@markhburton@mstdn.socialReformUK and their ilk keep claiming it is easy for asylum seekers. Like if they eventually get settled status, the Home Office immediately makes them homeless. So easy for them, our beneficent welfare system. That's after living on a pittance while awaiting a decision, so no spare money to put down for a deposit.
Andy Burnham makes demand after claims government policies creating homelessness - Manchester Evening News
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scotAndy Burnham here talking very positively about #LandValueTax and #WealthTax.
Politics Weekly UK: Andy Burnham live in conversation
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@drgeraint@glasgow.socialAndy Burnham and ID cards in the news ... takes me back! The Home Office brought their ID card propaganda to the South Gyle Shopping Centre in Edinburgh. That was the first protest I ever organised.
Andy Burnham was minister for ID cards, and after a few hours of us ensuring TV cameras could not get a shot without our NO2ID banner being visible, took me and another campaigner for coffee to discuss our concerns. He was never going to change policy based on what we said, but he did liste…
@steadystatemcr@mstdn.socialGood growth?
'Greater Manchester unveils £1bn "good growth" plan' -
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyn8y6q957o
We considered this concept long ago:
@buercher@tooting.chAndy Burnham has said there is a climate of fear in Labour and it needs to change, as he defended his actions in “launching a debate” about the future of the party – seen by many as a challenge to Keir Starmer.
The Greater Manchester mayor has prompted outrage within No 10 and among cabinet ministers after he said last week that many MPs had urged him to run as Labour leader and questioned the government’s economic approach.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/28/andy-burnham-climate-of-fear-labour-shutting-down-debate?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
