80% of prolific adult offenders first committed crime as a child.
We need to intervene earlier to stop young people falling into criminality.
And that’s exactly what we’re doing.
We've announced our biggest overhaul to the Youth Justice System ⬇️
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I can confirm that I will be requesting the permission of the NEC to stand in the Makerfield by-election.
I grew up in this area and have lived here for 25 years. I care deeply about it and its people. I know they have been let down by national politics.
Ten years ago, I decided to leave Westminster. Why? Because, after 16 years, I came to the conclusion that our national political system does not work for areas like ours. I learnt this fighting its failure to invest in the Wigan borough, for justice for the Hillsborough families and against its treatment of Greater Manchester during the pandemic.
Over the last decade, I have been challenging this failure from the outside and building a new and better way of doing politics. We have built Greater Manchester into the fastest-growing city-region in the UK and put buses back under public control, introducing a £2 fare cap to help people with cost-of-living pressures.
However, there is only so much that can be done from Greater Manchester. Much bigger change is needed at a national level if everyday life is to be made more affordable again. This is why I now seek people’s support to return to Parliament: to bring the change we have brought to Greater Manchester to the whole of the UK and make politics work properly for people.
Millions are struggling and they need the Labour Government to succeed. It has already made changes to make life better for them in its first two years. After this week, we owe it to people to come back together as a Labour movement, giving the Prime Minister and the Government the space and stability they need as the by-election takes place.
I want to recognise the difficult decision taken by Josh Simons and the sacrifice he and his family are making. I have worked closely with him as Mayor on issues like flooding and illegal waste dumping and have seen first-hand how effective he has been. He has put the communities of Makerfield first, made a real difference for them and should take great pride in that.
Finally, I truly do not take a single vote for granted and will work hard to regain the trust of people in the Makerfield constituency, many of whom have long supported our party but lost faith in recent times. We will change Labour for the better and make it a party you can believe in again.
ENDS
@RoamingRoyston@PoliceChiefs We also need to record near misses… this will give us more data and any incident should have an investigation to understand the learning and help design policy moving forward to help save life’s … great start tho
CEO of Microsoft AI Mustafa Suleyman joins FT editor Roula Khalaf to explain why most of the tasks accountants, lawyers and other professionals currently undertake will be fully automated by AI within the next 12 to 18 months https://t.co/yYKzS7NIOP
I was very late to own a Tesla but among the earliest to try out FSD v14. It's perhaps the first time I experience an AI that passes the Physical Turing Test: after a long day at work, you press a button, lay back, and couldn't tell if a neural net or a human drove you home.
Despite knowing exactly how robot learning works, I still find it magical watching the steering wheel turn by itself.
First it feels surreal, next it becomes routine. Then, like the smartphone, taking it away actively hurts. This is how humanity gets rewired and glued to god-like technologies.
When survivors of unimaginable crimes step away
When the highly regarded investigator who was supposed to be in charge steps away
When the credibility of the whole thing is falling apart in front of our eyes
You know that the politicians have got it badly wrong
Again.
We’re so proud of our founder & CEO Rhian Mannings, who welcomed HRH Prince William for tea and a powerful conversation on suicide prevention and grief.
@BBCNews shares what it was like to host the future King, and why these open conversations matter.
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Prince William has been brought to tears while discussing the devastating impact of suicide.
It was part of a short film to mark World Mental Health Day, which coincides with the end of the Baton of Hope Tour - the UK's biggest suicide prevention initiative.
On #WorldMentalHealthDay, The Prince of Wales joined our founder Rhian Mannings for a powerful conversation on loss, hope & the impact of timely support. Together, they call for compassion in suicide prevention.
🔗 Read more via our latest blog (link in bio)
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The Prince of Wales was visibly moved as he heard first hand about the devastating impact of suicide, having to pause during a conversation with Rhian Mannings, whose husband took his own life.
Rhian told #BBCBreakfast she has since set up a bereavement charity - and Prince William's Royal Foundation is contributing £1m to develop a National Suicide Prevention Network
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I have had admiration for Prince William and Princess Catherine for so long, not because they are royal, but because they bring awareness to so many important causes.. suicide awareness and the stigma surrounding our loss is the top of my list. My husband and I lost our 17 year old son to suicide due to relentless bullying. We struggle daily. It’s such a hard loss to come to terms with. I still haven’t. We are left with so many questions and “what if” moments. The families left behind are just normal people, families who are grieving their loved one. We were once like everyone else who thought “never our family” but no one is exempt from our kind of painful loss. It’s such an important conversation to have no matter how difficult it is. I applaud Prince William in this moment and I hope it will spark many, many more open conversations for everyone.