Hitchin’s Labour MP | Standing up for our towns & villages.
Shefford
Joined April 2010
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Gareth Southgate’s documentary highlighted our failure to do right by many boys growing up in Britain today.
From paternity leave that supports present dads, to boosting male role models in schools, there’s lots we can improve.
We’re determined to ensure Labour leads on this 👇
Proud to join such well attended ceremonies in Stotfold and Hitchin today in memory of all those who served and sacrificed so much on behalf of our community.
A huge thank you to everyone who contributed to them.
#WeWillRememberThem
A privilege to be part of a moving Remembrance Sunday service in Hitchin this morning.
Thank you to everyone involved in doing our town proud.
#WeWillRememberThem
Well done to everyone who contributed to Campton and Chicksands stunning cascading poppy drape.
With over 7,200 individually crafted poppies, it’s a fitting tribute to our ongoing connection and debt to all those who have served and made the ultimate sacrifice on our behalf. – at Campton, England
Thank you to all the fantastic volunteers who’ve been out raising money for @PoppyLegion across our towns and villages 🌹
It’s been great to see such strong support for such an important cause 👏
Are you a 📦 Vinted seller? 🐾 Dog walker? 🖊️ Tutor?
We're changing the rules so you can keep more of your hard-earned cash.
From next year, you'll be able to earn up to £3,000 from your side-hustle tax-free 💷
Alistair Strathern MP retweeted
From British willow to cricket grounds across India. 🏏
The UK-India trade deal will phase out tariffs on cricket bats over the next five years, creating new opportunities for UK bat makers and the farmers growing the British willow behind them.
Local Poundland workers deserve better.
I’m deeply concerned by reports that thousands of jobs are being put at risk by the American owners.
Sales are up, and viable bids have been made that would keep Poundland open and their workers in jobs.
Alistair Strathern MP retweeted
A journey like no other 💜
From the Championship to the Camp Nou, in the words of John McGinn and Tyrone Mings...
Local veterans group @themusterpoint provide vital support to veterans across our community.
This Winter, they’ve teamed up with the fantastic Chicksands and Henlow Military Wives Choir to record a Christmas single ‘We’re Still Here’ in support of their important work 👏
Great to get out on the doorstep this weekend to chat over issues big and small that matter to our community.
Plenty of positive responses to our action cut to bills and business rates this week 🌹
No better stadium out there 💜
Already seen off Carragher this weekend, next up Fulham #UTV
This week’s #SmallBusinessSaturday shout out goes to Mati in Hitchin☕️
This cracking new addition to Bancroft offers great coffee and an array of Greek treats 🇬🇷
And after this week’s budget, they’ve been taking out of paying business rates ✅
Another reminder that we owe young men in Britain far better than the worst corners of the internet.
But our boys deserve more than just reactionary headlines.
They deserve investment in the education, support, and sense of purpose that they’re too often having to seek online.
Great to be out supporting @PoppyLegion’s Poppy Appeal at Morrisons this morning 🌹
Please do dig deep and support this important cause if you’re able to, and a big thank you to all the volunteers out helping the #poppyappeal across the constituency 👏 – at Shefford, England
Where better to reflect on a big week than back home at the pub?
From fixing our broken water system, to investing in our local infrastructure, there was plenty to talk about 💬
Thank you to our hosts, and great to see them taken out of business rates by this week’s budget 🍻
Great to see coverage of our big win with @dadshiftuk and @onthetoolstv to expand paternity support to self employed dads 👶
I know this will make a big difference to the families impacted, who’ve been overlooked for far too long ✅
Alistair Strathern MP retweeted
📣 Budget day news 📣
Honoured to have been appointed as the Government’s Cooperatives & Mutuals Champion to work with the sector to help deliver plans to double the size of the mutual economy 🐝🇬🇧
@CoopParty @CooperativesUK @coopuk
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🚨 WATCH: Andy Burnham reacts to the Government's Council Tax Band checker crashing
Over 32,000 households across Hitchin will get £100 to help with their energy bills this winter ❄️
Global events exacerbated by our broken energy markets are pushing up costs for all of us. We can’t solve them overnight, but it’s vital we do what we can to support households.
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Absolute garbage - this is a technical change that happens when public sector pension contributions change. There’s no impact on defence spending power & the Tories used the same mechanism in govt. What does matter for defence spending? The chancellor, who has increased it
Big row potentially brewing on defence…
Tories alleging that Healey - the man of principle who quit over DIP - might actually be *cutting* defence spending
In the next two financial years, the budget for the MOD will be £1bn a year less than Rachel Reeves planned when the DIP was published in June.
The total departmental spending can be calculated from the Budget Red Book pages 145-147. When compared to the DIP settlement, the Tories claim it shows that Labour are cutting £1bn a year from the MOD budget for the next two years.
Why? It appears that they are forecast to spend less than expected on pensions. Rather than the MOD being allowed to reuse this Resource Department Expenditure Limit, the Treasury has kept it
Cartlidge: “This is a complete dereliction of duty from the Chancellor”