Proud @UKLabour & @CoopParty MP for Halifax and Minister of State for the Future of Work. To contact me please use the link below.
Halifax, England
Joined January 2010
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NEWS: From today, employers must take all reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace.
These new measures aim to strengthen harassment protections for workers, helping ensure unacceptable behaviour is not treated as part of the job.
More: gov.uk/government/news/new-a…
ALT new action from today to crackdown on workplace harassment
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Self-employed fathers and partners to be made eligible for paid parental leave for the first time, says Chancellor John Healey in his budget speech.
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Pubs, cafés, restaurants and shops are at the heart of our communities.
We’re giving them more breathing space, with 70,000 more retail, hospitality and leisure businesses paying no business rates from April 2027.
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1. Making higher tax-free mileage rates for nurses, care workers, self-employed tradespeople and others who drive for work.
2. Extending parental pay to more than 150,000 more parents per year.
3. Ending the Carer’s Allowance cliff edge so unpaid carers no longer lose their entire allowance simply for earning a penny over the Weekly Earnings Limit.
4. Removing import tariffs on more than 100 products, helping lower import costs on family favourites.
5. Rolling out hundreds more Post Office drop boxes, making it easier to send and return parcels.
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🚨Ahead of the Budget, Andy Burnham has announced 5 new everyday fixes to make your life easier.
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The best player in the world.
Our 2026 #BallonDor winner: HARRY KANE! 🏴🏆
ALT Harry Kane wins the Ballon D'or
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The Prime Minister presented a special recognition award at the Pride of Britain Awards to honour the founders of Andy’s Man Club, Elaine and Luke.
In 2016, Andy Roberts, Elaine’s son and Luke’s brother-in-law, tragically took his own life at just 23 years old. The pair went on to create Andy's Man Club, a male suicide prevention charity that has grown from a single group in Halifax to more than 360 groups nationwide.
Through its mission to break the stigma around men’s mental health, Andy’s Man Club has saved thousands of lives and inspired men to speak up when they need help 🤝
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1/7 I have two simple tests for British AI, driven by our values. Is it safe? And is it ours to shape? 🇬🇧
Today, Chancellor @JohnHealey_MP is announcing a major, ambitious package of investment to strengthen Britain's defences against emerging threats, back British innovation, and build our technological independence.
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If you’re considering a cosmetic procedure, you deserve to know you’re in safe hands.
We’re determined to drive cosmetic cowboys out of the market and raise standards, protecting people from rogue operators.
.@karinsmyth visited Dr Leah Clinics to see how cosmetic treatments being carried out the right way, by qualified professionals in a safe clinical setting.
Meanwhile, our crackdown intensifies on cosmetic cowboys - with new proposals to:
🩺 restrict high-risk procedures to qualified health professionals
🚫 ban cosmetic surgery and other treatments for under-18s
⚖️introduce unlimited fines for rule-breakers
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51% of Jewish teachers - many of them NEU members - experienced antisemitism in school in the past year.
Fixing this starts with defining the problem. IHRA spotlights the insidious and often subtle nature of antisemitism. It doesn't stifle criticism of the government of Israel.
The NEU responds to the Bell review
neu.org.uk/latest/press-rele…
Delighted that Luke & Elaine have received a Pride of Britain special recognition award for founding @andysmanclubuk, presented by @andyburnham.
Started in Halifax, they now support men across the country, providing a safe, judgement-free space to talk about mental health. 💛
The world of work has changed. Our employment laws need to keep pace.
Today, we’ve launched a consultation on employment status reform and protections for the self-employed, to tackle bogus self-employment and build a fairer system.
Have your say👇 gov.uk/government/consultati…
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Today marks three years since October 7th 2023 - the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust.
On that day, Hamas terrorists unleashed a wave of barbaric violence, murdering more than 1,200 innocent men, women and children, and taking 251 people hostage.
We remember all those murdered.
May their memory be a blessing.
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A new National Care Service. Greater public control of water, energy, and housing. A National Commission on Electoral Reform. Strengthening our relationship with Europe. Reforming the education and welfare system.
Today I set out a different path for Britain.
You may disagree with some or all of what I have said today. But I have given you what you often say is missing from politics.
Honesty, ideas and a clear direction for the country we all love.
If you agree with enough of what I have said, get behind this plan. And get behind each other.
It's time to draw a line.
To move beyond a decade of drift and division.
To bring a spirit of unity and positivity back to our country.
To unlock the working-class aspiration that is still there in every postcode.
To hope again.
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We've all walked past them.
The empty shop that's been boarded up for years. The old cinema gathering dust. The building everyone says, "someone should do something about that."
Well, that's exactly what I'm doing.
We're investing £210 million to help bring neglected high street buildings back into use - turning empty spaces into community hubs, health centres, shared workspaces, cafés and the local services that people actually want to see.
The funding will also help communities save spaces like pubs and sports clubs and support co-operatives so local people can share directly in their area's success.
People don't measure growth by looking at a spreadsheet. They measure it by looking at their local high street.
That's how we restore pride and bring hope back. Not by telling people things are getting better, but by giving them the power to see and feel the difference where they live.
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It’s estimated that one in five women in the UK will experience a miscarriage in their lifetime.
But if you lose a pregnancy before 24 weeks, there is currently no legal right to bereavement leave.
I don’t think that’s right.
Losing a pregnancy can be devastating. You and your partner shouldn’t have to worry about going straight back to work.
So we’re changing the law.
From April, women and their partners will be entitled to two weeks off after any pregnancy loss.
And we’re making wider changes, with new rights to time off when you lose someone you love.
When you’re grieving, you deserve the time and space to do that.