I have rarely felt as proud of our PM as I did this week listening to him answer on Greenland at PMQs. Resolute and determined. Video here www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp...

Getting the national campaign weekend started in Princes End with our fab candidate Joanna Quaye - lost to conversations about speeding on Farmer Way, glad to tell people that Sandwell council has plans to deal with it!

You can see this in evidence every Friday too, as the Lords carefully and painstakingly talk through the huge issues of assisted dying Yet somehow on that issue informed debate is painted as illegitimate filibustering

I spoke to @bethrigby.bsky.social in Manchester recently about how the cost of living is the most important issue for my residents. Tackling it is what we need to all focus on. Full interview here 👇🏻 youtu.be/tmKE6HX4C-w?...

Very pleased to welcome Jeremy Nugent of Truflo, a cooling fan manufacturer for construction and automotive based in Tipton, to Parliament to meet Chris Bryant, the trade minister. Quite a week to be talking exports…

A privilege to attend the Speaker’s Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony in Parliament. We heard the testimony of Mala Tribich, who survived Ravensbruck and Bergen-Belsen, and committed ourselves anew to the memory of those who perished

In a very on-brand morning, delighted to meet with the other officers of the APPG on metal crime to talk about campaigning to update the 2013 scrap metal act. Massive local issue for us in the Black Country - and key to our future metals recycling industry

The government is going to move fast and fix things. Today I announced that we are: ✂️ cutting bureaucracy 💉 using the Vaccine Taskforce model to deliver on your priorities ✅ promoting the doers not the talkers within the civil service.

Go well, Marc. One day you’ll captain England.

The School Support Staff Negotiating Body established in Labour's Employment Rights Act will give our support staff more ability to negotiate for better pay and conditions. @larry-turner.bsky.social asks the Secretary of State a vital question about when we can expect to see progress on this 👇

Decent people know you don’t count white faces and pretend it tells you something about integration

I am shocked, shocked, a Labour MP may be a loud, old school, common trade unionist. Never happened before

My face on Politics Live when Tim Montgomerie was talking

Today is quite the day to be making my debut on Politics Live on BBC2 at 1215pm

Come on Senegal! 🇸🇳

Worth reading to understand the role of the Pride in Place neighbourhoods. I have one: c. 1800 households in an area smaller than a ward with £20m to spend over a decade. It’s a massive massive intervention for some of the places the state walked away from

Just fyi. On Friday, Lord Falconer, who's shepherding the assisted dying bill through the Lords, admitted that he thought it was fine if someone chose to die because they didn't have enough money for care If you're left wing and support the principle, I really need you to look at the bill's details

Every single word of this. We know we have to be a selling club. I am proud every time Olise scores for Bayern, and when Marc and Ebs go to the World Cup I will tell everyone they were made in south London. But why can we not ever aspire to more?!

🚨 REMINDER: Only Labour will improve SEND support. The Tories left behind a ‘lose, lose, lose’ system in their own words. Reform UK will cut SEND support. They blame ‘naughty children’ & ‘bad parenting’. Only Labour will build a system where every child can achieve & thrive.

Rare combative tone from Keir Starmer on the Trump tariffs tonight, as he stands up for Greenland/Denmark. "Applying tariffs on allies for pursuing the collective security of NATO allies is completely wrong. We will of course be pursuing this directly with the US administration."

Not pictured (cos I forgot to take a pic): massive doorknocking session in my bit of West Brom - Hateley Heath Ward. We had six of us out and covered tonnes of ground!

Brilliant time out and about with local councillors on Friar Park talking about our Pride in Place funding - £20m over 10 years for our estate. That’s Labour in government

Brilliant to drop in for coffee and toast and see Cathy at the Park Hill Cafe on the Woods estate. They do a mean fry up and are brilliant for the community too

Some mornings you need a desi breakfast - none better than House of Chaii in Dudley Port!

Horrific in the Lords debates on assisted dying today. Lord Falconer: “Choice is the key thing. Your financial position might be an element in what makes you reach a decision.” No. It is not a free choice if financial considerations push you towards ending your own life.

Glad to see that the West Midlands chief constable has stood down, as he should The findings of the independent inspection were damning. His actions undermined community trust in local policing None of this reflects on our brilliant local coppers who keep us safe every day

Wonderful to see our LWN committee member and JCWIL graduate elevated to the House of Lords today as Baroness Hyde of Bemerton. Congratulations Sara!

I was asked if I had any advice for Robert Jenrick. He was a Health Minister when NHS waiting lists rocketed. He was an Immigration Minister as illegal migration soared. Hang up your political boots and try something new, Rob. @gbnewsonline.bsky.social

Loving this from my old colleagues at the TUC

She should have sacked him for his comments about integration and “not seeing a white face” in parts of Birmingham last year. Just shows how far the Tory party have fallen.

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

Waiting lists for elective surgery fell THREE TIMES FASTER in the twenty areas with the highest joblessness - like our patch, where Dudley, Wolverhampton and Sandwell hospitals got extra help to speed up surgery and streamline processes

Today's police Inspectorate report found that failings in the Macabbi Tel Aviv ban are 'symptomatic' of wider problems. I pay tribute to the police officers and police staff who work hard in a dangerous job to keep us safe. But WMP's challenges which let this decision be taken must be addressed.

Characteristically excellent report from Sir Andy Cooke, chief inspector of police, on West Mids police evidence and advice re banning away fans from the Aston Villa v Maccabi Tel Aviv match last year. Short 🧵 with some thoughts:

A constituent contacted me, worried they were going to lose out because the DWP took ages to make a decision about their pension credit. I got my staff on the case and we won them £12k back payment AND £100 in compensation for the delay. Glad we could help!

On the Jewish sabbath, when Jewish peers were clear this wasn’t acceptable. Asking a hell of a lot of disabled peers, when this bill is about disabled people And asking peers from across the country to reach home late at night to have their say Railroading through a backbench bill

Was in the chamber to support our Home Sec earlier. The West Mids Police chief constable has to go after today’s damning independent report.

We’ve just secured the largest amount of offshore wind in any auction ever in Britain - enough to power the equivalent of 12 million homes. In Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 the first offshore wind project in three years has been successful - a landmark moment demonstrating our commitment to the whole of the UK.

“it is less about winning the argument and more about turning down the heat” Anyone who regularly engages with comments on their FB page (as I do) will recognise that. Got to establish common ground and then try to engage

So good to read people appreciating Connor Gallagher’s qualities. I’d love him to come back to Palace, but wherever he goes it will be good to see him back in the Prem, and I will never forget that goal against Brighton

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…

Guardian report on today’s eye-opening select committee hearing…

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

Today in the business and trade select committee we are talking EU reset: how is it going and what more scope is there to improve trade and cooperation? We have the TUC, the CBI, UK Steel, the Road Haulage Association and others joining us

Voting now on the finance bill - to put the Budget changes into law

Special to be at Number Ten this evening to celebrate the passing of the Employment Rights ACT with the PM and trade union friends

I was glad to meet the reps from Unite at Leonardo before Christmas, campaigning for the new medium helicopter contract to be awarded Today I raised it in Parliament with defence ministers - pushing for a speedy decision that safeguards jobs Proud to be a Unite MP @unitetheunion.bsky.social

Confirmed. Two urgent questions first so probably 445/5pm? And it will be given by the lovely Kanishka Narayan, one of the ministers in DSIT

Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.

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