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John McDonnell MP
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Labour MP for Hayes and Harlington and former Shadow Chancellor. Join the Labour Party here: join.labour.org.uk
Hayes and Harlingtonjohn-mcdonnell.netJoined September 2009

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Meeting today 6.30pm, Portcullis House. & other justice campaigners meet to remember Ricky Reel & other victims of race hate crime and to call for justice for all those affected.Instead of investigating violent racists the police spied on grieving families. #spycops
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Pizzas on the Picket line. One of our ⁦⁩ members of Italian origin brings delicious home made pizzas for breakfast to picket line in Hayes this morning. Strike solid. ⁦⁩ members absolutely determined. Solidarity
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We are witnessing in front of us the Truss administration disintegrating. Liz Truss has to accept now her premiership is unsustainable. Any further delay by the Conservatives in acting to resolve the situation will simply cause our economy even more damage.
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Labour needs to commit to triple lock immediately. Thatcher broke the link between earnings & pensions plunging millions of pensioners into poverty. Triple lock restored that protection. To discard it now will result in severe increase in pensioner poverty
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This is one of the most disgraceful acts I have witnessed in the 50 years I have been a member of the Labour Party. Emma was a wonderful local MP standing up for, supporting and comforting her constituents in the face of Grenfell. Labour’s NEC must reverse this decision.
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I am devastated to announce that the Labour Party has blocked me from restanding as our community's Member of Parliament. 20 years of local campaigning matters less than factional intrigue in our Party today. I will never stop fighting for the people of Kensington. Statement 🔽
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Today, Monday, is the last day for members to vote in the union ballot to secure the future of higher education in our country. This is a momentous opportunity for members to make it clear that they will no longer tolerate the undermining of their profession.
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11 weeks of campaigning. It all comes down to this👇 Speak to every UCU member you know. Get every single YES vote in. Leave nothing behind Let's make history #ucuRISING
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Out campaigning in Hayes Town with Hillingdon Trades Council to prevent Hillingdon Conservative Council closing our local nurseries.
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Thank you for helping spread the word in Hayes - @MattRatUNISON, Hillingdon Trade Union Council, @CllrBasit, @Hayes_CLP, @johnmcdonnellMP and others! ❤️ Come down if you're local! We are still not giving up on our nurseries! 💪 #earlyyears #saveournurseries
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This decision to block Maurice from standing is shaming. If those who made this appalling decision don’t appreciate your steadfast work for your local community & your decades of courageous anti racist campaigning, I want you to know Maurice that I & thousands more certainly do.
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Last night, I was blocked from standing to be the next Labour MP for Camberwell & Peckham. I'm gutted. The Party is saying it has no place for an anti-racist socialist like me in Parliament. Thank you so much to all those who supported & worked on my campaign. My statement:
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A statement from Maurice Mcleod. Accessible version available in following tweet.
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Whether Truss remains as PM is political melodrama that shouldn’t distract us from the harsh reality of an estimated £40 billion worth of austerity being planned. The focus of the Labour & trade union movement must be on how this next round of cuts in wages & services is resisted
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On 25th anniversary of the death of my constituent, Ricky Reel, I send my deepest sympathy to his courageous mother, Sukhdev, & her family & commit myself, as I did on day one, to continue to support this campaign for truth & justice for Ricky and his mum.
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It’s self evident Liz Truss is Prime Minister in name only. This is patently not sustainable & the longer it goes on the longer the political & damaging economic instability will continue. No matter how many ministers are appointed around her, people need confidence in the leader
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This is a critically important dispute. The attempt to break this strike with the use of agency workers has to be resisted. I urge all trade unionists to support members of in this industrial action .
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Barnet Council Housing Repair workers all out strike action starts Monday 17 October the employer @thebarnetgroup is using anti-trade union laws to try to break the strike barnetunison.me.uk/wp/2022/10/14/ #BarnetStrikers #BarnetUNISON #EnoughIsEnough #CostOfLivingCrisis #BarnetStrikers
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Ian Byrne is one of the hardest working MPs I have met in all the years I have been in Parliament. He provides such a strong voice on behalf of his constituents & has led amazing campaigns on the right to food, poverty & trade union rights. He’s everything a Labour MP should be.
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Mini budget cost £45 billion. Reversing corporation tax decision saves £18 billion. Add on the increased cost of borrowing so far & we are now facing a hyper wave of austerity cuts.
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Kwarteng sacked & mini budget junked still leaves record levels of inflation, real terms wage cuts & new round of austerity. People need Labour now to bring forward a transformative programme to inflation proof wages, benefits & pensions & controls on rents, energy & food prices.
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After paying out hundreds of millions to its shareholders Royal Mail Group is threatening to sack thousands of the workers that created those profits. This is a blatant attempt by the company’s management to bully its employees striking for decent wages. Solidarity to
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Maurice has spent his whole adult life challenging injustices. His record shows he’ll stand up for his community and his principles even when it’s not popular or comfortable. He would be a brilliant addition to the parliamentary Labour Party and he has my full backing.
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Camberwell & Peckham needs someone to take their demands for change into Westminster. I'm Maurice Mcleod, a lifelong anti-racist activist, a community campaigner, and a Labour Councillor. Help me become Labour's next MP for Camberwell & Peckham. camberwellpeckham.uk
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Here we go. The chaos sown by Truss & Kwarteng is step by step contaminating & destabilising the financial system. Last month I urged government to at least start a review of the regulation of the pensions sector & for years we have been calling for regulation of shadow banking.
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The tumult in UK markets is sharpening fears about risks in the world of shadow banking trib.al/rq7iawx
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