CBK

Brummie in London | Labour & Co-op member | Fabian | Work in Public Affairs | All views my own

[Abdi Duale @AbdiDuale_]

Hard not to feel deeply sad for Keir, whatever the mistakes, taking the Labour Party from its worst defeat in 2019, the moral bankruptcy of antisemitism to changing the Labour Party and winning a landslide majority was no small feat.

History will look back on him fondly.

[England @England]

Our @FIFAWorldCup campaign is up and running! 👏

[Simon Clarke @SirSimonClarke]

Let’s get this done - Britain needs the third runway and we have to get serious about this stuff. Quickly.

[Jade Azim @JadeFrancesAzim]

I’ve missed Pickford cursing at his colleagues.

[Antonia Bance MP @antoniabance]

Absolutely infuriating that one of my colleagues has decided that what Parliament should focus on in the coming months - given everything going on in the world and here at home - is bringing back the assisted dying bill. Head in hands.

[(((Dan Hodges))) @DPJHodges]

OK, I’m a little concerned for Curaçao now…

[Jim McMahon OBE MP @JimfromOldham]

You were an outstanding Defence Secretary John, and principled from beginning to end.

[Abdi Duale @AbdiDuale_]

Very hard to understate how much @LabourGrowth helped progress the governments agenda on vital growth linked policies like the planning and infrastructure bill.

Chris, more the most, should be credited for that. An enormous talent that will go on to do great things.

[CBK @CamBeavanKing]

Chris understands that delivering economic growth, building homes and infrastructure, is not just about sounds economics, it's about social justice.

He's been a great champion and I'm excited to see what he does next!

[Labour Growth Group @LabourGrowth]

After an incredible tenure, I’m stepping down as Chair of the Labour Growth Group.

I'm enormously proud of what we've built together. From a group of MPs determined to put economic growth at the centre of Labour's argument, to one of the most influential voices on the party's economic direction. We won tremendous victories on issues like expanding the envelope on planning reform, pushing major fiscal devolution, driving the call for a unleashing a new generation of nuclear power, unlocking greater investment in British defence and more.

The recent publication of An Honest Day was the crowning achievement, a serious blueprint for the new economic settlement Britain needs, grounded in the conviction that growth has mean something for working people, in every part of the country. That we must remake the state to ensure it can shape a future where an honest day pays again.

LGG is now moving into its next phase, with colleagues taking the work forward in fresh directions. I'm certain it will continue to play an important part in shaping Labour's economic argument in the years ahead. Growth matters even more now than when we set the group up, and the case for it has only got stronger.

Huge thanks to @MarkMcvitie, whose tireless work has been at the heart of LGG, and to every MP and member who has been part of this project. The work goes on.

- Chris Curtis MP

[Labour Growth Group @LabourGrowth]

After an incredible tenure, I’m stepping down as Chair of the Labour Growth Group.

I'm enormously proud of what we've built together. From a group of MPs determined to put economic growth at the centre of Labour's argument, to one of the most influential voices on the party's economic direction. We won tremendous victories on issues like expanding the envelope on planning reform, pushing major fiscal devolution, driving the call for a unleashing a new generation of nuclear power, unlocking greater investment in British defence and more.

The recent publication of An Honest Day was the crowning achievement, a serious blueprint for the new economic settlement Britain needs, grounded in the conviction that growth has mean something for working people, in every part of the country. That we must remake the state to ensure it can shape a future where an honest day pays again.

LGG is now moving into its next phase, with colleagues taking the work forward in fresh directions. I'm certain it will continue to play an important part in shaping Labour's economic argument in the years ahead. Growth matters even more now than when we set the group up, and the case for it has only got stronger.

Huge thanks to @MarkMcvitie, whose tireless work has been at the heart of LGG, and to every MP and member who has been part of this project. The work goes on.

- Chris Curtis MP

[Jade Azim @JadeFrancesAzim]

Aims to preserve the character of Soho by destroying its character. Right. https://t.co/Th43uDGnUo

[Henry Mendoza 🌹 @VortiGan_]

Not a game I'd recommend they play....

(You can have this one for free, @UKLabour @AndyBurnhamGM)

[Kane Emerson @KaneEmerson]

When we keep something artificially in shortage, we are creating unnecessary conflict.

We need new homes for everyone, especially young workers and those who have waited years on waiting lists.

[Andy Burnham @AndyBurnhamGM]

@JamesMelville They doorstepped me!

I can assure you I wouldn’t arrange for this to be filmed. 😂

[Wes Streeting @wesstreeting]

We need our best players on the pitch. There is no doubt that Andy Burnham is one of them.

The Makerfield by-election will be tough. Votes will need to be earned.

Andy is the best chance of winning and that should override factional advantage or propping up one person.

[CBK @CamBeavanKing]

The by-election should be held as quickly as possible, rather than delayed purely to the benefit of the Prime Minister's stubbornness.

[(((Dan Hodges))) @DPJHodges]

Three things. One, Angela Rayner said no. Two, you cannot take someone who has no experience of running a department at all and put them in charge of the biggest and most politically important department in Britain. Three, Starmer did it because he cannot shuffle the cabinet because he’s too weak.

[Labour Growth Group @LabourGrowth]

Last night a standing-room-only crowd came together to be part of a serious argument about the future of the country and our economy.

Chris Curtis, @YuanfenYang, @williamnhutton, and @MarkMcvitie spoke to @Geri_E_L_Scott about the ideas now emerging across Labour and the wider centre-left: An Honest Day, new essays from Yuan and colleagues at @TribuneMPs, and Will Hutton’s recent work with @fairnessfdn.

For too long, our politics has had too much control and too little argument.

But great political projects cannot be sustained by discipline alone. Discipline may hold a project together, but ideas are what give it a place to go.

These projects are all different, but they share a basic conviction: Britain’s economic settlement is exhausted. It has left working people paying more, getting less, and watching the basics of a decent life slip further out of reach.

An Honest Day argues it must be remade. By ending the rationing of essentials. Rewarding work and enterprise. Confronting rent-seeking. Building a capable state. With a purposeful centre in Whitehall, but real power in every part of the country. And restoring the link between an honest day’s work and a secure, dignified life.

The debate our party really needs - about power and policy, not personalities - has already begun.

Read An Honest Day (By McVitie with Curtis) - https://t.co/Wluq39f59s

Read Yuan's essays - https://t.co/ysKJKqgUPC

Read Will's paper - https://t.co/0dzWli0sLD

[CBK @CamBeavanKing]

This is unsustainable...

[Steven Swinford @Steven_Swinford]

BREAKING

Sir Keir Starmer is resisting calls from senior Cabinet ministers to stand down

He’s just announced six new PPS appointments to replace those who quit after calling for him to go

Loyal ministers say he stands by his position from this morning - he will not walk away

This is going to get very, very messy indeed