🚨 Personal news alert...
After 4 1/2 years with @margarethodge her elevation to the @UKHouseofLords has meant I needed a new job.
I am so excited at the end of this week to be starting with @kimleadbeater. The old boss & new boss handed me over this week at conference! 😊
🚨 NEW: Catherine West says Keir Starmer could win a leadership contest and does not rule out voting for him
"Many of us like Keir very much... he's got excellent credentials on the international stage"
This has been a heartbreaking day. Thinking of all the hard working councillors across Kirklees who have lost their seats today. Your dedication to public service is inspirational. 🌹
Set a treadmill at 21kph ( max most will go to) and try to run for 30 seconds on it.
That's what he did for 1 hour, 59 minutes and 30 seconds.
The peak of human physical achievement. Insane, absolutely insane.
Kim Leadbeater MP has told Sky News that she is "a mixture of really sad, really upset, and really disappointed" that the proposed assisted dying bill is expected to fail today in its final sitting.
Read more: https://t.co/dENUjmvEeG
Broke my heart to make this video. Hours upon hours of hard work, listening to terminally ill people & family members, for the bill to end in this way.
We’ll continue to uplift the voices of those who have experienced a failing status quo to give choice at the end of life.
This disgusts me. I’ve also heard assisted dying campaigners mock the idea of an amendment to require a pregnancy test before prescribing someone lethal drugs saying this is evidence of filibustering too despite the fact pregnancy could change the effect of the drugs. I think campaigners are so desperate for assisted dying it’s warped their sense of right and wrong and what it means to conduct debate respectfully and in good faith.
Tributes have been paid to a "much-loved" mum who died after being hit by a car in Cockermouth.
74-year-old Catherine Sams, who was from the area, died at the scene of the collision on 14th March.
Read more: https://t.co/1kEj79uRfn
Thank you @AngelaRayner for coming to talk to us today & reminding us to stay true to who we are in battling the forces trying to bring down women in politics ❤️🌹
A huge thank to @AngelaRayner for joining us today to mark International Women’s Day to talk all things Labour, politics and inspiring us to
be our authentic selves. We loved it!
We're thrilled to announce that Dame Tracey Crouch DBE and Seema Kennedy OBE have been appointed to our Board of Trustees.
🔗Find out more about their appointments: https://t.co/EeiPkWPLko
For decades, women with severe period pain and heavy bleeding have been dismissed by doctors.
But for millions, it’s conditions like endometriosis or fibroids going undiagnosed.
We must start taking women’s pain seriously.
My piece in @DailyMirror 👇🏾
https://t.co/6XPGvwVuZm
The rain couldn’t dampen the spirits on the doors today for Angeliki. Brilliant to be on the doors with so many Labour volunteers, activists & MPs. 🌹