Rupert Matthews, Leicestershireβs Police and Crime Commissioner, has left the Conservatives and joined Reform
Rupert shows the real difference in values between us and Reform π
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Rupert Matthews, Leicestershireβs Police and Crime Commissioner, has left the Conservatives and joined Reform
Rupert shows the real difference in values between us and Reform π
Thank you @jeevunsandher.bsky.social MP for visiting Punch Pubs' Horse and Trumpet in Sileby, Leicestershire. π»
We discussed the challenges and opportunities facing pubs across the UK ahead of the #AutumnBudget and the potential for business rates reform. πΌ
π¨GOOD NEWSπ¨
Renewables are overtaking fossil fuels in electricity production
That's because wind and solar are *cheaper* than the alternatives
Read the piece, originally published in the @thefabians.bsky.social Review, here: jeevunsandher.substack.com/p/strong-lab...
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Strength is built from each of us being able to afford a decent life.
Strength to face up to our military crisis and deter Putin.
Strength to confront the burning planet before us and invest to stop it burning further.
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Crisis 3: Our planet is burning fuelling crop failure, extreme weather, and conflict.
We see the impacts of our climate crisis today: in our food prices, floods, heatwaves, and the boats that arrive on our shores.
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Crisis 2: Our peace is at risk. Putin is attempting to redraw European borders by force.
If he succeeds in Ukraine, he will not stop there. He threatens peace in Europe and democracy worldwide.
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Crisis 1: Living standards are stagnant and too few people can afford a decent life.
This is fuelling anger and is leading to many losing faith in democracy altogether.
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To protect our nation & meet these crises, we need strength in unity.
We are stronger when we share the same goals, look out for one another, and where each of us is doing well.
That is strength built from our Labour values. The strength we need to confront our 3 crises
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We live in dangerous times.
Living standards are stagnant, Putin threatens war in Europe, and our burning planet is making us poorer.
We need a new vision to rise to this moment. A vision of strength in unity.
Originally from the Fabian Review: jeevunsandher.substack.com/p/strong-lab...
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Climate change is a living standards issue. It's driving up food prices, making us all poorer.
And it hits the poorest, who spend more of their income on food, the hardest.
π Read more from @autonomy-institute.bsky.social below
Congratulations to the @Lionesses on an historic victory! A proud moment for our country,
#Lionesses #WEURO2025
Progressive pricing changes can get energy bills down today.
My words in the @newstatesman.com: www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
Ed Miliband has been urged by more than 100 Labour MPs to explore overhauling UK energy bills.
He is understood to be considering a number of options for progressive energy pricing, inc discounts for the least intensive consumers β known as rising block tariffs
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Government is taking the right decisions to decarbonise and end the reliance on imported fossil fuels.
Energy independence is our future, but we need bills to come down soon, especially for lower earners.
Our Living Standards Coalition enters the debate π
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
That is core to our values. Making sure *everyone* can afford a decent life is why we are Labour.
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Please note that each LSC MP signs onto each idea individually. The Coalition does not take collective stances.
To get living standards rising, we need to get energy bills falling.
Thatβs why over 100 Labour MPs from the Living Standards Coalition have written to @Ed_Miliband.
We're asking him to consider progressive price changes that will get bills down more quickly.
This government is committed to uniting the nation after 14 years of division.
Through common prosperity, we can find the strength and purpose to build a country we can be proud of.
Pub no.21 on my tour - Ring OβBells in Storer. Cheers! π»
12.07.2025 15:02 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Alan can't sign letters like this as a PPS. He is a very decent and hard-working MP. I'm lucky to have him as a colleague.
12.07.2025 11:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Getting living standards rising is core to our values *and* is what we need to win the next election.
That is why we set up the Living Standards Coalition. To make sure everyone can earn a decent life.
You can read more here: labourlist.org/2025/07/comm...
Getting living standards rising is core to our Labour values. Itβs what we were elected to do.
That is why over 100 Labour MPs have set up the Living Standards Coalition.
Exc - Tonight a new group of Labour MPs launches calling on the PM to radically refocus on cost of living.
They say there should be now a major effort to drive down every day costs of energy, childcare, bills and housing or the party risks defeat.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The party opposite had 7 sets of fiscal rules in 14 years. They kept cutting, kept driving down growth, and kept missing their deficit targets.
The way to get the debt burden down is to invest in economic growth.
Big changes are coming to the NHS. Hereβs what the new 10-Year Health Plan means for you.
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1 year of being an MP. 20 pints on my pub tour. At the Organ Grinder in Loughborough. Cheers πΊ
04.07.2025 18:06 β π 13 π 0 π¬ 4 π 0Talking about his past year as an MP, @jeevunsandher.bsky.social says he is proudest of helping to organise Labour support for the assisted dying legislation www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jul/03/seven-of-labours-newest-mps-look-back-on-a-relentless-first-year
04.07.2025 11:54 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0To pay for the public investment we need, we are taxing the very richest in this country.
04.07.2025 07:01 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 2 π 0Creating good jobs would benefit the non-grads that are being left behind in our technological era.
It would make them better off.
And it would help Labour win them back, after a decade where they have left us.
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And for those that struggle to find a job at all, we should use direct job creation to help them.
The last Labour governmentβs βNew Dealβ helped unemployed young people find work. The Tories abolished it.
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