This week I was delighted to chair the latest meeting of the Westminster Working Group for Sanctions on Israel. We heard from Palestinian voices calling for an end to UK trade with Israel's illegal settlements. MPs are working with campaigners to step up the pressure on the Government to do this.

Just how much more appalling news needs to come out about Peter Mandelson before the Labour leadership finally kicks him out of the party?

Trump calling Cuba an “extraordinary threat” is another lie from a dangerous president. Blocking all fuel supplies to Cuba is a war crime - the collective punishment of civilians. The world must stand up to Trump’s tearing up of international law - which makes us all less safe.

Industrial fishing, climate change and offshore drilling are destroying marine ecosystems. And only 3.1% of the global ocean is fully protected. This week, I joined @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social on their ship The Witness to support the campaign to protect 30% of the world's oceans by 2030.

Everyone knows Andy Burnham would have the best chance of beating Reform in Gorton and Denton. Fixing the selection to keep him off the ballot would be an affront to party democracy - and a sign nasty factionalism is a higher priority than reversing the rise of Farage and Reform

Nigel Farage pulled out of the BBC’s flagship politics show this morning. Reform say he was “under the weather”. Yes. I'm sure that's it.

Merry Christmas to everyone in East Leeds and all across the country 🎄⛄ A huge thank you to all the NHS and emergency service workers, and to everyone in retail, hospitality and beyond, working through the holidays. Let’s build a world of peace, justice and equality in 2026.

Along with over 50 MPs and Lords, I have written to the Justice Secretary calling on him to meet immediately with the lawyers representing those on hunger strike. Lives are at risk. Time is running out. The Justice Secretary must act without delay - before a tragedy occurs.

Billionaire wealth keeps piling up. Everyone else is left with less and less. With this mountain of pasta, I show why we need to tax the Billionaires.

Today I’m delivering my open letter to the Prime Minister and Chancellor calling on them to: Tax Extreme Wealth - Tackle the Cost of Living Crisis. There’s still time to join over 20,000 others and add your name before I take it to Downing Street. 👇 bit.ly/TaxWealthAutumnBudget

The Budget must tax extreme wealth and use this to tackle the cost-of-living crisis. Thousands have already backed my open letter to the Prime Minister to do this. Add your name 👇 bit.ly/TaxWealthAutumnBudget

Reform’s former leader in Wales Nathan Gill has been jailed for 10 years after accepting pro-Russia bribes of tens of thousands of pounds. Reform spokespeople previously suggested their leaders didn't really know Gill. Despite all these pictures of him with Nigel Farage.

I see right-wing journalists are attacking me again over a wealth tax. Here's a simple fact they never mention: British billionaire wealth has more than DOUBLED since 2010 ▪️2010: £250 Billion ▪️2025: £620 Billion Yet workers' wages have been flat. Tax extreme wealth, not workers!

In Parliament today I said the asylum announcement scrapes the bottom of the barrel and is a desperate attempt to copy Reform. We should be taking the fight to Reform - not trying to outdo them.

Today I joined the moving Remembrance Sunday service at Whitkirk Cenotaph. I laid a wreath for all those from East Leeds who lost their lives in war. We remember them, the grief of their loved ones, and continue to seek a world of peace, free from the pain and horror of war.

Ahead of this month’s Budget, I’ll be delivering this open letter to the Prime Minister and Chancellor. It calls on them to tax wealth to fund urgent action on the cost-of-living crisis. Thousands have already signed — add your name today. 🔗 bit.ly/TaxWealthAutumnBudget

Nigel Farage just voted to water down workers' rights. We were voting on the Employment Rights Bill - the biggest strengthening of workers’ rights in years. But of course Farage sided with the bosses. Again.

Brilliant win for socialist Zohran Mamdani in New York! His relentless focus on tackling the cost of living crisis and making the wealthy pay is exactly what people need. A powerful voice against Trump’s hate and Israel’s genocide. A boost for the left everywhere!

Nigel Farage’s supporters don’t like it when you point out that he’s talking about cutting the minimum wage for young workers. Or that he’s pocketed over £1 MILLION from outside "work” since the election. Because it exposes the truth about this self-styled “man of the people”.

Nigel Farage is now talking about cutting the minimum wage for young people. Once again, instead of going after the super-rich, he attacks ordinary workers. So much for being a man of the people.

We can’t let Farage strip away the rights that help ordinary people stand up to the rich and powerful.

Nigel Farage just tried to bring a Bill to pull Britain out of the European Convention on Human Rights. I voted against it - and the whole thing was rejected. We can’t let Farage strip away the rights that help ordinary people stand up to the rich and powerful.

Today I’ve launched the next stage of my Wealth Tax Campaign — calling on the Government to Tax Wealth at the Budget to fund emergency action on the cost of living crisis. I’ll be delivering this open letter to the PM and Chancellor. Add your name 👇 bit.ly/TaxWealthAutumnBudget

The historic loss of Caerphilly is the direct result of the disastrous direction taken by the Labour leadership. To rebuild support, we need to start governing with real Labour values. That means taxing the very wealthiest and taking urgent action on the cost-of-living crisis.

Most people would be horrified if their pension was invested in companies linked to Israeli war crimes. Great to join fellow Labour MPs in support of Pensions Bill Amendment by Neil Duncan Jordan to divest LGPS pension funds from firms complicit in Israel's crimes against Palestinians.

BREAKING: Over 40 MPs now back my Parliamentary Motion for a Wealth Tax! UK billionaire wealth has more than doubled since 2010: ▪️2010: £250 Billion ▪️2025: £620 Billion You're getting poorer because they're taking more and more. Ask your MP to back my Wealth Tax Motion ahead of the Budget.

Food prices are out of control. From free school meals to a Windfall Tax on profiteering companies, we need an urgent debate on Government action to bring prices down and to support families. Food price caps were seriously discussed a few years ago – and must be again now.

Today I spoke at the RMT demo against the threat of deportation of hundreds of rail workers - some in just a few weeks. The Government’s rushed visa changes reclassified which jobs count as “skilled,” with no consultation or vote. It’s wrong, cruel, and must be dropped.

ID cards are a threat to civil liberties, to data security & risk people’s private info being handed to US tech giants for profit. They’re also a total waste of time and money when the government should be focused on people's real priority: tackling the cost of living crisis. In Parliament today.

Today I spoke again at another huge national march for Palestine. The ceasefire has given Gaza a chance to breathe. But we will not stop until there's real peace and justice. Until those guilty of genocide face justice. Until Israel’s occupation ends. Until Palestine is free.

Just a reminder that Reform’s former Leader in Wales, Nathan Gill, has admitted taking bribes from Russia while an MEP. Yet Reform spokespeople have suggested their leaders didn't really know Gill. So here's a few pictures of him with Nigel Farage.

Instead of vital police resources being used to keep communities safe, we have the absurd situation where they're being wasted on arresting peaceful protesters: people simply holding signs and exercising their democratic rights to oppose genocide.

The two-child benefit cap is one of the cruellest Tory policies. That’s why I voted to scrap it - and lost the Labour whip for doing so. It’s great to see a growing consensus to end it. Along with other MPs, I’ve written to the Prime Minister demanding he scraps it immediately.

At PMQs today, I told the Prime Minister that to stop a Reform Government we need a return to real Labour values. That means real action to tackle poverty and inequality, a Wealth Tax on the super-rich, and an ethical foreign policy that takes a strong stand against war crimes.

UK billionaire wealth has more than doubled since 2010. ▪️2010: £250 billion ▪️2025: £620 billion While workers’ wages have flatlined. When Parliament returns next week, I’ll be stepping up the campaign for a wealth tax. Ask your MP to sign my Parliamentary Motion on this.

The super-rich who run our society always use “divide and rule.” They blame migrants so people don’t see who’s really behind the crisis. Migrants didn’t underfund the NHS, make housing unaffordable or hike energy bills. That was the super-rich - and their rigged economic model.

Israel's again bombed a hospital in Gaza. I'm sick of the empty statements from so many governments including our own. They must hit Israel with the toughest sanctions possible to end the Genocide ▪️Sanction Israel’s economy ▪️Sanction Israel’s leaders ▪️End all arms sales now

Sickening abuse of a man simply enjoying time with his grandkids. The racists are getting bolder. We need to stand up to their hate and build unity. The far-right has no solutions to the problems our communities face - all they have is hateful division. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

The Government must impose widespread sanctions on Israel. Alongside @imranhussainmp.bsky.social, I'll be launching a new Parliamentary Working Group for Sanctions on Israel when Parliament returns. It will bring together MPs, Lords, lawyers, NGOs and justice campaigns to demand sanctions.

I've long campaigned for a Wealth Tax - and it’s great to see the call growing stronger by the day. A 2% Wealth Tax on assets over £10 million could raise £24 BILLION per year. And polls show that 75% of the public supports a wealth tax! Together, we can win this!

So The Sun has run a piece expressing alarm at my “influence” pushing against welfare benefit cuts and for justice for the Palestinian people. Seems they may not have clocked the photo they used for this article calling me a “plank” is from when I beat The Sun in the High Court!