It's great to see Rachel Reeves and The Labour Party back manufacturing in the North East.

Meanwhile, the Tories haven't stepped in to secure the future of Hitachi in Newton Aycliffe.

The government just doesn't care about our county.

This is so important. Thank you, Dawn Butler MP✊🏾💙.

Without the NHS breast screening programme, my cancer wouldn't have been caught early.

If you've been putting it off, please book an appointment today.

It could save your life.

Amazing! 🚌

My inbox is full of bus queries such as Arriva North East 64 evening service cuts, people paying £12 taxi from city to Newton Hall instead of £2 bus fare the Tories celebrated!

Local people need a say in which routes are vital, The Labour Party will give them that voice.

With Labour, communities will be able to take back control of their buses. We will:

✅ Empower local transport authorities
✅ Support public ownership
✅ Speed up the franchising process

This could create and save up to 1,300 bus routes & allow 250 million more journeys a year.

26 years ago, the Good Friday Agreement was signed - one of Labour's proudest achievements.

Courageous leadership like Mo Mowlam's brought peace and power-sharing to Northern Ireland.

Today, we celebrate the progress made since then and must never take it for granted.

I know from my constituents how big an impact soaring service charges have on leaseholders.

It's simply an unfair and outdated system.

We must do more to protect leaseholders.

Eid Mubarak, from all of us at the Labour Party.

As data on Firefighter Cancers expands, US states are looking to expand the types of cancer covered under presumption laws. Its time for the UK to protect Firefighter health in law the way others do around the world. It's a national scandal how far behind we are #FBUDECON

I sincerely hope the people of Ashfield will vote this disgraceful man out at the next General Election by voting Labour.

.Channel 4 News references a question I asked the government last year, in this important report from SymeonBrown.

According to the Child Poverty Action Group, scrapping the two-child limit would lift 300,000 children out of poverty.

DIY dentistry is rampant across the country - including in my constituency.

No-one should be forced to extract their own teeth. Ever.

Cracking down on shameless tax avoiders can't come soon enough.

More than one third of all babies, children and young people in the North East are living in poverty right now.

They desperately need a programme like Sure Start, and other anti-poverty policies, to have the future they deserve.

They're going to be STUNNED when they find out who's running the council…🤦🏻‍♀️

Mel Stride is in no position to say this. All it does is stigmatise mental health.

If we want to improve people's mental health, we should start by tackling poverty and low-paid, insecure work.

A very happy International Romani Day to all.

I'm proud to be the chair of the APPG for Gypsies, Travellers and Roma, working closely with the folks at Friends, Families & Travellers.

Wishing Roma, Gypsy, Sinti and Traveller communities a very Happy International Romani Day!

40 years on from the events of the 84/85 miners strike a pardon for these injustices can not come quick enough.
Durham Miners' Association

It’s not rocket science but good old fashioned values & principles.

“The basic mission for which the police exist is to prevent crime & disorder” Sir Robert Peel

As your Police and Crime Commissioner I will embed a prevention first culture and invest in neighbourhood policing!

Last month saw the 40th anniversary of the miners’ strike…how could a British government leave our communities, which were once full of life & solidarity, in a state of despair & disrepair?

My The Northern Echo piece ⬇️

thenorthernecho.co.uk/opinion/242326…

We can make collages too.