About 2 million people suffered domestic abuse in the latest annual data. Clearly, some cash is better than more Tory cuts. But this goes nowhere near the additional education, police and social work resources, or refuges for victims that are needed
For too long @BorisJohnson has got away with being the jolly japester. But his spokesman refusing, more than 10 times, to give Johnson’s views on the intelligence of black people is not funny at all.
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Nearly 1 in 5 South Tyneside & S’land NHS foundation trust staff they have been assaulted by patients or relatives in the last year.
Ambulance staff deserve the utmost respect from all - these stats are horrifying & I’ll be calling on government to act. https://t.co/F7eGjVv428
Some brilliant contributions from politicians & trade union leaders at the Trade Union Coordinating Group reception tonight in Parliament.
I’m also fully behind @pcs_union & their members who are on strike fighting for union recognition at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office! ✊
This Govt continues with its hostile environment agenda, chartering a flight to deport 50 people next week. They have still not published their review into the causes of the #Windrush scandal. How do they know they're not wrongfully deporting people just like before? #PMQs
To tackle racism at its root we must confront the brutal legacy of the British Empire, apologise and make meaningful reparations for the historic wrongs of slavery & colonialism.
How can I be an equal in Parliament if this is how Parliament treats people that look just like me?
Boris Johnson admitted he "doesn't really understand" climate change, according to the President of COP26, who he sacked last week.
🤔 Perhaps Downing Street needs an ice sculpture of its own.
This is absolutely right @BarristerSecret - the Ministry of Justice has been an unprotected department and suffered 40% cuts already. The situation is unsustainable now without a further 5%.
"This surge in the use of Tasers is quite troubling especially as non-white people are disproportionately targeted." – @HackneyAbbott responds to the news on record-high taser use by police
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