Jessica Toale MP
@jessicatoale.bsky.social
Member of Parliament for Bournemouth West 🌊🌹
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🚆 Rail fares frozen for the first time in 30 years!
After a 60% rise under the Conservatives, we're freezing regulated fares until March 2027 - saving commuters hundreds of pounds.
Putting money back in people's pockets and making rail travel better value for money.
After a 60% rise under the Conservatives, we're freezing regulated fares until March 2027 - saving commuters hundreds of pounds.
Putting money back in people's pockets and making rail travel better value for money.
December 5, 2025 at 8:58 AM
🚆 Rail fares frozen for the first time in 30 years!
After a 60% rise under the Conservatives, we're freezing regulated fares until March 2027 - saving commuters hundreds of pounds.
Putting money back in people's pockets and making rail travel better value for money.
After a 60% rise under the Conservatives, we're freezing regulated fares until March 2027 - saving commuters hundreds of pounds.
Putting money back in people's pockets and making rail travel better value for money.
Brilliant news - Glenmoor Academy recognised as a lead school for attendance & behaviour support.
They'll help other schools improve attendance as the government rolls out free breakfast clubs & mental health support.
Read more ⬇️
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2566125...
They'll help other schools improve attendance as the government rolls out free breakfast clubs & mental health support.
Read more ⬇️
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2566125...
MP praised school leading the way in pupil attendance
A BOURNEMOUTH school is leading the way in its pupil attendance.
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December 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Brilliant news - Glenmoor Academy recognised as a lead school for attendance & behaviour support.
They'll help other schools improve attendance as the government rolls out free breakfast clubs & mental health support.
Read more ⬇️
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2566125...
They'll help other schools improve attendance as the government rolls out free breakfast clubs & mental health support.
Read more ⬇️
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2566125...
🚨 We're cleaning up local politics 🚨
The government is introducing tough new powers to tackle councillor misconduct - including suspension for serious breaches. Residents deserve the highest standards from their representatives.
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2565877...
The government is introducing tough new powers to tackle councillor misconduct - including suspension for serious breaches. Residents deserve the highest standards from their representatives.
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2565877...
Bournemouth MP backs new powers to clean up local politics
Bournemouth MP welcomes new tougher powers to clean up local politics and raise standards
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December 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
🚨 We're cleaning up local politics 🚨
The government is introducing tough new powers to tackle councillor misconduct - including suspension for serious breaches. Residents deserve the highest standards from their representatives.
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2565877...
The government is introducing tough new powers to tackle councillor misconduct - including suspension for serious breaches. Residents deserve the highest standards from their representatives.
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2565877...
📰 In my fortnightly Bournemouth Daily Echo column this week, I write about my visit to St Joseph's Primary and what the Autumn Budget means for families, schools and businesses in the local area ⬇️
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2566132...
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2566132...
A budget to help families, business and schools across Bournemouth
Last Thursday I was joined by the Children & Families Minister Josh MacAlister at St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School in Alderney.
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December 1, 2025 at 10:31 AM
📰 In my fortnightly Bournemouth Daily Echo column this week, I write about my visit to St Joseph's Primary and what the Autumn Budget means for families, schools and businesses in the local area ⬇️
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2566132...
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2566132...
📢 Budget briefing for Bournemouth West businesses
Join me online Monday 1st December, 9:30-10:30am to discuss the Budget and what it means for your business.
Your chance to ask questions and share your views.
Register: jessicatoale.com/business-bri...
Join me online Monday 1st December, 9:30-10:30am to discuss the Budget and what it means for your business.
Your chance to ask questions and share your views.
Register: jessicatoale.com/business-bri...
November 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
📢 Budget briefing for Bournemouth West businesses
Join me online Monday 1st December, 9:30-10:30am to discuss the Budget and what it means for your business.
Your chance to ask questions and share your views.
Register: jessicatoale.com/business-bri...
Join me online Monday 1st December, 9:30-10:30am to discuss the Budget and what it means for your business.
Your chance to ask questions and share your views.
Register: jessicatoale.com/business-bri...
Delighted this govt has awarded £2.3m to @bournemouthuni.bsky.social for a Cyber Competence Centre & £1.2m to AUB to expand the Film School.
We're lucky to have two great universities nurturing talent in Bournemouth West & equipping students with the skills our local economy needs.
We're lucky to have two great universities nurturing talent in Bournemouth West & equipping students with the skills our local economy needs.
November 27, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Delighted this govt has awarded £2.3m to @bournemouthuni.bsky.social for a Cyber Competence Centre & £1.2m to AUB to expand the Film School.
We're lucky to have two great universities nurturing talent in Bournemouth West & equipping students with the skills our local economy needs.
We're lucky to have two great universities nurturing talent in Bournemouth West & equipping students with the skills our local economy needs.
🪖 More support for local veterans!
The UK's first Veterans Strategy in 7 years will benefit 3,641 veterans in Bournemouth West. £27m is now open for bids to create VALOUR centres offering health, housing & jobs support. Apply by 14 Jan 2026.
➡️ www.gov.uk/guidance/val...
The UK's first Veterans Strategy in 7 years will benefit 3,641 veterans in Bournemouth West. £27m is now open for bids to create VALOUR centres offering health, housing & jobs support. Apply by 14 Jan 2026.
➡️ www.gov.uk/guidance/val...
November 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
🪖 More support for local veterans!
The UK's first Veterans Strategy in 7 years will benefit 3,641 veterans in Bournemouth West. £27m is now open for bids to create VALOUR centres offering health, housing & jobs support. Apply by 14 Jan 2026.
➡️ www.gov.uk/guidance/val...
The UK's first Veterans Strategy in 7 years will benefit 3,641 veterans in Bournemouth West. £27m is now open for bids to create VALOUR centres offering health, housing & jobs support. Apply by 14 Jan 2026.
➡️ www.gov.uk/guidance/val...
📢 I want to hear from you - help shape my local priorities for Bournemouth West!
I'm hosting events giving residents the chance to discuss what matters most. First event Mon 24th Nov in Kinson, more throughout late Nov & Dec.
Register: www.jessicatoale.com/priorities-event
I'm hosting events giving residents the chance to discuss what matters most. First event Mon 24th Nov in Kinson, more throughout late Nov & Dec.
Register: www.jessicatoale.com/priorities-event
November 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
📢 I want to hear from you - help shape my local priorities for Bournemouth West!
I'm hosting events giving residents the chance to discuss what matters most. First event Mon 24th Nov in Kinson, more throughout late Nov & Dec.
Register: www.jessicatoale.com/priorities-event
I'm hosting events giving residents the chance to discuss what matters most. First event Mon 24th Nov in Kinson, more throughout late Nov & Dec.
Register: www.jessicatoale.com/priorities-event
Today I raised the impact of years of Tory cuts to public services in Bournemouth West with the Prime Minister - youth services gone, neighbourhood policing decimated, no NHS dentists.
He confirmed there will be no return to austerity. We're rebuilding our public services.
He confirmed there will be no return to austerity. We're rebuilding our public services.
November 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Today I raised the impact of years of Tory cuts to public services in Bournemouth West with the Prime Minister - youth services gone, neighbourhood policing decimated, no NHS dentists.
He confirmed there will be no return to austerity. We're rebuilding our public services.
He confirmed there will be no return to austerity. We're rebuilding our public services.
As the town’s first female MP, I have a deep understanding of women’s safety & am determined to improve things locally. Ahead of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, I reflect on what it will take to halve violence ⬇️
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2562534...
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2562534...
'It is not enough for women to take extra steps or men to step in as protectors'
As the town's first female MP and someone who has stood up for the rights of women and girls across the globe for decades, I have a deep and…
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November 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
As the town’s first female MP, I have a deep understanding of women’s safety & am determined to improve things locally. Ahead of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, I reflect on what it will take to halve violence ⬇️
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2562534...
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2562534...
Good news - NHS waiting lists down 230,000 since last July and ambulance response times nearly 10 minutes faster for heart attacks and strokes.
Real progress for Bournemouth West, but we'll keep pushing for more.
Real progress for Bournemouth West, but we'll keep pushing for more.
November 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Good news - NHS waiting lists down 230,000 since last July and ambulance response times nearly 10 minutes faster for heart attacks and strokes.
Real progress for Bournemouth West, but we'll keep pushing for more.
Real progress for Bournemouth West, but we'll keep pushing for more.
Police & Crime Commissioners are being scrapped.
This will cut bureaucracy, save £100m & allow us to reinvest £20m/year into frontline policing.
I asked the minister to look again at the funding formula - Bournemouth West needs support for our seasonal pressures and rural areas.
This will cut bureaucracy, save £100m & allow us to reinvest £20m/year into frontline policing.
I asked the minister to look again at the funding formula - Bournemouth West needs support for our seasonal pressures and rural areas.
November 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Police & Crime Commissioners are being scrapped.
This will cut bureaucracy, save £100m & allow us to reinvest £20m/year into frontline policing.
I asked the minister to look again at the funding formula - Bournemouth West needs support for our seasonal pressures and rural areas.
This will cut bureaucracy, save £100m & allow us to reinvest £20m/year into frontline policing.
I asked the minister to look again at the funding formula - Bournemouth West needs support for our seasonal pressures and rural areas.
I recently hosted a series of Safer Communities events in my Bournemouth West constituency bringing together Dorset Police & BCP Council's ASB team so we could hear from residents, address their concerns and share progress being made.
Learn more: jessicatoale.com/post/bournem...
Learn more: jessicatoale.com/post/bournem...
November 14, 2025 at 11:10 AM
I recently hosted a series of Safer Communities events in my Bournemouth West constituency bringing together Dorset Police & BCP Council's ASB team so we could hear from residents, address their concerns and share progress being made.
Learn more: jessicatoale.com/post/bournem...
Learn more: jessicatoale.com/post/bournem...
After launching the DES Justice Campaign last week, I’m pleased the Government has apologised and promised action to support generations of women whose lives were changed by this devastating drug.
Read more here ⬇️
www.jessicatoale.com/post/governm...
Read more here ⬇️
www.jessicatoale.com/post/governm...
Government acts to support generations of women impacted by pregnancy drug scandal within days of DES Justice Campaign launch
Bournemouth West MP Jessica Toale brought together campaigners and politicians in Parliament this week to launch the DES Justice Campaign for women affected by a now-banned pregnancy drug Diethylstilb...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
After launching the DES Justice Campaign last week, I’m pleased the Government has apologised and promised action to support generations of women whose lives were changed by this devastating drug.
Read more here ⬇️
www.jessicatoale.com/post/governm...
Read more here ⬇️
www.jessicatoale.com/post/governm...
There was such an incredible display of community at the Armistice Day Service of Remembrance in Kinson.
It is a powerful testament to what our armed forces, all those who served past and present and their sacrifice for our freedoms means to us here.
We will remember them 🌺
It is a powerful testament to what our armed forces, all those who served past and present and their sacrifice for our freedoms means to us here.
We will remember them 🌺
November 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
There was such an incredible display of community at the Armistice Day Service of Remembrance in Kinson.
It is a powerful testament to what our armed forces, all those who served past and present and their sacrifice for our freedoms means to us here.
We will remember them 🌺
It is a powerful testament to what our armed forces, all those who served past and present and their sacrifice for our freedoms means to us here.
We will remember them 🌺
🌺 This Remembrance Sunday, I’m honouring all who served - and dedicating my tribute to David Wood and Helping Homeless Veterans UK, who support some of our most vulnerable veterans in Bournemouth & Poole.
We will remember them.
We will remember them.
November 9, 2025 at 9:31 AM
🌺 This Remembrance Sunday, I’m honouring all who served - and dedicating my tribute to David Wood and Helping Homeless Veterans UK, who support some of our most vulnerable veterans in Bournemouth & Poole.
We will remember them.
We will remember them.
🏥 Brilliant news! University Hospitals Dorset has secured £1.75m from Great British Energy for solar panels.
This will save £3.4-4.2m on energy bills - money going straight back into patient care across Bournemouth and Poole.
This will save £3.4-4.2m on energy bills - money going straight back into patient care across Bournemouth and Poole.
November 7, 2025 at 10:36 AM
🏥 Brilliant news! University Hospitals Dorset has secured £1.75m from Great British Energy for solar panels.
This will save £3.4-4.2m on energy bills - money going straight back into patient care across Bournemouth and Poole.
This will save £3.4-4.2m on energy bills - money going straight back into patient care across Bournemouth and Poole.
I spoke to BBC Politics South about the NHS 10-year plan's three shifts: analogue to digital, treatment to prevention, hospital to community. Locally, Bournemouth's new Beach building & Poole becoming a major planned treatment hospital.
Watch here 👉 bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Watch here 👉 bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
November 7, 2025 at 10:33 AM
I spoke to BBC Politics South about the NHS 10-year plan's three shifts: analogue to digital, treatment to prevention, hospital to community. Locally, Bournemouth's new Beach building & Poole becoming a major planned treatment hospital.
Watch here 👉 bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Watch here 👉 bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Last night I spoke about the DES drug scandal in the Hillsborough Law debate. Today I hosted the launch of the DES Justice Campaign at Westminster with affected women.
These campaigners have fought for decades to be heard. Justice delayed must never be justice denied. 💙
These campaigners have fought for decades to be heard. Justice delayed must never be justice denied. 💙
November 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Last night I spoke about the DES drug scandal in the Hillsborough Law debate. Today I hosted the launch of the DES Justice Campaign at Westminster with affected women.
These campaigners have fought for decades to be heard. Justice delayed must never be justice denied. 💙
These campaigners have fought for decades to be heard. Justice delayed must never be justice denied. 💙
We're launching a fast-track consultation to cut the red tape that's been holding back our local bars and pubs - and we want to hear from YOU. Have your say by Nov 6th ➡️ www.gov.uk/government/n...
October 31, 2025 at 6:23 PM
We're launching a fast-track consultation to cut the red tape that's been holding back our local bars and pubs - and we want to hear from YOU. Have your say by Nov 6th ➡️ www.gov.uk/government/n...
What difference is a Labour government making?
NHS waiting times coming down, economy growing at fastest rate in G7, billions invested in schools & NHS, plus new employment & renters' rights.
Watch here: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
NHS waiting times coming down, economy growing at fastest rate in G7, billions invested in schools & NHS, plus new employment & renters' rights.
Watch here: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
October 31, 2025 at 12:32 PM
What difference is a Labour government making?
NHS waiting times coming down, economy growing at fastest rate in G7, billions invested in schools & NHS, plus new employment & renters' rights.
Watch here: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
NHS waiting times coming down, economy growing at fastest rate in G7, billions invested in schools & NHS, plus new employment & renters' rights.
Watch here: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
This government is ending hotel use for asylum seekers and cleaning up the Conservative mess. Hotels aren't good for communities, asylum seekers or taxpayers. We've reduced hotels in use, sped up processing and removed record numbers with no right to be here. More work to do.
October 30, 2025 at 12:21 PM
This government is ending hotel use for asylum seekers and cleaning up the Conservative mess. Hotels aren't good for communities, asylum seekers or taxpayers. We've reduced hotels in use, sped up processing and removed record numbers with no right to be here. More work to do.
🏠 The Renters’ Rights Bill is now law!
This is the biggest upgrade in renters’ rights in a generation. Bournemouth West has higher than the national average of people living in privately rented homes.
Please share with anyone you know who is a renter 🙏🏼
This is the biggest upgrade in renters’ rights in a generation. Bournemouth West has higher than the national average of people living in privately rented homes.
Please share with anyone you know who is a renter 🙏🏼
October 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
🏠 The Renters’ Rights Bill is now law!
This is the biggest upgrade in renters’ rights in a generation. Bournemouth West has higher than the national average of people living in privately rented homes.
Please share with anyone you know who is a renter 🙏🏼
This is the biggest upgrade in renters’ rights in a generation. Bournemouth West has higher than the national average of people living in privately rented homes.
Please share with anyone you know who is a renter 🙏🏼
🚘 We're tackling the driving test backlog – 20k more tests in Sept vs last year.
I've heard from constituents struggling to book. I raised this with DVSA & govt is taking action: more examiners, better systems, 7-week wait target by summer 2026.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
I've heard from constituents struggling to book. I raised this with DVSA & govt is taking action: more examiners, better systems, 7-week wait target by summer 2026.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
UK opens up more driving test slots to help reduce backlog
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency says learners booking tests earlier has contributed to rising demand
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:11 AM
🚘 We're tackling the driving test backlog – 20k more tests in Sept vs last year.
I've heard from constituents struggling to book. I raised this with DVSA & govt is taking action: more examiners, better systems, 7-week wait target by summer 2026.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
I've heard from constituents struggling to book. I raised this with DVSA & govt is taking action: more examiners, better systems, 7-week wait target by summer 2026.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
📽️ Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has sent a special message thanking staff at Elm Academy for successfully rolling out one of Labour's new free breakfast clubs! 2.5m breakfasts have now been served across country.
Watch it below ⬇️
Watch it below ⬇️
October 25, 2025 at 10:44 AM
📽️ Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has sent a special message thanking staff at Elm Academy for successfully rolling out one of Labour's new free breakfast clubs! 2.5m breakfasts have now been served across country.
Watch it below ⬇️
Watch it below ⬇️