"Farage & Tommy are fuelled by cheques from billionaires & promotion across their media empires." 🤜

Rosebank remains the UK’s largest undeveloped oil field. In January, the Edinburgh court ruled that its approval was unlawful due to the scale of the emissions involved. The Labour government now faces a decision on whether to re-approve the project under a revised regime.

The Prime Minister needs to clarify what legal advice has been received about the visit by Israel's President Isaac Herzog to the UK, and whether his entry is compatible with our obligations under the Genocide Convention.

Local media report that a group of 20 to 30 individuals put up dozens of flags across Norwich, including outside the Islamic community centre on Dereham Road, in what many residents described as an act of intimidation. www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/2545503...

To transform the country and take on the populist right - Labour must offer a popular, principled and practical left politics for meaningful change. @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social, launching today, seeks to do this. Find out more in the link on the thread below.

We stand for the redistribution of power and wealth, the defence of human rights and dignity at home and abroad, the creation of a new political economy & much more. We’re thrilled to have @labourlewis.bsky.social join Mainstream as a founding signatory. www.mainstreamlabour.org/about

This week I led a debate in Parliament on living standards in the East of England. For too long, our region has been left behind — while an authoritarian right, bankrolled by speculative capital, big tech, and dirty energy, fuels fear and scapegoating to divide us. youtu.be/grttlz7ZCN0

Deeply concerned that changes to trans rights could be approved without MPs or the public seeing details. This risks undermining accountability on issues affecting lives and freedoms. Proposals must face scrutiny before approval. Everyone deserves to know what’s being decided in their name.

Instead fixing Thames Water at the billpayers’ expense just to flog it off to another vulture capitalist … Why not simply bring it back into public ownership? www.thetimes.com/business-mon...

Experts say you've been misled about the true cost of public ownership of water. 1/4

Imagine borrowing someone’s credit card, spending it on yourself.. then charging them for the privilege. That’s the scam of privatised water. Households foot the bill for upgrades, but £22bn will go to investors and creditors. inews.co.uk/news/consume...

Imagine borrowing someone’s credit card, spending it on yourself.. then charging them for the privilege. That’s the scam of privatised water. Households foot the bill for upgrades, but £22bn will go to investors and creditors. inews.co.uk/news/consume...

Experts say you've been misled about the true cost of public ownership of water. 1/4

Excellent letter from experts from the People's Commission contesting the Government's figures on bringing water back into public ownership. The appropriate value would actually be closer to zero. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

You can't regulate a system inherently designed to put profit above public good. Join the movement for public ownership: actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&

Spot the difference. Time for public ownership: actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...

Privatisation has turned our essential resource into a cash-cow for profiteers. The Government’s long-awaited reform won’t fix it. If you think everyone should have access to clean, accessible, public water, add your name: actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...

Privatisation has turned our essential resource into a cash-cow for profiteers. The Government’s long-awaited reform won’t fix it. If you think everyone should have access to clean, accessible, public water, add your name: actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...

Food inflation in the UK is the highest among G7 countries. Farmers are cutting production as costs rise. Extreme weather is damaging crops and driving up prices (1/3)

Entire families wiped out in Gaza, hospitals bombed, journalists killed. That’s not defence, that’s an assault on human rights and international law. And has the potential to normalise the same, over and over again, across the globe. youtu.be/_Gizx_282Ic

I visited Norwich City Amateur Boxing Club, and I left inspired. This club is not just about boxing; it's also about building resilience, fostering trust, and cultivating a sense of community.

Everyone should have safe, reliable water. But we won’t hold back reactionary politics with half-measures.

Anglian Water caused 482 pollution incidents in 2024, including seven serious cases. It’s the company’s worst performance in nine years, according to the Environment Agency. 1/5

Tweaking regulation without changing ownership is like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. If you think our water belongs in public hands, add your name to the People’s Plan for Water: actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...

Ahead of the Government’s so-called “reset” review of the water sector lands on Monday, I’ve noticed a growing effort to pin the blame on the regulator, Ofwat. That’s a deep misdiagnosis of the problem. Here’s why. 🧵

I attended the Interfaith Climate and Nature event at St. Peter Mancroft Church in Norwich, which brought together representatives from various faith groups to discuss the ongoing consequences of the climate and nature crises. (Images © Charlotte Gray Photography)

On Politics Live today, I pointed out to Tory peer Mark Harper that the combination of his hostility to wealth tax and insistence that benefits should be even further restricted showed clearly that raw class interest still underpins politics. Watch our robust discussion here. youtu.be/9hgtB8RdcG0

On BBC Politics Live today, I was asked about the massive breach of data of Afghans seeking refuge here. Watch to find out why I believe we let down so many people who risked their lives to help our service people, and how this episode reveals a deep cynicism at the heart of the last government.

Water firms across the country are announcing hosepipe bans. All while: - 3 billion litres of water are wasted daily through leaks. - Not a single major reservoir has been built since privatisation. Time for public ownership: actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...

I recently visited SenSi Treatment, a centre where a team of specialists delivers sensory integration therapy to children and families affected by trauma and attachment issues. They conduct assessments and offer both individual and group therapy sessions that support healing and personal growth.

Everyone should have access to safe, affordable water. But our privatised system puts profit first. So I'm getting behind the People's Plan for Water. If you're with me, add your name to the call for public ownership: actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...

Everyone should have access to safe, affordable water. But our privatised system puts profit first. So I'm getting behind the People's Plan for Water. If you're with me, add your name to the call for public ownership: actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...

Under Gandhi’s statue. For holding placards. A priest, a professor, medics - arrested for peaceful protest. This is not about terrorism. It’s about silencing dissent - and it’s leading us down an ever darkening path.

Has your local MP watched this, why not?!

Watch my question today to the Minister of State for Security arguing why we shouldn't use anti-terrorism laws to ban the direct action protest group Palestine Action.

Watch: I spoke in parliament today to oppose banning the direct action protest group Palestine Action under UK anti-terrorism laws. We shouldn't confuse dissent and terror. youtu.be/FvLuyccedsA

In Parliament today I spoke about the truth behind rising welfare costs - and why I cannot support the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill, which does not address these roots causes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap3x...

I am backing a Reasoned Amendment to the Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill tabled by @rachaelmaskell.bsky.social. If it's passed today, it would stop the bill from progressing. The bill must be postponed till genuine co-production with disabled groups can take place.

Our privatised water system is broken - but water companies are doing everything they can to keep the Ponzi scheme staggering on. A solution exists. Your MP needs to hear about it: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...

Our privatised water system is broken - but water companies are doing everything they can to keep the Ponzi scheme staggering on. A solution exists. Your MP needs to hear about it: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...

I've joined over 100 MPs to sign an amendment which, if passed, would halt the Government's planned social security cuts. The Government’s own initial impact assessment estimates these changes would push 250,000 people into poverty, including 50,000 children. So they must pause and rethink.

Have strikes led by Trump and Netanyahu really made Britain and the world safer? Or, has a chilling message been sent: that in a global order where rules mean little and might makes right, deterrence not diplomacy is now the only defense.

82% of us want water in public hands - but private water lobbyists are doing everything they can to shut it down. On 7th July, your MP can hear the alternative from the People’s Commission on Water. Will you ask them to attend? actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...

We’re told these welfare cuts are the start of “reform”. But what kind of reform starts by taking billions from those already struggling? If this is the plan - to balance the books by shredding an already ragged safety net - I won’t back it. Real reform uplifts. It doesn’t punch-down.

Anglian Water’s profits have soared by 15% to £0.5bn in the year to March 2025. The for-profit water monopoly for the East of England hiked prices by 19% as its debt swelled to £7.7bn. Anglian Water also revealed an increase in pollution incidents over the year. This is what I said to local media.

My correspondence with findings from the roundtable I recently held has been sent to DWP SoS, Chancellor & PM. We need to pause. It’s unnecessary to push ahead with changes that will have such a devastating impact on many disabled people & above all, it’s not Labour! My thanks to all who input. ❤️

As President Biden found to his cost, growth that trickles down through defence contractors and private developers, while care workers & councils are left behind, is not a sign of stability. It’s an illusion of control. Read my article for @bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/06/13/w...

1/ Energy prices are jumping again after Israel’s strikes on Iran. The shockwaves are hitting us too. To stop these crises pushing people into hardship—and the arms of the far right—we need a better plan. This thread shows what that could look like 👇

Local media asked me to comment on a new local police initiative which is combating youth violence and criminal activity. I commended local police but warned that more needs to be done.

I have joined other MPs to call on the UK govt to uphold its obligation to secure the immediate release of those who were on board the Madleen, and to act decisively to uphold international law against the Israeli Government's repeated violations of it.