Join our launch event happening today at 12pm to hear from Baroness Hilary Armstrong, Chris Naylor, joanne pitt and co-author of the report Andrew Phillips. 📺In person or online ⬇️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/demos-public…

THIS IS POWERFUL. A 15-year-old girl watches how America talks about women. Wow.

The West Midlands has all the ingredients to be a beacon of inclusive growth and a pathfinder for the nation. Will be fascinating to follow Richard Parker journey in the coming months and years ft.com/content/ce52fc…

This is something I've been working on for a number of months. Not without its challenges but a locally led system has the potential to reduce cost, streamline support and deliver better outcomes for all concerned. Watch this space! ft.com/content/f2f879…

Wow - worth a watch -

@JacekWork I'll take the word of German officials, as corroborated by journalists doing proper investigative work, multiple activists etc, many of whom spent hours talking to Taleb A, over the evidence-free conspiracies of an attention-seeking failed techno DJ, yes. But you do you.

Happy Christmas!

The moron can't even spell the name of the country he wants to be in charge of.

PM's direct defence/attack on Elon Musk is brave, correct factually and probably the only sensible PR strategy here, this is not about politics so much as truth. This is in my view Keir Starmer's best comms moment so far.

This is the actual substance in this story. Starmer did more than almost anyone else to help victims and bring perpetrators to justice. We’ve had multiple inquiries, both local and national. We know what the lessons are and what we need to do to ensure this never happens again.

I learnt of grooming gangs from The Times and The Sunday Times in Jan 2011 I became chief prosecutor May 2011 I authorised charging Rochdale gang June 2011 After convictions (May 2012) Keir put me in charge of national response Far Right thugs attacked my home 1000s of rapists were brought to justice

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Backbench voices want Badenoch to go for a net migration target of zero, after a decade of failing to hit net 100k Con voters want large reductions in immigration - but most oppose reducing *any* of largest visa work flows: NHS, care visas or students capx.co/the-tories-are…

Wait what?

The award winning reporter, Andrew Norfolk, who broke the grooming scandal says that far from covering up the problem, Starmer made the prosecutions possible

From all of us at St. Joseph’s Hospice, we wish you a peaceful and reflective Lent 💙 May this time bring renewal and hope to all! #HappyLent #StJosephsHospice

I think it’s time to re post this- “if we learn anything from the last 25 years it is that people don’t passively accept their despair. For good or ill, they act on it” demos.co.uk/wp-content/upl…

🚨Looking forward to Progressive Britain Conference tomorrow- especially the session around health and neighbourhoods Health: Preventative & Community Care The excellent panel includes: Rosie Beacon Chris Naylor Louisa Dollimore Ashley Dalton MP 🎟️ tickettailor.com/events/progres…

Test, Learn & Grow is about experimenting together. *Not pilots*. It’s about finding the blockers and changing them…. Reform has to be built from the ground up, connecting pockets of change happening within and across communities - Georgia Gould, MP @ New Local’s Stronger Things