Speaking at the end of the debate for the The Labour Party front bench I said that Keir Starmer has committed that a Labour Govt will allow debate and a (free) vote in Government time on Assisted Dying.
Dignity in Dying

Honoured to represent the The Labour Party front-bench in this important debate on Assisted Dying today. So many powerful contributions. Scroll to near the end to get a summary of what I said (or watch on Parliamentlive TV

I wonder if this explains the level of counter-factual anger I get from some people on the doorstep, that bears no relationship the impact the ULEZ has on them personally

This 👇🏻

Dan Poulter hasn’t defected to save his seat. He’s defected to save the NHS.

I also really enjoyed Standing At The Sky's Edge tonight - powerful story about the rise, fall (and rise - ?) of Sheffield’s famous council estate. Great music from @richardhawley

A thread about this fantastic roundtable event with CRY I attended this week

Good to be out in Isleworth and Whitton wards today - meeting lots more people voting @UKlabour on Thursday who’ve never voted, or never voted L, before
Cllr. John S-T Cllr. Sue Sampson Marcela Benedetti Karen Smith 🇺🇦

It’s fantastic to welcome Dr Dan Poulter MP to today’s changed Labour Party.

It’s time to end the Conservative chaos, turn the page, and get Britain’s future back. I’m really pleased that Dan has decided to join us on this journey.

I am pleased The Labour Party’s pro-business, pro-worker plans continue to outshine a divided and chaotic Conservative Party

Traffic nightmare warning!!
Gunnersbury Avenue (the A406 North Circular) is closed northbound until Tuesday between Chiswick roundabout & Popes Lane
Thames Water 💧

First we had Thèrése Coffey not knowing that Kigali is the capital of Rwanda, and now we have Chris Philp not knowing that Congo is a different country to Rwanda…

They're sending £576m to a country they can’t even pick out on a map… 😳

On tonight's BBC London #BBCLondon debate a lot of Londoners are meeting the Tory candidate for the first time.

Here's what you need to know about her extreme, hard-right politics: 🧵

Our future depends on protecting the natural world.

But the Conservatives are destroying it.

Labour will conserve nature and help it recover. This commitment will run through Labour’s five missions to transform Britain.
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Another set of figures out this morning showing the scale of the crisis in our prisons.

⬆️ 28% increase in assaults

⬆️ 27% increase in staff assaults

⬆️ 25% increase in serious assaults

gov.uk/government/sta…

Ending service charge abuse ultimately requires bringing the archaic and iniquitous leasehold system to an end.

With the Tories having failed to do so, ministers must at least act now to protect leaseholders and shared owners from the excessive demands so many are being served.

EXPLAINED: How Labour will fix Britain’s railways 🚆👇

Across the country we've had to put up with poor rail services for far too long.

Today Louise Haigh set out Labour's plan to reverse this decline & deliver Great British Railways. Under Labour Britain’s railways will be

✔ Passenger focused
✔ Publicly owned
✔ Fit for the future

Today at #PMQs Labour’s Sarah Jones MP asked the Tory Deputy PM if he endorsed Susan Halls’ appalling endorsement of racist tropes.

It's shameful that he didn't condemn them.

She's the wrong choice for London Mayor.

This morning Parliament’s own spending watchdog, the National Audit Office, publishes a damning indictment of the government’s botched and flawed chidcare rollout.

As Labour has said all along, this was a pledge without a plan.

A thread: 🧵
theguardian.com/money/2024/apr…

Saddened to learn of Frank Field’s passing today. He was a long-standing MP of immense integrity.
He was also a Hounslow Council Labour Councillor (‘64-‘68) for Turnham Green, and his mother worked at Belmont School!