Ashley Dalton MP

This week as your MP. Monday 3 - Friday 7 November. Planted a tribute for West Lancashire in Parliament’s Remembrance Garden, to honour those who have risked their lives fighting for our country. Invited businesses to my upcoming jobs fair 👀 (more on this soon!) Gave a speech at the Cancer Alliance Leadership Forum. Supported a constituent who was having issues with their tax share code so they could continue working. Ashley Dalton MP.

This week as your MP. Monday 3 - Friday 7 November. Attended a meeting about the £20 million coming to Skelmersdale through this Labour government’s Pride in Place funding to understand more about next steps. Judged all the brilliant Christmas card designs by year 5 pupils across West Lancs. Met with the Charity Commission about the Scarisbrick War Memorial. Went to the unveiling of the Sewing Room’s amazing banner to commemorate Remembrance Day. Ashley Dalton MP.

Swipe to see just some of my work over the past 2 weeks for West Lancashire ➡️

What will the Hillsborough Law do? 1. Introduce a legal duty of candour - which means public officials must act with honesty at all times. 2. Create a new offence for misleading the public. 3. Provide the largest expansion of legal aid in a decade for bereaved families.

I’m proud that the Government’s Hillsborough Law passed its second reading yesterday.

This law is a direct result of decades of campaigning by survivors and families of the 97 who lost their lives in the Hillsborough disaster.

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Here is some of what I achieved for my constituents last week - from debts being cleared to fighting for funding for West Lancs.

1. End no-fault evictions and stop Section 21 evictions. 2. Make all tenancies periodic with no fixed terms. 3. Give renters the right to challenge unfair rent increases 4. Allow tenants to keep pets unless there is a clear reason not to 5. Ban on discrimination: Protects renters with children or on benefits 6. Decent Homes Standard: Tougher safety and quality requirements 7. Stronger enforcement: Penalties and redress schemes for bad landlords 8. Implementation timeline: Now.

I’m delighted that the Renters’ Rights Bill received Royal Assent this week, meaning stronger rights for private renters across England, including an end to no-fault evictions and the right to challenge unfair rent increases. 🏠

I know this law will protect the rights of many of my constituents.

A great first day at the @make2ndscount.bsky.social UK summit for secondary breast cancer patients, a highlight being @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social sharing her experience of living with sbc.

🚨 The Simonswood Stink is making some of my constituents physically sick. This has gone on for years—and it's totally unacceptable.

With @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social, I’ve written to Lancashire County Council requesting an urgent meeting. The Council and Environment Agency must fix this problem now.

I met with my neighbouring MP @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social to discuss the vile smell that repeatedly descends on Kirkby from a waste facility site. We are determined to work together with our councils and the Environment Agency to solve this. I will keep constituents up to date.

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Great to be out on the #LabourDoorstep today with @lisanandymp.bsky.social for our great candidate Nikki Hennessey. People telling us they are sticking with @teamlabouruk.bsky.social

Liverpool City Region is showing great leadership with @metromayorsteve.bsky.social working to end new HIV cases by 2030.

Great that @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social today announced an extra £1.5m to extend the national prevention programme.

Let’s end new HIV cases by 2030.

@thtorguk.bsky.social

My January newsletter is now live on my website.

Take a look to see how I’ve been working for West Lancashire at home and in Parliament.

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Pensioners in France pay £2000 for health insurance, a model Nigel Farage says he’s considering. Today, Reform’s Chair wouldn’t rule that out either.

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Great to be out talking to local residents in Burscough with West Lancs Labour 🌹 today. Blue skies and great conversations.

Over 4,000 nurseries, schools and colleges have joined the #EducationNaturePark to improve biodiversity and tackle climate change. Great to join the Nature Park Schools Forum at Natural History Museum to see how children are shaping the future of this brilliant programme

North East Mayor @kimmcguinness.bsky.social
has launched a public consultation on local transport in the region. Complete the survey now to share your views. 🚌📝
Open until midnight on the 26th January.
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#localtransport #shareyourviews #northeast #newcastle

Thank you. I don’t actually think of it as a battle. It will win eventually and there’s not much I can do about that. I see it as medicine’s job to hold it back where it can and my job to defy it by living as fully as possible.

Good luck and I hope you get good news.

Make 2nds Count are hosting roundtable events this spring to understand the barriers faced by secondary breast cancer patients in accessing clinical trials. If you are, or know, oncologists, breast care nurses in Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Cardiff, please share with them.

For more information on metastatic/secondary/advanced/stage 4 breast cancer go to make2ndscount.co.uk @make2ndscount.bsky.social

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There are many kinds of breast cancer and not all treatments are for all breast cancers. My cancer is triple negative so will not respond to hormonal treatments. How anyone responds to treatment depends on type of cancer and their own unique genetic set up. My cancer is as unique as I am.

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I have an incurable cancer but that doesn’t mean I’m about to die or that I am feeling poorly. My treatment has made my cancer stable for now. I will work and play as I always did.

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Treatments can control but not cure the cancer.

My recent treatment was surgery. That has controlled it for now. I will probably need other treatments in the future as and when the cancer becomes detectable again.

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No evidence of disease or active disease (NED or NEAD) does not mean cured. It means right now imaging and testing shows either no detectable cancers or the cancers there are aren’t currently growing.

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I cannot “beat this”.
There is no cure for metastatic breast cancer. It’s also known as advanced, secondary or stage 4. The only way I beat it is by dying of something else first.

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Since announcing my diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer a few weeks ago I’ve become increasingly aware of how misunderstood the condition is.

So I want to debunk a few misconceptions:

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Thank you @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social for attending the drop in and showing your support. The sooner we can get people resentanced the better.

Moving forward, I hope to work with breast cancer charities and support organisations to raise awareness of metastatic breast cancer.

To find out more about the support available to anyone living with a breast cancer diagnosis, you can find out more at Breast Cancer Now. breastcancernow.org

YouTube video by Ashley Dalton MP I want to give you an update on my health

I want to give you an update on my health.

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So proud to sit behind the safeguarding minister @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social and Home Secretary @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social today to support the statement on Child Sexual Exploitation & Abuse. These women are driving real action to tackle these appalling crimes with sincerity, dignity and resolve.

Keir Starmer: I will not let our NHS die — this is my prescription This new year I am resolved to reverse the decline and make the health service fit for the future

Today the Prime Minister will announce concrete plans to put the NHS on the road to recovery. This is a government for the long term and getting our NHS back to long term health. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Successive governments have failed on social care. It’s not a shortage of good ideas that’s the problem, but a shortage of good politics.

Today that changes with Louise Casey.

Britain has a social care crisis. Here’s how we’ll work together to fix it 👇🏻

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