By making life affordable, we give every person a stake in our nation.

Happy new year! Well, financial year. Here’s what's changing 👇🏾

Happy Easter everyone. Warm wishes to Christians around the world and everyone across our community.

Drilling won't get bills down.

We do have to have the courage to face this moment. We must prepare for war in order to prevent it.

A nation divided cannot meet the challenges we face. Uniting our nation means ensuring everyone can afford a decent life.

Will be on LBC Cross Questions 8 to 9pm

I know how to beat Reform and save democracy 👇🏾

It's expensive to be poor. The poorest households spend twice as much on essentials like energy and food. The Iran crisis will hit the hardest-up the hardest.

Horrified to see this heinous, antisemitic attack on ambulances owned by a Jewish community group in North London. Antisemitic hate has no place in our country. I’m grateful the government is funding replacement ambulances.

Tax Wealth, Get Growth

To all those who are celebrating, Eid Mubarak!

We’re building more nuclear power to get bills down *and* protect the natural world. That is what the Fingleton review today gives us. Here's how 👇

Fertiliser prices are rising dramatically as Middle East supplies blocked 👇 Global implications if sustained: 1) Life less affordable everywhere 2) More conflict in Sub Saharan Africa 3) Greater migration movements

I've done my car on a pothole – it's not fun. This Labour Government is investing £7.3 billion into local road maintenance. Now the Reform Leicestershire County Council needs to act, and stop promoting division.

Is life harder for young people today than it was for Baby Boomers? The answer is yes. Here’s why.👇🏾

Get off fossil fuels. Keep us safe from mad dictators. 👇🏾

This 👇 is what happens when we're stuck in a fossil fuel based economy. Middle East War -> Higher oil and gas prices -> higher inflation and lower GDP. This is why we need to get off fossil fuels and onto clean energy.

Members opposite promised us that by torching our relationship with Europe, it would make us richer and stronger. They were wrong on both counts.

This 👇 is the key chart for understanding British politics atm We face the reverse-Blair problem. We are holding comfortable centre-ground voters. But we're losing financially struggling voters to radical parties.

My colleague @chriscurtis94.bsky.social has written a great piece on who we won in 2024 *and* who we need to win in 2029 chriscurtismk.substack.com/p/who-actual...

Have been a bit frustrated by some of the conversation about Labour's voter coalition. I've written about who the "Hero Voters" actually were, how we won them, and what we need to do to earn their support next time. chriscurtismk.substack.com/p/who-actual...

The idea the North Sea is some great goldmine waiting to be tapped is entirely at odds with reality.

Exactly this. ⬇️ @jeevunsandher.bsky.social: "Members opposite promised us that by torching our relationship with Europe, it would make us richer and it would make us stronger. "They were wrong on both counts."

Life is unaffordable for too many. That is what we are changing.

Gas, oil, and fertiliser prices are rising. All at a time when record numbers can’t afford a decent life. Democracies must make life affordable or they won’t endure

We must remember the horrors of Iraq. We must not repeat them.

Oil price is spiking this morning. Three major implications: 1) Makes life less affordable here. Bad news for democracy. 2) Russia will get more revenue from oil sales 3) Time for us to get off these fossil fuels

The Conservatives don’t want to build solar or wind, but they want to bring back fracking. Shocking.

Good luck Angeliki and @McrLabour. A vote for Labour is a vote for unity, not division.

Going to be on GB News between 6 and 7

Making a coffee just got cheaper ☕

10000000% this 👇 Election betting markets are too thin and the participants are too motivated. It is not a signal of an outcome in the way a share price is.

@zackpolanski.bsky.social why has your Urdu election advert got pictures of Keir shaking hands with the Indian PM? Doesn't feel relevant to Gorton and Denton. I can hear the dog whistle.

For me, the most moving narrative experiences I’ve had has been playing video games. The Last Of Us and Clair Obscur real standouts. Deeply moving and profound.

Reindustrialising Britain will not bring back the good non-graduate jobs of the post-war era. Modern, advanced manufacturing is about graduates working with robots 👇 . Not good jobs for school leavers.

Do you remember where you were exactly four years ago? The Ukrainians cannot forget.

The Economist believes in classical liberal democracy. But too often argues against the redistribution needed to make both democracy and liberalism viable. Life needs to be affordable for liberal democracy to endure.

What’s our most important policy you’ve never heard of? Let me introduce… Universal Basic Jobs (for young people). jeevunsandher.substack.com/p/universal-...

Created 👇 for a substack out on Monday There are not enough jobs in postindustrial areas Find out how we can help fix this on Monday

You shouldn't need a degree to afford a decent life 🎓

Sending best wishes to Christians around the world this Ash Wednesday and start of Lent. This is time for us to reflect on what is truly meaningful.

Happy Ramadan to everyone who celebrates. I hope the next month brings peace and reflection for you and your family.

Do you remember all those articles/tweets being like: BoND MarKET goes CRAZY over POliTical TuRMOIL? Below is what's actually happened to the bond rate 👇 Reporting has been objectively terrible.

It’s a straight fight in Gorton and Denton 🌹 British decency vs. Un-British nastiness. Angeliki vs. Goodwin. Labour vs. Reform.

Is Lincoln (2012) one of the most underrated historical political dramas in film history, or a West Wing-esque hagiography of a US President? We got @jeevunsandher.bsky.social in to talk all things Abe, the 13th Amendment, war, political speeches and the cost of being in politics. Links below 👇

Happy Valentine's Day everyone 💐 Visiting the lovely Taylor's Florist in Barrow for my wife's flowers.

Great to see Labour Party Chair @annaturley.bsky.social in Leicester yesterday evening with @jeevunsandher.bsky.social Anna is doing important work linking Government with the wider party, and supporting members to amplify the difference Labour is making in local communities across the country.

🚨 Putin is preparing for the next war 🚨 After Putin is finished in Ukraine, he will go for the rest of Eastern Europe. Unless we are prepared to stop him.

Women deserve to feel safe, in public and at home.