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We’ve a shocking report from ⁦Ben Schofield⁩ on how some of local elected representatives are treated by the public, also hungry children eating sand, upgrading the national grid & Reform UK . With ⁦Clive Lewis MP⁩ Louise McKinlay⁩ ⁦⁦& Marie Goldman MP 🔶⁩

Due to legal reasons, I have not been able to speak about one of the most traumatic incidents I have been subjected to in my role as Bedfordshire's Police and Crime Commissioner until now. 1/

Thanks to @Fest4BedsPCC Cllr Heather Williams Elisa Meschini and Peter McDonald for speaking to me for this piece. Some shocking - even criminal - experiences of abuse our elected reps have encountered.

Ben Schofield @Fest4BedsPCC Cllr Heather Williams Peter McDonald I was first elected as a councillor nearly thirty-three years ago; the level of abuse and intimidation is far worse now than it was then. At the time the video (published by a South Cambridgeshire Independent councillor) to which Cllr Meschini refers was being circulated [1/2]

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I thank Ben Schofield for covering this disturbing story for BBC. While in office as PCC, I raised concerns about a business based in Luton, Bedfordshire, selling the 'Gucci knife of gangs'. For what purpose would someone be selling knives like these? 1/ bbc.com/news/articles/…

Some shocking failures here, including on the part of DNA Leisure in not picking up the pattern of purchases. I increasingly favour a ban on online sales. 'How a teenage murderer got 79 knives delivered to his door' #theresthatknifeagain #knifecrime bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

'We won't see this road improve in our lifetime' bbc.com/news/articles/…

This is a bittersweet victory for a three-year campaign. I couldn't say much about this at the time but it feels a hollow victory given the fatal consequences of the knives sold by this Luton based business. 1/ bbc.com/news/articles/…

I'm quoted in this article about DNA Leisure's announcement that they are stopping selling knives and other bladed articles. Thanks to Ben Schofield for covering this story. #knifecrime bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Thank you Ben Schofield Great investigative journalism sir

Exclusive: The Government has incinerated or written off £1.4 BILLION worth of Covid PPE, provided by one supplier in the summer of 2020 - it is the single most wasteful public contract of the whole pandemic. Thread 1/

A pleasure to join Amelia Reynolds, Ben Schofield, Andrew Sinclair & the Politics East team in Great Yarmouth today to film their last show of the season. Be sure to tune in on Sunday @ 10am on BBC1.

Revealing interview with Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook - tells Ben Schofield Cambridge ‘must see significant growth’. Says, Cambridge Growth Company is still on - but not whether will keep the 150k new homes set by Michael Gove. At 0735: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/li…

After prev govt set up Cambridge Growth Company and was reported to want 150,000 new homes in Greater Cambridge, new Housing Minister tells me the city must see "significant growth". bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…