Laurence Turner

When the Labour Party's founders visited Bournville - and George Cadbury was a guest speaker at the Labour Representation Committee's conference.

It is *incredibly* shabby that the Green Party cited "family and personal reasons" for their Makerfield candidate dropping out, given it was actually in relation to sharing antisemitic posts. Had a right-wing party done the same, they'd be getting called out loudly here for it. And rightly so.

I used Business Questions to draw attention to the scandal of poor quality and poorly-regulated houses converted into Supported Exempt Accommodation (SEAs). While some SEAs provide meaningful support, at their worst SEAs are a by-word for exploitation and crime. It's time for proper regulation.

This is the sort of change that won't get the headlines, but it will make a real difference for the delivery of larger transport improvements

Labour Deputy Leader @lucympowell.bsky.social says that ASLEF and our fellow trade unions are the party's 'superpower'. Lucy opened #AAD26, our annual conference.

I believe that UCU and other HE unions would need to publish constituency membership figures. The ONS only estimates where the jobs are, rather than where people live. I'm supporting constituents at other universities (I've not been contacted about UoN). But happy to meet UCU to discuss the issue.

The 2017 Bus Services Act was the result of an agreement struck between George Osborne and Manchester's Labour leadership - Richard Leese and the late Howard Bernstein. The Conservative Department for Transport at the time was aghast - it went against everything they believed. (2/2)

It was more complicated than this. Powers to franchise buses existed under the Transport Act 2000 ('quality contracts'). But the requirements were too onerous to make work. Tyne and Wear tried to regulate buses in the mid-2010s but were blocked by a very aggressive operator campaign. (1/2)