Alexander Lawson

Policy Wonk.

[Mirror Politics @MirrorPolitics]

The PM outlines all the ways he plans on tackling the cost of living

[Survation. @Survation]

NEW: Westminster Voting Intention

LAB 27% (+1)
RFM 24% (-2)
CON 19% (+1)
GRN 10% (=)
LD 9% (-1)
RB 3% (+1)
SNP 2% (-1)
PC 1% (=)
OTH 4% (=)

F/w 26-28 August 2026. Changes vs 18/08/2026

[Sienna Rodgers @siennamarla]

EXCL: I'm told Cerys Way of train drivers' union Aslef has joined No 10 as director of trade union relations

Kieran Maxwell replaced her this week as political adviser at Aslef, leaving his role at Labour Unions, and he has taken up her seat repping Aslef on Labour's NEC

[Labour Elects @LabElects]

🗳️🌹In terms of combined first preference votes, the slates achieved:

Labour to Win: 11,660
Mainstream: 9,073
Momentum: 8,540
Restoration: 3,404

[Wes Streeting @wesstreeting]

The entire UK Defence community sends our deepest condolences to our friends in Norway on the passing of His Majesty King Harald V - an unwavering friend of our armed forces.

@NorwayinUK

[Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Gov @mhclg]

Allow us to reintroduce ourselves*

*with portfolios

[Sam Coates Sky @SamCoatesSky]

NEW: Chancellor John Healey talks to me about the challenge with moving into No11 Downing Street - the view of his wife and the arrival of his dart board

[Elsie Greenwood @elsieortong]

Thank you to all young members for your support.

I am delighted to have been re-elected.

[Sienna Rodgers @siennamarla]

NEW: Labour NEC results are in

Labour to Win (right) got all four of its candidates elected, so claims a "decisive win"
Mainstream (soft left) got two of its three
CLGA (left) got two of its three

Plus Restoration (Blue-ish, 'class-first' politics) got Andrew Achilleos on

It's a proportional voting system so mixed results are inevitable

Labour to Win also did well in winning youth, Welsh and local gov reps

[Labour to Win @labtowin]

A huge result for Labour to Win in the NEC elections. All four of our CLP reps reelected, achieving a plurality of votes.

Thank you to all of the members who supported our vision of a Labour Party that comes together to win elections and change the country.

https://t.co/gRhop56xB4

[Nordic News @Nordic_News]

Norway's King Harald dies at age 89. (NRK)

[electionmapsuk @electionmapsuk]

Billinge & Seneley Green (St Helens) Council By-Election Result:

🌹 LAB: 41.4% (+18.8)
➡️ RFM: 31.9% (-2.6)
🙋 Ind: 17.7% (-1.5)
🌍 GRN: 3.8% (-9.2)
🌳 CON: 3.0% (-4.5)
🙋 Ind: 2.1% (New)

Labour GAIN from Reform UK.
Changes w/ 2026.

[Jordan Moates @jordan_utv]

Prime Minister Andy Burnham gatecrashes a Belfast wedding during his NI Visit.

[PollCheck @poll_checker]

Approval Ratings (NET)

Andy Burnham: 26% (+8)
Kemi Badenoch: 13% (+6)
Nigel Farage: -16% (+1)

Via: Deltapoll
Field Work: 21-24 August changes w/ 24 - 27 July

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 WATCH: Andy Burnham takes the metro in Kyiv

[ElectoralUK @Electoral_UK]

The moment Neil Kinnock reacted to George Galloway's defeat in Rochdale by laughing openly.

[Jade Azim @JadeFrancesAzim]

I think this is my favourite tweet of all time.

[Andy Burnham @andyburnham]

When I talk to young people about work, the same thing keeps coming up. Not a lack of ambition - a lack of a way in.

One million young people in this country are not in education, work or training. That's around one in eight. And six in ten of them have never had a job at all.

I know that these young people aren't lazy. They have been let down by a system that told them there was only one route to success, and then left them without the opportunities to get their foot in the door anywhere else.

Too often, work experience has depended on who you know, rather than what you can do.

Last month we changed the education system so that from 14, young people can access proper technical education, with real skills, real work experience and real links to employers where they live.

Now we're bringing employers, schools and colleges together to close the gap between the classroom and the workplace.

The youth unemployment crisis has been ignored for too long.

That ends now.

[The Labour Party @UKLabour]

No child should grow up in a hostel.

No family should wait ten years for a home.

That is why Labour is investing nearly £10 billion to build genuinely affordable homes where they’re needed most.

[The Labour Party @UKLabour]

Labour is delivering the largest expansion of council and affordable housing in decades.