14 years of Tory government left our prisons on the verge of collapse. Labour is taking action to clear up the mess. 👷The biggest prison building programme since the Victoria era. 📝 A Sentencing Bill which will reduce reoffending and crime. ✅ Punishment that works.

Today the Deputy Prime Minister and I visited a Youth Offending Team and Youth Court to see firsthand the work they do and the challenges they face. I’m determined to build a better system to prevent reoffending, support vulnerable children and create safer communities.

The Conservative Party chair is saying the 60,000 people in hotels would have been deported to Rwanda. The capacity of the scheme was 300 in year one

This week I attended the Conference of Ministers for Justice, advancing cross-border legal cooperation. ⚖️ I signed a new agreement to strengthen justice cooperation. 👮‍♂️ This is vital to tackling international crime, including people smuggling and illegal migration.

EXC - Keir Starmer condemns far right racism and violence at yesterday's march Says there will be "no surrender" of British flag to those who promote hate Our story here - www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

V interesting from @dantomlinson.bsky.social and @jakerichardsmp.bsky.social on reform of the ECHR - very much coming onto the radar of Labour MPs www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

International human rights laws, and the ECHR, will be subject to change over the coming years. The question now is: who will lead this change? My article for @thetimes.com, with @dantomlinson.bsky.social, on the need for progressives to shape reform of the ECHR.👇 www.thetimes.com/article/becb...

The Tories can’t have it both ways. Do they support investment in our NHS, and the difficult decisions made to pay for it? Or are they happy with growing waiting lists, crumbling hospitals and more ill-health? Until they answer that, they are not remotely serious.

The Chancellor changed Tory fiscal rules last autumn so we could properly invest in Britain’s security and prosperity. This was the change the country needed - and voted for. A very welcome statement yesterday by the Chancellor using these new tools for the country’s priorities. 🌹👇

Thank you to @jakerichardsmp.bsky.social who sits on the Home Affairs Select Committee for raising the vital issue of refugee children being wrongly placed in adult asylum hotels. Many refugee children we and @helenbamber.bsky.social. @humansforrights.bsky.social work with are wrongly judged adult.

GGF Director @prafulnargund.bsky.social was joined by an expert panel - @liambyrnemp.bsky.social, @jakerichardsmp.bsky.social, and Allie Renison - for a timely discussion on where public opinion stands and what can be done to build a closer UK-EU relationship.

"There is political risk in striking a deal with the EU but there is more risk in not doing so. The Labour government requires economic growth, increased defence security and control of illegal migration. A deal with the EU can help." - Red wall MP @jakerichardsmp.bsky.social

Theresa May’s immigration skills charge was a good idea badly implemented – Labour can make it work, writes Labour MP @jakerichardsmp.bsky.social

Huge thanks to @jakerichardsmp.bsky.social who is bringing forward a private members bill to address the issue of children in care being moved far from home which is currently being debated in Parliament. www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...

Quote of the day from Kemi Badenoch: “For too long, politics has been about winning elections, not planning for the future. I want to change that.”

Yesterday, the OBR confirmed that Labour’s planning reforms are working. And we are just getting started. Enjoyed a thoughtful discussion with Harry Cole and Sir Simon Clarke @TheSun @LabourGrowth

Thank you, @jakerichardsmp.bsky.social, for highlighting gambling suicides in last night's adjournment debate. #StopGamblingSuicides

Labour is the Party of working people - and we must always support people to work if they can, whilst ensuring those who cannot live with dignity. That’s good for the individual, their families, our communities, and wider society. @BBCNewsnight last night on welfare reform 👇i

Congratulations to @jakerichardsmp.bsky.social talking sense on @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social and standing up for Labour values.

I was on @doubjeopardypod to discuss the ‘assisted dying bill’ and challenges with this profound change in our law (and the law-making process). I strongly believe we can safely legislate for choice at end of life. Thank you @KenMacdonaldKC @timowenkc podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...

Labour MP warns party of ‘uncanny’ parallels with Germany’s defeated SPD

Spot on by @stephenkb.bsky.social on the blindness of Kemi Badenoch's leadership www.ft.com/content/363d...

Beautiful run this lunchtime. Not a cloud in the South Yorkshire sky!🏃‍♂️☀️

I’m totally unapologetic about the government’s decision to prioritise defence spending and our country’s security. Labour is the Party of Atlee and Bevin, central to the creation of NATO and fervent in our support for our armed services. My response to @Keir_Starmer’s statement👇

Very strong statement from the Prime Minister. The Leader of the Opposition, meanwhile, never fails to get the tone wrong.

Looks like not a single one of Reform UK's five MPs made it into the Commons for David Lammy's update on a momentous week for Ukraine. (Two of them were present for the UQ on electric cars minutes before, but then left the chamber).

The most striking result from yesterday’s German election #btw2025 🇩🇪: 🔹 35 years after reunification: The GDR is redrawn on this map. 🔹 The AfD won 45 out of 48 electoral districts in the East. 🔹 In some parts of Saxony, they came close to 50%! Why is this happening? Here’s my take 👇

Exit poll from Germany. It’s bad but could have been a lot worse.

'Radical change must be part of a national story. Communication must be responsive to the modern world. Patriotism – making Britain great again – must be at the heart of this vision.' Required reading from @jakerichardsmp.bsky.social @fredthomasuk.bsky.social: www.newstatesman.com/politics/lab...

German election results will begin coming in soon. I wrote this piece in the lessons for Labour here for the @newstatesman.com with @fredthomasuk.bsky.social www.newstatesman.com/politics/lab...

one of the most thorough skewerings I’ve ever seen during PMQs

Professor Alexis Jay, who led a 7-year review of sexual abuse which reported in 2022, says starting a new inquiry would delay any implementation of her own recommendations:

Why I am supporting Kim’s Assisted Dying Bill tomorrow. 🧵 Firstly, the status quo is simply not fit for purpose. The law is a mess - we criminalise assisting a loved one escape agony, whilst attempting to show leniency in prosecuting guidance. This breeds uncertainty.