Diane Abbott

Sure Start centres produced £2 of benefits for every £1 they spent, study shows. Public investment works. It generates positive returns. Public investment is the key to economic recovery. https://t.co/gOyHvm4b0r

Good piece from Larry Elliott. This government's slash-and-burn approach to international aid is indefensible and would have been anathema to previous Labour governments. https://t.co/CLAjjfVfJU

The Labour leadership should review other planned cuts. They are an attack on the most vulnerable and they damage Labour too. Labour could review other benefit cuts after winter fuel U-turn, sources say https://t.co/xTQFhaJ3aC

All the European leaders, including in this country, who are pressing for much higher military spending are simply dancing to Trump's tune. Trump wants UK to boost defence spending to 3% by 2029 https://t.co/Ia4izUhSue

The EU referendum took place before anyone had seen what the consequences were. In hindsight, 62% of voters now say Brexit is a failure, with only 13% saying it is a success. A decisive majority. https://t.co/zwTtuXRASu

The Work and Pensions Secretary must know that the total welfare bill is about £330bn. As such, she must know that a 'saving' of £5bn is immaterial. Yet there is more money for military spending and war. https://t.co/vaI0TZvFfm

If the government was serious about the words it uses in relation to Gaza, it would not just be suspending trade talks, it would have stopped arms' sales. https://t.co/WoQTXVfen6

Previously, when asked whether Israel had the right to cut off food and water to people living in Gaza, Starmer said, "Yes, Israel does have that right". Any condemnation now is always going to ring hollow. https://t.co/rAC2a3OfPV

This is not about looking tough against your own MPs. Starmer is acting tough in taking away money from some of the most vulnerable in society, disabled people, the poor, the sick. https://t.co/JrnxxtntlM

There is an extremely complacent view that Black and Asian voters must vote Labour as they have nowhere else to go. This is untrue. They can vote for a number of parties, or simply not bother voting. Ignore them, and they may ignore you. https://t.co/difTU42aMe

"73% of people agreed that all “children deserve a good childhood, even if it costs the government more to support families that need it” and 71% agreed that “children should be a priority for government investment.” Starmer should listen to voters. https://t.co/bbZwr1FFtn

My latest piece: Labour should make its own programme, not dance to Reform UK’s agenda "....to defeat Reform UK, we need a programme for working people and the poor, that promotes equality, not division, and supports peace over genocide and endless war". https://t.co/Re6TiSxTcB

Starmer wrings his hand about the horror in Gaza but sends Israel more arms than ever.

The National @ScotNational

BREAKING: Labour licensed exports of more military equipment to Israel in the final three months of 2024 than the Tories did for all of 2020-2023, new figures have revealed https://t.co/FLRFULud4R

RT @RichardBurgon: We’ve got about a month until the rumoured vote on the cuts to disability support. I've launched a petition calling for…

#NotThisBill #assistedsuicide #AssistedDyingBill

Care Not Killing @CNKAlliance

"Many people do not have confidence in the face of authority, and if a doctor raises assisted suicide with them, however tactfully or professionally, they will feel that they are being steered in that direction." @HackneyAbbott #NotThisBill #assistedsuicide #AssistedDyingBill https://t.co/MzmJg4frfJ

Government says rich people mat be dodging more tax than thought. So why don’t they give themselves the same powers they have over benefit claimants to take money directly from their bank accounts? https://t.co/ledjtCCQPN

Medical professionals do not back this Bill. Many are opposed. Most important, not a single organisation of disabled people backs it, one of the reasons why the Committee did not call them to speak. https://t.co/pTsUtdTfke