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@cjayanetti.bsky.socialReposted by @theleaduk.bsky.social"It isn’t point scoring that has delayed care reform, but disagreements on how to find the money and what to spend it on... What’s been missing is a leader willing to lead."
I look at 20 years of failed adult care reform - and what Labour's proposals could miss
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@theleaduk.bsky.socialThe Burnham bounce is real, as Labour hold steady, and the Greens have their momentum brought to a shuddering halt as Polanski’s plight deepens. @zoegrunewald.bsky.social looks at the result from the Holborn and St Pancras by-election and whether the PM may be tempted to ‘go to the country’ now…
@theleaduk.bsky.socialOur water is in crisis, the prime minister has now swung behind public ownership of it. What’s next? @kevingopal.bsky.social reports
@theleaduk.bsky.socialAnd @lukebeardsworth.bsky.social reflects on the recent work of The Blackpool Lead as we help tackle misinformation that continues to grow on a local level
@theleaduk.bsky.socialFamily and friends will gather at Bryn Bach Park this Friday to remember the mum of five and raise awareness of neuroendocrine cancer, @laurenmedlicott.bsky.social reports on the death of Ceri Lewis aged just 44
@theleaduk.bsky.socialA car park attendant who helped save a suicidal man after spotting him trying to end his life has been recognised with one of the country’s top life saving honours, @jamielopez.bsky.social reports
@theleaduk.bsky.socialIn Stoke-on-Trent, the school streets scheme - where cars are banned during school drop-off times - from more than a dozen roads is coming under fire as it continues to expand
@theleaduk.bsky.socialOur latest editions of The Lead Local landed with subscribers this morning, starting in Lancashire where a far-right group filmed themselves on the driveway of a historic tower. And we expose further videos which have surfaced
@theleaduk.bsky.socialNew from @cjayanetti.bsky.social in our Burnham's Britain series, fifteen years after Dilnot called adult social care "not fit for purpose", reform still hasn't come. As Andy Burnham and Louise Casey try again, we trace three decades of false starts.
@theleaduk.bsky.socialAnd Helen Dalley looks at the legacy of a century of Stoke-on-Trent celebration
@theleaduk.bsky.socialA woman who sold counterfeit goods worth millions of pounds was described as “a stranger to the truth” who was unable to understand her downfall was her own fault as she was jailed, reports @jamielopez.bsky.social
@theleaduk.bsky.socialThe Reform-led administration at Lancashire County Council has revealed it is exploring whether to contest the original four-councils decision and also seeking clarity over the government’s recent announcement
@theleaduk.bsky.socialNew research links tens of thousands of cancer cases every year to deprivation, with those living in Britain’s poorest communities more likely to develop the disease than those in its wealthiest. Sarah Sinclair reports on what's happening in Teesside.
@theleaduk.bsky.socialCampaigners welcome a breakthrough week as Caerphilly Council and the Senedd back measures to investigate and tackle contaminated land, @laurenmedlicott.bsky.social reports in The Valleys Lead
@theleaduk.bsky.socialStarting in Blackpool where A lack of police action against men who ordered a young black man to leave a Thornton park because nearby women and children were “scared” will embolden so-called “patriots”, it has been claimed.
@theleaduk.bsky.socialGood afternoon from a drizzly North of England, here's our latest editions of The Lead Local which subscribers got first on Sunday morning in their inbox...
@theleaduk.bsky.socialOn his first day as PM, Andy Burnham promised to end rough sleeping by Christmas. @hannahfearn.bsky.social asks whether what worked in Manchester can really work across the country, and what it will take to get there.
@theleaduk.bsky.socialThe result for the Claremont by-election is one from which many conclusions can be drawn - it just depends on the outlook you choose and few of them will be safe.
@lukebeardsworth.bsky.social on a late night in Blackpool, as Labour hold despite Reform's challenge
@theleaduk.bsky.socialThe prime minister is ready to have some arguments. But is he ready to win them?
@zoegrunewald.bsky.social report from Labour Party Conference and untangling what the term ‘NIMTO’ - regularly muttered there - actually means.
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