Good News!
LabourList, the independent platform for Labour supporters, published its roundup of positive news this morning.
Despite the challenging times for Labour, the update is surprisingly encouraging.
The LabourList summary highlights several promising initiatives that show why having a Labour Government matters:
- Proposals to protect unmarried couples by ensuring access to shared property and inheritance rights, addressing the current lack of financial safeguards when relationships end, which often leaves vulnerable individuals—especially survivors of domestic abuse—at risk.
- Plans to double the maximum duration of closure orders for dodgy high street shops.
- Measures requiring tech companies to automatically block nude images on children’s smartphones and tablets by default.
- A £20 million investment enabling high street opticians to refer patients directly to NHS hospital eye services.
And it doesn’t stop there.
This morning the government announced a £4.5 billion plan to expand walking, wheeling and cycling, aiming to build 5,000 new active‑travel routes, install 10,000 safer crossings, and shift more everyday journeys—especially school runs—away from cars.
- Delivering this will save households money, including up to £1,700 per year if a second car is replaced with active travel for short trips
- Improve public health, potentially freeing up 1.7 million GP appointments and reducing 4.4 million sick days annually
- Cut carbon emissions and reduce congestion
- Boost local economies through healthier, more connected communities.
Locally, the emphasis on walkability fits very well with Stretford’s resurgence and indeed Urmston’s long term prosperity. Urban centres are increasingly the biggest gainers from trends towards local provision.
So, in this vein, last night’s Planning Committee welcomed the application for Grub’s open food hall application in Stretford. The assumption was very much on a walkable destination.
And lastly, keeping up the positive news, I was delighted to see that our hospital trust MFT, which runs most of our hospital facilities in Trafford and Manchester including Trafford General, Manchester Royal Infirmary and Wythenshawe Hospital amongst others has in the words of Manchester Evening News surged up the rankings.
I have a personal reason for taking particular pleasure in MFT’s improved performance having served as a governor of the trust for the past three years. So I know how hard everyone within the trust has worked to achieve this. Big congratulations to everyone xxx
(It looks like I am soon to submit to a major procedure in the hands of the trust, so I need to be nice haha)
Featured Image: “Can you guess which house the Manchester City fans live in?” by Dunk 🐝, CC BY 2.0 gently cropped
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