Alex Brewer MP 🔶

A privilege to turn on the #Odiham Christmas lights this evening.

With a great crowd, a tuneful band, and of course… Santa, it’s really starting to feel seasonal 🎄

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⌚ Now is the time to invest - in British food, British farms, and British farmers.

🎯 The Chancellor must listen to the Lib Dems' calls to properly fund the new Environmental Land Management Schemes to ensure farmers can produce food sustainably and profitably.

Alex in front of a tractor at the Farmers' Protest outside Parliament on Budget Day 2025.

Alex and other Lib Dem MPs at the Farmers' Protest outside Parliament on Budget Day 2025.

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🚜 Today's #budget needs to make things right with British farmers.

This government has hit farmers hard, significantly and repeatedly:
💰 First they implemented the Family Farm Tax,
📉 Then they cut the farming budget by £100mn,
♻️ And then they closed the Sustainable Farming Incentive.

Both are tragedies. But they are not treated equally.

Violence against women and girls is a public health crisis, and it's time we start treating it like one.

#InternationalDayfortheEliminationofViolenceAgainstWomen

A woman is killed by a partner or ex-partner once every 3 days in the UK.

This far exceeds the number of people killed by terrorism in the UK over the past 20 years. In fact, more women are killed by a partner or ex-partner each year than the number of people killed in the 7 July bombing in 2005.

An update on Frimley Park Hospital:

👋 Hi North East Hampshire,

Here are a few of the things I've been doing this week.

We've come a long way in politics when it comes to equal representation, and this is worth celebrating.

But we're not quite there yet.

Therefore, today, on #AskHerToStand Day, I'm putting out a call: if you know any women who could do some good in politics, please encourage them to get involved.

🎯 The Conservatives left our public finances in a dire state, but working people need some relief, and our economy needs to get going.

✅ These policies would be a big boost to working people, and a vital lifeline for local businesses.

#localbusiness #smallbusiness #SupportSmallBusiness #buylocal

📈 By cutting VAT on hospitality by just 5%, we would inject £12bn back into the industry.

💷 Meanwhile, by removing the renewable levy on energy bills, we would save households £270 each year.

💰 And, with a windfall tax on big banks, we could raise £30bn to cover twice the cost of these policies.

Alex at a pub with some of her fellow Lib Dem MPs.

Alex at a pub with some of her fellow Lib Dem MPs.

🍺 Last week, I enjoyed a rare chance to visit the pub with some colleagues. However, with the price of a pint up more than £1 (28%) in the last 5 years, we know many have been priced out of treats like this.

🛎️ That's why the Lib Dems' focus for this budget is on supporting our hospitality sector:

Today is World Pancreatic Cancer Day.

This is a devastating disease. With very few symptoms, it hides away until it's too late. 5-year survival rates are very low.

We need to be doing more.

Donald Trump is gunning for the BBC, and Farage is cheering him on. Want to know why? Follow the money…

✍️ Over the past year, I'm proud to have worked on a number of important men's issues, such as paternity leave, mental health, and social isolation.

🙌 I'm glad that we have a number of local organisations focused on helping and supporting men, and I'll keep doing my part to help out, in Parliament.

A graphic marking International Men's Day

🎉 Happy International Men's Day!

💙 I am so lucky to have some amazing men in my life and I could not do what I do without their support. It's important to recognise and appreciate them.

⬇️ Here's what he said. What do you think about his response. Is it enough?

#smallbusinesses #smallbusinesslove #smallbusinesssupportingsmallbusiness #SupportSmallBusiness #buylocal #energy #energybills

⚡High energy prices are a major issue, not just for residents trying to heat their homes, but also for small businesses which cannot reduce their energy consumption when prices go up.

❓Because of this, I asked the Minister for Energy what plans he has to support small businesses with these costs.

Thank you. We’re trying to!

🏡Met Pinacle and the Defence Infrastructure Organisation to discuss local military accommodation.

✍️ Hosted 1:1 surgeries to hear directly from constituents.

😆Between votes, recorded colleagues wearing a constituent's crocheted Mo to raise awareness of men’s health this Movember

💜 Attended Sasha's Project Service of Remembrance for those impacted by suicide.

🤝 Heard from Hope Not Hate and academics about how to improve our community cohesion and the risks threatening it.

🪖 Observed 2 minutes silence on Armistice Day in memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

Another busy week in Parliament and in #NorthEastHampshire. This week, I:

🏃 Cheered on Stepping Stones DS Ambassador, Lloyd on the 3rd day of his triathlon for BBC Children In Need

💧 Spoke about protecting chalk stream rivers, during a debate on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.

Movember Movember, the month formerly known as November, is a moustache growing charity event held during November each year that raises funds and awareness for men's health.

If you wish, you can support his fundraising here: uk.movember.com/donate/detai...

But as serious as these topics are, Movember (and my constituent) have not lost their sense of humour. So, for him and everyone experiencing these issues, we have put our dignity on the line. Enjoy!

#CroMo #Movember #Crochet #MensHealth #MentalHealth #ProstateCancer

A constituent who has prostate cancer is crocheting these Moustaches in his chemotherapy sessions to raise awareness men's health issues.

Movember has taken off as an awareness and fundraising campaign. It takes real strength to talk about personal issues like cancer and mental health.

✅ With recent bank closures affecting many, I'm glad that this new branch will ensure that the option of an in-person banking service remains available to those who need it.

☺️ It was a pleasure to meet, and speak with, the bank's staff, and learn more about how they'll help support our community.

🏦 It was a real pleasure to open the new Nationwide branch on Fleet high street, which will soon be the only physical bank left in the constituency.

💷 Although banking is increasingly done online, a physical teller can often still be a huge help.

👮 We need to invest in proper community policing in rural areas; rural crime cost the UK £52.8m in 2023, yet just 0.4% of officers are assigned to rural crime.

🚜 This issue has been neglected for too long. I will continue to call on the Government to give rural communities the attention they need.

A screenshot of a BBC article reporting that the Government has decided to scrap the role of Police and Crime Commissioner.

✅ I'm glad to see that the Government has decided to scrap the role of Police and Crime Commissioner - the Lib Dems have been calling for this for years.

💰 They cost tens of millions of pounds, money that could otherwise be used to fund more frontline officers.

💰 To fund this, we're calling for a windfall tax on big banks, which would raise twice as much as the policies would cost.

🍺 This two-pronged approach would revitalise our high streets, give hard-working people a much-needed boost, and save the 'Friday night treat', a much-loved British tradition.

A graphic highlighting the Lib Dems' call for a reduction in high street and hospitality VAT.

📢 The Lib Dems are calling for a 5% VAT cut for hospitality venues and for the removal of the renewable levy from people's energy bills.

📈 This would inject £12bn back into high street businesses and put £270 back into people's pockets for them to spend on occasional extras.