A delicious pint in Beacon Inn in Loughborough for stop number 34 on my constituency pub tour ☀️ I love the pub. They are such are important spaces for our community – see my previous post for more on why!

Romantic doorknocking in Makerfield 🌹

Farage got a £5m “gift” from his billionaire crypto mate. Now Reform is offering a 14% tax cut to crypto billionaires. The grift is simple: divide people, reward their billionaire mates. We're better than that.

Britain has been stuck in a vicious economic trap. Low growth. High inflation. Rising debt burden. Every crisis - COVID, Ukraine, Iran - makes it spin faster. Here's how we break out:

More homes means lower rents over time. More clean energy means lower energy bills. Investment is how we get inflation down in the long-run.

Cheaper days out for your family this summer. While they talk it down, we're getting on with delivering for working families.

Eid Mubarak to all those celebrating! Wishing you and your loved ones a peaceful and joyful Eid.

Blair wrote an essay. Like you, I read it immediately. It's a serious bit of work, and deserves a serious response. Here are my takes - the Rights, Wrongs, and Maybes. jeevunsandher.substack.com/p/blairs-ess...

I’ve helped write budgets in Somaliland at a time of almost famine. That was far tougher than what we face here today. We can get through this moment. Together with the right ideas.

Low growth → more borrowing. Higher inflation → more borrowing. Directly reducing energy bills helps to solve both. More spending and lower inflation -> less borrowing.

Workers spend more of their income than the wealthy. But our nation has been taxing workers *more* and the wealthy less. Wealth as a share of UK GDP has doubled since the Thatcher era. But tax revenue from wealth only rose by 35% over the same period. That's anti-growth.

We can't build national unity on empty pockets. That's why we need to make life affordable for everyone.

We lost the local elections badly. But we can win again in 2029. By making life affordable and uniting the country with *our* story of Britishness. My piece for @labourlist.bsky.social labourlist.org/2026/05/how-...

Why do voters turn to the Far Right? 👇 Me on @politicsjoe.bsky.social.

Build more homes. Build more clean energy. Both raise growth. Both reduce inflation in the long run. That gets the debt burden down. Fiscal responsibility in action.

Everyone having a stake in our nation means making life affordable. For everyone. And that means getting off fossil fuels supplied by dictators, and onto energy that's cleaner and cheaper.

This is what happens when we directly reduce energy bills. Lower inflation gives the Bank space to cut rates, getting growth rising and borrowing costs falling. Win, win, win

Reform want to ban solar farms. I want to build them. Cheaper homegrown energy over fossil fuels sold by Putin’s mate, Farage.

More borrowing while the Bank is worried about inflation will make things worse. Instead, we can cut inflation directly by reducing the energy cost that's driving it, funded through taxation. And that's exactly what we're doing.

Unite the party. Unite the country. Meet this moment together. Me on BBC One earlier today.

The more the Bank of England *is* worried about inflation, the less likely they are to cut rates. That's why energy bill reductions - that lower inflation directly, is such a good policy. And why we need to stick to the fiscal rules too.

Higher inflation makes families *and* the government poorer. A 1% increase in inflation costs us about £9bn. That's why energy bill reductions help save the government money. Building the virtuous circle: higher growth, lower inflation, and a lower debt burden.

As our bond rate rises, we have to level with our real constraints. To build a virtuous economic circle, we must: - Get growth rising (with investment) - Get inflation down (with energy bill reductions) Both help to: - Get the debt burden down. All within the fiscal rules.

Should I let you in on a little secret? 👇

I just want to highlight this incredible action by our amazing armed forces. Flying across thousands of miles of ocean before jumping out of a plane onto a tiny island, all to deliver medical support to a community in need, is the stuff of movies. I'm so so proud 👏👏👏 www.gov.uk/government/n...

Why is Nugget so chill? 🐾

Supporting our brilliant labour candidates in Coventry. Strength in Unity vs Weakness in division

We face an affordability crisis. Good jobs, lower bills, and more housing is how we end it.

Affordability is the number one issue we face. I may have mentioned it once or twice before … 👇

We need courage to meet this moment and make life affordable for all. That's why we're directly reducing bills and creating good jobs across the nation. My interview in the FT: www.ft.com/content/ba19...

Imagine your loved one shot dead. Now imagine a councillor standing with the suspects. Well that’s what a Reform councillor actually did.

Great to be out knocking on doors with @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social for Peckham Labour yesterday. Only Labour can build a stronger, more united nation 🌹

Two takeaways, one big conclusion from BoE yesterday. 1) There is a *lot* more slack in the economy due to Iran 2) Higher inflation will it harder to cut rates Leading to - Direct energy bill reduction (of e.g. £150) -> higher growth, lower inflation, AND lower interest rates

I'll be on BBC Radio 5 at 5:30 tomorrow morning chatting about the economy

I am shocked by the horrific antisemitic attack in Golders Green. This is an attack on our fundamental British values of unity and decency. We are stronger when we stand together.

Spend a weekend in the constituency with me as an MP 🗓️

Farage says the younger generation aren't working like older generations. That’s insulting – but worse, it's wrong.

Happy St. George’s Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Have a great day celebrating everyone!

Happy St. George’s Day everyone 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 I’m proud to be English, here’s why 👇🏾

Good News! We’re doubling down on clean energy. Because it’s cheaper than natural gas.

Good news - we’re doubling down on clean energy Why? Because it’s cheaper than natural gas It's even cheaper to build now 👇

Good pamphlet this. In particular, this point from @jeevunsandher.bsky.social, as he makes the case for a community led economy. Civic assets are economic assets. That's why we need policy attention on community ownership, civic high streets.

Great to be out knocking on doors with @HaringeyLabour earlier this week. Only Labour can build a stronger, more united nation 🌹

Homegrown clean energy makes us better off.

By the strength of our common endeavour, we achieve more than we achieve alone. Our values matched with hard thinking is how Attlee, Wilson, and Blair transformed this nation. So will we.

Nicky's a cool person. Be like Nicky. Link is here: fabians.org.uk/publication/...

How do we defeat populism? The nation Labour governs today is unrecognisable compared to the one two decades ago With essays from @jeevunsandher.bsky.social, @annagelderdmp.bsky.social, @lukemurphy.bsky.social & @andrewlewinmp.bsky.social Common Endeavour explores how to build a stronger Britain

We’re not in the middle of a storm, we’re in the midst of a hurricane that threatens to tear us apart. But we as Labour MPs refuse to accept this. We step up to this moment. We’ve come together to set out how we build a stronger Britain (link at end of thread)

We face great challenges. We meet them with the words on our membership cards.

We face uniquely challenging times, which require bold solutions. Delighted to have worked with @jeevunsandher.bsky.social to bring together a group of Labour MPs for this @thefabians.bsky.social collection, exploring how we can build a stronger Britain through our common endeavour.