Remembrance Sunday Thank you to Westhougton, Horwich & Blackrod Town Councils for today’s Remembrance Day services across the constituency.

We will remember them.

🗣️ Yesterday, MPs of all stripes spoke out against the ongoing financial secrecy in certain UK Overseas Territories. They called urgent attention to its devastating impacts on their constituents, and pushed the government to act. 🧵⬇️

@philbrickellmp.bsky.social : “Financial secrecy in our Overseas Territories has real-world consequences. For my constituents. For businesses. And for Britain’s standing in the world”

@philbrickellmp.bsky.social : “Money laundering, fraud, bribery, tax evasion – many of the scandals we read about are likely to involve a financial structure in the British Overseas Territories. It is an enduring embarrassment... and one which undermines our global reputation.”

🎥 "Because financial secrecy in our overseas territories has real-world consequences for my constituents... and for Britain's standing in the world." @appgonacrt.bsky.social chair, @philbrickellmp.bsky.social introduces today's debate on ending financial secrecy in Britain's Overseas Territories.

💷 Billions are lost each year through tax abuse, money laundering and fraud – money that should be funding our NHS, not luxury yachts in Monaco, and empty mansions in Kensington. Read more here: www.independent.co.uk/news/busines...

🚨 Our Chair @philbrickellmp.bsky.social is leading a debate today on how financial secrecy in Britain's Overseas Territories is harming communities throughout the UK. When oligarchs, tax dodgers and organised criminals hide their money offshore, working people here at home pick up the bill 👇

💥 Great to see @philbrickellmp.bsky.social flag the need for the Ministerial Code & Independent Adviser to be on a statutory footing. The Public Office (Accountability) Bill – or #HillsboroughBill – is a crucial opportunity for the govt to finally act on this key recommendation from ethics experts.

Presenting my credentials to His Majesty King Charles III at Buckingham Palace was a huge honour and great privilege. It was a fantastic day to celebrate the special 🇬🇧🇩🇪 ties, the historic #KensingtonTreaty and look ahead to the upcoming State Visit of German President Steinmeier.

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Delighted to welcome new German Ambassador Susanne Baumann to Parliament @germanambuk.bsky.social. I look forward to working with the Ambassador to help deliver on shared UK-German interests, from cutting irregular immigration to boosting growth and security.

Excellent news for renters this week with Labour's Renter's Rights Act becoming law. Proud to be able to support this incredibly important piece of legislation.

‘The personification of Thames and of the English rivers’ Peering over my shoulder this morning during a call in the Upper Waiting Hall. #parliament #houseofcommons #westminster

Steve Reed certainly should be looking at asylum accommodation contracts break clauses. Private firms awarded Home Office contracts to house asylum seekers & making significant profits in the process are unaccountable, opaque and unwilling to meet elected members. This urgently needs to change.

One of the best parts of being your Member of Parliament is getting out on the doors, chatting with people. Especially when the sun’s shining!

Come on Wanderers! 👏🏻

Congratulations to @lucympowell.bsky.social - elected as new Deputy Leader. Commiserations to @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social who’ll continue to champion education policy around the Cabinet table.

Dan - quite rightly - points to the need to diversify retail investor portfolios & flags that many FTSE firms are listed here, but derive most of their revenues abroad.

Tonight, for the first time in more than three decades, the Blue Jays are in the World Series. We #WANTITALL.

Reuters reporting on what we already know - that Reform is accepting crypto donations. As a former anti-corruption specialist, let me be clear. Crypto should be nowhere near UK politics. The risks around anonymity, tracing ownership & manipulation of instruments are all good reason to act.

NEW - Starmer on Katy Lam: "I can't tell you how much I disagree with her. "People who are lawfully in this country, who have been working in our communities, our neighbours... to reach in and remove them from our country - for 'cultural reasons'. That is how far the Conservative party has sunk."

Nigel Farage has more Russia questions to answer. What did he know about his Ukip/Brexit party colleagues and their well-documented sympathies to Russia? 👇🏻

Welcome news that the US administration has joined the UK in designating Rosneft and Lukoil. The G7 must do all it can to cut off the lifeline of foreign money keeping the Russian war economy afloat.

Crypto donations to political parties or candidates shouldn’t be allowed. The risks to our democracy are far too great.

Excellent news. For far too long criminals have exploited weaknesses in our money laundering regulations, costing firms billions every year and damaging our reputation as a clean place to do business. Now we need to make sure the new system has the teeth to provide a credible deterrent.

Happy Diwali to everyone celebrating in Bolton West and across the country.

The challenge for this government is to heal the wounds, create much-needed goodwill and repair the ideological, economic damage wrought by the last administration. Geography is inescapable. Our European neighbours will always be important trading & security partners. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Wunderschön!

Some very real examples of donations made - and returned - by foreign donors here. Tighter rules are urgently required - on company donations, unincorporated associations & on crypto. Government should bring the Elections Bill to Parliament as soon as possible.

Strong move from the new Foreign Secretary. But it is shocking that fraudsters were able to hide behind shell companies in our own offshore territories, and then invest their ill-gotten gains in UK property. It is time to drive dirty money out of our economy for good.

This is an important milestone in this Government's drive to restore public trust in politics as a force for good. I look forward to working with Ministers to ensure that this new body has actual teeth, and that politicians are held to the high standards our constituents quite rightly expect.

With Parliament back today, I'd like to thank @fesonline.bsky.social, @ukanticorruptioncoalition.org and @dofe.org, among others, for hosting productive conversations at Labour Conference. From UK-German relations to corruption and young people's mental health, there is plenty to get stuck into.

More evidence of the need for drastic action to address the repeated assault on our hard-won rights to enjoy the great outdoors. Now's the time for primary legislation, to open up nature across England for everyone - on land and on water. That has to include a default right of responsible access.

That’s a wrap on conference season! With David Lammy confirming next year’s Illicit Finance Summit, and opportunities to shape the forthcoming Elections Bill, there’s real momentum to make progress in the year ahead. Full roundup here ⬇️ anticorruption-responsibletax.org/news/2025-co...

This could be a major decision in turning the tide on Putin and making sure he pays for his unlawful war of aggression. I hope Germany, France & the UK can now repurpose frozen Russian state assets as soon as possible to keep Kyiv in the fight.

Farage described Kremlin crony Nathan Gill as 'honest as the day is long'. What does that say about his judgement? From praising Putin to regularly turning up on his propaganda channel, Farage has a Russia problem and it's time he came clean with the British people about it.

Today's ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas comes as a huge relief after 2 years of intense suffering There is still work to do to ensure the ceasefire holds, that aid flows to those who need it, to stop settler violence in the West Bank and to safely free all the hostages held by Hamas.

Bolton Council has been allocated £1.5m from the Pride of Place funding for High Streets. I'm pleased that communities will gain new powers to take over boarded-up shops, preserve local pubs or libraries, and clean up area eyesores. These powers will also help combat suspected money-laundering.

WE WANT OUR MONEY BACK Letters have started arriving on doorsteps, warning suspected Covid cheats to pay up now or face the Covid fraud hit squad. We're coming after you, Covid fraudsters.

It’s the little details that matter. And Kemi isn’t a details woman.

In September, I held two surgeries, one in Westhoughton by appointment and a pop-up at Asda. Most issues are handled via email; reach me at [email protected]. Pop-ups aren't advertised but are perfect for casual chats with constituents.

There’s no way Kevin Hollinrake should have accepted this hospitality. You can’t rail against HMOs one day, then accept their entertainment the next.

Never forget the unforgivable squandering of taxpayers' money during the pandemic by the Tories and the deplorable attempt by those in the spotlight to now pretend they are the victims.

We can’t let the Tories turn the tide on the UK’s climate leadership. That’s why I put my name to this letter👇🏻

⚖️ "The 'VIP-lane' was one of the most egregious aspects of the way the former government went about procuring emergency supplies during the pandemic." Our Chief Executive @danieljbruce.bsky.social spoke with @bbc5live.bsky.social to discuss today's High Court ruling against PPE Medpro.

Over the past few months I ran a survey asking you for your thought on the NHS. Thank you for providing your feedback and please view my response below:

🧵on Michelle Mone and Covid contracts 1/ Former Tory peer Michelle Mone has called today’s ruling that PPE Medpro must give the taxpayer back £122m for supplying dodgy PPE an ‘establishment cover-up’. Utter nonsense. Let’s ignore the rhetoric & look at the facts 👇

🚨🆕: Anti-Corruption Experts welcome Michelle Mone verdict — but call attention to the billions of taxpayer pounds still left to reclaim. Read more from our experts: www.ukanticorruptioncoalition.org/work/release...