Jess Asato MP
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Labour Member of Parliament for Lowestoft
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Emily Darlington MP
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What we see online doesnāt stay online. Violent pornography is putting young people in danger - thatās why weāre banning it.
@womensaid.bsky.social
@evawuk.bsky.social
@whiteribbonuk.bsky.social
@mollyroseorg.bsky.social
#ukpolitics
#uklabour
#onlinesafety
#violenceagainstwomen
#choking
#psa
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Bridget Phillipson MP
3 days ago
Weāre updating what children learn at school so theyāre ready for the modern world. That means strong foundations, plus new skills like spotting fake news online and understanding money, and access to arts and sport. Find out more. š
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Bridget Phillipson MP
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Our expert-led Curriculum and Assessment Review has concluded. Its recommendations will support this Labour government to build a system where every child can achieve and thrive. A renewed system, fit for the future.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Mortgages and AI to be added to the curriculum in English schools
Ministers are making the changes for children in England after a review of what is taught in schools.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cddr3v6j9mmo
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Thank you Liz Kendall and Alex Davies-Jones for acting to stop online platforms profiting off degrading and misogynistic content normalising strangulation during sex. Together, we will halve violence against women and girls.
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Thank you
@waynebavinshow.bsky.social
at BBC Radio Suffolk for inviting me on your show to discuss the appalling levels of street-based sexual harassment and domestic sexual abuse that women continue to face. 1/3
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation
5 days ago
Pimping websites are used by sex traffickers to advertise victims
@ofcom.bsky.social
guidance for these sites on implementing the Online Safety Act is totally inadequate and deeply harmful Our Chair
@tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social
has written to CEO Dame Melanie Dawes requesting urgent changes 1/2
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Jess Asato MP
Speech and Language UK
8 days ago
This month's highlight: the launch of our Pre-phonics Boost in Parliament! š Massive thanks to
@jessasatomp.bsky.social
for hostingt, as well as Ministers
@helenhayes.bsky.social
,
@davidbainesmp.bsky.social
,
@rupahuq.bsky.social
and Sarah Russell for attending. Learn more:
https://bit.ly/47q9dtn
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In case you missed it this week - this is the difference a Labour Government makes.
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It was great to meet Kelle Bryan this week in Parliament to support Loose Women 's award-winning campaign, Facing It Together. You can find out more here:
www.itv.com/loosewomen/a...
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Emily Darlington MP
12 days ago
Iām so glad to announce that my campaign has been a success, and the Ā£318 fee that survivors of domestic abuse needed to pay to keep their address private when seeking financial assistance has been SCRAPPED š Thank you
@sarahsackman.bsky.social
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What a week this has been. This is the difference a Labour Government makes.
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Great to join the Health Secretary, Mariella Frostrup, and campaigners this week to celebrate the Government's announcement that menopause will be included in free NHS health checks - helping millions more to get the care they need.
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I am over the moon that this Labour Government has agreed to bring an end to presumption of contact in the family courts.
17 days ago
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Iām delighted the Government have made changes to the Victims Bill following my Amendment 9, which will extend the removal of parental responsibility to serious child sexual abuse offenders who offend against children not in their family. Thank you to Fair Hearing for your support.
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I know that safeguarding victims is at the heart of our Governmentās approach to the criminal justice system. Thatās why I have tabled amendments to the Sentencing Bill which would better protect domestic abuse victims.
labourlist.org/2025/10/pris...
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'Labour's prison reforms must not put domestic abuse survivors at risk' - LabourList
The proposal to automatically release offenders recalled to prison after less than two months cannot go ahead in its current form.
https://labourlist.org/2025/10/prison-reform-domestic-abuse-survivors-jess-asato/
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Jess Asato MP
Bridget Phillipson MP
19 days ago
Proud to be backed by my own union,
@gmb.org.uk
Iām asking for your vote, to be the voice for our entire movement at the cabinet table - standing up for working people, delivering change, and getting things done.
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It was an honour to meet Esther Ghey to support her campaign to ban smartphones in schools. Our children learn better, teachersā wellbeing improves and safeguarding concerns dramatically decrease when schools implement a ban.
phonefreeeducation.org
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I have tabled 3 amendments to the Victims and Courts Bill. Two to end the postcode lottery when it comes to accessing services for victims and those that care for them. And one to allow courts to strip child sexual abusers of their parental responsibility.
bills.parliament.uk/bills/3968/s...
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Jess Asato MP
Speech and Language UK
23 days ago
Yesterday we launched our Pre-phonics Boost at a reception in Parliament hosted by
@jessasatomp.bsky.social
! Pre-phonics Boost is an online resource to help pupils access phonics so they can start their reading journey with confidence. Learn more š
speechandlanguage.org.uk/educators-an...
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Jess Asato MP
Bridget Phillipson MP
24 days ago
Hereās what Iāve been up to recently š As your Deputy Leader, Iāll be your Campaigner in Chief, by your side, making members proud of our government and proud to knock on doors.
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Children shouldnāt be bombarded with upsetting content online like graphic killings. This timely new report from
@internetmatters.bsky.social
sets out the impact on children and calls for better media literacy in schools š
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Kids' social media flooded with upsetting news including Charlie Kirk murder
Children have been bombarded with upsetting content on social media including the death of Liam Payne and the murder of Charlie Kirk, research shows today
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/liam-payne-death-charlie-kirk-36074507.amp
23 days ago
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Kirith Entwistle
24 days ago
I was proud to commend the Prime Minister on his strong stance in his speech to Labour Conference a couple of weeks ago and highlight why a particular party opposite does not deserve the chance to govern at Prime Ministerās Questions today šš¼
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Great to join campaigners outside Parliament today calling for equal protection and an end to the physical punishment of children.
#MakeItClear
@rcpch.bsky.social
@nspcc.bsky.social
@barnardos.org.uk
25 days ago
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Jess Asato MP
Alison McGovern
28 days ago
Everyone needs chances and choices in life. Homelessness is a dreadful risk to that, and the Tories looked the other way whilst this crisis grew. We won't.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/alis...
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Labour's Alison McGovern: 'Homelessness is a reminder of how politics can fail people'
Homelessness minister Alison McGovern, writing for Big Issue on World Homeless Day, says politics is failing people without a stable home
https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/alison-mcgovern-homelessness-minister-world-homeless-day/
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Jess Asato MP
Back Bridget
29 days ago
Hereās why Muhammad is backing Bridget for Deputy Leaderš
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Jess Asato MP
Bridget Phillipson MP
about 1 month ago
The deputy leadership election is a choice. Back me to end child poverty, or take us back to our divided past.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Phillipson presses Starmer and Reeves to abolish two-child benefit cap in full
Exclusive: education secretary tells the Guardian scrapping limit entirely in Novemberās budget most cost-effective way to tackle child poverty
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/09/phillipson-presses-starmer-and-reeves-to-abolish-two-child-benefit-cap-in-full
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Ballots are dropping today for the Deputy Leadership election! I will be voting for
@bphillipsonmp.bsky.social
about 1 month ago
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Bridget Phillipson MP
about 1 month ago
Deeply proud to be backed by Alan Johnson, a giant of the Labour movement. The deputy leadership is a choice between a strong government true to our values and ready to win again, or the divided party for which Farage is desperate.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Alan Johnson backs Bridget Phillipson for next Labour deputy
The former home secretary said that the No 10 favourite was one of the partyās āstar performersā and her rival Lucy Powell would ādestabiliseā the leadership
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/alan-johnson-backs-bridget-phillipson-for-next-labour-deputy-v3bjh7qlf
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Jess Asato MP
about 1 month ago
As the weeks ends, we're reflecting on a powerful series of events at the
#LabourPartyConference
On Tuesday, we joined a New Statesman session on how business can support government to end
#VAWG
. With contributions from
@jessasatomp.bsky.social
,
@alexmclabour.bsky.social
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Kemi Badenochās pledge to repeal the Climate Change Act is playing fire with our childrensā futures. It will harm our economic growth and undermines our global credibility. Proud to sign this letter alongside 124 others.
about 1 month ago
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Bridget Phillipson MP
about 1 month ago
Child poverty will be my number 1 priority as Deputy Leader. Thereās no time to waste. Weāll only tackle it if we come together, not by turning on each other.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Radio 4 - Political Thinking with Nick Robinson, Bridget Phillipson on life as education secretary
The Labour deputy leadership candidate joins Nick in Liverpool at Labour party conference.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002kf52
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Bridget Phillipson MP
about 1 month ago
Hereās why Iām standing to be your Deputy Leader š
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays)
about 1 month ago
I will be looking to get as many people and civic organisations as possible involved in a positive English identity campaign next year, nationally, regionally, locally. If that sounds like something you'd like to know more about or get involved with, do get in touch with me.
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Jess Asato MP
Become
about 1 month ago
We were at the
#LabourConference
this week, raising awareness of the urgent challenges care-experienced young people face daily It was great to see policymakers open to listening and exploring solutions. @jessasatomp.bsky.social
#YoungPeople
#CareExperienced
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Jess Asato MP
Phil Brickell MP
about 1 month ago
š§µon Michelle Mone and Covid contracts 1/ Former Tory peer Michelle Mone has called todayās ruling that PPE Medpro must give the taxpayer back Ā£122m for supplying dodgy PPE an āestablishment cover-upā. Utter nonsense. Letās ignore the rhetoric & look at the facts š
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UK government wins £122m pandemic case against Michelle Mone-linked firm over faulty PPE
Trial heard 25m surgical gowns supplied by PPE Medpro to protect NHS staff were unusable and could āseriously harm or kill patientsā
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/01/uk-government-wins-122m-pandemic-case-against-michelle-mone-linked-firm-over-faulty-ppe
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Great to see results from the Greater Manchester pilots of Domestic Abuse Protection Orders introduced by the Labour Government last year. This is an important tool in our fight to halve violence against women and girls within a decade.
www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater...
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Work continues to drive down domestic abuse in GM with fewer victims and more offenders brought to justice
There were 1,500 fewer victims of domestic abuse in the last year as weāre continuing our work with partners and use all powers available to reduce harm.
https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2025/october/work-continues-to-drive-down-domestic-abuse-in-gm-with-fewer-victims-and-more-offenders-brought-to-justice/
about 1 month ago
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Nerys Anthony
about 1 month ago
Pleased to participate on
@carerstrust.bsky.social
panel
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social
conference with
@jessasatomp.bsky.social
& others - focused on young carers & education. Emphasising young carers as a non-homogeneous group & the importance of centring policy responses in their voice & experience
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Jess Asato MP
Education Policy Institute
about 1 month ago
Also underway at
#Lab25
: our joint event with Triple P on the role of evidence-based parenting programmes in delivering support at scale, reaching hard-to-reach groups, and boosting school readiness in line with the Best Start in Life Strategy w/
@oliviabailey.bsky.social
&
@jessasatomp.bsky.social
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Jess Asato MP
Cancer Research UK Policy
about 1 month ago
Fantastic to speak with
@jessasatomp.bsky.social
about how we can reduce health inequalities and improve cancer outcomes. Thanks for stopping by our stand at
#Lab25
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Jess Asato MP
Nerys Anthony
about 1 month ago
Powerful young people led reception at
#LabConf
for the Childrenās Charities Coalition - delighted with the attendance, engagement & support for young people across the UK Thanks to
@bphillipsonmp.bsky.social
Liz Kendall
@jessasatomp.bsky.social
@joshdeanmp.bsky.social
Josh McCallister for coming
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Jess Asato MP
Bridget Phillipson MP
about 1 month ago
šØ NEW: Labourās free breakfast clubs are being rolled out to half a million more children. Our national rollout begins here ā to put money in parentsā pockets and to give children growing up in our country the best start in life.
www.mirror.co.uk/subscription...
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Free breakfast clubs to be rolled out to half a million more kids within months
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said she was proud that free breakfast clubs will be rolled out to 2,000 more primary schools next year
https://www.mirror.co.uk/subscriptions/free-breakfast-clubs-rolled-out-35972401
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Jess Asato MP
Darren Jones MP
about 1 month ago
What does the new digital ID really mean for you? Let me explain šš»
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Bridget Phillipson MP
about 1 month ago
Iām a campaigner - and Iāll be a campaigning Deputy Leader. This last week Iāve visited every region & nation in Britain - telling Labourās story. We need to unite, bring change, and defeat Reform to win again.
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Jess Asato MP
Bridget Phillipson MP
about 2 months ago
I will champion workersā rights at the Cabinet table. The Employment Rights Bill must be delivered in full. No ifs, no buts.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Bridget Phillipson pledges to deliver workersā rights bill in full if deputy leader
Exclusive: Unions endorse education secretary as she vows to ensure measures are not watered down ā āno ifs or butsā
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/22/bridget-phillipson-workers-rights-bill-labour-deputy-leader-election-unions
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Bridget Phillipson MP
about 2 months ago
The brave students who landed this week have chosen to answer loss with learning, despair with determination, and war with hope. They are an inspiration and I am deeply relieved that theyāve arrived in the UK & can now continue their education in safety.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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āA surreal journeyā: Palestinian students evacuated from Gaza arrive in UK
First 34 students, who have full scholarships, welcomed after months of campaigning by academics and others
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/sep/22/palestinian-students-evacuated-from-gaza-arrive-in-the-uk
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Jess Asato MP
Bridget Phillipson MP
about 2 months ago
Iām honoured to be the first candidate on the ballot paper for the Deputy Leadership & to have the most nominations from CLPs the length & breadth of the UK. Iāll be a campaigning Deputy Leader at the Cabinet table, fighting for our values.
labour.org.uk/deputy-leade...
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Deputy Leadership 2025 - CLP & Affiliate Nominations ā The Labour Party
CLP and affiliate nominations for the 2025 Labour Deputy Leadership election
https://labour.org.uk/deputy-leadership-2025-clp-affiliate-nominations/
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Jess Asato MP
Back Bridget
about 2 months ago
Thank you to the National Union of Mineworkers for nominating
@bphillipsonmp.bsky.social
to be the next Deputy Leader of the Labour Party š
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Jess Asato MP
Back Bridget
about 2 months ago
Hereās why Labour members are backing
@bphillipsonmp.bsky.social
for Deputy Leader ā¬ļø
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Jess Asato MP
Bridget Phillipson MP
about 2 months ago
The choice is simple. Shape the years ahead, or contest the years behind.
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