January 25, 2026 at 10:03 AM
September 20, 2026 at 9:03 AM
November 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Reform is (predictably) learning what all parties learn.
Central decisions - in this case Lancashire County Council looking to close care homes - will face opposition from their own local members.
#BBCPNW
Central decisions - in this case Lancashire County Council looking to close care homes - will face opposition from their own local members.
#BBCPNW
November 16, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Reform is (predictably) learning what all parties learn.
Central decisions - in this case Lancashire County Council looking to close care homes - will face opposition from their own local members.
#BBCPNW
Central decisions - in this case Lancashire County Council looking to close care homes - will face opposition from their own local members.
#BBCPNW
September 14, 2025 at 9:03 AM
It's weird to imagine Reform's printer managing to crop the legally required party information off a letter to Gorton and Denton constituents.
Was it the same printer who did it in Caerfilli?
And Sarah Pochin says the printer sent the letters out. Using the full electoral roll.
#BBCPNW #BBCLauraK
Was it the same printer who did it in Caerfilli?
And Sarah Pochin says the printer sent the letters out. Using the full electoral roll.
#BBCPNW #BBCLauraK
February 8, 2026 at 10:13 AM
It's weird to imagine Reform's printer managing to crop the legally required party information off a letter to Gorton and Denton constituents.
Was it the same printer who did it in Caerfilli?
And Sarah Pochin says the printer sent the letters out. Using the full electoral roll.
#BBCPNW #BBCLauraK
Was it the same printer who did it in Caerfilli?
And Sarah Pochin says the printer sent the letters out. Using the full electoral roll.
#BBCPNW #BBCLauraK
Great to see our Hyndburn MP @sarahsmithlab.bsky.social on BBC Politics NW this morning. #bbcpnw
January 19, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Great to see our Hyndburn MP @sarahsmithlab.bsky.social on BBC Politics NW this morning. #bbcpnw
Reform UK are using this prospectus across the board - the voters of Clacton can overrule whatever investigation there is.
#BBCPNW #BBCLauraK
#BBCPNW #BBCLauraK
July 12, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Reform UK are using this prospectus across the board - the voters of Clacton can overrule whatever investigation there is.
#BBCPNW #BBCLauraK
#BBCPNW #BBCLauraK
When neither Labour, nor Conservative, nor media bod seems to know that the Sunak government released 10,083 prisoners early between October 2023 and July 2024. . . and people from all those three camps sometimes wonder behind closed doors why we voters are not better informed. . .
#bbcpnw
#bbcpnw
October 27, 2024 at 10:33 AM
When neither Labour, nor Conservative, nor media bod seems to know that the Sunak government released 10,083 prisoners early between October 2023 and July 2024. . . and people from all those three camps sometimes wonder behind closed doors why we voters are not better informed. . .
#bbcpnw
#bbcpnw
Dan Barker claims that Reform UK Party Ltd campaigned in July 2024 to take water into public ownership.
I can't find any such line, though they have started moving that way since.
#bbcpnw
I can't find any such line, though they have started moving that way since.
#bbcpnw
April 6, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Dan Barker claims that Reform UK Party Ltd campaigned in July 2024 to take water into public ownership.
I can't find any such line, though they have started moving that way since.
#bbcpnw
I can't find any such line, though they have started moving that way since.
#bbcpnw
Politics North West confuses two candidates for the Gorton and Denton byelecton.
The real Nick Buckley (on the right) is campaigning on yet another public inquiry into grooming gangs.
#BBCPNW
The real Nick Buckley (on the right) is campaigning on yet another public inquiry into grooming gangs.
#BBCPNW
February 8, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Politics North West confuses two candidates for the Gorton and Denton byelecton.
The real Nick Buckley (on the right) is campaigning on yet another public inquiry into grooming gangs.
#BBCPNW
The real Nick Buckley (on the right) is campaigning on yet another public inquiry into grooming gangs.
#BBCPNW
#bbcpnw covering Sarah Pochin's advert comments with some local people
Andy MacNae MP (Labour, Rossendale and Darwen)
Councillor Nadim Muslim (Conservative Group Leader, Bolton Council)
Councillor Amanda Onwuemene (Green Party, Wirral Council)
Andy MacNae MP (Labour, Rossendale and Darwen)
Councillor Nadim Muslim (Conservative Group Leader, Bolton Council)
Councillor Amanda Onwuemene (Green Party, Wirral Council)
October 26, 2025 at 10:10 AM
#bbcpnw covering Sarah Pochin's advert comments with some local people
Andy MacNae MP (Labour, Rossendale and Darwen)
Councillor Nadim Muslim (Conservative Group Leader, Bolton Council)
Councillor Amanda Onwuemene (Green Party, Wirral Council)
Andy MacNae MP (Labour, Rossendale and Darwen)
Councillor Nadim Muslim (Conservative Group Leader, Bolton Council)
Councillor Amanda Onwuemene (Green Party, Wirral Council)
The Tory on #bbcpnw, as many others do, equates Reeves' £22bn for this year with the £22bn allocated for carbon capture over 25 years. He also claims that "even freedom of information" hasn't told us what the first sum is, despite the treasury telling us.
And nobody questions him.
And nobody questions him.
1. Details of the £22bn in-year unfunded commitments for 2024-25
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66ab7c...
2. The OBR's letter acknowledging that they only became "aware of the extent of these pressures" after the election, and announcing a review of how this happened
#politicslive
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66ab7c...
2. The OBR's letter acknowledging that they only became "aware of the extent of these pressures" after the election, and announcing a review of how this happened
#politicslive
October 20, 2024 at 9:18 AM
The Tory on #bbcpnw, as many others do, equates Reeves' £22bn for this year with the £22bn allocated for carbon capture over 25 years. He also claims that "even freedom of information" hasn't told us what the first sum is, despite the treasury telling us.
And nobody questions him.
And nobody questions him.
If the Conservative amendment had been passed on Wednesday, there would have been no new inquiry and no bill to protect children.
#bbcpnw
#bbcpnw
January 12, 2025 at 10:13 AM
If the Conservative amendment had been passed on Wednesday, there would have been no new inquiry and no bill to protect children.
#bbcpnw
#bbcpnw
Sarah Pochin (Reform UK Party Ltd): Our children - white Briitsh girls - are being raped by Pakistani misogynistic men.
"Our children" - the abuse girls (and boys) face in their families, in fostering, wherever. . .
It must not be reduced to racism.
#bbcpnw
"Our children" - the abuse girls (and boys) face in their families, in fostering, wherever. . .
It must not be reduced to racism.
#bbcpnw
June 15, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Sarah Pochin (Reform UK Party Ltd): Our children - white Briitsh girls - are being raped by Pakistani misogynistic men.
"Our children" - the abuse girls (and boys) face in their families, in fostering, wherever. . .
It must not be reduced to racism.
#bbcpnw
"Our children" - the abuse girls (and boys) face in their families, in fostering, wherever. . .
It must not be reduced to racism.
#bbcpnw
Dr Sarah Longlands, Chief Executive, Centre for Local Economic Strategies: if you had kept local services funding at the same level as it was in 2009-10 that would have resulted in £43bn extra for the economy every year since.
#BBCPNW
#BBCPNW
November 23, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Dr Sarah Longlands, Chief Executive, Centre for Local Economic Strategies: if you had kept local services funding at the same level as it was in 2009-10 that would have resulted in £43bn extra for the economy every year since.
#BBCPNW
#BBCPNW
I sometimes hear a claim that Labour promised last July not to increase council tax.
1. There's nothing on that in the manifesto
2. How could they possibly say that?
#bbcpnw #bbclaurak
1. There's nothing on that in the manifesto
2. How could they possibly say that?
#bbcpnw #bbclaurak
March 16, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I sometimes hear a claim that Labour promised last July not to increase council tax.
1. There's nothing on that in the manifesto
2. How could they possibly say that?
#bbcpnw #bbclaurak
1. There's nothing on that in the manifesto
2. How could they possibly say that?
#bbcpnw #bbclaurak
The Covid inquiry published its report on preparation for pandemics last July
covid19.public-inquiry.uk/news/inquiry...
The government has responded to it
www.civilserviceworld.com/news/article...
The media and the rest of us should be demanding reports on progress.
#bbcpnw #bbclaurak
covid19.public-inquiry.uk/news/inquiry...
The government has responded to it
www.civilserviceworld.com/news/article...
The media and the rest of us should be demanding reports on progress.
#bbcpnw #bbclaurak
Ministers sidestep ‘most important’ recommendation from first Covid Inquiry report
Government agrees 'broadly' with panel's proposals, but swerves several key suggestions
www.civilserviceworld.com
March 16, 2025 at 10:29 AM
The Covid inquiry published its report on preparation for pandemics last July
covid19.public-inquiry.uk/news/inquiry...
The government has responded to it
www.civilserviceworld.com/news/article...
The media and the rest of us should be demanding reports on progress.
#bbcpnw #bbclaurak
covid19.public-inquiry.uk/news/inquiry...
The government has responded to it
www.civilserviceworld.com/news/article...
The media and the rest of us should be demanding reports on progress.
#bbcpnw #bbclaurak
Competitive funding pots concentrate power in Whitehall, whereas devolved funding puts power in local hands 👍
@ashwin-kumar.bsky.social unpacks the Spending Review on the latest episode of #bbcpnw 📺
@ashwin-kumar.bsky.social unpacks the Spending Review on the latest episode of #bbcpnw 📺
June 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Competitive funding pots concentrate power in Whitehall, whereas devolved funding puts power in local hands 👍
@ashwin-kumar.bsky.social unpacks the Spending Review on the latest episode of #bbcpnw 📺
@ashwin-kumar.bsky.social unpacks the Spending Review on the latest episode of #bbcpnw 📺
Oh dear! Josh Simons MP (Lab, Makerfield) says Starmer has "commissioned new principles".
From the context I know what he means - a new ministerial code - but they just can't stop shooting themselves in the foot.
#bbcpnw #bbclaurak
From the context I know what he means - a new ministerial code - but they just can't stop shooting themselves in the foot.
#bbcpnw #bbclaurak
October 6, 2024 at 9:30 AM
Oh dear! Josh Simons MP (Lab, Makerfield) says Starmer has "commissioned new principles".
From the context I know what he means - a new ministerial code - but they just can't stop shooting themselves in the foot.
#bbcpnw #bbclaurak
From the context I know what he means - a new ministerial code - but they just can't stop shooting themselves in the foot.
#bbcpnw #bbclaurak