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Trade is now weaponised.
The UK must draw far closer to our allies, especially Europe, to defend supply chains and resist economic coercion.
An economic security union with the EU isn’t ideology. It’s strategy.
Free trade must expand our freedom, not weaken our security.
The UK must draw far closer to our allies, especially Europe, to defend supply chains and resist economic coercion.
An economic security union with the EU isn’t ideology. It’s strategy.
Free trade must expand our freedom, not weaken our security.
January 15, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Trade is now weaponised.
The UK must draw far closer to our allies, especially Europe, to defend supply chains and resist economic coercion.
An economic security union with the EU isn’t ideology. It’s strategy.
Free trade must expand our freedom, not weaken our security.
The UK must draw far closer to our allies, especially Europe, to defend supply chains and resist economic coercion.
An economic security union with the EU isn’t ideology. It’s strategy.
Free trade must expand our freedom, not weaken our security.
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Programmes like Erasmus+ help people step outside their comfort zone. And, when they come home, they're often stronger, more confident, and full of ideas.
Erasmus+ opens up a world of opportunities, and I hope more people in Bournemouth East can get involved when the UK joins the scheme in 2027.
Erasmus+ opens up a world of opportunities, and I hope more people in Bournemouth East can get involved when the UK joins the scheme in 2027.
January 15, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Programmes like Erasmus+ help people step outside their comfort zone. And, when they come home, they're often stronger, more confident, and full of ideas.
Erasmus+ opens up a world of opportunities, and I hope more people in Bournemouth East can get involved when the UK joins the scheme in 2027.
Erasmus+ opens up a world of opportunities, and I hope more people in Bournemouth East can get involved when the UK joins the scheme in 2027.
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Very positive news this morning about the 0.3% economic growth seen in Nov!
With the suggestion the Bank of England will still press ahead with more interest rate cuts this year.
But the Guardian couldn't help a dig at the Chancellor for budget uncertainty - something the media itself invented.
With the suggestion the Bank of England will still press ahead with more interest rate cuts this year.
But the Guardian couldn't help a dig at the Chancellor for budget uncertainty - something the media itself invented.
January 15, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Very positive news this morning about the 0.3% economic growth seen in Nov!
With the suggestion the Bank of England will still press ahead with more interest rate cuts this year.
But the Guardian couldn't help a dig at the Chancellor for budget uncertainty - something the media itself invented.
With the suggestion the Bank of England will still press ahead with more interest rate cuts this year.
But the Guardian couldn't help a dig at the Chancellor for budget uncertainty - something the media itself invented.
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....which results in poor service to the public and businesses. Yet these deliveries are of vital importance to our national infrastructure. Indeed the workers involved in all cases were 'key workers' during the pandemic. There is a great need for a holistic approach to this issue.
January 14, 2026 at 8:33 PM
....which results in poor service to the public and businesses. Yet these deliveries are of vital importance to our national infrastructure. Indeed the workers involved in all cases were 'key workers' during the pandemic. There is a great need for a holistic approach to this issue.
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Thank you @chrisbloore.bsky.social One of the issues concerning RM is they are undercut by the likes of EVRi. RM have the universal service obligation to adhere to (though it needs rewriting) whereas EVRi and other courier companies are unregulated. This has created a race to the bottom....
January 14, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Thank you @chrisbloore.bsky.social One of the issues concerning RM is they are undercut by the likes of EVRi. RM have the universal service obligation to adhere to (though it needs rewriting) whereas EVRi and other courier companies are unregulated. This has created a race to the bottom....
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BREAKING: NHS WAITING LISTs ARE DOWN BY A HUGE 86,000!
It’s the second biggest drop in NHS waiting lists in 15 years
Thanks to all the NHs staff who made this happen - and Labour’s record investment
🗳️ You voted to fix our NHS
✅ We are doing it
It’s the second biggest drop in NHS waiting lists in 15 years
Thanks to all the NHs staff who made this happen - and Labour’s record investment
🗳️ You voted to fix our NHS
✅ We are doing it
January 15, 2026 at 9:35 AM
BREAKING: NHS WAITING LISTs ARE DOWN BY A HUGE 86,000!
It’s the second biggest drop in NHS waiting lists in 15 years
Thanks to all the NHs staff who made this happen - and Labour’s record investment
🗳️ You voted to fix our NHS
✅ We are doing it
It’s the second biggest drop in NHS waiting lists in 15 years
Thanks to all the NHs staff who made this happen - and Labour’s record investment
🗳️ You voted to fix our NHS
✅ We are doing it
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Great to hear the Chancellor today, in Leeds, talking about new investment in Northern connectivity.
January 14, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Great to hear the Chancellor today, in Leeds, talking about new investment in Northern connectivity.
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London’s lowest homicide rate in decades hasn’t happened by chance.
It’s the outcome of a strategy we’ve pursued since the start of my first term as Mayor: to be tough on violent crime, and tough on the complex causes of violent crime.
It’s the outcome of a strategy we’ve pursued since the start of my first term as Mayor: to be tough on violent crime, and tough on the complex causes of violent crime.
Sorry, Trump and Farage – London is no lawless ‘warzone’. Violent crime is lower than ever | Sadiq Khan
Reform’s new candidate for mayor claims people pity Londoners for living in an unsafe capital. But the evidence is clear: we’re making our streets safer, says mayor of London Sadiq Khan
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:04 PM
London’s lowest homicide rate in decades hasn’t happened by chance.
It’s the outcome of a strategy we’ve pursued since the start of my first term as Mayor: to be tough on violent crime, and tough on the complex causes of violent crime.
It’s the outcome of a strategy we’ve pursued since the start of my first term as Mayor: to be tough on violent crime, and tough on the complex causes of violent crime.
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Here's a round-up of my week in Parliament 🌹
January 12, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Here's a round-up of my week in Parliament 🌹
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Just a quick reminder that my Meet Your MP event is taking place tomorrow in Bury St Edmunds.
Do come along to share your views, raise local issues, and hear about my work for Bury St Edmunds & Stowmarket.
Full details can be found below. 👇
Do come along to share your views, raise local issues, and hear about my work for Bury St Edmunds & Stowmarket.
Full details can be found below. 👇
January 14, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Just a quick reminder that my Meet Your MP event is taking place tomorrow in Bury St Edmunds.
Do come along to share your views, raise local issues, and hear about my work for Bury St Edmunds & Stowmarket.
Full details can be found below. 👇
Do come along to share your views, raise local issues, and hear about my work for Bury St Edmunds & Stowmarket.
Full details can be found below. 👇
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A record 8.4GW of renewable energy has been secured in the latest round of government auctions for offshore contracts, just a month after Prospect and industry bodies had called for an uplift in the government’s budget.
Read more:
prospect.org.uk/news/record-...
Read more:
prospect.org.uk/news/record-...
Record offshore contracts auction follows Prospect’s call for greater ambition
A record 8.4GW of renewable energy has been secured in the latest round of government auctions for offshore...
prospect.org.uk
January 14, 2026 at 11:02 AM
A record 8.4GW of renewable energy has been secured in the latest round of government auctions for offshore contracts, just a month after Prospect and industry bodies had called for an uplift in the government’s budget.
Read more:
prospect.org.uk/news/record-...
Read more:
prospect.org.uk/news/record-...
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This Friday 16 January, I am holding 3 advice surgeries across West Dunbartonshire👇
📍9:30am at Alexandria Library
📍11am at Dumbarton Library
📍3pm at Clydebank Library
No appointment necessary, but you can email [email protected] to note you wish to attend.
📍9:30am at Alexandria Library
📍11am at Dumbarton Library
📍3pm at Clydebank Library
No appointment necessary, but you can email [email protected] to note you wish to attend.
January 14, 2026 at 11:03 AM
This Friday 16 January, I am holding 3 advice surgeries across West Dunbartonshire👇
📍9:30am at Alexandria Library
📍11am at Dumbarton Library
📍3pm at Clydebank Library
No appointment necessary, but you can email [email protected] to note you wish to attend.
📍9:30am at Alexandria Library
📍11am at Dumbarton Library
📍3pm at Clydebank Library
No appointment necessary, but you can email [email protected] to note you wish to attend.
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Guardian report on today’s eye-opening select committee hearing…
Dealing with post-Brexit paperwork ‘pure hell’, shipping head tells MPs
Dealing with post-Brexit paperwork ‘pure hell’, shipping head tells MPs
Toby Ovens of Broughton Transport called Brexit a nightmare, and said he hoped a reset with the EU would mean ‘light at the end of the tunnel’
British vets have been forced to chase lorries down the motorway on their way to Dover due to the “pure hell” of Brexit paperwork needed by inspectors in Calais, MPs have been told.
Toby Ovens of Broughton Transport told the business and trade committee that Brexit has been a costly and logistic nightmare and hopes of a reset with the EU represented “light at the end of the tunnel”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Guardian report on today’s eye-opening select committee hearing…
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I don’t think we’ve got the Brexit people voted for. Our traders face a daily nightmare getting goods across the border.
Here’s one example of just why. Toby Ovens of Broughton Transport told us about the 26 stamps he needs on loads of forms. To move one trailer across the Channel…
Here’s one example of just why. Toby Ovens of Broughton Transport told us about the 26 stamps he needs on loads of forms. To move one trailer across the Channel…
January 13, 2026 at 6:37 PM
I don’t think we’ve got the Brexit people voted for. Our traders face a daily nightmare getting goods across the border.
Here’s one example of just why. Toby Ovens of Broughton Transport told us about the 26 stamps he needs on loads of forms. To move one trailer across the Channel…
Here’s one example of just why. Toby Ovens of Broughton Transport told us about the 26 stamps he needs on loads of forms. To move one trailer across the Channel…
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Ten years on, I’m not sure people voted for what Brexit has delivered.
The value of new trade deals? Around £14bn a year.
The cost of Brexit to the economy? Closer to £180bn a year.
See a clip from today's committee hearing here:
The value of new trade deals? Around £14bn a year.
The cost of Brexit to the economy? Closer to £180bn a year.
See a clip from today's committee hearing here:
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Ten years on, I’m not sure people voted for what Brexit has delivered.
The value of new trade deals? Around £14bn a year.
The cost of Brexit to the economy? Closer to £180bn a year.
See a clip from today's committee hearing here:
The value of new trade deals? Around £14bn a year.
The cost of Brexit to the economy? Closer to £180bn a year.
See a clip from today's committee hearing here:
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All the Labour MPs on Bluesky 🌹🦋
We've updated our Starterpack of the Labour MPs on here to include:
@dantomlinson.bsky.social
@leepitcher.bsky.social
@joplatt.bsky.social
@katrinamurraymp.bsky.social
@mgshanks.bsky.social
@blairmcdougall.bsky.social
@ndironsmp.bsky.social
@umakumaran.bsky.social
We've updated our Starterpack of the Labour MPs on here to include:
@dantomlinson.bsky.social
@leepitcher.bsky.social
@joplatt.bsky.social
@katrinamurraymp.bsky.social
@mgshanks.bsky.social
@blairmcdougall.bsky.social
@ndironsmp.bsky.social
@umakumaran.bsky.social
November 18, 2024 at 12:29 PM
All the Labour MPs on Bluesky 🌹🦋
We've updated our Starterpack of the Labour MPs on here to include:
@dantomlinson.bsky.social
@leepitcher.bsky.social
@joplatt.bsky.social
@katrinamurraymp.bsky.social
@mgshanks.bsky.social
@blairmcdougall.bsky.social
@ndironsmp.bsky.social
@umakumaran.bsky.social
We've updated our Starterpack of the Labour MPs on here to include:
@dantomlinson.bsky.social
@leepitcher.bsky.social
@joplatt.bsky.social
@katrinamurraymp.bsky.social
@mgshanks.bsky.social
@blairmcdougall.bsky.social
@ndironsmp.bsky.social
@umakumaran.bsky.social
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I share news about my work in Parliament and in the community in regular newsletters.
If you’d like to receive regular news from me, please sign up using the link below:
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January 13, 2026 at 2:39 PM
I share news about my work in Parliament and in the community in regular newsletters.
If you’d like to receive regular news from me, please sign up using the link below:
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Jaw-dropping evidence to the business and trade select committee from the road haulage industry about customs delays at the UK border into the EU. One load was delayed for 27 days because of paperwork! Sorting this has to be a priority for the EU reset
January 13, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Jaw-dropping evidence to the business and trade select committee from the road haulage industry about customs delays at the UK border into the EU. One load was delayed for 27 days because of paperwork! Sorting this has to be a priority for the EU reset
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I highlighted how important cyber resilience at Devonport Dockyard is for our national security and emphasised that the supply chain in South East Cornwall is a key part of this. We play an essential role in national security, and our businesses and local people need the right protections.
January 13, 2026 at 12:33 PM
I highlighted how important cyber resilience at Devonport Dockyard is for our national security and emphasised that the supply chain in South East Cornwall is a key part of this. We play an essential role in national security, and our businesses and local people need the right protections.
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Last week, the Business and Trade Committee, which I chair, resumed scrutiny of the Post Office Horizon scandal, the largest miscarriage of justice in British history.
Justice for sub-postmasters matters to every community: solihullobserver.co.uk/news/westmin...
Justice for sub-postmasters matters to every community: solihullobserver.co.uk/news/westmin...
January 13, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Last week, the Business and Trade Committee, which I chair, resumed scrutiny of the Post Office Horizon scandal, the largest miscarriage of justice in British history.
Justice for sub-postmasters matters to every community: solihullobserver.co.uk/news/westmin...
Justice for sub-postmasters matters to every community: solihullobserver.co.uk/news/westmin...
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I was honoured to meet my hugely impressive 8 year old constituent last week in Parliament.
After writing to me, it was inspiring to hear more from Georgia in person on her views on a whole host of issues from peace to policy around mental health for young people! (1/2)
After writing to me, it was inspiring to hear more from Georgia in person on her views on a whole host of issues from peace to policy around mental health for young people! (1/2)
January 13, 2026 at 11:49 AM
I was honoured to meet my hugely impressive 8 year old constituent last week in Parliament.
After writing to me, it was inspiring to hear more from Georgia in person on her views on a whole host of issues from peace to policy around mental health for young people! (1/2)
After writing to me, it was inspiring to hear more from Georgia in person on her views on a whole host of issues from peace to policy around mental health for young people! (1/2)
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We’re 10 years from the referendum this year - and 8 months on from the first UK–EU summit that launched the EU Reset.
As the PM prepares a new EU Bill, we’re hearing from business and workers on what’s needed to make the reset work.
Link to more details: committees.parliament.uk/event/26169/...
As the PM prepares a new EU Bill, we’re hearing from business and workers on what’s needed to make the reset work.
Link to more details: committees.parliament.uk/event/26169/...
January 13, 2026 at 8:42 AM
We’re 10 years from the referendum this year - and 8 months on from the first UK–EU summit that launched the EU Reset.
As the PM prepares a new EU Bill, we’re hearing from business and workers on what’s needed to make the reset work.
Link to more details: committees.parliament.uk/event/26169/...
As the PM prepares a new EU Bill, we’re hearing from business and workers on what’s needed to make the reset work.
Link to more details: committees.parliament.uk/event/26169/...
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Foreign financial interference is not the only threat to our electoral resilience: misinformation and disinformation are all flaws in the system. We need to address these in the upcoming elections and democracy Bill that is coming this year.
Full clip: https://loom.ly/3eME_z8
Full clip: https://loom.ly/3eME_z8
January 13, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Foreign financial interference is not the only threat to our electoral resilience: misinformation and disinformation are all flaws in the system. We need to address these in the upcoming elections and democracy Bill that is coming this year.
Full clip: https://loom.ly/3eME_z8
Full clip: https://loom.ly/3eME_z8