I will be at Stockbridge Community Food Bank tomorrow. Please pop by and donate if you can. This week the Food Bank is on Tuesday instead of Wednesday because of the Christmas holidays.

❄️ A beautiful Winter Solstice Candlelit Service at St Gabriels Church in Huyton. Thanks to Rev Cannon Mal for inviting me to read & for looking after me throughout the year. The church was twinkling in candlelight. The Choirs were stunning. A perfect time to come together, reflect & celebrate.

This is very welcome. I will be consulting residents from Beech & Willow Rise on this. They are continuing to be hit with grossly unfair charges of £10k per flat despite being moved out months ago.

After terrible flooding this year at Roby station, I contacted Network Rail to get it sorted permanently. They’ve now replaced the failed pumps in the tunnel with new ones, so flooding in the subway should be a thing of the past

My constituent was moved into a new property that was completely unfit to live in - with exposed floorboards, damp walls and serious impacts on their mental health. I stepped in to push the housing provider for action. The home is safe and cosy. She bought the team some lovely chocolates too.

“Britain chose the low-wage, high-churn model and then wondered why productivity flatlined. It should not be controversial to observe that workers are more productive when they can predict next month’s pay packet.” Read my article on the long and winding road to the Employment Rights Act 👇

📢 COST OF LIVING ADVICE SURGERY 📢 I’m hosting a drop-in surgery to give help and advice with struggling with the cost of living: 📆 Friday 16th January, @ Centre-63, Old Hall Ln, Kirkby, L32 5TH 🕛 10am – 12pm I’ll be holding these sessions every month in Knowsley, look out for future announcements

The Employment Rights Bill is now the Employment Rights Act. This is our ERA. Written by workers for workers. It will be off to the King on Thursday. What a Christmas present. 🎁

Out and about in the constituency this morning. Had a lovely coffee from @Kirkby coffee & service with a smile. It was dead Christmassy with all the decs and lovely treats. Pop by if you are in the Townie.

Today is National Postal Workers Day - a chance to thank Knowsley’s hardworking posties. Looking forward to thanking them in person when I visit a local delivery office this week. With service standards falling, Royal Mail must listen to staff and fix the recruitment crisis.

Those who serve our country give up so much. This Christmas, Labour is stepping in to support 35,000 additional service personnel with travel costs, so more families in Knowsley can be together when it matters most. ❤️

Every 5 minutes, a UK family faces homelessness. After 14 years of Tory failure, Labour won’t stand by. We’ve launched a National Plan to End Homelessness, backed by £3.5bn - including £101,952,855 in the North West.

☀️ Sunny morning doorknocking in Roby with our candidate Gary See 🎄 So many lovely Christmassy homes decorated and ready. 🎁 As always it was lovely to speak to residents.

The heart & soul has been ripped out of the World Cup with FIFA World Cup setting prices out of so many loyal fans reach. Fifa should halt, sit down with the Football Association and set fairer pricing. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Great news about this vital investment into specialist placements in mainstream schools, this will make such a difference in Knowsley. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I voted to bring our railways back into public ownership through Great British Railways. Constituents regularly contact me about cancelled trains, the bad state of stations & out of date ticketing practices. Our Bill will mean fewer delays, modern ticketing and frozen fares.

Unelected Tory Lords are still trying to block the Employment Rights Bill and voting against it in the Lords. Enough is enough. Unelected Lords shouldn’t be preventing the elected MPs in House of Commons from getting this Bill done and delivering for workers.

The findings on police conduct at Hillsborough - which make clear Norman Bettison should have faced gross misconduct charges - are unjustifiable. He should be stripped of his knighthood & the Queen’s Policing Medal. I’ve added my name. Please add yours. c.org/8YzbbfbHxV

Me and my Parli pal @emmafoodymp.bsky.social sharing a two headed jumper for Save the Children's #ChristmasJumperDay, but all for an important cause. If you can, donate to @savechildrenuk.bsky.social to help create brighter futures for children and families.

Solidarity with North West Ambulance Service workers and Unison North West members. Workers who help save lives deserve a fair settlement and respect, not pay cuts.

JUST ANNOUNCED: £65 million for better buses across the Liverpool City Region. Perfect timing — earlier this week I launched my Big Bus Survey, because I want to hear directly from you about what you need from our local bus services. 🚌 Have your say: 🔗 tinyurl.com/5ear4t96

Great to meet with Scope on International Day of Disabled People and reflect on the work still needed to remove unnecessary barriers and build a more inclusive, equitable, and sustainable future for everyone.

Proud to be on this Bill Committee for the Hillsborough Law. Especially proud to be with my colleagues @ianbyrnemp.bsky.social & Maria Eagle MP, who have worked on this for years. I fully support the areas to be strengthened & will work with families, NowHillsborough & MPs. #JFT97

Since entering government, Labour has taken significant steps to improve the life chances of children with SEND: o investing £1 billion into high-needs SEND support. o £740 million to support councils to create more specialist places o Allocating £69 billion for council budgets

🚌I’ve launched a Big Bus Survey to get your views about where and when our buses should run. 📰Read all about it in the Echo: tinyurl.com/j6ump3ym 📋Take the survey here: tinyurl.com/5ear4t96 and tell me how we should spend the government’s £1.6bn for transport in your community.

Every child deserves to feel the magic of Christmas. Please support the Explore Partnership Knowsley Sharing Santa appeal which makes sure kids and families in Knowsley wake up to something special on Christmas morning 🎅 Donations and drop off points here: explorepartnership.co.uk/index.php/sh...

Labour promised to fix an extra million potholes a year by the end of Parliament. This shows we are putting our money where our mouth is: On top of already announced £8.7 Million for Liverpool City Region £800m Boost For Roads And Pothole Repair for the North West

Labour friends of pets.

Great to be out on the doorstep in St. Gabriel’s this morning with Labour Knowsley and Liverpool colleagues

Loved visiting @LITTLEPLAYERS1 at Westvale Community Centre. Ben & Scott run a brilliant inclusive club and have exciting plans for the future, which includes expanding provision for kids who cant afford to pay.

The Made in Merseyside Part 2 exhibition at Kirkby Gallery was 5 (FIVE) Stars. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My favorites were The End fanzine display & Road to Brezhnev. This documentary has been nominated for an LCR Award & deserves to win. I’m going to rewatch the film this weekend.

I joined community legend Carole in Prescot at Tesco winter food collection. She told me how generous customers are & how this store has high donations. Since collapse of Knowsley Foodbank these groups are even more essential. Thank you to Carole, team & the wonderful volunteers

Really valuable meeting with Karl and Ray from Merseyside Police local policing team today - thanks for the updates on what’s happening in the area. We had a great chat about how we can work together to tackle violent youth crime and anti social behaviour

Scrapping the two-child benefit cap will lift hundreds of thousands of kids out of poverty. 3,310 in Knowsley alone. This is Labour values in action.

The Chancellor has delivered a Budget that shows what a Labour Government stands for.🌹🧵

I’m about to take evidence on the Hillsborough Law. Today we’ll hear directly from Hillsborough Law NOW, the families, and Mayors Rotherham and Burnham. It's about listening to experts to make this Bill truly effective. For the 97 and every victim of state cover-ups. #JFT97

Helped a constituent apply for and receive the Pension Credit they were entitled to. Last year, hundreds of pensioners in Knowsley secured Pension Credit through the awareness raised by my Claim What’s Yours campaign. I’ll be running the campaign again this year.

Scrapping the two-child limit will lift three and a half thousand children in Knowsley out of poverty and over 450,000 children nationally. This is what Labour governments do. 🌹

News from the Lords. The Greens voted with Lib Dem and Tory Peers to water down the Employment Rights Bill. I agree with every word from the General Secretary of @usdawunion.bsky.social in this letter

With our new Neighbourhood Health Centres, you will receive treatment minutes from home instead of having to travel miles to often hard-to-reach hospitals. This is the difference a Labour Government makes.

The Government has announced plans to make it illegal for tickets to concerts, theatre, comedy, sport and other live events to be resold for more than their original cost.

Half a million more kids will benefit from Labour's free breakfast clubs from April next year - including 14 schools in Knowsley. These clubs were only available in 1 in 10 schools under the Tories. Labour is making them available for all our children.

It was an honour to have the Duke of Edinburgh in Knowsley at the Shakespeare North Playhouse for a boss performance of The Tempest. Thanks to Shakespeare North Playhouse for the invitation and thanks to The HandleBards for such a brilliant play. www.cultureknowsley.co.uk/duke-of-edin...

I was delighted to speak to Richard Quest on @cnn.com about the Government's plans to cap ticket resales and put fans first. The UK has a world-leading live events sector and fans deserve the right to pay a fair price, as is already the case in other countries that have legislated in this way. 1/2

Great to meet Dr Mike Merriman, Dr Andy Fisher, and Practice Manger Claire from Millbrook Medical Centre in Kirkby, and their amazing staff. Discussed several issues including the Every Breath Matters campaign which you can find more information about here www.knowsleynews.co.uk/every-breath...

Thanks to everyone who came to my Supermarket Surgery at Tesco in Prescot. Really important issues were raised including around housing, SEND & NHS. I will do my best. Thank you too to Tesco for hosting me and the lovely staff.

Helped a constituent get their overdue Attendance Allowance approved, backdated, and paid.

Buzzing that this Labour Government is standing up for fans. Whether you’re on the Kop or going to see your favourite artist, a cap on resale prices means fair tickets at fair prices. Next stop… surge pricing. 👀🎟️

Every state primary school in England will have a library by the end of this Parliament. If your school doesn’t yet have a library or dedicated reading space, I strongly encourage schools to apply for support through this initiative: www.librariesforprimaries.org.uk/schools