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Cracking atmosphere at Central Park today! Thanks to the organisers of the Party in the Park festival I thoroughly enjoyed chatting with friends from Westhoughton RBL, The Darren Deady Foundation, Westhoughton Assist Service as well as Westhoughton mayor Sarita Chohan & Bolton Lions

Tremendous result for @bevcraig.bsky.social - the new Mayor of Greater Manchester! 🌹 66% share of the vote across all of the ten boroughs. Focused on regenerating our towns, better public transport, affordable housing costs, safe neighbourhoods & good jobs.

There’s a small circle of crypto billionaires and foreign speculators who look at British politics and see an opportunity to make money. And right now, they're bankrolling Nigel Farage's Reform UK to achieve their commercial ends 👇 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Revealed: George Cottrell transferred $2m to his mother days before her donations to Reform UKExclusive: Sources say Fiona Cottrell told bankers the transfers, received 24-72 hours before her donations to Reform, came from her sonwww.theguardian.com

Before I was a MP, I spent more than 10 years as an anti-corruption specialist @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social is spot on in writing to the Electoral Commission about Reform UK and George Cottrell👇🏻

Today’s the day of the Greater Manchester mayoral by-election. A reminder to go out and vote Bev Craig 🗳️🌹 Find out why 👇🏻

🧵1/ Today's FT, picking up on my recent remarks in Parliament on outside employment for MPs 👇

Tory MPs earn millions from advisory roles that Labour pledged to banFormer prime minister Rishi Sunak is the highest earner, according to House of Commons registerwww.ft.com

Free bus travel for 11–18-year-olds. More money in your pocket. Pride back in our town centres. @bevcraig.bsky.social has a plan to make Greater Manchester even better. Tomorrow, vote Labour. Vote Bev. bevformayor.co.uk

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I’m delighted that @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social is taking on this vital role. She’s a breadth of experience from across the Labour Party and is well-respected across the PLP.

Awful news about the attack on people celebrating Berlin Pride. As Secretary of the Germany All Party Parliamentary Group, my thoughts are with everyone in Berlin affected by this horrendous act of violence.

As a former financial crime compliance specialist for more than 10 years, I’ve never heard of a British political party unable to access its banking facilities *during an election* The Times reports this follows SARs being filed with the National Crime Agency. What on earth is going on at Reform?

Reform UK’s bank account was frozen after Cottrell donationsNigel Farage’s party could not make or receive payments for two weeks during the 2024 general election campaign, Insight can revealwww.thetimes.com

In Bolton West I see families squeezed by rising bills, housing costs and tight budgets. As Mayor, Andy backed better jobs, affordable homes, improved transport and local opportunities. Growth must lift every community and fix public finances. Read my column:

'Why Andy Burnham's time as Mayor will make him a good PM'In his latest column, Phil Brickell backs Andy Burnham's leadership and calls for more local decision-makingwww.theboltonnews.co.uk

The plot thickens... Now Farage's favourite convicted fraudster has written to the National Crime Agency posing as a "long-standing member" of top security think tank RUSI. RUSI's response? He isn't a member. You couldn't make it up - except apparently he can. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

George Cottrell falsely claimed think tank membership in banking complaintThe fraudster, who has donated to Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, said he was a member of the Royal United Services Institute, which it deniedwww.thetimes.com

Fake passports. A money laundering conviction. A mystery casino fortune in Montenegro... There's yet more revelations about who Farage chooses to surround himself with. Let’s start with George Cottrell. A man Farage describes as "like a son," and his former chief of staff 👇

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🧵 1/ After another week of reporting on Nigel Farage and Reform UK’s finances, I still have major questions about who is actually funding them, and whether it was properly declared. Farage and his cronies have responded with bluster and mudslinging. So let's look at the actual facts.

What are the latest allegations about Nigel Farage’s funding?Reform UK leader received financial support from a convicted fraudster for staffing, security and housingwww.theguardian.com

RIP Kevin Keegan. A true legend. They say never meet your heroes but had the pleasure of meeting King Kev last year and he was as genuine as he seems. Kevin was always supporting causes close to him. Here he was in Parliament supporting former footballers affected by dementia diagnosis.

As Keir Starmer prepares to head to the Palace to hand in his resignation to the King, a few words from me about him and his time as Labour leader and Prime Minister.

An extraordinary end to the World Cup for England! A month ago, I could never have imagined we’d win against France in a 10 goal, third place match. Well done to the entire squad and manager Thomas Tuchel on England’s best performance at a World Cup since 1966. #worldcup #england #ThreeLions

Brilliant atmosphere at Bolton Parkrun with Bev Craig - Labour’s Greater Manchester mayoral candidate! 🏃 Thanks to everyone who came along to Leverhulme Park for a few laps. 😀A superb way to start the day. 👉🏻Find out more www.parkrun.org.uk/bolton/ #parkrun #running #bolton

Delighted to spend a couple of days with 3rd Division on the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme. Very grateful to our brave troops for taking the time to talk through combined arms manoeuvres on Salisbury Plain and spend time in and around a number of our armoured vehicles.