🌹 Labour is helping Bristol families with the cost of living. 💷 This April bills are coming down, the minimum wage is going up and train fares and prescriptions are frozen. More money in your pocket.

Some really welcome news from the Government today! ✅ Powers to speed up implementation of children’s wellbeing consultation outcome ✅ Preserving online data in tragic events of children’s deaths ✅ Powers to close loopholes to keep AI chatbots safe from illegal content

“We were crushed by the horror” but “I’m a survivor” Gisèle Pelicot speaks to #Newsnight

Huge numbers of Labour activists out today in Denton, Burnage and, with me in Levenshulme, @edmilibandmp.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social, Angeliki Stogia, speaking to progressive voters who recognise that only we can stop Reform across the whole constituency.

"Epstein victims and Al-Fayed victims are watching what we do - they're not listening to what we say." MP Natalie Fleet says it’s time to talk about the victims of sexual abuse with the same passion we’re talking about how bad the government is. @lewisgoodall.com

Well said by Marina Hyde www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The media coverage is unrelenting and, at the centre of it all, are the lives of the girls that were devastated by abuse. Imagine if we just believed women and girls the first time round. Solidarity with survivors everywhere.

We're working with Bristol Charities to launch a first-of-its-kind food and essentials distribution hub. Bringing together charities from across the West would help reach more people in crisis, with FareShare South West able to deliver an extra 3 million meals by 2030.

Amidst the noise, we must never forget the voices of the women and children who were trafficked and assaulted for years by Jeffrey Epstein and his powerful accomplices. Mandelson should never have been pushed for the role of US ambassador, he and other hugely powerful men must be held to account.

Tonight, Labour MPs voted to scrap the two child limit – a move that puts us on course to drive the biggest reduction of child poverty in a single Parliament. The Tories and Reform UK voted against it. Don’t let anyone tell you voting Labour doesn’t make a difference 🌹

📣 Our statement on the plans for Park Street

I am extremely concerned by the proliferation of dangerous ‘rape kits’. Victims of sexual assault and rape should get help directly from professionals: www.nhs.uk/live-well/se... www.opendemocracy.net/en/enough-an...

When Maria was sexually assaulted, she used an Enough kit to take a self DNA swab. Her friend posted it and then it was lost. My follow up to my July investigation into Enough www.opendemocracy.net/en/enough-an...

We can't walk on water, but the UK can start to run on it! Tidal power can help lead our clean energy transition. The Severn Estuary has the second-biggest tide in the world, and we need to harness that to deliver energy that is cheap, renewable, safe, and reliable.

We’re announcing the next 500 schools to join the Best Start free breakfast club programme. Support is being targeted to the 300,000 children who need it most. Labour is giving our children the best start in life – no matter their background or postcode. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Every one of homes was under construction during the Labour administration All Councillor Parsons has done is attend ribbon-cutting ceremonies, pat himself on the back, and cut over 2,000 homes from the council housebuilding programme…

A rainy but very positive morning in Henleaze talking to local residents about local and national issues.

This week, an X user created an AI video of me being chloroformed and prepared for rape. Victims are told it's not real and they're getting offended for no reason. But nudification tools are weapons of sexual assault, and the harm they cause is real 👇 jessasato.substack.com/p/ai-nudific...

🚨 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.

It will surprise precisely *no one* that Reform-led West Northants Council is amongst the worst in the country for potholes. Despite a record £7.3 billion being given by this Labour Govt to local authorities for roads. Infuriating. Just sort it out! www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

ICYMI – Labour are boosting animal welfare protections! The changes proposed in the new Animal Welfare Strategy for England include: 🦊 Banning trail hunting; 🪤 ending the use of snare traps; 🐔 banning hen cages; 🐷 banning pig farrowing crates; 🐶 and ending puppy smuggling & farming.

🅿️ Bristolians have long called for action on pavement parking. Until now, councils have not had the legal powers to effectively tackle this problem - the Labour Government is changing that 👇 www.gov.uk/government/n...

X is not safe for women - this is absolutely disgusting and will push women out of public life, so much of which is now online. That's not free speech, it's harassment (note - example below is thankfully age restricted, so only the prompts are visible and not the generated images).

Great to see Enough’s harmed being called out more and more Police warn victims are being duped into buying self-swab rape kits www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

A grand total of 10 Conservatives (one woman) and 0 Reform present for a statement on the VAWG strategy. Clearly protecting women and girls isn’t that much of a priority for them.

"Kemi Badenoch has to use people like me to give her any kind of relevance," @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social tells @lewisgoodall.com, responding to Badenoch's criticism of her handling of violence against women & girls. "She should probably apologise to the girls who might have been raped."

🚨 Tory austerity is over. 🌹 The Labour Government is boosting Bristol City Council's core spending power by £161.3 million 👇

UPDATE: Employment Rights Bill passed! Labour delivering: ✅ Better Pay ✅ Better Conditions ✅ Better Jobs Labour in action

Government announces extra funding for safe housing for domestic abuse survivors – UK politics live

Rape victims in England and Wales to be protected from ‘serial liar’ trope in legal shake-up

Today, I remember all those who have lost their lives to HIV-AIDS. On World AIDS Day 2025, the Labour government is launching a new HIV Action Plan, backed by £170m of funding. Shoutout to www.brigstowe.org in Bristol, for all you have done and continue to do 👏

🕯️ Deputy Leader of Bristol Labour, Carole Johnson: “I’m deeply honoured to be standing here tonight. Whilst I’m grateful for this gathering, I’m also very saddened by the profound need for it. Yet here we are, united in purpose.” www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...

🎭 The Council's Cultural Investment Programme is a lifeline for Bristol's grassroots culture sector. Yet, the Green-led council is set to gut the fund ❗️ This would have profound consequences for Bristol's cultural scene. The Greens need to u-turn www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...

Labour will lift 450,000 children out of poverty by removing the two-child limit.

Everyone should be able to live their life free from the threat of violence and abuse.

Proud to have brought this motion to full council and so pleased that it passed with cross-party support. Looking forward to this work moving forward.

Nigel Farage wants to abolish protections for kids online and put porn back in their pockets.

Now and always, we will remember them

We stopped the Green Party's plans to hike the Clean Air Zone charge to £14 a day To improve air quality, the council needs to boost public transport and phase out its own polluting vehicles - not tax working people to fund new Residents Parking Zones www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What we see online doesn’t stay online. Violent pornography is putting young people in danger - that’s why we’re banning it. @womensaid.bsky.social @evawuk.bsky.social @whiteribbonuk.bsky.social @mollyroseorg.bsky.social #ukpolitics #uklabour #onlinesafety #violenceagainstwomen #choking #psa

🚞 The West of England has waited 25 years for the Portishead Line 🌹 Under a Labour Government, a Labour Mayor, and a local Labour MP, it's finally being delivered www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...

😤 Bristol Greens pre-election: "we will return this youth club to the community!" 🤥 Bristol Greens post-election: "actually, we're going to demolish it - or just let it become derelict" www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...

Demolition plans for the building loom while campaigners call for it to be renovated

📣 The East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood scheme needs to change. Read our full statement www.labourbristol.co.uk/2025/10/08/s...

The Tories oversaw the near collapse of the criminal justice system which effectively decriminalised rape, they have nothing to say to rape victims & survivors who are being repeatedly failed so blame foreign perps, even when the perps are British, & ignoring how rape is about violent men not race.

We will never tolerate racism in our city. Bristol belongs to everyone who calls it home. www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...

📣 Our statement on recent racist attacks in Bristol