Allison Gardner MP

Labour should consider hiking gambling tax to fight child poverty, Powell says Deputy leadership hopeful Lucy Powell said Gordon Brown's proposal to hike gambling tax to fund axing the two-child benefit limit should get 'careful consideration'

Labour is at its best when we are clear about whose side we are on, and in whose interests we serve, when our values shine through.

I want us to be clear that our objective is to lift children out of poverty and that will mean we need to lift the 2 child benefit cap www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

It is a shame that we have to combat misinformation and defamation like this. What an earth are they thinking exposing female politicians to such risks from idiots and misogynists looking for an excuse to abuse and threaten.

didnt remove my name from any amendment

I didn't remove my name. That is a different amendment. The sponsors of the original amendment withdrew it once conceasions were won

This offender forced a woman to have an abortion without her consent & caused her long-term harm.

I welcome the Court of Appeal’s decision to increase his sentence following my referral under the Unduly Lenient Sentences scheme 👇

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About time Kemi realised there’s a problem with creative industries & AI, months after Labour started tackling it. Creatives have been raising concerns for years while her party did nothing. Another bandwagon moment, ignoring 14 years of Tory failure to support British creatives.

It is in US interests to give Ukraine a security guarantee and stop tyrant Putin I was twenty-seven when the Berlin Wall came down. For my generation it was exciting. It really felt like we were casting away the shackles of history. That our whole continent was uniting behind f…

The Prime Minister is walking the diplomatic tight rope expertly here: uncompromising in support of Ukraine’s fight while seeking to influence US opinion. www.thesun.co.uk/news/3351474...

Really good meeting with @allisongardner.bsky.social today to talk about her interest in brain tumours, less survivable cancers and improving the research environment. We were glad to hear that Allison is backing @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social Rare Cancers Bill.

#BackTheBill #BrainTumourResearch

If you’d like to see more updates and a few behind the scenes posts follow me over on Instagram - www.instagram.com/allisongardn...

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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Labour has trippled the emergency winter rough sleeping fudning.

An additional £239 580 to Stoke-on-Trent to help the most vulnerable find safe and secure housing. Everyone deserves a warm bed and hot meals.

Through the Plan for Change, we can end homelessness for good.

I too welcome the news that we will be standing strong for women

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.

A shared digital platform between NHS and care will be transformative and help smooth the patient pathway. Excellent news. Delighted too to hear of significant investment in the disability grant to allow people to improve their homes.

Recovery after 14 years of decay does not happen overnight, but we can now see that recovery is possible. We will get out NHS and health and care services back on track.

💷Half a billion pounds of additional funding for police announced by @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social plus 👇🏿

✅ Neighbourhood policing at the heart
✅ Government performance unit to drive force-level improvements and end the postcode lottery on law and order
✅ New national policing body