holiday now but only for women

loved absolutely everything about this - a perfect paper

🚨 NEW: We urgently need to build more homes. 🏡 But that doesn’t have to mean handing all the power and profit to developers. We've got a better way: community-led housing. Homes shaped and owned by the people who live in and around them.

❗️Applications close in one week! We’re looking for someone to help us shout about the UK’s most inspiring co-ops, spaces, and neighbourhood projects. 📣 Join us as our new Community Britain Campaigns Officer 📍Remote or London-based 📅 Apply by 14 August

No political party led by Nigel Farage can be taken seriously when it comes to tackling violence against women and girls.

Horrible horrible news. Wales has lost a dedicated, smart politician and, more importantly, a kind and good man.

Scroll your phone and you’ll see a London of fear and decline. Walk its streets and you’ll find a city where difference is a strength and communities look out for one another. The reality will outlast the fiction.

Great to be at Middlesex Street Estate in the City this morning with Co-operative Party, Rachel Blake, Repowering London and Community Energy London. With support from the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan’s Community Energy Fund, residents here are now benefitting from clean, green solar power 🌍💚

We joined Rachel Blake, Mete Coban MBE, Repowering London and Community Energy London at Middlesex Street Estate in the City of London 🌇 If we can power communities with solar right here in the Square Mile, we can do it everywhere. 🌞✨

Would you chip in to save your local grassroots music venue, if it meant you got a say and stake in how it's run? That's the question MPs are asking as part of a fan-led review of live music, so we spoke to festival-goers headed to Reading Festival to see what they think. 🎸🙋

🚨 We're excited to kick off this Parliamentary Session by announcing our new Advisory Board, bringing together a range of leaders, campaigners, strategists and policy experts from across the Labour movement - united by a commitment to driving ambitious and fair climate action.

Ownership matters. That's why ownership is key part of our plans for Community Empowerment in today's Bill.

Taking to the Big Mic to ask people what they think of the Community Right to Buy and community ownership of local assets! (spoiler: it's popular!)

I have the privilege not just of being friends with Angela but working for her as a Minister. She has been everything people would expect; determined, hardworking, and a decent public servant with real life experience. She can be proud of what’s she’s delivered for the

an absolute tonic of a morning listening to Kirsty McNeill MP and chatting with some brilliant community leaders about social clubs, their vital history and even more vital future - gorgeous stuff

I’m a Caitlin Prowle super fan! 🫡 (also amazing work on helping people feel like they can participate in their communities and feel better off for it)