If you haven’t voted for Labour’s NEC yet, or even if you have - check out the @labourlist.bsky.social podcast.🎙️🌹👇 youtu.be/t0Z0MRhRRF4?is… Working class integrity, the reindustrialisation of Britain, and greater internal democracy. That’s my jam. You know what to do. 👀👇 Andrew Achilleos 1️⃣✅

Labour NEC Elections Podcast Special - LabourList Podcast

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Still not voted in Labour’s NEC elections? This week I was on a @labourlist.bsky.social podcast which might help you decide… Together, we can make Labour working class again. You know what to do.👇👀 Andrew Achilleos 1️⃣🌹

Voting in the election to Labour's National Executive Committee begins next week. If you're a Labour member, @andyachilleos.bsky.social is worth a look. Proper Labour.

If you're a Labour member, you should now have your ballot for the National Executive Committee election. We back @andyachilleos.bsky.social to put working class people back at the heart of our Party. As the PM says, hard hats as well as graduation caps!

Blue Labour@blue-labour.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Voting in the election to Labour's National Executive Committee begins next week. If you're a Labour member, @andyachilleos.bsky.social is worth a look. Proper Labour.

🚨 NEC ballots drop tomorrow 👀 I’m standing to put the voices of grassroots CLP members, and of ordinary working class people, at the heart of our Labour Party where they belong. 💪 Still unsure? Whatever faction you’re supporting, here’s my pitch. 🌹👇 www.andrewachilleos.co.uk/post/make-la...

Burnham announces bus fares across England to be capped at £2

Burnham announces bus fares across England to be capped at £2

Measure backed by £454m of funding, with £400m coming from switching investment in international climate finance to loans Single bus fares across England will be capped at £2 from January, the prime minister, Andy Burnham, has announced. The nationwide cap is currently set at £3 until the end of March 2027 although some areas – including London and Greater Manchester, where Burnham set a £2 limit as mayor – have lower top rates for single tickets. Continue reading...

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Time to stop looking inward. Ordinary people aren’t interested. 🙄 Less drama, more integrity, and a compelling national story driven by Labour values. As a pragmatic working class voice, that’s what I’ll bring to the NEC. 🌹 Ballots drop soon, here’s my pitch. 🔁👇 andrewachilleos.co.uk

Andrew Achilleos

Experienced campaign organiser, policy adviser, and communications professional.

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The way we do politics is changing. Labour has a story to tell but it will take authentic working class voices to tell it. 💪📣 Get me on the NEC and together, we can tell a Labour story people believe in again. 🌹 ICYMI my pitch. 🔁👇 labourhub.org.uk/2026/07/14/m...

Make the Labour Party a touchstone for the working class

Andrew Achilleos asks you to vote him onto Labour’s National executive Committee. Belief and hope are born from stories, and the fundamental problem we have now is that people don’t believe in us –…

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Hard plastic made from bamboo is as strong and durable as conventional plastics for uses such as household appliances and car interiors, but also recyclable and biodegrades easily in soil.

Biodegradable plastic made from bamboo is strong and easy to recycle

Bamboo is a highly renewable resource, and its cellulose fibres can be turned into a hard, mouldable plastic for use in cars and appliances

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This report should be a wake-up call. 🚨 The #ClimateCrisis is already having a devastating effect on some of our world's most precious habitats. Action must be taken now to protect what we have left, and turn us away from these dangerous tipping points.

Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’

Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns

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NEW | Foundations for the Future: how can new delivery models help to mitigate the housing emergency? Jack Pringle, Chair of the Board of the Royal Institute of British Architects, lays out the potential of new delivery models to deliver much-needed social homes. redbrickblog.co.uk/2025/06/foun...

Foundations for the Future: how can new delivery models help to mitigate the housing emergency? - Red Brick

Jack Pringle, Chair of the Board of the Royal Institute of British Architects, lays out the potential of new delivery models to deliver much-needed social homes.

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Chair of @lbbdcouncil.bsky.social Overview and Scrutiny Committee now. @lgalabour.bsky.social 🙌

Brace yourselves. The last fine resulted in price hikes. Private companies shouldn’t own our water, we should. Nationalise it.

The Independent@the-independent.com · last yr.

BREAKING | Thames Water has been fined £122.7 million after two investigations into wastewater and dividend payments, in the largest penalty Ofwat has ever issued

Highlights from today’s walk, a male greenfinch and a kestrel. @rspbengland.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social

📣 Clive Lewis: “This is about the maintenance of a model that was never built to serve the public. But here’s the irony. The greed of the water industry has cracked open the door—and through it—we glimpse an opportunity. An opportunity to shatter the myth of water privatisation’s inevitability.” 👏

Clive Lewis MP@labourlewis.bsky.social · last yr.

I just made the case in Parliament for bringing an end to the failed experiment of water privatisation. Watch my full speech. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gIO...

It’s been a while but here is the latest issue of our Whalebone Ward e-newsletter. #Dagenham 🐳🦴🌹📰👇 mailchi.mp/a8ae3ec48c91... @lbbdcouncil.bsky.social @lgalabour.bsky.social

This is good from @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social. Been saying it for years. One of the reasons I won’t be letting my child near social media until she’s 16. Generations who haven’t known a world without smartphones are being robbed of the experiences that make a rounded human being. 👇

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2y ago

It’s the age of regret: gen Z grew up glued to their screens, and missed the joy of being human | Gaby Hinsliff

River campaigners to sue Ofwat over water bill rises

River campaigners to sue Ofwat over water bill rises

Group claims regulator signed off on ‘broken system’ making customers pay for industry’s neglect An environmental group is to take legal action against Ofwat, the water regulator, accusing it of unlawfully making customers pay for decades of neglect by…

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Dark algae that grow on the surface of Arctic ice sheets are likely to expand their range in the future, a trend that will exacerbate melt, sea level rise and climate warming.

Dark algae could accelerate melting of Greenland ice sheet

Pigmented algae are well adapted to grow on exposed ice in the Arctic as the snowline recedes, raising concerns of a feedback loop that could lead to faster sea-level rise

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Just attended a packed “Foundations for the Future” report launch on behalf of @margaretmullanemp.bsky.social. Great contributions about the cost of temporary accommodation and the vital need for a new housing model with social homes at its heart. Report here: www.architecture.com/knowledge-an...

It’s #HeartUnions week, and on behalf of Dagenham & Rainham CLP I want to thank officers, reps, and members across the movement for their tireless efforts to ensure workers have a voice, their rights are protected, and living standards improve. Thank you! ❤️✊🌹