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I'll be hosting my next public town hall on Saturday 21st June - this time we'll be talking about healthcare. Come and discuss your experiences of Ipswich Hospital, GP services, mental health, social care, dentistry and more. Please RSVP by filling out my survey - links below.

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Private Eye exposing again the utter idiocy of our politics. This sums up exactly how Farage and Reform get rocket-boosted by a media, drunk on sensationalist nonsense. Unserious and irresponsible but it’ll be up to us to prove them wrong.

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One of the biggest winners? Ed Miliband! The minister who commentators keep insisting is imminently for the chop or is having his budget slashed, whispering net zero is in doubt or GB Energy is being quietly binned. The reality is he got the the biggest increase in capital and GBE alone got £8bn.

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Midweek treat: Passionfruit Ice-Cream Cake with Coconut-Caramel Sauce is #RecipeOfTheDay! And it’s unbelievably easy to make. www.nigella.com/recipes/pass...

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The Big Beautiful Bill and events in LA: June 9, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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Booker: "We have a president who did nothing as people stormed our Capitol, & then when those people who viciously beat police & led to some of their deaths - therefore cop killers - were convicted, he pardoned them. So for him to be talking about responsive law enforcement is hypocritical at best"

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Earlier this week, I met with the Sec. of State for the Environment, Steve Reed, to discuss the shocking amount of sewage that's poured into our local rivers over recent years. I'm pleased that he's acted decisively today, and ended the Conservative era of rewarding polluting water company bosses.

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soooo introduction time! i’m jasmine (or jaz), a first-year grad student in the utsa/swri space sciences program. i study europa and its habitability/composition. i am a science communicator and space nerd who loves astrobio, empowering women in stem, and sharing my love for space with everyone 🌌

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More free music for Ipswich Town Centre @IpswichEnts

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📗 @jaynekirkhammp.bsky.social's got hers. Our new report, Power in Our Communities, contains contributions from a range of experts in the field, making the case that building consensus for our net zero agenda must start at a local level.

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www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke... England vs West Indies ODI in a nutshell

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The road to Net Zero is an opportunity to rethink not just how we generate energy, but who owns and controls it.  Read the latest report from @coopparty.party.coop & @lcefuk.bsky.social on building consensus for climate action with community energy 👇 party.coop/community/po...

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Scoop in today's FT: Starmer and Macron will give the go-ahead to the UK's Sizewell C nuclear station at an Anglo-French summit next month. UK ministers have been drumming up billions of private sector investment for the EDF-designed plant. With @pickardje.bsky.social and team: on.ft.com/3SvDyQb

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Students warned of subject cold spots as universities cut courses www.bbc.com/news/article...

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I want to hear from you. That's why I've launched my Summer Series so people in Ipswich can have their say on the issues that matter. What’s included: ✅ 6 town halls ✅ 13 community meetings ✅ A Summer School for young people ✅ A Residents' Survey For more info, click the link in the comments 👇

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This has been a really good week for Ipswich and our NHS. Thanks to our Labour Government’s Plan for Change, our local NHS trust will receive £8 million for important building upgrades, as well as a new radiotherapy machine. This is welcome investment as we improve care for local people.

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“We know how to live in a world without TB. But we choose not to live in that world.” @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...

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Welfare reforms from the 'horse's mouth', my Labour MP.

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Brexit was a big mistake caused by the Tories, now left in the lap of the current govt to redress. There is still division over it in the UK, with various sectors of the electorate shouting angrily about how to put it right. In reality it's not as simple as a post on a placard or wishful thinking.

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www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... This is well worth a listen. Particularly for those carers out there but everyone will find it uplifting.

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Crockett: Right now, it seems like you don’t care about the constitution unless it’s the second amendment and that’s misinterpreted as well. There’s other amendments.. And we don’t get to just change it because our fearless leader says that he doesn’t like it

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What kind of Britain do we want to live in? One where decisions are made for us – or one where we make them together? 75% of people think Britain is getting worse. Meet the people who are making it better. This is Community Britain.👇 party.coop/community?ut...

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🤔 We asked you what made you proud in your community. Across the country, trust in national politics is low. But locally, there’s a deep pride in place. From neighbourhood communities you can depend on, to seawater pools, our communities are what give people hope. 🙌

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🚨 SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT We're excited to announce Jim McMahon MP as a keynote speaker at our Local Government Conference 2025. Jim is the Minster of State for Local Government and English Devolution and Chair of the Co-operative Party.

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Co-operative Growth means breaking down the barriers that hold mutuals back. At the Treasury Select Committee, Rachel Blake MP asked what more can be done to support reforms to the Building Societies Act, to level the playing field and unlock affordable finance.

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