Rachel Hopkins MP

Yesterday alongside @caabu.bsky.social & the Britain-Palestine APPG we hosted the Ambassadors of Lebanon, Palestine, Egypt, Jordan & Saudi Arabia, and representatives from Qatar & the Arab League, for a briefing on the US-Israel war in the Middle East and its impact on the region.

Labour MPs just voted to expand free school meals to half a million more children, lifting 100,000 children out of poverty.

The Tories and Reform UK voted against.

Only Labour will give children growing up in our country the best start in life.

This Labour Government is fighting for unity over division.

Vote Labour today in Gorton and Denton 🌹

#VoteLabour

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It's polling day!

Vote for Labour's fantastic candidate Angeliki Stogia.

Labour are the only party that can stop Reform.

Vote for unity and hope over division and hate.

It's clear who Reform UK stand for - and it's not workers.

They seek to sow division, while committing to throw our hard-won rights on the scrapheap.

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Send support for schoolchildren in England to be given £4bn overhaul Bridget Phillipson says she has heeded calls to fund tailored provision and is also creating 60,000 places at special needs schools

Labour is rising to the generational challenge of properly supporting children with SEND.

We will set out our vision and ambition for a schools system where every child can achieve and thrive.
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Ministers to set out plans to halve attainment gap in England’s schools White paper proposes changing criteria under which schools get funding to support the most disadvantaged students

For too long too many children haven’t had the support they need to succeed.

That must change.

Labour will transform our schools system so every child can achieve and thrive.
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Gorton & Denton is a constituency of two halves. After thousands and thousands of conversations, the story is clear: only Labour has the breadth & depth to beat Reform.

Voters are increasingly recognising that. See the whole picture 👇

Yesterday the Foreign Secretary spoke as Chair of the UN Security Council about ongoing UK support in Gaza.

I was pleased to see these issues highlighted and strongly support our actions to secure peace and a viable two-state solution.

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The Tories' anti-union laws have started being put in the shredder - thanks to the Employment Rights Act. 🔥🌹

Now let's finish the job, scrap the 2016 Trade Union Act completely and deliver the New Deal for Working People in full.

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Reform don’t do defence.

No one appointed in their so-called Shadow Cabinet for Defence.

Must be waiting for another failed Tory to defect to fill that slot.

Nathan Gill can’t do it after he was sent down for taking Russian bribes.

You can’t trust Reform with defence.

This morning, a fake email was sent to Labour MPs purporting to be from Mainstream, calling for a parliamentary walkout in November. This has been reported to the police. The email was not sent by Mainstream, or anyone associated with Mainstream. The address it was sent from is not one owned by us. Clearly, bad faith actors driven by factionalism are seeking to undermine the work that Mainstream is doing with MPs and others from all across the Labour Party to build the ideas, strategy and culture to make our time in government as transformative as possible - and put us on a firm footing in 2029.

This morning, a fake email was sent to Labour MPs purporting to be from Mainstream.

This was not sent from Mainstream and has been reported to the Police.

Parents get major update on school classroom revamps under multi-billion plan Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson is poised to publish her Schools White Paper within weeks that will overhaul the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system

The Tories left our schools to RAAC and ruin. Labour has a long-term plan to rebuild our crumbling school estate for the next generation.

Fit for the future, inclusive by design, settings where every child can achieve and thrive.

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The latest apprenticeship stats are in...

Are you tired of me saying it yet?

🆙 Starts up
🆙 Participation up
🆙 Achievements up

Turning the corner, with Labour.

Government pledges 10,000 new foster care places in England Rule changes aim to create thousands of new foster places and help full-time workers.

The best start in life means having a safe, loving home.

Labour is bringing fostering into the 21st century with investment and reform — supporting carers with innovative new models and an ambitious action plan to match.

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Parents to save £450 a year as major expansion of free breakfast clubs unveiled Free breakfast clubs will roll out to a further 500 primary schools from April - with a £6,500 yearly funding boost compared to last year’s phase

We’re announcing the next 500 schools to join the Best Start free breakfast club programme. Support is being targeted to the 300,000 children who need it most.

Labour is giving our children the best start in life – no matter their background or postcode.

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Only Labour can defeat Reform in Gorton and Denton. A vote for the Greens or any other party risks them getting in.

We are a tolerant, proud, progressive city and we don’t want their divisive brand of politics here.

Labour is on the side of leaseholders 🏠

This Labour Government is capping ground rents at £250 annually, protecting leaseholders from forfeiture, and moving towards the banning of new leasehold flats.

Brilliant that this will see up to 900,000 people benefitting from savings 💰

Sex abuse victim told of 'empowering' message after horrific 4-week trial Justice Minister Jake Richards writes for The Mirror after it was announced victims will be able to access crown court sentencing remarks for free - and he tells Sarah's story

At the heart of our changes to the justice system is bolstering protections for victims.

We are announcing plans to ensure all victims get free access to sentencing transcripts.

An important win for brilliant victim groups campaigners
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£200 million to be spent on Send training for teachers There will also be a new expectation for all staff in every school, college and nursery to receive training on Send

The most ambitious SEND training package in our country’s history.

Every child in every nursery, school & college across England will be taught by staff who can support a range of needs.

Labour is building schools where every child can achieve & thrive.

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🚨 November NHS stats show that waiting lists fell by 86,000!

This brings the total fall to 312,000 since Labour came into government

🚑 Ambulances are arriving faster

🩺 Patient satisfaction with access to GPs is up

This Labour government is making our NHS fit for the future 🌹

🚨 Record-breaking offshore wind auction secured by this Labour Government

✅ Enough power for 12 million homes
✅ 7,000 jobs
✅ £22bn investment

This is a decisive step in Labour’s mission for clean power, delivering energy security, lower bills, thousands of good jobs, and climate action 🌱

We’ve just secured the largest amount of offshore wind in any auction ever in Britain - enough to power the equivalent of 12 million homes.

In Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 the first offshore wind project in three years has been successful - a landmark moment demonstrating our commitment to the whole of the UK.

Under Labour’s Employment Rights Act over 18 million workers are set to benefit from stronger protections from April🌹

🍼 Day one rights to paternity leave and unpaid parental leave
🏥 Strengthened statutory sick pay
❌ Exploitative practices like fire and rehire banned

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Real wins for workers are a step closer as the Gov confirms new rights start in April:

🚼 Right to paternity leave from Day One
1️⃣ Right to unpaid parental leave from the first day in a new job

But this is just the start, add your name to back the New Deal in full
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BREAKING: Labour's landmark Employment Rights Bill has PASSED both Houses of Parliament. Its new rights will be transformational.

This is a massive step forward in delivering Labour's New Deal for Working People - passed by a Labour Government, delivered with the labour movement. Let's celebrate 🎉

The House of Lords meets this afternoon to debate the Employment Rights Bill - again.

WATCH: Last night, our MPs sent a clear message to the Lords - it's time to get out of the way and pass the Employment Rights Bill - today!

Opposition Lords are STILL voting to water down key measures in the Employment Rights Bill - risking delaying rights like access to Sick Pay from Day 1.
The Lords must get out of the way and let the Bill pass, so we can deliver the new rights working people need.
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Labour will build a Britain where no child goes hungry, where every child has opportunities, where every family has power and choices in life.

So proud to present the Child Poverty Strategy to Parliament.

Our Children, Our Future: Tackling Child Poverty Strategy document setting out the government’s ambitious decade long mission to tackle the drivers of child poverty across the UK.

Proud to unveil the Child Poverty Strategy.

Child poverty is a scourge I grew up with, it is a scourge I want to end.

This government will drive the biggest reduction of child poverty in a single Parliament. This is how we get there.

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