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Wes Streeting
@wesstreeting· Labour Party· Jul 12, 2026

There’ll be an end to the culture of authoritarianism in the Labour Party, where good MPs were kicked out just for disagreeing on policy.

mirror.co.uk
Rachel Reeves
@rachelreeves· Labour Party· Jul 12, 2026

When they succeed, we all succeed, and today’s major reforms are the most significant step in years to unleash their potential.

mirror.co.uk
Rachel Reeves
@rachelreeves· Labour Party· Jul 12, 2026

Our plan for the economy has put Britain on a stronger footing – restoring stability, getting investment flowing, and delivering reform.

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Stella Creasy
@stellacreasy· Labour Party· Jul 12, 2026

Too often such groups have been blamed for why previous attempts at donation laws have broken down, including the 2007 Hayden Philips review.

theguardian.com
Rachel Reeves
@rachelreeves· Labour Party· Jul 12, 2026

I’m impatient for change, and I totally get that people want to see their lives changed.

theguardian.com
Ed Davey
@eddavey· Liberal Democrats· Jul 12, 2026

We must protect our democracy from far-right thugs, shady tech bros and foreign interference.

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Ed Davey
@eddavey· Liberal Democrats· Jul 12, 2026

Tommy Robinson is a useful idiot for a hostile state. What kind of so-called British patriot jets to Moscow to rub shoulders with Putin’s cronies, bankrolled by a US trillionaire?

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Heidi Alexander
@heidialexander· Labour Party· Jul 12, 2026

As well as the over £20m we have given to increase booths for passport checks and minimise disruption, I have raised holidaymakers’ concerns directly with the EU commissioner for transport to make sure they are playing their part to reduce…

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Hannah Spencer
@hannahspencer· Green Party (England and Wales)· Jul 12, 2026

The unsafe temperatures we’re seeing now should be a huge wake-up call.

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Hannah Spencer
@hannahspencer· Green Party (England and Wales)· Jul 12, 2026

We’ve seen absolute chaos as a result of these recent temperatures, and such a massive human cost, yet we haven’t heard a peep from government about how they plan to protect us all.

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Hannah Spencer
@hannahspencer· Green Party (England and Wales)· Jul 12, 2026

This is something workers and trade unions have been raising the alarm about for many years – it shouldn’t have taken this long to act, but the unsafe temperatures we’re seeing now should be a huge wake-up call.

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Hannah Spencer
@hannahspencer· Green Party (England and Wales)· Jul 12, 2026

I had one constituent contact me about the appalling conditions he faced laying Tarmac on roads in Gorton and Denton in temperatures he called unbearable.

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Hannah Spencer
@hannahspencer· Green Party (England and Wales)· Jul 12, 2026

From bus and train drivers sweltering in cabins that are hotter than the soaring temperatures outside and bakers working in temperatures of over 40 degrees, to builders whose workplaces offer no respite from the heat, the government has a…

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Sir Stephen Timms
@sirstephentimms· Labour Party· Jul 12, 2026

They're going to be very well thought through proposals, thanks to this lengthy and very carefully considered exercise that we've gone through.

bbc.co.uk
David Lammy
@davidlammy· Labour Party· Jul 12, 2026

So I think in office we did a lot, but clearly those initial steps were problematic.

bbc.co.uk
Mette Frederiksen
@mettefrederiksen· Social Democrats· Jul 12, 2026

The U.S. position is unfortunately very clear on this topic, and our position is as clear as it has been all through: Greenland is, of course, not for sale.

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Sean Fraser
@seanfraser· Liberal Party of Canada· Jul 12, 2026

AI is rapidly changing the world and the right path forward will involve careful steps where we use new tools to ensure that we can deal with backlogs and systems to ensure that we’re reducing the reliance on taxpayers’ money to deliver…

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Jenny Kwan
@jennykwan· New Democratic Party· Jul 12, 2026

I think that the issues and concerns around biases that are embedded into the AI system is still there. They have not addressed that issue.

thestar.com