The Royal Navy protects the UK 24/7 to monitor Russian movements, ensuring the security of our waters and undersea cables. The UK stands firm with our Nato allies to deter Russian aggression. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Bloody loved Dear England at @TRPlymouth tonight. The story by @mrJamesGraham really could not be more timely with debate about Englishness, decency and conduct. Good to have a major tour begin in Plymouth and for the @NationalTheatre to bring its masterpiece to our stage.

I want to see a new fire station for Devonport. The current fire station at Camels Head is at the end of its life and our firefighters deserve a better place to work and sleep. That’s why I launched a campaign for a new fire station in Devonport www.plymouthchronicle.co.uk/firefighters...

The choice is simple. Shape the years ahead, or contest the years behind.

Thank you to the @PlymouthLabour volunteers who joined me and @CouncillorBill for canvassing in Devonport this morning. The rain didn’t stop us because we campaign all year round, in all weathers

Good morning from @hms_mersey alongside in the Docklands in East London. I’m launching the Government’s Defence Industrial Strategy this morning and speaking to the media about it. Catch me at these times👇

This week I visited Bolton to announce a new £118m contract to double the UK’s deployable Sky Sabre air defence systems. This investment will protect our armed forces and the UK homeland, support 140 jobs, and reinforces Defence spending as an engine for growth. 🇬🇧

Interest rates have now been cut five times in a row since Labour was elected in July last year. Labour is returning stability to the UK economy. 🌹🇬🇧

Hamilton at @TRPlymouth was superb last night. Thought Marley Fenton and Billy Nevers were great in the lead roles. It’s on for the next six weeks ish in Plymouth so do go if you can.

Just amazing @Lionesses. You have inspired a whole new generation of girls to take up football. Retaining the European title is incredible. Brilliant. Loved watching their progress again. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Joined Devonport Councillors Anne Freeman and Bill Stevens at Pottery Quay for their annual summer beach clean. Huge community response and so many bags of rubbish collected. There’s such a strong community spirit at Pottery Quay and they’ve got a clean beach again! Well done.

Really enjoyed visiting the Keyham Green Places open day today and opening the Keyham Story Shed that is a new place for local people to find children’s books. Good to catch up with Plymouth Hockey Club also at the open day today. Open all day so pop along Keyham.

It’s day two of my summer school at @PlymUni. Today we are teaching the young people about the skills needed to build their own campaign against the theme of making Plymouth better. Great engagement yesterday. Sun is shining and looking forward to a good day ahead

It’s day one of my summer school for young people today being hosted by the University of Plymouth. Really excited about the next few days where we’ll be helping young people learn how to find their voice and be heard.

Despite the rain the Stoke Fun Day was great. Thank you to all the organisers for their huge efforts. The way the whole community pulled together to move events indoors showed the strong community spirit we have in Stoke. Thank you.

Today I’m doing the afternoon media round about a secret resettlement route for Afghans set up by the last Conservative Government after a data incident in 2022. The lifting of a super-injunction by the High Court means we can now reveal this to the public and Parliament.

Today is Plymouth Pride. Have an amazing day Plymouth. I’m proud to be Plymouth’s first out MP. LGBT Equality doesn’t just happen. We need to keep fighting for it. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

So what has the Labour Government done in the last year? Lots done, lots more to do.

This week, 32 NATO nations came together and announced a historic new benchmark of spending 5% of GDP on national security by 2035. But Kemi Badenoch failed to back it. Labour’s commitment to NATO is unshakeable. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

When I said I would stand up for our armed forces I meant it

There are teams of volunteers delivering leaflets and speaking to voters about the referendum on 17 July city-wide today. City mayors are being scrapped. And in Bristol and Torbay where they’ve been tried they’ve been binned. Vote no to a failed mayor.

Today I’m launching my latest Plymouth Buildings at Risk list of ten historic buildings in our city that need more love. My challenge to the owners is simple: invest in them or sell them to someone who will. www.lukepollard.org/news/2025/06...

Three clear priorities for Labour’s Spending Review: 1) investing in our national security 2) investing to cut hospital waiting lists 3) investing to make you better off All delivering Labour’s Plan for Change.

Eight years ago today I was elected as the Labour and Co-operative Member of Parliament for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport. A few general elections, plenty of Prime Ministers and a lot of mentions of “Plymouth” in Parliament later it remains a real privilege to do. Thank you.

With the great news that work has begun on the new city centre dental hub, I know there’s still a lot to do to sort the dental crisis facing our city. Today with councillors Jemima, Mary and Andy I’m attending the latest Plymouth Dental Taskforce meeting to press for more.

Lovely day in Epping Forest with Sydney. Recharged and ready for work tomorrow. #dayoff

It was a privilege to represent the UK at the @UNPeacekeeping Ministerial in Berlin, where I announced new funds for world-leading initiatives. Thank you to our deployed personnel who are dedicated at reducing the threat of violence in locations including Cyprus and Somalia 🇬🇧🇺🇳

Really good to meet the team at Mott McDonald’s new Plymouth office today. They’re expanding in our city, have just opened a new office and are looking to nearly double in size again. A real vote of confidence in the infrastructure pipeline in Plymouth. Thank you to the team

5 things the Labour Government announced recently that you may have missed 🧵

🌊✏️ Sign my petition to extend the bathing water season at Devil's Point and Firestone Bay, to give Plymouth's swimmers peace of mind. www.lukepollard.org/news/2025/04...

Labour will recruit an extra 2,500 neighbourhood police officers & 400 PCSOs by next April. From this July, every neighbourhood will have a named officer & guaranteed patrols in town centres. This is the first step to recruiting 13,000 extra neighbourhood police officers & PCSOs by 2029.

Did you know Plymouth has an American Football Team? It was good to meet the Plymouth Vanguard team last week in their 41-12 win over Cornwall Monarchs. They’ll play each other three times this season, winner takes the Pasty Cup! A very fun afternoon. Give it a go.

Thank you to all the folks who have been in touch with me about their issues with FirstPort. Last week I had a positive meeting with the FirstPort Operations Director for the South West and their Head of Operations.

Visiting the students at Devonport High School For Boys is always fun and challenging. This morning, we discussed votes for 16 & 17-year-olds, the challenges with dealing with social media abuse and much more

I'm glad Plymouth City Council has listened to my call to 'invest or sell' in Pounds House. This is a positive step forward for this historic and iconic building. I hope that a new owner can be found who will keep the grounds open to the public. www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymout...

I would like to say a massive thank you to my brilliant team who work their socks off to help people here in Plymouth. So far in 2025, we have secured £594,047.23 for residents in withheld benefits, child and business support, and much more.

I am delighted that we have secured government funding for a new nursery at Laira Green Primary School - delivering new childcare places. I want to praise the Head and school for their hard work, as well as Plymouth City Council. I’ve been pleased to back this successful bid for extra funding.

This week I was on board HMS Dauntless for a simulated drone attack on the ship to ready the ship’s company for their role escorting the carrier on her deployment. A fine example of a crew and platform working hard to protect our security.

Hello Plymouth. On 8th May, our city will mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day. Communities in Plymouth can apply to hold street parties, with the council waiving fees for road closures between 8th - 11th May. Applications close on 11th April: www.plymouth.gov.uk/apply-ve-day...

The government is increasing defence spending and directing more of it towards British companies in every corner of the country.

Labour introduced the National Minimum Wage on this day in 1999. A historic achievement. Today, millions of working people will get a pay rise as Labour increases the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage. If you work hard, you should be paid enough to get on in life.

Announcements from the Labour Government in the last week you might have missed 🧵

Huge news for Plymouth. We have secured the funding to start work on the civic centre! New homes, a new education building and a beacon for the regeneration of the city centre. A big boost from the Labour Government for Plymouth. www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymout...

Good news Plymouth - Derriford Hospital is set to save thousands of pounds on energy bills to be reinvested in the NHS frontline, thanks to a new project to fit it with solar panels.

Increased defence spending 🤝 More British companies targeted Armed Forces Minister Luke Pollard has told BFBS Forces News it is "absolutely essential" that there is investment in the maintenance of UK equipment.

A fully funded plan is in place to put DragonFire laser weapons on four Royal Navy destroyers. 🚢 Armed Forces Minister Luke Pollard said, while he could not confirm which ships will be getting DragonFire, the plan is in place to have them using the weapon by 2027.

The biggest boost to defence spending since the Cold War. £5bn extra for defence next year and 2.5% of GDP by 2027, 3% in the next Parliament. Homes fit for heroes. More defence funding directed at British businesses and SMEs The biggest pay rise for our forces in 20 years.

Increased defence spending in the Spring Statement is good news for Plymouth. More investment in innovative technologies will help our marine autonomy businesses. And more defence funding means we can get on with the job of fixing the awful state of defence housing

Today the Government is announcing an extra £2.2billion for defence next year taking the total extra money to £5billion for 25/26. We’ll spend extra investment on new advanced tech like directed energy weapons, wind farm-proof radars and improving the housing for our forces. 🇬🇧