Big news coming out of Leyland!

Leyland news!!

I just signed a @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social petition - Guarantee a Fair and Open Selection for the Gorton and Denton By-election. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/gu...

Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year to you all. Love from me &, of course, from Marley!

I’ve had the pleasure of working with Lucy Powell MP in the past. Today I voted for her to be Labour’s future Deputy Leader.

Great visit to Welfield Academy in Leyland. Exciting times ahead for a school with a whole new building on the horizon.

Read Stewart’s first column here www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le... #TheNerve #TheNerveNews #StewartLee

Great day out with the Leyland Town Team. 13+ miles of sponsored walking to raise money for Christmas Lights in Leyland. Thank to everyone for their company.

Pleased to be asked to be a part of the unveiling ceremony of a new mural at Lostock Hall British Legion this weekend.

Another fabulous refurbished playground opened by Labour controlled South Ribble Council. This one is in Lostock Hall.

So proud of my Labour friends who have volunteered at this weeks pop up Free School Uniform shop in Leyland. Over 450 families supported!

Lovely visit to Lostock Hall to view the progress of South Ribble Labour’s continuing investment in playground refurbishment.

Delighted to have been elected as the new Leader of South Ribble Borough Council. Looking forward to working with my Cabinet making our Borough a great place to live, work, play and visit.

Coverage of the recent LCC election debate organised by the Lancashire Post. A real privilege for me to represent the Labour Party. www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...

Extraordinary frontbench exchange between Reynolds and Badenoch - Reynolds: “This issue should have been resolved years ago...” “I have to address the statement I saw made by [Badenoch] yesterday... ”I wish to make clear to the House that the new govt inherited no such deal.” 🧵

As the Leader of the Labour Group at Lancashire County Council, Im so proud of the team that has produced our Manifesto for the forthcoming elections. heyzine.com/flip-book/9e...

So out of touch, it befies belief… www.lbc.co.uk/politics/uk-...

Pleased to be joined by The Leader of the House, Lucy Powell MP and the MP for Hyndburn, Sarah Smith, as we launched the campaign for Mays Lancashire County Council elections.

Left: Kemi Badenoch says she repeatedly said green energy plans would not deliver when in government Right: Kemi Badenoch making the case for green energy plans she said she said wouldn't work

Happy International Women's Day! Women lead across our Party, with nearly half our councillors and mayors, over half of our PCCs, and the most gender-representative group of the 2024 Parliament. Gender equality has been and always will be a cornerstone of the co-operative movement.

Rupert Lowe discovering that the Nigel Farage party is very much only ever the Nigel Farage party www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

You know when you see something and you think, “This must be fake news…”

America, just in case you thought Friday went well here’s how the London Times saw it …..

Out campaigning for Paul WH in Farington & Moss Side this afternoon. Thank you to @billesterson.bsky.social and @patrickhurley.bsky.social for coming along to help out.

I proposed a Labour amendment to the Tory budget at LCC today. It would have started to repair our roads & supported the most vulnerable in our county. Sadly, the Tories voted against…

Out on the Labour door step in Leyland this morning. Thanks to @billesterson.bsky.social for coming to Leyland to support us.

🚨 NEW: Punchy statement from borders minister Angela Eagle as asylum bill passes its first commons hurdle by 331 votes to 108, with Reform and Tories voting against “Nigel Farage would rather sound off in TV studios than actually do anything to tackle the issue.”

A great turn out of volunteers to knock on doors in Leyland tonight. Special thanks to @darrenpjones.bsky.social for talking to us about how Labour is seeking to be the change this country needs.

Door knocking in Leyland South division with Wesley Roberts. Wes is Labours candidate for the Leyland South division in May’s County Council elections.

Sky News CONTINUING to refer to the chancellor as ‘Rachel from Accounts’, would they have referred to a male chancellor by an insulting nickname? Of course not. It’s misogynistic and they’re repeating it.

Nigel Farage's Latest NHS Comments Spark Fresh Scrutiny of Reform UK's Health Policy – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/01/27/n...

Thank you to South Ribble Borough Council for organising a touching and respectful Holocaust Memorial Service. It was a privilege to be there.

Out on the streets of Leyland this morning with Paul Foster MP talking to local people about Lancashire County Council and potholes.

Out campaigning on the doorsteps as a part of @teamlabouruk.bsky.social campaign for Lancashire Councty Council elections. Special thanks to @mayaellismp.bsky.social for coming along.

The betrayal of Jess Phillips, the awfulness of Robert Jenrick, the reality of Keir Starmer’s time as DPP & the Tories’ gross abandonment of the last vestige of common decency. When couples split up but still live together. www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...

Have written about Starmer's speech- his best moment yet as PM. He implicitly identified what sits at the heart of this story: the emergence of a common UK/US online right, headed by the radicalised Musk. It is making extremist, until recently fringe politics mainstream in British conservatism.

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Britain has a social care crisis. Here’s how Labour plans to fix it | Wes Streeting

Likely to be less active on here for a week or so. Merry Christmas to you all. See you in 2025!!

Today Stephen Kinnock and I announce the biggest funding for hospices in a generation: £100 million for improving buildings, kit and technology £26 million grant for children and young people’s hospices An early Christmas present for hospices that do a wonderful job for families.

Here’s how many Tories you can help us unseat in 2025 bsky.app/profile/elec...

Lancashire’s new energy and utility projects promise to concentrate on nuclear, wind and solar power | Robbie MacDonald northwestbylines.co.uk/environment/...

A remarkable stat: Heidi Alexander’s appointment as Transport Secretary means the cabinet is now 100% state-educated for the first time in history.

Another day. Another leaflet delivery round. Leyland’s homeowners are making the place quite festive!

Spreading Good Cheer across Leyland Central Divisiin with the festive edition of South Ribble Matters, the newsletter of the South Ribble Labour Group.

“They used Britain like some sort of mad scientist experiment..” Prime minister Keir Starmer #PMQs

Brilliant job by Louise Haigh, driving the Public Ownership Bill onto the Statute Book today. Taking our railways back into public hands, so they are run in the interests of passengers and communities. A Labour Government in action. 🎉🎈🥳🪩 🚂🚄🚃🚅🚉

At tonight’s Full Council of South Ribble I was pleased to sign the White Ribbon pledge to speak out about Violence Against Women & Girls.