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Lauren Townsend

@LaurenJTownsend

Trade Unionist ✊🏽 • Labour Co-Op Cllr + Cabinet Member for Finance @MKCouncil 🌹 • Socialist • @LabGND Spokesperson 🌱 • Work: @CWUnews

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calendar_today04-10-2011 13:42:55

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12+ yrs of brutal Govt cuts has left Councils broken & many now discussing bankruptcy. An excellent team + some tough choices means MK’s not there yet but each year it gets harder to balance the budget. Our communities deserve better. Proper funding levels must be restored now.

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New challenge, big shoes to fill, and a massive responsibility in difficult times. It continues to be an honour and privilege every single day to serve the people and community of Milton Keynes.

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You have a net worth of over £500m you clown - don’t pretend you empathise with our nurses, porters or junior doctors. You have NO idea what life is like for working people on crappy wages, picking up extra shifts and still struggling to keep up with rising rents/mortgages/bills.

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So Thames Water wastes water, leaves leaks unrepaired and contributes to sewage pollution in our rivers whilst simultaneously putting ~£1.6bn into the pockets of shareholders. Is now in debt asking for a gov bail out and customers will likely see bills increase? NATIONALISE THEM.

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National Education Union(@NEUnion) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A quarter of all teachers and leaders are considering leaving the state school sector in the next 12 months for reasons other than retirement.

We urge you to vote now in our re-ballot for a fully funded, above-inflation pay rise asap.

A quarter of all teachers and leaders are considering leaving the state school sector in the next 12 months for reasons other than retirement. We urge you to vote now in our re-ballot for a fully funded, above-inflation pay rise asap. #DoYourJobGill #PayUpNow #SaveOurSchools
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We Own It(@We_OwnIt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

If England's private water companies invested at the same rate as publicly owned Scottish Water, £28BN more would have gone into the system.

That's almost 3X the investment they've just announced.

But remember: it's your fault there's a sewage scandal!dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

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People were dying. Missing loved ones funerals. Struggling financially having fallen through furlough cracks. Mental health nosedived.

While the people in charge (Conservatives) laughed and gorged themselves? Inexcusable and unforgivable. And then some of them got HONOURS?! 🤯

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Solidarity with NHS workers and Unite members at MKU Hospital this afternoon as they continue to take a stand for fair pay and conditions. They will always be there for us when we need them, we must be there for them now.

Solidarity with NHS workers and Unite members at MKU Hospital this afternoon as they continue to take a stand for fair pay and conditions. They will always be there for us when we need them, we must be there for them now. #fairpayforNHS
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John Gibbons(@think_or_swim) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Drove 150km up the motorway this glorious late summer’s evening; arrived home to notice there was not a solitary bug splash on the windscreen.

Nothing.

Nature is disappearing – right before our eyes, yet we’re barely even noticing

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Local Scouts groups are looking for volunteers to help them with increasing demand. Do you have time and a passion to get stuck in and help make a difference to young people lives? Find out more here: bucks-scouts.org.uk/join

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UTAW@Apple(@AppleUTAW) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This week we filed a collective grievance against Apple’s use of a “Solicitation and Distribution” policy to stop Apple Store workers talking about unions.
Support our members and sign our petition:
megaphone.org.uk/petitions/stop…

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