The first 100 days.

Northern Ireland

The Prime Minister will meet the NI leaders today.

One of the first requests will be to repeal the unpopular Northern Ireland Legacy Act which was passed by the last government against NI wishes last September.

The Prime Minister promised he would do so when in opposition.

Legal action by bereaved families has already successfully negated part of the act.

Labour has also inherited the question of cash for Casement Park’s redevelopment.

The derelict stadium in west Belfast has been earmarked as Northern Ireland's only venue for Euro 2028.
But spiralling costs mean it could now cost up to £300m.
Labour previously said it couldn’t write a blank cheque but whether Prime Minister Starmer is prepared to hand over the funding will come up in most, if not all, of his conversations today.

The last few paragraphs were cut and pasted from the BBC (quicker😊)

DfE Bridget Philipson has begun work to recruit 6500 teachers. More information as to how this will happen is available on request. T

Philipson will contact all educational workforces to “reset” the relationship with the educational sector.

She is also meeting the unions and educational leaders in the coming days.

Rachel Reeves

is introducing compulsory house building targets today.

Good news for our grandchildren😊

Wes Streeting

Holding talks with Dentist union - more urgent NHS appointments to be started.

Coming programme

9th July - first meeting of the new. Parliament

17 th July. State Opening

23rd July - summer recess - but the Prime Minister is very likely to shorten the recess by at least a week meaning recess wouldn’t begin until 31st July.

24 th July - possible first PMQs.

Can't keep up, there's so much happening!

😊 yes but it shows the amount of planning and preparation that was done.

So much for the jibe “Labour has no plan” 😄😄

Rachel Reeves looks really good. Very intelligent.

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Wes Streeting

Holding talks with Dentist union - more urgent NHS appointments to be started.

Now, I actually like him a lot. A future leader?

Reeves to give her first speech as chancellor today.

At the treasury to business leaders.

She will say that the era of instability and chaos is over, and with the instability in France snd USA - the U.K. is one of the most stable countries in which to invest - particularly as the government is very willing to work in partnership with business by settin up various investment vehicles (think green energy as an example).

Ms Reeves is expected to announce some immediate loosening of planning red tape that has held back construction, infrastructure, and the energy grid.
A moratorium on onshore wind power is expected to be lifted, and there will be extra funds for hundreds of new planning officers.

Wave power?? Any mention of that, I wonder?

Wes Streeting

To visit a GPS surgery along with NHS chief executive to find out first hand the big issues.

Streeting will provide extra funding to shift the focus to general practice in order that problems can be spotted at an early stage and reduce the pressure on hospitals.

Perhaps we will be able to get an appointment!!

Tomorrow he has the first talks with junior doctors.

Wwm2 surely pressure on hospitals will increase if problems are picked up early as GP surgeries do not have operating tables and have very limited diagnostic machinery?

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Rachel Reeves

is introducing compulsory house building targets today.

Good news for our grandchildren😊

I'm not happy about building on the Green Belt.

Sparklefizz

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Rachel Reeves

is introducing compulsory house building targets today.

Good news for our grandchildren😊

I'm not happy about building on the Green Belt.

Labour and Green coalition Council here have earmarked more Green Belt land for house building.
The infrastructure is not keeping up with the number of houses we have already.

ronib

Wwm2 surely pressure on hospitals will increase if problems are picked up early as GP surgeries do not have operating tables and have very limited diagnostic machinery?

If problems are picked up earlier, it's likely in many cases that they'll be less time-consuming and cheaper for hospitals. I know this is anecdotal, but I'm an example of that. My breast cancer symptoms were ignored by my GP because they didn't fit the classic symptoms. A mammogram at that stage would have shown up problems, but the local service had been told not to give mammograms to women who had had one within three years (to save money). I had to wait seven months for a routine mammogram. By which time, the cancer had grown and I had a secondary in the same breast. If it had been diagnosed earlier, I could have had a simple lumpectomy. As it was, I ended up with a much more complex and expensive procedure by a specialist oncoplastic surgeon.

Callistemon213

Sparklefizz

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Rachel Reeves

is introducing compulsory house building targets today.

Good news for our grandchildren😊

I'm not happy about building on the Green Belt.

Labour and Green coalition Council here have earmarked more Green Belt land for house building.
The infrastructure is not keeping up with the number of houses we have already.

That's a huge issue and I hope it's addressed, not just used as an excuse for NIMBYs.

I agree.

A plant nursery a few miles from me has sold up its land to developers and apparently 400 homes are going to be built on it. No mention of another doctors' surgery or school and there will be no work in the nearby villages for the new occupants. The bus services have been vastly reduced, so there will be many more cars on the road to neighbouring towns or train stations.

Once our "green and pleasant land" has been concreted over .... what then?

Just to make it clear, I agreed with Callistemon

There has been building on the "green belt" since the beginning of time. Currently, about 11% of the UK is built on, so there's some way to go before the whole country is concreted over.

There are some areas of genuine outstanding natural beauty, which should be protected. I also think that everybody should have access to green spaces within a relatively short distance of where they live.

However, there are vast areas of the country which aren't particularly beautiful (yes, I know some of them are used for farming), but (maybe I'm weird) I actually find the charm of the British countryside and towns/cities is in its buildings. If new developments are planned with people in mind, they don't have to be eyesores and can provide much-needed living spaces for many people.

There is money for investment in infrastructure I do know that.

I notice that the stock market in the building trade has risen.

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DfE Bridget Philipson has begun work to recruit 6500 teachers. More information as to how this will happen is available on request. T

Philipson will contact all educational workforces to “reset” the relationship with the educational sector.

She is also meeting the unions and educational leaders in the coming days.

Where are they coming from?
Cloud cuckoo land?

maddyone

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DfE Bridget Philipson has begun work to recruit 6500 teachers. More information as to how this will happen is available on request. T

Philipson will contact all educational workforces to “reset” the relationship with the educational sector.

She is also meeting the unions and educational leaders in the coming days.

Where are they coming from?
Cloud cuckoo land?

Maybe the place to start would be to stop the massive exodus of teachers in their first five years after training.