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HAPPY PRIDE EVERYONE!! 🖤🤎🩷🤍🩵💜💙💚💛🧡♥️ For Pride this year, my department have funded a new Terrence Higgins Trust campaign: 💊PrEP PROTECTS💊 PrEP is a pill that stops people getting HIV. It’s free on the NHS. Find out more 👇 tht.org.uk/news/campaign-…

Join me this Saturday, 1–3 pm, in Hatch Warren & Beggarwood for a relaxed Coffee & Chat - your chance to grab a brew and tell me what matters most to you☕️ Spots are limited, so sign up now to save yours! eventbrite.co.uk/cc/coffee-and-…

Great to be out in Winklebury on Saturday speaking to residents. Lots of conversations about parking, anti-social behaviour and keeping our streets clean and tidy. Really appreciate everyone who took the time to stop and chat - it all helps shape the work ahead🙏

The Shadow Chancellor called for an urgent question today on Fiscal Rules - here is my intervention this afternoon on that matter...

Fantastic to be at Sherfest🥳 huge thanks to the organisers for putting on such a brilliant event. So much for all the family to enjoy and a great turnout too, even with the odd bit of rain!

⚡ Last week I met with heat pump installers, fuel poverty campaigners and environmental charities in Parliament to back a simple but urgent goal: cutting electricity prices. The UK has some of the highest electricity costs in Europe. Too many families are still facing

📖 1 in 8 adults across the UK can’t read. In Basingstoke, that’s around 3,600 people. I recently met Paula, an ambassador for Read Easy, who’s working to change that. She’s a passionate advocate for adult literacy and breaking the stigma around dyslexia. Thanks to Read Easy,

Every child deserves the best start. That’s why we’re rolling out Best Start Family Hubs in every local authority - backed by £500m. A one-stop shop for parents. No postcode lotteries. Just real help, close to home. 👶 A promise made. A promise kept.

Hamish is right, the Israeli Defence Minister Katz's proposal to move Gaza's population to Rafah is truly appalling Palestinian territory mustn't be reduced, & civilians must be able to return home We need a ceasefire deal & a pathway to lasting peace x.com/HFalconerMP/st…

At PMQs today, I raised with the Prime Minister the shocking delays facing children and young people in Basingstoke when it comes to mental health support — my report on the NHS, published last week, revealed that average waits, following 14 years of managed decline under the

Exc - Tonight a new group of Labour MPs launches calling on the PM to radically refocus on cost of living. They say progress made on incomes but there should be now a major effort to drive down every day costs of energy, childcare, food and housing theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

For too long people’s living standards have been squeezed as price rises for energy, food, & childcare have risen faster than wages Proud to join this group working to ensure our The Labour Party government continues to focus on the cost of living & making our constituents better off

Do you feel better off? That is the question that will decide the next election. Good to see Labour MPs focusing on how we can tackle the cost of living. theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

Getting living standards rising is core to our Labour values. It’s what we were elected to do. That is why over 100 Labour MPs have set up the Living Standards Coalition.

Brilliant day in Steventon celebrating 250 years since Jane Austen’s birth - a proud part of Basingstoke’s heritage. Thanks to Peter for the tour, and to Marilyn, Tamsin & all the amazing volunteers. Great to catch up w Summerdown & hear from Lucy Worsley & Deborah

☕️ Last call for this Saturday’s Coffee & Chat in Hatch Warren! I really enjoy these get-togethers — no speeches, no set agenda, just a chance to catch up and hear what’s on your mind. Here’s a snap from last month’s chat in Brookvale 📸 If you’d like to come along this weekend

Brilliant visit to Cranbourne School - huge thanks to the Head Boy and Student Ambassador for the tour. 🌱Loved seeing Cranbourne Greening in action: students growing veg for the canteen + cutting carbon. Their big asks? Tackle homelessness, fix potholes, cleaner streets.

Today’s UK climate report confirms it: extreme heat, floods and rising seas are now part of life. This is the new normal - but it doesn’t have to get worse. The UK is taking action, but we all need to go further, faster. There’s no room for complacency, denialism or defeatism.

Brilliant to join the celebrations last week marking 20 years of LG Motion and MiniTec UK - two fantastic local employers right here in Basingstoke. Thanks so much for the invite and the warm welcome. Great to see businesses going strong after two decades, creating skilled jobs

Today’s Met Office report confirms what most ppl already know: extreme heat, floods & rising seas are now part of everyday life We must adapt to this changing world - but we must also act urgently as this gov is doing, to ensure it doesn't get worse x.com/metoffice/stat…