Jane Middleton
@janemid.bsky.social
PhD researcher at the University of Bath, researching Tribune and the Labour left. Once a cookery editor. Made in Yorkshire, living in Bath.
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Labour frontbench doesn't know what it thinks!
Try
He won the Mayoralty so congratulations to him for winning the trust of the voters. As we know, power brings responsibility and so I wish him well in taking on that public service and leadership challenge.
Try
He won the Mayoralty so congratulations to him for winning the trust of the voters. As we know, power brings responsibility and so I wish him well in taking on that public service and leadership challenge.
November 5, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Labour frontbench doesn't know what it thinks!
Try
He won the Mayoralty so congratulations to him for winning the trust of the voters. As we know, power brings responsibility and so I wish him well in taking on that public service and leadership challenge.
Try
He won the Mayoralty so congratulations to him for winning the trust of the voters. As we know, power brings responsibility and so I wish him well in taking on that public service and leadership challenge.
And yet again the party hierarchy keeps the two-child limit off the conference agenda. Every day the leadership fails to tackle this issue is another day of children living in hardship.
84% of Labour members want an end to the two-child benefit limit.
Delegates must have an opportunity to debate party policy - and Labour must give children the opportunity of a life free from poverty and hunger.
In the Priorities Ballot, vote for 'SUPPORTING FAMILIES'.
Delegates must have an opportunity to debate party policy - and Labour must give children the opportunity of a life free from poverty and hunger.
In the Priorities Ballot, vote for 'SUPPORTING FAMILIES'.
September 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
And yet again the party hierarchy keeps the two-child limit off the conference agenda. Every day the leadership fails to tackle this issue is another day of children living in hardship.
I just signed the @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social petition calling on Labour’s Conference Arrangements Committee to allow party delegates a debate on ending the two-child benefit limit.
We must tackle the scourge of child poverty. Sign the petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/la...
We must tackle the scourge of child poverty. Sign the petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/la...
Labour must choose differently on child poverty
In a country as wealthy as the UK, allowing child poverty to deepen is a political choice. Labour must choose differently.
Sign the petition below calling on the Conference Arrangements Committee t...
actionnetwork.org
September 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I just signed the @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social petition calling on Labour’s Conference Arrangements Committee to allow party delegates a debate on ending the two-child benefit limit.
We must tackle the scourge of child poverty. Sign the petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/la...
We must tackle the scourge of child poverty. Sign the petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/la...
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New centre-left Labour group Mainstream is launching tomorrow, key backers include Andy Burnham and all of the below.
Pitches itself as “the home for Labour’s radical realists” and will play key role in the deputy leadership contest.
Pitches itself as “the home for Labour’s radical realists” and will play key role in the deputy leadership contest.
September 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
New centre-left Labour group Mainstream is launching tomorrow, key backers include Andy Burnham and all of the below.
Pitches itself as “the home for Labour’s radical realists” and will play key role in the deputy leadership contest.
Pitches itself as “the home for Labour’s radical realists” and will play key role in the deputy leadership contest.
‘I was cool, I was composed, I knew I was going to hit the back of the net. I don’t miss penalties twice.’ Chloe Kelly, total hero. #lionesses #Euro2025
July 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
‘I was cool, I was composed, I knew I was going to hit the back of the net. I don’t miss penalties twice.’ Chloe Kelly, total hero. #lionesses #Euro2025
Pitting disabled people against children ... not a good look for Labour (or anyone). www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Scrapping two-child benefit cap may be harder after welfare U-turn, minister says
Bridget Phillipson stresses that changes to welfare bill after threatened rebellion by backbench MPs have come at a cost
www.theguardian.com
July 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Pitting disabled people against children ... not a good look for Labour (or anyone). www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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A big (and very welcome) announcement from government today on free school meal eligibilty, widening it to all children on families eligible for UC.
A quick thread on these changes, and the remaining challenges 🧵
www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion...
A quick thread on these changes, and the remaining challenges 🧵
www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion...
Taking hunger out of the classroom. - The Sutton Trust
Unpacking the Government's decision to widen FSM access to all households on universal credit.
www.suttontrust.com
June 5, 2025 at 8:17 AM
A big (and very welcome) announcement from government today on free school meal eligibilty, widening it to all children on families eligible for UC.
A quick thread on these changes, and the remaining challenges 🧵
www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion...
A quick thread on these changes, and the remaining challenges 🧵
www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion...
Impossible to disagree with a single word of this from @johnmcdonnellmp.bsky.social. Destroying the left has taken away Labour's conscience. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Starmer and co are trashing Labour’s legacy. We must take back control of our party – before it’s too late | John McDonnell
Today’s government is unrecognisable from the party I joined as a young man. If we don’t act now, it might be lost for ever, says independent MP John McDonnell
www.theguardian.com
May 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Impossible to disagree with a single word of this from @johnmcdonnellmp.bsky.social. Destroying the left has taken away Labour's conscience. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Bridget Phillipson: ‘It will be the moral mission of this Labour government to ensure that fewer children grow up in poverty.’
This is just so WEAK. The last Labour government pledged to eradicate child poverty. THAT’S a moral mission.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This is just so WEAK. The last Labour government pledged to eradicate child poverty. THAT’S a moral mission.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Minister gives strongest sign yet Labour could end two-child benefit limit
Bridget Phillipson says it is party’s ‘moral mission’ to ensure fewer children grow up in poverty
www.theguardian.com
May 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Bridget Phillipson: ‘It will be the moral mission of this Labour government to ensure that fewer children grow up in poverty.’
This is just so WEAK. The last Labour government pledged to eradicate child poverty. THAT’S a moral mission.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This is just so WEAK. The last Labour government pledged to eradicate child poverty. THAT’S a moral mission.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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🚨 NEW: Opportunities for the poorest young people in London far outstrip the rest of England, we have found.
Our new Opportunity Index reveals how the area young people grow up in shapes their life chances, with huge differences between constituencies across the country 🧵⬇️
Our new Opportunity Index reveals how the area young people grow up in shapes their life chances, with huge differences between constituencies across the country 🧵⬇️
May 15, 2025 at 6:35 AM
🚨 NEW: Opportunities for the poorest young people in London far outstrip the rest of England, we have found.
Our new Opportunity Index reveals how the area young people grow up in shapes their life chances, with huge differences between constituencies across the country 🧵⬇️
Our new Opportunity Index reveals how the area young people grow up in shapes their life chances, with huge differences between constituencies across the country 🧵⬇️
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250 000 plunged into poverty
50 000 of them children
This is unconscionable.
My constituents know I have always fought poverty.
I will not stop now.
50 000 of them children
This is unconscionable.
My constituents know I have always fought poverty.
I will not stop now.
March 27, 2025 at 10:16 AM
250 000 plunged into poverty
50 000 of them children
This is unconscionable.
My constituents know I have always fought poverty.
I will not stop now.
50 000 of them children
This is unconscionable.
My constituents know I have always fought poverty.
I will not stop now.
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The super-rich should be paying their way through a wealth tax, As little as a 2% tax on wealth over £10 million would raise £24 billion every year. Money that will go to our NHS, our social care services, our buses and our schools. My full response,🔗in comments 👇
#York #WealthTax #SpringStatement
#York #WealthTax #SpringStatement
March 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
The super-rich should be paying their way through a wealth tax, As little as a 2% tax on wealth over £10 million would raise £24 billion every year. Money that will go to our NHS, our social care services, our buses and our schools. My full response,🔗in comments 👇
#York #WealthTax #SpringStatement
#York #WealthTax #SpringStatement
If you believe in a strong welfare state that works to ensure no child grows up in poverty, give @labagainstpoverty.bsky.social a follow. There is work to be done!
March 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
If you believe in a strong welfare state that works to ensure no child grows up in poverty, give @labagainstpoverty.bsky.social a follow. There is work to be done!
Bad start to the morning when you turn on #r4today and someone is letting Keith Joseph off the hook for his eugenicist views: ‘I don’t think he meant it that way.’
March 26, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Bad start to the morning when you turn on #r4today and someone is letting Keith Joseph off the hook for his eugenicist views: ‘I don’t think he meant it that way.’
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Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Liz Kendall's speech today laid out plans to cut disability and sickness benefits by billions.
❌ No truly moral choice would leave disabled people without support designed to allow them to lead a dignified life, or facing hardship. 1/4
❌ No truly moral choice would leave disabled people without support designed to allow them to lead a dignified life, or facing hardship. 1/4
Liz Kendall unveils UK benefits cuts set to leave many sick and disabled worse off
Liz Kendall unveils UK benefits cuts set to leave many sick and disabled worse off
Welfare secretary announces changes aimed at cutting bill by up to £5bn in face of opposition from Labour MPs
* UK politics live – latest updates
Liz Kendall, the welfare secretary, has faced down angry Labour MPs to unveil drastic cuts to the UK’s…
www.theguardian.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Liz Kendall's speech today laid out plans to cut disability and sickness benefits by billions.
❌ No truly moral choice would leave disabled people without support designed to allow them to lead a dignified life, or facing hardship. 1/4
❌ No truly moral choice would leave disabled people without support designed to allow them to lead a dignified life, or facing hardship. 1/4
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'Targeting “cost savings” on disability benefits is not only immoral, it is the opposite of everything a Labour government is supposed to be.'
My column for the @theipaper.com ...
inews.co.uk/opinion/what...
My column for the @theipaper.com ...
inews.co.uk/opinion/what...
What Rachel Reeves should do instead of cutting benefits
Labour was founded as the party of the working class
inews.co.uk
March 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
'Targeting “cost savings” on disability benefits is not only immoral, it is the opposite of everything a Labour government is supposed to be.'
My column for the @theipaper.com ...
inews.co.uk/opinion/what...
My column for the @theipaper.com ...
inews.co.uk/opinion/what...
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Instead of slashing welfare and disability benefits — forcing more disabled people and children into poverty — the government could introduce a 2% tax on assets over £10 million.
It would raise £24 billion — five times the savings from these cuts.
This is austerity 2.0
It would raise £24 billion — five times the savings from these cuts.
This is austerity 2.0
March 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Instead of slashing welfare and disability benefits — forcing more disabled people and children into poverty — the government could introduce a 2% tax on assets over £10 million.
It would raise £24 billion — five times the savings from these cuts.
This is austerity 2.0
It would raise £24 billion — five times the savings from these cuts.
This is austerity 2.0
Kendall says the benefits system is “failing the very people it is supposed to help and holding our country back”. This is the kind of twisted doublethink we heard from the Tories for 14 years. It’s obscene to hear it from a Labour minister. #disabilitybenefits www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Liz Kendall unveils UK benefits cuts set to leave many sick and disabled worse off
Welfare secretary announces changes aimed at cutting bill by up to £5bn in face of opposition from Labour MPs
www.theguardian.com
March 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Kendall says the benefits system is “failing the very people it is supposed to help and holding our country back”. This is the kind of twisted doublethink we heard from the Tories for 14 years. It’s obscene to hear it from a Labour minister. #disabilitybenefits www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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On Tuesday March 25th in Bath, I will be in conversation with the brilliant Aditya Chakrabortty to mark the launch of my new book, HOW TO THINK ABOUT POLITICS. Tickets are free, you can book and find more details here — tiny.cc/HTTAPlaunch
How to think about politics
Join us for an event to mark the launch of Peter Allen’s new book, 'How to think about politics: A guide in five parts'.
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February 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
On Tuesday March 25th in Bath, I will be in conversation with the brilliant Aditya Chakrabortty to mark the launch of my new book, HOW TO THINK ABOUT POLITICS. Tickets are free, you can book and find more details here — tiny.cc/HTTAPlaunch
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Exclusive - Labour urged to defend workers’ rights bill as poll shows huge public support
Poll reveals 72% of UK voters favour ban on zero-hours contracts, including majority of Tory and Reform supporters
Labour MPs tell the Guardian govt must face down critics and deliver bill in full.
Poll reveals 72% of UK voters favour ban on zero-hours contracts, including majority of Tory and Reform supporters
Labour MPs tell the Guardian govt must face down critics and deliver bill in full.
Labour urged to defend workers’ rights bill as poll shows huge public support
Exclusive: Poll reveals 72% of UK voters favour ban on zero-hours contracts, including majority of Tory and Reform supporters
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Exclusive - Labour urged to defend workers’ rights bill as poll shows huge public support
Poll reveals 72% of UK voters favour ban on zero-hours contracts, including majority of Tory and Reform supporters
Labour MPs tell the Guardian govt must face down critics and deliver bill in full.
Poll reveals 72% of UK voters favour ban on zero-hours contracts, including majority of Tory and Reform supporters
Labour MPs tell the Guardian govt must face down critics and deliver bill in full.