On Brianna's 19th birthday, this morning I joined @cheshirepcc.bsky.social and the Brianna Ghey Legacy Project Phone Free Education campaign at the launch at Jodrell Bank of a new £150k initiative to make Cheshire the first county in the UK where ALL state high schools have lockable phone pouches.

MP for Warrington North, @charlotte2153.bsky.social, visited Boots in her constituency earlier today as part of our #BuyIntoRetail campaign. 🤝 Good chat around local healthcare, business rates and retail crime. 💬

@charlotte2153.bsky.social speaking last night on record high drug-related deaths in the UK: “[The Home Office's stance] is ideological, not evidence-based, which is why I believe the Home Office is fundamentally incapable of dealing with drug deaths and drug harm in our communities.”

Today at PMQs, I asked the Deputy Prime Minister to pay tribute to the staff on our railways - who are often maligned in the press - for the vital role they play in keeping us all safe, from averting suicides on the rail network to dealing with emergencies like we have seen this week in Huntingdon.

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New specs arrived today *insert joke about political vision here* 🤓

Today marks a deeply significant step forward as Parliament debates the Hillsborough Law, with the families who have fought so hard for justice watching on. I’m so proud to have helped take this forward as Minister for Victims & Violence Against Women & Girls.

A really moving afternoon at The Warrington Wolves Community Foundation charity screening of Adam Hills: Grow Another Foot to raise funds and awareness for men’s mental health and suicide prevention through the foundation's initiative Ahead Of The Game.

Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC

Happy Halloween! I hope you've had a suitably spook-tacular time 🎃✨👻 Lovely to see the community getting in the spooky season spirit with so many amazing decorations and costumes, I've had a fang-tastic evening after work popping in to a few different events to say hello and catch up with friends!

Some highlights from this week over on my Facebook page: m.facebook.com/story.php?st...

Congratulations to @lucympowell.bsky.social, the new Deputy Leader of the Labour Party! 🌹

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."

It's been a busy one in Westminster the last few days, find my round-up of the week and what I've been up to here: www.facebook.com/share/p/16FD...

A brilliant afternoon at the Warrington Cup Final with the juniors teams from Woolston Rovers, Culcheth Eagles, Latchford Giants & Crosfields - doing their clubs, their families and our community proud 🏆 Thank you to Warrington Wolves for use of the HJ stadium, and supporting the grassroots game!

A lovely autumnal Warrington parkrun this morning with Cllr Robin Frith! 🍁🍂🏃‍♀️ Managed exactly 60 seconds slower than my PB despite the cold I've been trying to shake off all week, which does suggest all the exercise I've been roped into recently is having a positive effect haha

Yesterday was the first statement and questions in Parliament regarding proposed plans for a Digital ID system. I understand concerns people have both about civil liberties and data security. My main issue is that I'm not sure yet what question the proposals as they stand are the answer to.

Brilliant to see the work happening in Cheshire Police to tackle indecent exposure making the national headlines, and it being treated with the seriousness it deserves by our local force showing real results.

As the Warrington Masters Swimming Club squad begin their training taper ahead of the @swimengland.bsky.social Masters National Championships in Sheffield later this month, it was lovely to join them in the pool for their Sunday session today! 🏊‍♀️ To find out more visit: WarringtonMasters.co.uk

Some assorted scenes from a lovely few days off coinciding with the festival of Sukkot. In Judaism, Sukkot is known as "Z'man Simchateinu" (the season of rejoicing) and we are literally commanded to be happy- that's not always easy but this week it has been 🍋🌿💃

I’ve been leading the debate in this campaign. When members voices are heeded and heard we make better decisions. Ballots open today. Vote for me to be your Deputy Leader.

A joy to join Warrington Hongkongers at the Mahjong competition in Fearnhead, as part of the celebrations for the Mid-Autumn festival! I've wanted to learn Mahjong for years and after some very patient tuition I think I'm getting the hang of it, though I won't be coming for the trophy for a while 😂

A moving vigil for the Heaton Park synagogue today. I headed over together with Cllr Mo Hussain to stand with them - both in our roles as MP and Mayor, and as Jews and Muslims together - united in our determination to stand against terror and stand up for our common humanity. Hate will never win ❤️

My statement on the terrorist attack on Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue today.

G'mar tov and tzom kal to everyone observing Yom Kippur. One of the most beautiful renditions of Bruch's Kol Nidrei on cello, to set the scene ✨ youtu.be/IDPKTYy8bso?...

A High Court ruling forces a firm linked to Tory peer Michelle Mone to repay £122m for a PPE contract breach. PPE Medpro put NHS staff and patients in danger with substandard kit whilst lining their own pockets with taxpayers’ money at a time of national crisis. Justice served ⚖️

This is your vote, your choice. You the members choose your Deputy Leader. Having this conversation is not dissent, but an important conversation about how we can be better. I will be your strong independent voice.

Home after a busy few days in Liverpool for Labour Party Conference! My personal highlight definitely playing in the War of the Roses rugby league game, and scoring a try for my (historic) county - even if the trophy went to Yorkshire - alongside legends of the game like Adrian Morley 🌹

Amazing to be there today to see Warrington Wolves Academy team top off an unbeaten season with lifting the Academy Champion trophy in the Grand Final at the Halliwell Jones. Warrington Wolves 32 - Leeds Rhinos 18 Come on the Wire 🐺🏆

It's been ages since I last did Warrington Parkrun, so this morning I joined Cllr Robin Frith and 573 other runners to do just that! Somehow managed a few seconds off a course PB I set back in January 2020, which feels like a lifetime ago now with everything that's happened since 🤯

Last nights interim published figures of CLP nominations for Deputy Leader are very encouraging for Lucy Powell. With 221 to 140, that’s 61%. Final nominations will be known tomorrow but this shows clear support from members from the length and breadth of the country. (1/3)

I’ve secured £20 million of long-term funding for Poplars and Hulme through the Government’s Pride in Place programme: that’s £2 million every year for the next decade! The real question now is: how should this money be spent to make the biggest impact for you, your family, and your neighbours?

Tonight, Rosh Hashanah marks the start of the Jewish New year, 5786. This is a chance to pause, look back, and realign to begin anew. I will be taking a few days off but my office is open and my team available for anyone who needs advice or support. שנה טובה ומתוקה A good and sweet year! 🍎🍯✨

Retrospective removal of Indefinite Leave to Remain from "hundreds of thousands of people" in the Reform plans is obscene. They talk about "preventing disruption to businesses" but have no regard for what this means for the people themselves, their families and communities which will be torn apart.

Warrington Running Festival 10k in the bag this morning. I've still not cracked "enjoying a single minute of running" while I'm doing it, but am very pleased to have finished all the same and to be able to raise money for local good causes in the process! Well done to everyone who took part 🏅👏

With just over 90% of the vote at tonight's meeting, Warrington North Constituency Labour Party have nominated @lucympowell.bsky.social for Deputy Leader of the Labour Party 🌹

Lovely to spend a few hours at The Old School project today- an amazing community space with so many different local groups that have made it their home, the dreamiest garden, ceramics studio, and therapy dog Bella! Find out more about events and classes for all ages here: theoldschoolproject.org

Our great Deputy Leaders have connected the heart of the Party with the head of the government - that’s what I’ll do. I spoke to @theguardian.com about why I’m standing as a full-time Deputy Leader and how we can succeed and do better: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Yesterday, I joined the Hillsborough families, Deputy Prime Minister, Attorney General, Victims Minister, Andy Burnham, Steve Rotherham and MPs in Liverpool for a final meeting ahead of something truly monumental happening later today: The Hillsborough Law will be laid before Parliament.

Congratulations to Warrington's own Owen Cooper, who last night became the youngest ever male winner of an acting Emmy for his performance in Adolescence 🏆 Owen said: "I think tonight proves that if you listen and you focus and you step out of your comfort zone, you can achieve anything in life".

Thank you to 1330 Warrington Squadron Air Training Corps - Royal Air Force Air Cadets for inviting me to today's Service of Remembrance, Praise and Thanksgiving for the 85th anniversary of the Battle of Britain at St Elphin's Church. "Vivere in corda nos relinquere non mori" 🇬🇧

Given the context and the crowd, despite Musk’s weasel words, this was a call for violence against the British state, from a foreign national who controls a major propaganda engine, and has engineered it to monetise hate

It melts my head that X is still used for official Government communications, and, catching up on today's news and the fact we have a foreign billionaire inciting violence on our streets, it's clearer than ever that this should end. I raised this in Parliament last week 👇

What a night with Creating Adventures at their firewalking fundraiser to support their amazing work with adults with autism and learning disabilities in our community! 🔥 Some MPs might say they'd walk across hot coals for their constituents as a rhetorical flourish, I mean it very literally.

Did you know Warrington once had its own Norman Castle? It was one of the largest motte-and-bailey castles and, hidden under the town for almost a thousand years, the Warrington Castle collective are bringing it back to life including via a virtual reality tour! Learn more: warringtoncastle.co.uk

A busy day of surgeries, and meetings with the Cheshire and Merseyside ICB and Warrington Hospital, done and it's the first day this week I've been able to head home for the day while it's still light outside which I'm enjoying while it lasts as we head towards winter! Shabbat shalom y'all ❤️

How brilliant is this? Warrington's own Owen Cooper, fresh off the back of his National Television Award win, on Jimmy Kimmel and reppin' Warrington Rylands Football Club! 💙

Lucy has a track record of being a real champion of backbenchers. This engagement is vital to ensuring we can unite the PLP after a difficult first year, using all the experience and talent we have to best serve our communities and country- something I know she'll bring to the role of Deputy Leader!

Mental health group set up by Orford lads has been shortlisted for BBC award

Sending all my love to @sharonhodgsonmp.bsky.social and her team as her constituency office was entirely destroyed overnight. Attacks and threats directed toward MPs are an affront to our very democracy. www.sunderlandecho.com/news/crime/o...