Jacob Mason

Today we remember those who gave their lives fighting fascism and defending our freedom and democracy.

We will remember them.

#RemembranceSunday

Very moving Remembrance Parade and Service in Swinton this morning with members of the community and our Armed Forces, paying our respects to the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice to give us our future.

Photos: Salford City Council

Bloody good question!!

We’ve lost 260,000 social rented homes in the last decade. If we’re serious about ending homelessness, Councils need the power, funding and freedom to build social homes at scale, homes at true social rent, not unaffordable “affordable” rents.

Wealth Taxes Are Sensible and Urgently Needed – Rebecca Long-Bailey MP We need wealth taxes now, writes Rebecca-Long Bailey.

Wealth taxes are not only sensible – they are urgently needed. They are the key to unlocking the funds required to build an NHS fit for the future, deliver schools that inspire, create green jobs, & ensure no child grows up in poverty.

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Patricia's journey with GMB Credit Union is one we're proud to share. 💛

Clayton Hall Living History Museum and the Friends of Clayton Park express our deepest condolences following the tragic events at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue on Yom Kippur. At this most sacred moment in the Jewish calendar, our thoughts and prayers are with those victims who have lost their lives, those injured or affected, their loved ones, and Jewish communities in Greater Manchester, and far beyond. Antisemitism, along with every form of hatred, must be confronted wherever it is found. Together, we must stand firm to ensure that violence and intolerance have no place in our society.

Clayton Hall Living History Museum and the Friends of Clayton Park express our deepest condolences following the tragic events at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue on Yom Kippur. 👇

Our thoughts are with the Jewish community after yesterday’s horrifying attack. Antisemitism has no place in our society, and we must stand together to root it out.

Pleased to co-sign this letter urging the Prime Minister to scrap the cruel two-child benefit cap. The Poverty Strategy Commission shows its abolition would lift millions out of poverty. Families should not be punished for their circumstances.

August & September Newsletter Protecting Our Communities and Key Workers The Government’s new Immigration White Paper has caused real fear among many people in Salford who have built their lives here. Constituents have told me …

📰Read the latest news, events and updates in my latest newsletter, including:
•Protecting Our Communities and Key Workers
•Salford Red Devils
•Campaign for homeless children’s bus pass
•Investment in Fire and Rescue Services

And much, much more👇
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Big crowd, big impact! 💥

Council keeps hybrid model, protecting Ards workers ✅

But Bangor & Holywood stay outsourced ❌

Thanks to all unions, clubs & locals who stood with us.

We’re not done yet; the fight for public leisure goes on! 💪

Full story 👉 www.gmb.org.uk/news/mass-pr...

Big thanks to our staff and activists who’ve been out across the region today — speaking to people and recruiting new members into the movement. 🌟

Your dedication is what drives us forward 💪

Hillsborough Law welcome afters decades of campaigning

⚖️ Hillsborough Law enters Parliament today.

Families and campaigners have fought for decades for truth and justice. ✊🕊️

🔗: www.gmb.org.uk/news/hillsbo...

Lord Blunkett's hard working guide dog given honorary GMB union membership Ahead of the Trades Union Congress which started today in Brighton, the union has given hard-working Labrador Barley a membership card, and a membership number of "K900000".

When things get ruff at work, you can always count on @gmbnwi.org.uk to have your back.

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July Newsletter Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill I voted against the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill. While the Government made some welcome concessions, the Bill sti…

📰Read the latest news and updates in my newsletter, including:
🔴UC & PIP Bill
🔴Nuclear Test Veterans
🔴Standing Up for 1950s-Born Women
🔴Salford events

🔴And much, much more!👇

Government launches Orgreave inquiry, 40 years after clashes at miners’ strike Move follows decades of campaigning over violent policing and collapsed prosecutions at South Yorkshire coking plant

I'm pleased a statutory inquiry into Orgreave has finally been announced. This is long overdue. Solidarity with the miners, campaigners and trade unionists whose relentless determination made this possible.✊
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🌈 Fantastic afternoon at Weaste Pride — free entry all day at Weaste & Seedley Social Club!

🎧 DJ Fat Britney, Daytime Disco with DJ Connor, DJ Tasha & Disco Doyenne 💃
🎶 Live music, food stalls & good vibes all round!

👏 Huge well done to Ian & everyone involved!

“Our strength lies not in enforced uniformity of Party doctrine. It is based on tolerance, and argument, on the ferment of political ideas and political passion—not regimentation. I do not want to lead a Party of zombies.” - Prime Minister Harold Wilson, 1975.

Just saying.

I spoke to The Guardian’s Kiran Stacey on the Politics Weekly UK podcast about the Universal Credit & PIP Bill. 100+ MPs now oppose it. These cuts could push 400,000 more into poverty—incl. 50,000 children. We must scrap them.

🎧 Listen: tinyurl.com/UCPIP

I welcome the fact that some concessions have been secured, and the proposals to support those who can work with a little help are welcome, but the numbers it will help are nominal and sadly the Bill as it stands will still impose brutal cuts, pushing huge numbers of people who desperately need support into poverty. It is clear that the Bill must be withdrawn and a genuine consultation take place with disability groups on how the welfare system should be reformed to truly provide support. I simply can not support a piece of legislation that I know will push thousands of my constituents into poverty. The concessions made—whilst welcome—will ultimately create a two-tier system. The amount of support someone receives will now depend on when they made their claim. That’s simply not fair, especially as those who need help, find themselves needing this support through no fault of their own. A proper consultation should have taken place with those most directly affected. Their voices should have been central to this process but sadly they were not and this needs to be urgently addressed. Further, the Government has yet to publish any impact assessment on the impact of these proposals on future claimants and the number of people, including children who will fall into poverty or experience worsening mental or physical health as a result, nor how many carers will lose carers allowance.

And whilst I recognise the financial challenges facing the Government—challenges that are the direct result of 14 years of mismanagement and underinvestment by the previous Government, there are alternatives. One of these, which I’ve long championed, is to introduce higher taxes on extreme wealth in order to properly fund our public services and strengthen the safety net. And this isn’t just the view of ordinary working people—many millionaires themselves agree. A recent Survation poll found that 68% of people with over £1 million to invest, support a wealth tax on individuals with more than £10 million. Rather than punishing those in need of support, the Government must look seriously at fairer ways to bolster the public finances. Wealth taxes are a fair, practical, and popular solution. That is what I will continue pressing for. REBECCA LONG-BAILEY MP

Sadly the UC & PIP Bill as it stands will still impose brutal cuts, pushing huge numbers of people who desperately need support into poverty.

It is clear that the Bill must be withdrawn. 👇

That this House, whilst noting the need for the reform of the social security system, and agreeing with the Government’s principles for providing support to people into work and protecting people who cannot work, declines to give a Second Reading to the Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill because its provisions have not been subject to a formal consultation with disabled people, or co-produced with them, or their carers; because the Office for Budget Responsibility is not due to publish its analysis of the employment impact of these reforms until the autumn of 2025; because the majority of the additional employment support funding will not be in place until the end of the decade; because the Government’s own impact assessment estimates that 250,000 people will be pushed into poverty as a result of these provisions, including 50,000 children; because the Government has not published an assessment of the impact of these reforms on health or care needs; because the Government is still awaiting the findings of the Minister for Social Security and Disability’s review into the assessment for Personal Independence Payment and Sir Charlie Mayfield’s independent review into the role of employers and government in boosting the employment of disabled people and people with long-term health conditions

That this House, whilst noting the need for the reform of the social security system, and agreeing with the Government’s principles for providing support to people into work and protecting people who cannot work, declines to give a Second Reading to the Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill because its provisions have not been subject to a formal consultation with disabled people, or co-produced with them, or their carers; because the Office for Budget Responsibility is not due to publish its analysis of the employment impact of these reforms until the autumn of 2025; because the majority of the additional employment support funding will not be in place until the end of the decade; because the Government’s own impact assessment estimates that 250,000 people will be pushed into poverty as a result of these provisions, including 50,000 children; because the Government has not published an assessment of the impact of these reforms on health or care needs; because the Government is still awaiting the findings of the Minister for Social Security and Disability’s review into the assessment for Personal Independence Payment and Sir Charlie Mayfield’s independent review into the role of employers and government in boosting the employment of disabled people and people with long-term health conditions

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I joined 108 MPs in opposing the Universal Credit & PIP Bill. 10,000 in Salford alone could be affected—and they’re terrified. Overall, it’s estimated the cuts could push 400,000 more into poverty.

It’s not right. The cuts must be scrapped.

June Newsletter Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill I have been contacted by a huge number of constituents in the past few weeks who are terrified at the proposed cuts outlined in the Universal…

📰Read the latest news and updates in my newsletter, including:

🔴 UC & PIP Bill
🔴 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
🔴 Key Points from the recent Spending Review
🔴 Crown Post Office Update
🔴 Water Safety

🔴 And much, much more! 👇

This week I raised the 10,000 people in Salford constituency who rely on PIP or the health element of UC and who are terrified of proposed cuts. Govt support into work for those who can is welcome but the numbers gaining employment from this will be nominal compared to over (1/2)

Pendleton has been named one of 25 trailblazer neighbourhoods set to receive up to £20 million in long-term investment over the next decade. Backed by the Government’s new community regeneration fund, this investment will: Support local leadership and community action Drive visible improvements on the ground Help build stronger, more connected neighbourhoods Pendleton will benefit from dedicated support and a direct link to Whitehall – ensuring our community gets the attention and investment it deserves.

Every child will have access to a free breakfast club, with the first 750 schools already rolling out the scheme. From September 2026, every child in England whose parents receive Universal Credit will be eligible for free school meals – helping to ease the pressure on household budgets and ensure no child goes hungry at school. Funding for school-based nurseries is being increased to help more children become school-ready from the start. Money from the dormant assets scheme will now fund music, sport, and drama facilities – not just for the few, but for every young person. Fixing Our Classrooms: • Cash uplift for core school budgets • Investment to end reliance on temporary classrooms • Work to tackle damp and rebuild 500 crumbling schools

Housing • Biggest investment in social & affordable housing in 50 years • £39 billion Affordable Homes Programme over the decade • Additional £10bn to crowd in private investment & build thousands more homes • Led by Homes England – with social housing at the heart NHS • More GPs, more appointments, shorter waiting times • Mental Health Teams in all schools by end of Parliament • Record investment: NHS funding rising by 3% in real terms each year • Boost to NHS tech and scanners – faster, better diagnoses • Social care agreement for the first time – ending neglect of the care sector • Training thousands more community health staff Cost of Living Support • Bus fare cap extended – keeping travel affordable • Winter Fuel Payment guaranteed for pensioners • Expanding the Warm Homes Plan • Millions of homes to be upgraded – lower bills, warmer homes

Some key points from the Spending Review 👇

I’m pleased the Govt has now reintroduced winter fuel payments for most pensioners—the right move to lift pensioners out of poverty. I also raised in Parliament the need to lift children out of poverty and asked Ministers to will act swiftly to remove the two-child cap on Universal Credit.

I raised in Parliament this week the shocking new analysis showing some councils face 100-year waits for social housing. With nearly 6,000 people on Salford’s waiting list, I asked Ministers what support they'll give to build the homes we desperately need.

Alan Turing joined the city’s computing pioneers in 1948, prophesied AI & created the Turing Test. Prosecuted in 1952 for being gay, he died on this day in 1954. Statue: Sackville Gardens.

📸 Graham Stringer, Pat Karney & the late @tonylloyd.org, who also opened our museum.

I spoke in Parliament today about the stark inequality in Salford—booming growth, yet too many living in serious poverty or on the breadline. I spoke of the need for immediate measures: reverse the winter fuel cut, scrap the two-child benefit cap, and... 1/2)