Today the FTSE 100 hit a record high, breaking the 10,000 mark 📈 An upbeat start to 2026, following a strong 2025 💪 Read my column in @cityam.bsky.social on 🇬🇧 getting our spark back ⚡️ 👉 www.cityam.com/city-ministe...

Seeing out 2025 in the company of this new little man… Happy New Year all - wishing everyone a very happy & healthy 2026 🥂

Important progress. More to do. Looking back at the year just gone & that to come in my column for The Chron 📰 👉 www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/opinion...

Merry Christmas everyone 🎄🎅

Town looking beautiful 🎄❤️

Bit of pre-Christmas @hotpodyoga.bsky.social this aft 🔥🧘‍♀️

Just a few of the many issues that my team were able to help residents with this month. If you live in Northampton North & you need any advice or assistance then please do contact my office: 📧 [email protected] ☎️ 01604 915131

Innovation, 🇬🇧’s payments infrastructure, stablecoin & AI… As 2025 draws to a close (nearly!), great to do some horizon-scanning with the team at Stripe

Thank you again to Milly! 🎅🎄 www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/people/...

Grateful to @nazshahbfd.bsky.social, the APPG on Islamic & Ethical Finance & leading 🇬🇧 Islamic finance professionals for coming together with @blairmcdougall.com & I to discuss how we can realise the sector's growth potential & the importance of financial inclusion.

8 things this Labour Government announced last week:

❤️ Fridge Street

Congratulations to Milly Isaac of Parklands Primary School on being this year’s winner of my Christmas card competition! 🎅🎄 We received so many brilliant entries that it was very hard to choose a winner but Milly’s design stood out as exceptionally good 🥇🏆

This Labour Government is investing £3.5billion to tackle homelessness www.gov.uk/government/n...

I’m holding my next advice surgery in #Northampton town centre tomorrow. If you need help or advice, please book an appointment by emailing [email protected]. For details of further surgeries (in person & over the ☎️), sign up to my newsletter 👉 www.lucyrigby.co.uk

Corruption is a brake on growth & this Government is committed to tackling it. A pleasure to be at Mansion House for the launch of our new Anti-Corruption Strategy with Dan Jarvis, Stephen Doughty & Margaret Hodge. See the Strategy here 👉 www.gov.uk/government/p...

9 things this Labour Government delivered last week

✅ 350,000 new workplace & training opportunities ✅ 360 Youth Hubs ✅ A Jobs Guarantee for 18-21 year olds who are long-term unemployed This @uklabour Government is providing opportunities for our young people & backing them to succeed. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Good to meet up with the West Northants Labour Group alongside my neighbour @mike-reader.bsky.social & talk all things #Northampton & #SmallBusinessSaturday! 🌹

This #SmallBusinessSaturday, I’ve been around town celebrating some of the amazing small businesses we have in #Northampton!

Great coffee morning at St Albans Church. Always good to see our local PCSOs (and special mention to Kingsthorpe resident Teddy 🐶)

This government will drive the biggest reduction of child poverty in a single Parliament. This is how we get there.

This Govt is committed to ensuring that children of all ages receive a good financial education Thank you to Ana Botín of Santander & James Harding of @theobserveruk.bsky.social for a fascinating discussion at the launch of Santander's report ‘The Currency of Learning’ this morning

Great news that every new Best Start Family Centre will be provided with a dedicated SEND practitioner, meaning SEND families in #Northampton will receive help faster & earlier when the West Northants centre is complete in April next year! www.gov.uk/government/n...

Some examples of issues my office was able to help #Northampton residents with in November. If you need any help or assistance, please contact me via 📧 [email protected] or ☎️ 01604 915131.

8 things Labour's budget will deliver #Budget2025

Labour is DOUBLING funding to repair our broken roads - including up to £73 million for #Northampton until 2029 🔧

60% of the families who'll benefit from the lifting of the 2 child cap have a parent in work

Aaand the tree is up… 🎅🎄

Justice delayed is justice denied. This Government inherited a broken criminal justice system & a record Crown Court backlog, with victims waiting years for their cases to be heard. Getting the Crown Court backlog down to deliver swifter justice is a moral imperative.

Tory austerity left deep & lasting scars on our economy & wider society. And now the Tories want to go there again - proving that they’ve learnt the grand total of nothing… ⬇️

The Tories would take us back to the austerity that devastated our communities. This @ukabour Government is rebuilding 🇬🇧

Good to speak to @UKLabour members this eve about #Budget2025. Thank you to everyone who dialled in. Always good to talk to @Gail_McDade too!

This @uklabour Government is supporting start-ups, scale-ups & SMEs in #Northampton and across 🇬🇧

Backing Britain's start-ups

Renewing Britain

Today, the Chancellor set out how we’re creating the conditions for growth & fuelling companies to thrive. Fantastic to see this announcement from Lloyds today ⬇️

I wrote for City AM about how this Budget strengthens UK capital markets – making 🇬🇧 the best place for companies to scale, list & succeed. www.cityam.com/city-ministe...

This is a Budget that will deliver for 🇬🇧 We’re strengthening our economy, cutting borrowing, NHS waiting lists & the cost of living.

Loved seeing the Northampton School for Girls team shine at this year's Big Bang at Parliament with their hugely impressive Sereniwrap project 💡🚀

Congratulations @sends4dad on being Friendship Winner at the Contact Awards in Parliament last night 🙌 🎊 Worthy recognition for your incredible work!

Economic abuse blights the lives of far too many & I’m very proud that this Government is tackling it. Thank you to Experian for sponsoring today’s reception in Parliament, to Natalie for her incredible testimony & to Surviving Economic Abuse CEO Sam Smethers for all you do!

Putting passengers first! Labour is freezing rail fares - the first time a Government has frozen fares in 30 years

9 things this Labour Government delivered last week

Spoke at Mastercard’s Fintech Across the Regions conference about risk taking, wealth creation & how this Government is backing 🇬🇧’s incredible #fintech sector to grow 🚀 Thank you to Mastercard for bringing together such brilliant innovators from up and down 🇬🇧

Another year… 🎂 Thank you to all the lovely people who have made this year a good one x

The Office for Investment: Financial Services is already assisting international firms to take advantage of opportunities to invest, set up & expand in 🇬🇧 Thank you to City of London for your integral role in OFI:FS & for hosting the Advisory Group at the Guildhall this week

A real pleasure to meet with Irish Minister of State Robert Troy. We discussed the excellent 🇬🇧🤝🇮🇪 relationship, supported by open, innovative & resilient financial markets that drive growth across both our economies. Wore all my green… 🇮🇪

Honoured to deliver the keynote at The Association of Foreign Banks yesterday, sharing our growth plans for UK financial services. Foreign banks will continue to play a key part, investing in Britain, creating high-quality jobs & supporting communities nationwide 🇬🇧 #AFBbanquet 🌍