My latest monthly @warringtonguardian.bsky.social column, on summer savings to help families during the school holidays, and the need to scale up investment into nuclear and renewables as we fight climate change and energy price volatility. www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/2614571...

It was lovely to visit the St Andrews Church Charity Shop on Poplars Avenue this morning, and to chat to Rev Philippa Shaw and members of the community about Pride in Place and the £20m of investment coming to Hulme to be spent on local residents' priorities.

I will say, when your leader was a Liberal Democrat until comparatively recently, this isn't a very convincing line

I'm pleased the indications are that Labour's NEC will not make the same mistake twice in blocking Andy Burnham from making the case to members in Makerfield to be their choice to join us in Westminster, to have our best talent fighting for communities like ours in Government.

Man who said “Up the RA!” for £75 says “I can’t be bought by anybody.” 🤨

Apologies to my haters but, as I said all along - and despite the speculation and reporting to the contrary - not me 😇

The idea anyone, no matter how wealthy, just gives away five million quid as a gift with no strings attached to a politician is absolutely for the birds, and the breezy way Farage speaks about it like it's a normal thing and a private matter is ludicrous.

I don't know how many different ways I can say this but I'm not stepping aside for Andy Burnham, and it's both very tedious for me and very demoralising for my staff to keep seeing it reported that I might be about to go when there's never even been so much as a conversation with Andy about doing so

The cost of living crisis and our low growth are two symptoms of the same problem: an economic structure that hasn’t been working for a long time. We need to take on the root causes of those costs.

It's worth noting that he has resigned his membership, not been kicked out as despite all of Reform's claims about vetting this was a candidate they were happy to support and campaign for and who remains a councillor because of that fact. Truly vile.

I was booked on Cross Question weeks ago and would rather have been talking about anything else, but we are where we are. In sadness, rather than in anger, and despite repeated attempts over the last year to give him more time and the benefit of the doubt, I no longer have confidence in Keir Starmer

That would be an ecumenical matter.

It was wonderful to join Fantastic Fox Wood and friends to officially open the Sensational Space - a fully accessible playground for Fox Wood pupils and the wider SEND community in Warrington 🌞 Thank you to ITV for coming down too, you can see their piece here: www.itv.com/watch/news/s...

London Marathon? Completed it mate! Picked up an injury at Mile 22 so did the last few miles limping and crying - if I ever decide I'm doing this again please get me sectioned. Thankfully though it was for a very worthy cause and not a PB! warringtonwolvesfoundation.enthuse.com/cf/charlotte... 🐺

Picked up my race pack for the London Marathon on Sunday and it's all feeling very real now! 😬 Just a few days to go and I'm *so close* to my fundraising target supporting the Warrington Wolves Foundation - can you help me get over the line? warringtonwolvesfoundation.enthuse.com/cf/charlotte...

“We should be able to celebrate England’s past, present and future – and we do that best when we express pride without prejudice, inviting everybody who calls England home to feel part of St George’s Day” - my thoughts on marking St George's Day this year www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

It was wonderful to join Guru Nanak Gurdwara, Cllrs Balbir and Kuldeep Dhillon, and @danpricelab.bsky.social to mark Vaisakhi today with our local Sikh community remembering the creation of the Khalsa and celebrating the values it was founded on. Vaisakhi di lakh lakh vidai 🪯✨

One week until the London Marathon, and my very last run until the big day done with a nice potter around Bates Farm! I'm fundraising for the Warrington Wolves Foundation, to support initiatives for mental health, SEND and elderly residents 👇 warringtonwolvesfoundation.enthuse.com/cf/charlotte...

In a joint opinion piece for the Telegraph, our Chair Kirsty Brimelow KC and Labour MP Charlotte Nichols set out – from the Bar’s perspective and victims’ perspective – why the government’s proposals to curtail jury trials won’t work. Read the full op-ed ➡️ https://bit.ly/3OIhvaq

Jeez. So many Question Time panellists need a new sugar daddy.

The Sunday Morning Run Club, or Farm Run as I like to call it, is back at Bates Farm! A lovely trail 5K round the beautifully scenic farm fields, said hello to all the cute animals, and got a sensationally good Biscoff bun the size of my head from Uproot Coffee at the end this morning 🐖🚜🌾🐑💕

If you follow me and I'm *not* your MP, ask your MP to sign up to support NC2 in the Courts and Tribunals Bill. You can find your MP and their contact details here: members.parliament.uk/FindYourMP

We can cut the backlog and improve the experience of victims in our courts without compromising due process - proud to stand with @charlotte2153.bsky.social in amending this bill and advocating for labours manifesto pledge for specialist courts for sexual abuse cases.

I have tabled a New Clause amendment to the Courts and Tribunals Bill which would deliver the specialist rape courts we promised in our manifesto, so these cases can be prioritised (and managed properly) without the "need" to remove jury trials for other offences. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

18 miles in the bag today as part of my London Marathon training raising vital funds for the Warrington Wolves Foundation. Just over two weeks to go now and I'm edging closer to my fundraising goal, if you can chip in I'll love you forever 🐺 warringtonwolvesfoundation.enthuse.com/cf/charlotte...

I love the photos of the old Warrington Corporation Tramways trams. Still holding out hope for a Metrolink extension out our way in the future! 🚋

35 today 🎂 Post-brunch silly walks with my nephew, Claudia Roden's Passover-friendly orange cake, and the embarrassing birthday headgear that is a family tradition. This year is off to a delightful start!

Compensation for crime victims capped in 1996 not enough, say campaigners

I will never not enjoy this! Chag Sameach and Happy Easter.

Happy Easter! ✝️🐣✨ However you are spending it, I hope you get time for rest and with your loved ones over the Bank Holiday weekend.

😮 Awesome views from Day 2 of #Artemis II this morning. @exploration.esa.int @esaearth.esa.int

As Christians in Warrington and around the world mark the holiest day of the year, in which Jesus Christ suffered and died on the cross for the salvation of humanity, wishing all those observing a peaceful, reflective and blessed day 🙏

Asking the big questions this Passover. A Koshern un freilichen Pesach! Chag Pesach Kasher v'sameach! A happy and Kosher Passover ✡️

This month Labour are putting more money in your pocket to help with the cost of living and are boosting workers rights. Labour Values in Action 🌹

So much fun at Walking Rugby this morning with the Warrington Wolves Foundation, one of the activities my London Marathon fundraising is helping to support for a happier, healthier, more connected town! Less than a month to go, donate here: warringtonwolvesfoundation.enthuse.com/cf/charlotte...

While there are valid use cases, I remain very sceptical that AI will be the panacea that many of its proponents suggest... 😂

Imagine if in your weekly shop, you could pick up plug-in solar panels that help save on your energy bills? Well, in some parts of Europe you can do just that. We’re working with industry to bring plug-in solar to UK shops within months.

An arson attack on a Jewish ambulance service isn’t about Israel. It isn’t about Zionism, or American imperialism, or capitalism, or war in the Middle East. It’s about Jews. It’s about making British Jews feel fearful in their own homes. Just like Bondi Beach, and Heaton Park, all over again.

Today we marked the 33rd anniversary of the Warrington bombing which claimed 2 young lives, those of 3 year old Johnathan Ball and 12 year old Tim Parry, injured dozens of people, and changed countless lives - and our town - forever. May their memories forever be a blessing.

We should be very clear: if you think that “British Muslims praying... to mark the end of the day’s fast” is a greater show of “domination” than anyone praying outside an abortion clinic, then you are hostile to Muslims, and you do not in any meaningful way support freedom of religion or expression.

An interview with @helenpidd.bsky.social talking about my case and experience of our broken justice system, and what needs to change. CW: discussion of sexual violence, intimate image abuse, PTSD and suicide. Also some swearing. Listener discretion advised. www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...

🚨 Richard Tice avoided nearly £600,000 in tax. He was rightly asked: "Reform often spend a lot of time criticising the Westminster elite. Isn't using complex tax structures to reduce your tax bill, the exact type of thing that voters feel frustrated that members of the elite do?"

Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona daoibh from Warrington Irish Club! Happy St Patrick's Day 🇮🇪🍀 A pleasure every year to join such a vibrant celebration of Irish culture and heritage with the parade, and back to the club for music, dancing, food, donkey rides, a cheeky Guinness & blessing the shamrocks!

My first Parkrun milestone hit this morning! Big fan of my very unofficial commemorative badge from Orford Running Club 😂 Then off for a big hike for some hill miles in my legs as part of my marathon training. All donations gratefully received: warringtonwolvesfoundation.enthuse.com/cf/charlotte...

Busy day of surgeries and meetings, including with Culcheth residents, the Environment Agency & WBC; the ceremony for the Museum of Policing in Cheshire volunteers receiving the King's Award for Voluntary Service; and CLP. Lovely flowers at my office and rainbow outside brought extra smiles too ❤️

Fujitsu has paid nothing toward a £2bn redress bill yet still profits from public contracts. 2,500 sub-postmasters are still waiting for their full claim to be paid; 1,500 are still to receive any money. Business & Trade Committee new report, out today: 👇 committees.parliament.uk/publications...

Lovely fresh off the train home to join the Mayor of Warrington, Cllr Mo Hussain, and friends for iftar at the award winning Bombay 8 tonight. Ramadan Mubarak! ✨

This was the hardest speech I've ever made, speaking about my own experiences of our justice system in opposition to my own party's proposals on courts. Very grateful for all of the gentle and kind responses, and hope I have given a voice to other survivors who feel as I do without my platform.

The Purim x Pokémon 30th anniversary crossover event you didn't know you needed. "Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light! Surrender now or prepare to fight" And yes, I captured a child dressed as Pikachu at synagogue tonight. Chag Purim Sameach! ✡️

Happy Holi to everyone celebrating! It was a joy to be invited to join the Indian British Group of Warrington today in Woolston to take part in celebrations for the festival - full of colour, dancing, music, fantastic cultural presentations from the children & of course some excellent food too! 🇬🇧🇮🇳