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Kemi Badenoch
@kemibadenoch· Conservative Party· Jul 24, 2026

When you are mayor of Manchester, you are handed a big pot of someone else's money, and you decide where to spend it.

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Kemi Badenoch
@kemibadenoch· Conservative Party· Jul 24, 2026

Kemi Badenoch has accused Andy Burnham of governing like he is still the mayor of Greater Manchester.

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Kemi Badenoch
@kemibadenoch· Conservative Party· Jul 24, 2026

I welcome the pause but call for killers and rapists to be permanently exempt from any future version of the scheme.

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Angela Rayner
@angelarayner· Labour Party· Jul 24, 2026

1.5 million homes is a difficult target. It was when I made the target, but I'm going to keep the target, and I'm not going to be defeated.

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Angela Rayner
@angelarayner· Labour Party· Jul 24, 2026

I don't think that rent freezes, rent controls, is a way forward at the moment.

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Kemi Badenoch
@kemibadenoch· Conservative Party· Jul 24, 2026

He is behaving like he's still the mayor of Manchester. He is now the prime minister of the United Kingdom.

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Angela Rayner
@angelarayner· Labour Party· Jul 24, 2026

We are on borrowed time if we don't get a move on.

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Emmanuel Macron
@emmanuelmacron· Socialist Party· Jul 24, 2026

We will soon be able to rely on reinforcements including two Croatian Canadair firefighting aircraft, two Portuguese Air Tractor aircraft, and two heavy-lift Black Hawk helicopters from the Czech Republic and Slovakia,

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Steven MacKinnon
@stevenmackinnon· Liberal Party of Canada· Jul 24, 2026

I think that’s what the mayor would like us to do.

thestar.com
Joanne Thompson
@joannethompson· Liberal Party of Canada· Jul 24, 2026

The government of Canada took reasonable steps to ensure the safe rescue of the whales.

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Dominic LeBlanc
@dominicleblanc· Liberal Party of Canada· Jul 24, 2026

That is why Canada has one of the world’s most robust frameworks to prevent and address forced labour, backed by strong legislative and enforcement measures.

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Blake Richards
@blakerichards· Conservative Party of Canada· Jul 24, 2026

Canadians expect their government to strengthen emergency preparedness, not weaken the teams responsible for coordinating the federal response when their lives, homes, and communities are at risk.

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Dominic LeBlanc
@dominicleblanc· Liberal Party of Canada· Jul 24, 2026

Canada shares the United States’ objective of ensuring goods produced with forced labour do not enter our supply chains.

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Minoru Kihara
@minorukihara· Liberal Democratic Party· Jul 24, 2026

It is regrettable that the measure imposes tariffs on the grounds of non-existence of measures banning imports of goods made by forced labor, even though Japan's industry and trade are in line with international rules.

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Christopher Luxon
@christopherluxon· National Party· Jul 24, 2026

The U.S. investigation did not provide meaningful evidence to support claims in relation to forced labour. Tariffs are not the way - they drive up costs and uncertainty for businesses.

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Don Farrell
@donfarrell· Australian Labor Party· Jul 24, 2026

We believe we do take the issue of modern slavery seriously. We have some of the most progressive legislation anywhere in the world. We say that these tariffs are unjustified and we call on the United States Government to reverse them.

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