Suzanne Featherstone and I have, from the start, raised serious concerns about Cornwall Council's proposal to use glyphosates.
After Cornish Labour MPs wrote to Cornwall Council asking them to reconsider the use of these herbicides, I'm glad to see they have seen sense and halted the rollout.
In other news today the United Kingdom has regained its position as the fifth largest economy in the world, according to the latest figures
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One key driver of Britain's not-so-homegrown hard-right nationalist movement falls away tonight. Excellent piece.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/orbans-brits
We already knew Richard Tice aggressively avoided tax. Now we’re told his company just plain failed to pay tax that was legally due. For someone supposedly in public service he goes to extreme lengths to avoid paying his fair share towards public services www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
It's been a successful launch this past couple of weeks to our Labour Rural Research Group's national campaign to improve British farming profitability, through Honest Labelling and Levelling the Playing Field.
I look forward to taking the conversation forward with Defra when I return from recess.
Too right it does.
In 26 days' time we will:
✅Abolish Section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions.
✅Introduce periodic tenancies.
✅Limit rent increases to once a year.
✅Ban rental bidding and rent in advance.
✅Make discrimination against renters who have children or receive benefits illegal.
Great to have a positive reception from Farmers Weekly as I discussed my Spring Push for Farming Profitability campaign, together with the Labour Rural Research Group.
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Honest Labelling would make it easier for you to buy British food, with two labels that clearly tell you whether your food was grown, raised, or made in Britain, and how those animals were raised and treated. 🐄
How can you know if you're buying British food when labelling is so complicated? 🍞
Today the Labour Rural Research Group launches our campaign to support British farmers, boosting their profitability by introducing Honest Labelling and Levelling the Playing Field. 🚜
The conviction of Reform's Nathan Gill for taking bribes from Russia is a wake up call - hostile states are seeking to undermine our democracy at every turn.
The Government has already acted, but there's more we can do.
We're starting with a call for honest food labelling and a truly level playing field for British farmers in terms of trade, standards and regulation.
With input prices soaring due to the Iran War, it's as clear as ever that we need to ensure British farmers - which have some of the highest standards globally - are making money on their core business of food production.
Featured in today's Sunday Mirror: The Labour Rural Research Group's Spring Push on Farm Profitability.
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In DEFRA questions this morning, I asked the Secretary of State to back our Labour Rural Research Group's call to Level the Playing Field for British farmers.
In PMQs last week I raised thebneed to drive profitability for British #farmers who have, for years, suffered from squeezed margins.
Watch this space for the Labour Rural Research Group's campaign to drive profitability for British farmers, starting with honest labeling and a level playing field.
Reform UK's cryptocurrency donation portal is still live, despite the Government announcing hours ago that such donations will be banned with immediate effect until further notice.
“Alignment requires equity, so that both sides can prosper.”
Noah Law MP lays out not just the importance of UK-EU alignment, but also the need for both sides to recognise the mutual benefits of close cooperation.
As we rebuild our most vital of relationships with our European allies, it must be built on a level playing field and political consent at every juncture.
My speech at the UK-EU Parliamentary Partnership Assembly this week.
I welcomed Emma Reynolds to Adstockfields Farm last month.
Following on from conversations we held with local farmers, I raised in the House today about something they strongly about - making sure there’s no gap in support as schemes change.
And our Government is listening 🚜
In DEFRA questions this morning, I asked the Secretary of State to back our Labour Rural Research Group's call to Level the Playing Field for British farmers.
“This is a chance for the government to listen and lead…
I was not elected by my constituents to idly stand by and defend a broken political system and failed status quo.”
Luke Akehurst MP calls for Proportional Representation in @politicshome.bsky.social
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As we rebuild our most vital of relationships with our European allies, it must be built on a level playing field and political consent at every juncture.
My speech at the UK-EU Parliamentary Partnership Assembly this week.
📉 Wait lists have fallen again by 43k in January - 374k in 18 months.
🚑 Fastest ambulance response in 5 years, down to less than 29 mins for heart attacks and stroke
🏥 A&E waits the shortest for four years despite a hugely demanding winter
Lots done, lots more to do.
This International Women’s Day @laurakyrkesmith.bsky.social and I have written for @politicshome.bsky.social on how women’s bodies are a front in the fight for the future.
We must give voice to what is taking place.
We must take it on.
And we must win.
#IWD
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The UK’s first commercial lithium plant has opened in Cornwall and the lithium will be processed into battery-grade material by LevertonHELM here in Basingstoke.
Energy security. Skilled jobs. Backing Basingstoke.
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George Cottrell is a convicted fraudster and should be nowhere near British politics.
Reform need to explain why they’re happy to have him as one of Farage’s key lieutenants.
I welcome our Government’s commitment to investing in high‑quality DEXA scanners for #osteoporosis and other bone-related health issues 🌹🏥
All part of the much needed shift from sickness to prevention.
We're fixing the front door of the NHS.
More GPs. Same-day urgent appointments. Backed by an extra £485 million for GP practices.
Through investment and modernisation, we are rebuilding our NHS.
I feel immensely sad about Kevin's passing. Whilst I can't of course pretend for a moment to agree with his politics, Kevin was a genuinely decent man who, especially following his illness, threw himself into his work and helped secure local campaigning victories - working effortlessly together with those of us of all political stripes to get things done in the community like in Nansledan. My thoughts are with his friends and family at this time. May he rest in peace.
My statement on the passing of Cllr Kevin Towill.
A view of the panel at the event in Parliament.
A view of the panel at the event in Parliament.
Yesterday, we attended a parliamentary panel on the UK’s Role as a Global Debt and Tax Superpower in the Wake of Aid Cuts along with Tax Justice UK , @savechildrenuk.bsky.social , @bondngo.bsky.social and @labourcid.bsky.social.
