🚨Game-changing news for Mixenden and Illingworth 🚨 I’ve secured £20 million of investment through Labour’s Pride in Place programme, that’s £2 million a year for the next decade. Local people will be in charge of deciding how it’s spent. Hear more from Secretary of State 👇🏼

The Prime Minister has asked me to serve as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Business and Trade. I’m so proud to take on this role alongside a superb team led by Peter Kyle. I can’t wait to get started delivering this government’s pro-growth, pro-workers’ rights agenda.

Real wages have grown more in the first 10 months of this Labour government than in the first 10 years under the Tories. Labour is investing in Britain’s renewal, and rebuilding our economy.

🚨 NEW: Labour is lifting 100,000 children out of poverty by expanding access to free school meals. Alongside free breakfast clubs, cheaper uniform costs and government-funded childcare, Labour is putting money in parents’ pockets and giving children the best start in life.

"Halifax is about history, hope, and local heroes. We take pride in our past and how it shapes our future. It’s a town built on industry, in beautiful countryside, and resurgent through our rich culture." 💬 @katedeardenmp.bsky.social

On the 80th anniversary of VE Day, it’s been moving to see Halifax communities come together to honour those who gave so much for our freedom. Their sacrifice ended years of suffering and began a journey toward peace - a legacy that still shapes the values we hold dear today. 🇬🇧

As part of our Labour Government’s Plan for Change, we’re cracking down on cowboy waste operators and tackling fly-tipping hotspots across Halifax - cleaning up our streets and protecting our local environment 🚮

Delighted to welcome Minister @simonlightwood.org.uk to St Joseph’s Catholic Primary to open their new free breakfast club!🍎🍞 Our local schools are leading the way in Labour’s early breakfast club rollout that will save families money and break down barriers to opportunity.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Happy St George’s Day! A day to celebrate our amazing history and everything we love about England - especially here in Halifax. From our proud heritage to our wonderful communities, there’s nowhere quite like it. Cheers to what makes it home! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Happy Easter to everyone celebrating in Halifax, across the UK, and around the world. Whether you’re marking the day through faith, with family, or simply taking a moment to rest – it’s a reminder of renewal, peace, and new beginnings. Wishing you a joyful and hopeful Easter!

And here are some pictures to record the visit to Lily Close in Halifax with @katedeardenmp.bsky.social last week. The weather that afternoon was lovely which helped show off the new homes and their beautiful Pennine surroundings! @connecthousing.bsky.social #ukhousing

It was great to attend the Groundbreaking ceremony at Overgate Hospice on Friday. Overgate are building a new hospice to provide comfort, dignity, and support to patients and their families during life's most challenging moments, with expanded facilities and modern amenities.

To celebrate #WorldBookDay, I joined Halifax Academy primary students on a special visit to No.10! 📚✏ They met the Education Secretary @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social, learned to illustrate books & even rapped with MC Grammar (yes, I joined in! 🎤).

Three years after Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine, we stand at a historic crossroads. The UK is leading global efforts to support Ukraine, working towards a secure and lasting peace plan that upholds Ukrainian sovereignty and global security.

Wishing everyone observing Ramadan across Halifax a peaceful month. Ramadan Mubarak

The first duty of the Govt is to keep our country safe. Today the Prime Minister announced defence spending will rise to 2.5% of GDP from April 2027—the biggest investment since the Cold War. In an ever more dangerous world, it is vital British people are protected. We’re delivering on that promise.

I’m delighted St Joseph’s & Trinity Academy in Halifax are among the first schools to benefit from Labour’s free breakfast clubs! 🥣 Breakfast clubs boost attendance, attainment and life chances. That's why this Labour government will roll them out across all primary schools 🌹

Today marks three years since Russia’s brutal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine—a time of immense suffering, but also incredible resilience. Honoured to speak at Halifax Minster alongside Halifax Ukrainian Club to mark this solemn day. The UK stands with Ukraine, now and always. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦

It was great hearing from residents at my consultation event in Halifax about what’s working & what’s not in our NHS. This feedback will help shape our NHS 10-year strategy, ensuring Halifax’s voices drive the change we need. 📈 You can hear more about the event here: www.facebook.com/reel/1726169...

Excited about these apprenticeship reforms that give employers more flexibility and open the door to 10,000 more apprentices each year in sectors like construction and social care. This Government is breaking down barriers and driving growth across the UK 🇬🇧

A good afternoon with Slow the Flow charity, which I'm patron for, showing me, @joshfg.bsky.social @katedeardenmp.bsky.social @tobyperkinsmp.bsky.social around leaky dams and other natural flood management (NFM). Successful flood prevention, community empowerment and habitat creation slowtheflow.net

Across West Yorkshire, this Government is taking real action to drive growth, by working with @mayorofwy.bsky.social to ensure the National Wealth Fund provides more support for West Yorkshire, getting more people into work through our inactivity trailblazer scheme, ending the block on building...

Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, marking 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. We remember the 6 million Jewish men, women, and children murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators. As survivors grow fewer and antisemitism rises, today is more vital than ever.

This week I was honoured to sign @het.org.uk Book of Commitment to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. We must honour those who were murdered during the Holocaust as well as pay tribute to the extraordinary Holocaust survivors who continue to work tirelessly to educate society today.

Since announcing my diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer a few weeks ago I’ve become increasingly aware of how misunderstood the condition is. So I want to debunk a few misconceptions: 1/7 (short posts!)

This week, the Conservative Party leader proudly admitted that the Tories want to means test the state pension. Whilst Labour have committed to the triple lock, putting £470 into pensioners’ pockets in April, the Tories want to take your state pension away.

I’m delighted that the Renters’ Rights Bill, which will introduce caps on advance payments, abolish ‘no fault’ evictions and tackle unreasonable rent increases, has reached its last stages in Parliament today.

Thanks to everyone who came to meet with me at my surgery today at the Elsie Whiteley Centre. Surgeries are a great opportunity to talk to me about what matters to you and bring up any concerns that I can help with and sort out. Always a pleasure to meet and support local residents 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️🙋

Having heard from constituents about the distress and anguish the SSB Law Scandal has inflicted on them, I’m pleased to have secured a meeting between those impacted and the Minister for Energy Consumers. 📅🗂️ www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/ssb...

Brilliant to hear the Prime Minister set out how this Labour Government will give the NHS the prescription it needs to get back on the road to recovery.🩺🏥 Read how, as part of our Plan for Change, Labour will reduce the waiting list-backlog for people across Halifax.

Hello BlueSky 👋 I’m the Labour and Co-operative Member of Parliament for Halifax 🌹 Looking forward to sharing updates about my work and joining the conversation! 👩‍💻