Lovely day for Didsbury Festival. Well done to all the ⁦Didsbury Festival⁩ team for a great event. If you’re in Didsbury Park check out the beautiful wildflower meadow!

The @DidsburyLabour team has a new member 👋

“Refugees are welcome” so proud of our city ❤️🐝Hundreds gather in Manchester to oppose Rwanda deportation plan theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/j…

Solidarity with UCU members taking action today, pictured here in St Peter’s Square, Manchester

📢UCU members at further education colleges in North West England are on strike today and Friday in their fight for fair pay

Further education staff deserve a pay rise

RT and show your support for staff ✊ UCU North West

#RespectFE #FEPayUp

This Friday we'll be turning out to support striking @UCU members in FE at their march and rally, 12pm at Sackville Gardens.

Join us to walk there from UoM campus. Meet at 11:45 at Uni Place.

#RespectFE #FEPayUp

Anyone wanting a Covid vaccination can come along to our pop up which will be situated in the Co-op car park in Withington on Thursday 9th June between 11am - 3pm. No appointment needed.

Please come and support UCU members in the North West - share & retweet UCU North West North West Students Support Strikes MMU Students Support the Strike! @McrMomentum MCR PeoplesAssembly SEA North West Manchester TUC TUC North West UMUCU UCUsalford RNCM UCU LJMU UCU Liverpool Hope UCU University of Liverpool UCU Won Its Pensions Back BoltonUCU #OneOfUsAllOfUs #FE

Tiny urban forests can help increase biodiversity and absorb carbon. Andrew Simcock Didsbury East Labour

Cracking rally and great to see the TUC come to Bury tonight. All out for June 18 now ✊

Amazing 🙌 Bury…simply amazing! Thank you all so much for coming along and sharing. Inspirational speakers and solid support ✊🤣

Be in no doubt the North West is standing together and #DemandingBetter

Next up…We are coming to Blackpool on 15 June. Stay tuned 👀

RMT PICKET UPDATE 1/2
Manchester South RMT Jubilee Weekend Picket Lines

Saturday 4th June

Joint picket with Manchester Piccadilly and Airport TPE Conductors & Atalian Servest Cleaners. Piccadilly station approach 9:00 - 12:00

Atalian Servest Cleaners Longsight 20:30-23:00

Summer Celebration at The Old Parsonage & Gardens on Friday 3rd June 11am - 4.30pm Parsonagetrust

youtu.be/_PyrN7DWm5M

A visit to The Croft, Emily Williamson's home in #Didsbury where, in 1889, she founded what became the RSPB. Take the tour with Andrew Simcock who looks forward to Tessa Boase and sculptor Eve Shepherd Eve Shepherd seeing the space.

The ongoing genocide against Uyghur Muslims by the Chinese regime is a scar on the world’s conscience.

I can feel Hawagul’s pain through her eyes.

The UK Gvt can & must do more to end the plight of Uyghurs facing unimaginable horrors in detention camps👇🏽
bbc.co.uk/news/extra/85q…

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Watch out for the latest Labour Voice on your doorstep. Andrew Simcock Linda Foley Jeff Smith Bev Craig Includes good news about a clampdown on speeding on Kingsway, opposition to Parrswood development plans and an update about the Metrolink extension to Stockport.

We're at the #SENDGreenPaper consultation in #Manchester today with Department for Education CDC
#NationalStandards
Local inclusion plans, local partnerships.
What should the national standards consider?
How can families be included?

Schools are crumbling.
Safety is at risk.
And still the government does nothing.

Labour will be different.
We will build a Britain where children come first.
theguardian.com/education/2022…

Sale High in my constituency is in desperate need of a rebuild and refurbishment. Instead of government spending priorities based on need - the school have had to compete for Government funding and battle month after month of bureaucracy & red tape 👇