MPs back campaign against 'bullying legal tactics' used on media Two MPs have backed calls to strengthen legal protections for journalists against strategic lawsuits used to silence public interest reporting.

Proud to continue my support for the Daily Echo, our local paper, in their fight for independent journalism and against SLAPPs. 💪🏾

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🌊 Communities are being better protected from flooding, with nearly 62,000 homes and businesses now safer

🏭 Labour is cutting electricity bills for 10,000+ manufacturers, boosting competitiveness and backing British industry

💧 Labour is forcing water companies to pay for damage, securing a record £8.5 million to restore rivers and habitats

👩 Labour is putting women’s voices at the heart of the NHS, with a renewed Women’s Health Strategy to improve care and outcomes

📱 The Prime Minister has called tech giants to Downing Street, demanding action to keep children safe online

🎒 Labour is giving children the best start, with new support for families to get children school-ready

🍏 Over 500 new free breakfast clubs opened this week saving parents £450 a year

🩺 Labour’s investment in 36 new and expanded Community Diagnostic Centres will mean patients get quicker tests closer to home

📉 NHS waiting lists are down by over 400,000 thanks to Labour’s investment and modernisation - and the extraordinary effort of NHS staff across the country

🚨 In case you missed it:

Here are nine things Labour delivered this week… 🌹

Brilliant to welcome Darren Jones MP to the best city on earth this week! ☀️

He rallied the troops, heard from residents, and reminded people why only a vote for Labour’s positive vision will keep the divisive politics of Reform at bay in Southampton! 🌹

Major win in fight against travel chaos on FA Cup Semi-Final Day as direct trains added! 🏆💪🏾🎉

As reported in Daily Echo…

"It comes after Saints chief executive Phil Parsons, MP Satvir Kaur and Cllr Alex Winning wrote to Network Rail over the disruption."

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Incredible that @turnersims.bsky.social granted £350k by Government, through Creative Foundations Fund, to support critical accessibility upgrades. 🎉

As a proud advocate for the arts, delighted Government is supporting culture in Southampton and beyond.

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Saints fans 'could be forced to miss' FA Cup semi-final as MP urges re-think Network Rail is being urged to postpone engineering work due to take place on the day Saints compete in the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley

Thank you so much to the @dailyecho.bsky.social for covering my letter calling on @networkrail.bsky.social to postpone the disruptive engineering works on FA Cup Semi-Final Day. 🏆⚽️

Big moment for Saints, we can't allow fans to miss it due to travel chaos! 🙅🏾‍♀️

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Today, I’ve written to the Chief Exec of Network Rail calling for engineering works and rail replacement services on Saints FA Cup Semi-Final day to be postponed. ⚽️

Pleased to be joined by Chief Exec of Saints and Leader of Southampton City Council.

Read in full: satvirkaur.info/letter-netwo...

… and it’s the difference a Labour government makes. 💪🏾🌹

🦋 Labour is investing a record £90 million to protect nature and restore threatened species across England

🌊 Pride in Place funding has been announced for some of England's seaside towns, to help bring back the "glory days" for coastal communities

🎒 Thanks to Labour’s focus on young people, youth services are being rebuilt with new provision across the country

☀️ Labour is driving the clean energy transition, with the UK’s largest solar farm approved in Lincolnshire and backing for green hydrogen and jobs in South Yorkshire

🏭 Thanks to Labour’s industrial strategy, over £700 million has been secured for UK manufacturing, including a major new gigafactory and 4,200 jobs

🎓 Labour is capping student loan interest rates, protecting graduates from rising costs and easing financial pressure

🔪 Labour is backing the police with a new strategy to halve knife crime, £26 million for hotspot enforcement and over 3,000 additional neighbourhood officers deployed early

📈 Working people are getting help with the cost of living, with wages rising, energy bills cut by £117 on average and prescription charges frozen with Labour

👵 Over 12 million pensioners will see their State Pension rise by up to £575, thanks to Labour’s action to ease the cost of living

👶 Labour has scrapped the two-child limit, which will lift 450,000 children out of poverty

Here are 🔟 game-changing things Labour has delivered this week… 👇🏾

Steve Reed, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government visited Millbrook yesterday, and this is what he had to say… 👇🏾

Great to welcome Steve Reed MP to Southampton and Millbrook Estate tonight, where residents will decide how to spend £20m on the neighbourhood. 🏘️

With game-changing Pride in Place money, we can transform the area into a place all can enjoy, children thrive in, and everyone is proud to call home. ❤️