No 10 are absolutely right about Jim Ratcliffe’s comments. He is wrong on many counts. Ratcliffe is Britain’s seventh-richest man, who moved to tax-free Monaco in 2020, and yet can’t see the irony of his own awfulness at slating the poorest in society and immigrants.

The Tories left our schools to RAAC and ruin. Labour has a long-term plan to rebuild our crumbling school estate for the next generation. Fit for the future, inclusive by design, settings where every child can achieve and thrive. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

LFPME welcomes @jamesasser.bsky.social, who is taking on the role of co-Chair alongside @sarahowen.org.uk from this month. 🌹🤝🇵🇸

Children need their families. Refugee children are no different. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Join us for an evening with Sarah Owen MP, chair of the Women and Equalities Select Committee! In dialogue with @rkdasgupta.bsky.social, Sarah will share insights from her work and open discussion on how we can collectively push for a fairer and more inclusive Britain. Tickets via the website!

Jimmy Lai has spent more than 1800 days in solitary confinement. He’s a 78 year old man with multiple health problems. This is an appalling abuse of human rights and Lai should be released by the Hong Kong authorities. He and his loved ones deserve an end to this cruel ordeal.

I have today been informed that, despite personal assurances to the contrary, the Green party have once again used my image and misrepresented my words on a second leaflet circulated in Gorton and Denton ahead of the by-election. I have now lodged an official complaint with the returning officer.

So as I struggled with miscarriage after miscarriage before having my 🌈 baby, Reform would seriously think I should pay more tax during that agony. This policy isn’t just a slippery slope to a handmaids tale dystopian future - it’s a deliberate step towards it www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

My thoughts are with the victims, families and all affected by the appalling attack in Islamabad today. The UK stands with Pakistan in the fight against terrorism and in support of all communities affected by such senseless violence.

To those who doubt the need for the @commonswec.parliament.uk’s inquiry into the abuse of Muslim women & girls, which followed summer’s of hateful riots across the UK - look at the vile abuse recieved after recently visiting a brilliant local school. This abuse is aimed at school children.

Today is International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM. There are sadly thousands of women across the UK who have suffered from FGM - but it is by nature a crime often hidden by shame and stigma. (1/2)

It’s great to join the many fantastic volunteers in Gorton today, including this gorgeous lot! Can’t wait for our Labour candidate, Angeliki Stogia, to build on her brilliant track record of change by becoming the next MP for Gorton and Denton. 🌹

If only this is was the headline and the focus. If only. Would add to this list of rights becoming law, bereavement leave entitlement for all workers who experience miscarriage and all forms of pregnancy loss.

There are wrong takes and there are takes from wrong’uns. 🤮

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.

Nothing like enjoying your slightly cheaper pint while imagining the toddler crying from hunger that paid for it.

Not really thinking of this as preventing “further embarrassment,” more like one step closer to justice for the victims of Jeffrey Epstein and the true extent of the monstrosities he enabled.

It was lovely to be out this weekend in Challney alongside our great team of volunteers, listening to residents and take up the issues they care about. Everything from fly tipping to fireworks to ideas about Labour’s Pride in Place funding for Luton will be taken up. 🌹

Victory at Kenilworth Road 🏡

This small business Saturday shout out is for Nisa Local Marsh Farm. Barry and the team told me about their latest offer - the Snappy Shopper app means you can order direct from Marsh Farm Nisa, straight to your door. I stocked up on supplies for the office-within an hour, they were here! #Luton

👏 Huge well done to Southfield Primary Academy in Luton North for doing such amazing work in making sure every child gets the best education, regardless of background. I know how hard teachers & staff work to make this happen, and everyone should be really proud of their achievement.

We promised in our manifesto to “tackle unregulated and unaffordable ground rent charges”. We’re honouring that commitment today by legislating to cap ground rents at £250 per year, changing to peppercorn after 40 years.

Today, on Holocaust Memorial Day, we remember the six million Jewish people murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators. This year's theme, "Bridging Generations", is a call to everyone to carry responsibility for remembrance.

Arguably more significant than defections, internal party politics and the Beckhams… In 2024 there were around 3,600 suspected cases of measles. We need to challenge the nonsense spread by anti vaxxers and ensure children are protected. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... news.sky.com/story/uk-los...

Teams were out across Luton this weekend listening to residents. They fed back their ideas for Pride in Place funding as well as raising issues which will be taken up on their behalf. This is why we knock on doors all year round in Luton - we want to hear from you. #Luton

Whether you are trying to get kids to go to sleep, calm your pets or worried the stray sparks may cause a fire, our fireworks legislation urgently needs to be updated to stop them being misused. Sarah Owen MP has a bill to do just that and will be proud to vote for it!

The reports coming out of Minnesota are awful. Another civilian has been shot dead. This time an ICU nurse who worked with veterans. Trump should look after his own instead of eyeing up other countries or insulting the men & women who serve in our armed forces. news.sky.com/story/minnea...

I rarely say anything about the internal workings of the Party, because it’s usually not what matters. But it’s important that the next candidate for Gorton and Denton is decided by members in the North, not officials in London. Especially when trust in politics is so low. 1/2

Building a strong and lasting peace in Gaza must be led by existing international bodies and within existing frameworks of international law, and must involve Palestinians.

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Sarah Owen MP (@sarahowen.org.uk), Chair of the House of Commons Women and Equalities Select Committee, argues that faced with a Reform party "fundamentally opposed to women’s safety and equality", Labour should make feminism central to its politics

The PM is right, Trump is completely wrong - on this and many other things as well.

A great read from @zoecrowther.bsky.social’s interview with fellow Tribune members @drbeccycoopermp.bsky.social and @yuanfenyang.bsky.social who brilliantly outline our hopes for the Tribune group of MPs in our 60th year! www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Says the man who previously advised a Tory government. 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ The truth really doesn’t seem to matter anymore, does it?!

Important work from @davidbsampson.bsky.social and everyone else taking part. So courageous of him to open up about the impact of his friend’s death by suicide. 🫶

Incredibly, no-one on Nigel Farage’s team has got round to deleting this post. It’s still live as Robert Jenrick gives his big defection speech.

Situation normal for the Conservatives. Jenrick and Badenoch care more about themselves than the country.

a lot else going on tonight so just worth noting: standing up to Musk was a genuine risk for this govt that took some nerve (US has sanctioned govts in past for blocking twitter/X, a lot else is at stake in relations with US) but looks like it's working and he is backing down.

Toby Young's Free Speech Union does not declare its donors - but through public records we found US anti-abortionists, Brexit politicians and Tufton Street insiders backing them Ironically, the FSU recently hired an ex Daily Mail journalist - to investigate who funds Hope Not Hate and others 🤔

Kemi going to bat for the non-consensual, violent, child porn app formerly known as X.

Absolutely this 👇

It’s one thing to argue that it’s a necessary evil (wrongly IMO) but it’s quite another for Tories like Susan to profess their love for the child sexual abuse material and NCII hosting platform X. And to also tag the ego maniac billionaire enabling it, reeks of desperation.

🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 Will government finally quit X? 📱 Former No10 comms director James Lyons and Women & Equalities Committee chair @sarahowen.org.uk join @alaintolhurst.bsky.social and @zoecrowther.bsky.social to discuss which platforms the government should be using in 2026 🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/375060

Winter in Gaza is making the need for aid even more urgent - yet the Israeli government has de-registered key NGOs that provide this aid. I have written to the Middle East Minister alongside our members, to ask what more the UK is doing to ensure innocent civilians urgently get the aid they need.

“Well, that’s fine then! As long as people only pay for illegal sexually explicit AI images of real people via Grok on X: all perfectly acceptable, right?” What a relief. Nothing to see here. 🙄 Apparently this is what ‘responsibility’ looks like now. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 1/2

I have not personally used X/Twitter for some time now. It was already an unpleasant place prior to its takeover by Elon Musk but since his acceptance of hate speech and anonymous online abusers, it has become utterly unusable.

Glad we made this decision today I know colleagues, the government and other organisations think they will be ceding ground and an important public discussion space if they leave X It has been twisted too far into an unsafe, malign and destructive tool to morally use, & thereby endorse, anymore

It has become increasingly clear that X - a platform now actively producing explicit and abusive material against women and children - is not an appropriate platform to be using for our comms. I will keep pushing for action from the govt & relevant authorities in this area.

Telling isn't it that all the "protect our girls" people are still on X despite what Grok is doing.