What has Alex Cunningham been up to today?
Alex Cunningham is MP for Stockton North and a member of the Labour party.
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If you do nothing else this weekend, get your application in! Great chance to be our new Project Co-ordinator
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Goodness me https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1577/in-the-back
This is deeply irresponsible.
Families are seeing bills pile up and the Tory response, after 12 years of economic mismanagement, is to create more uncertainty.
Labour would cut energy bills right now by removing the tax breaks for oil and gas producers.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/aug/05/truss-irresponsible-for-threatening-to-review-bank-of-england-remit?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
ran my first Stockton North CLP doorknocking session this morning. Great turnout and a great team 😎
Following dramatic increases in the cost of living, @EndChildPoverty reports that 38% of children in the North East are living in poverty. With @AshOrgUK analysis this year finding smoking to be a huge driver of poverty in the region, we urge Govt to address smoking & inequality.
Our engagement team are in Stockton town centre for the next three days. Call in and say hello while your visiting the SIRF.
The Tories are failing families and denying our kids opportunities that help them thrive.
While Tory leadership candidates compete to damage our country, Labour would be putting money in families’ pockets — tackling the cost of living crisis right now.
feels quite satisfying when someone you know is awful reveals themselves in public as being awful https://twitter.com/NewStatesman/status/1555476253045673987
EXCLUSIVE: In a leaked video, Rishi Sunak boasted to Conservative Party members that he was prepared to take public money out of “deprived urban areas” to help wealthy towns.
@REWearmouth reports: https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/conservatives/2022/08/exclusive-rishi-sunak-taking-money-deprived-urban-areas
First Liz Truss says she’ll cut the pay of public sector workers outside London, now Rishi Sunak is boasting he fixed the rules to give taxpayers’ money to rich Tory shires.
This leadership race is revealing the Tories’ true colours.
Britain needs a fresh start with Labour. https://twitter.com/REWearmouth/status/1555475661917421568
EXC: @RishiSunak told Tories in Tunbridge Wells that as Chancellor he tried to reverse Treasury formulas "that shoved all the funding into deprived urban areas" so areas like theirs could benefit
@NewStatesman story: https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/conservatives/2022/08/exclusive-rishi-sunak-taking-money-deprived-urban-areas
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With sky-high inflation, rocketing energy bills and the Bank of England warning of a lengthy recession, what are the Tory leadership hopefuls up to?
This is scandalous. Rishi Sunak is openly boasting that he fixed the rules to funnel taxpayers’ money to rich Tory shires 👇
This is our money. It should be spent fairly and where it’s most needed - not used as a bribe to Tory members.
Talk about showing your true colours… https://twitter.com/REWearmouth/status/1555475661917421568
EXC: @RishiSunak told Tories in Tunbridge Wells that as Chancellor he tried to reverse Treasury formulas "that shoved all the funding into deprived urban areas" so areas like theirs could benefit
@NewStatesman story: https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/conservatives/2022/08/exclusive-rishi-sunak-taking-money-deprived-urban-areas
🍻 Happy International Beer Day!
Today is a celebration of those brewing & serving beer and the beers of the world.
🍺 If you could only drink one beer, what would it be?
Remember: please drink responsibly!
👉 http://internationalbeerday.com/
BT and Openreach workers are taking strike action for the first time in 35 years.
Despite this the BT CEO is refusing to meet @CWUnews and @NadineDorries is sitting it out.
My letters to both calling on them to do their jobs, meet with CWU and get a fair deal for workers 👇
The Scottish Parliament and its Government were supposed to be examples of transparency to build public trust in politics.
The SNP have instead presided over a culture of secrecy and cover-up.
Labour will reform Holyrood in your interest - not secretive politicians.
"I was decisive and I was honest," says Liz Truss, who changed her mind about a multi-billion pound policy hours after announcing it, and then lied about it.
We need to end the SNP culture of sleaze, secrecy & cover-up, & reform every layer of Government - including Holyrood.
Today, I published the 2nd in a series of papers demonstrating how we will deliver a stronger Scotland in a changing & modernising UK.
http://scottishlabour.org.uk/strongerholyrood/
Who’s ready to party at @SIRF_Stockton's Community Carnival? 🥳 Don’t forget this year’s Carnival will take place on Sunday, 7 August!
Get into the festival spirit down Riverside with free crafts, glitter make up, face painting and balloon modelling too.
http://www.sirf.co.uk
We all celebrated the Lionesses' stunning victory, now we must secure their legacy.
The Tories are failing to seize this moment to ensure girls can play football at school.
I've written to the Education Sec demanding an 'Equal Access Guarantee' for school sport 👇🏼
#DYK that rules for #CarbonMonoxide alarms are changing in the UK – are you ready?
Find out more: https://www.coalarmssavelives.com
Liz Truss wilfully misrepresented her own pay proposals and then tried to cover her tracks. She’s a lightweight and a liability.
Her latest mess has exposed exactly what she thinks of working people across Britain.
Some patients are waiting 2 years for NHS treatment, after the Conservatives said no-one would.
Patients are paying the price for their broken promise.
Labour will provide the NHS with the staff, technology, and modern equipment it needs.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/aug/03/ministers-admit-they-will-break-nhs-pledge-on-hospital-waiting-times
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BT handed its CEO a 32% pay rise.
Its workers are facing a cost of living crisis. Yet the CEO is flat refusing to meet them to discuss pay.
BT must get around the table with @CWUnews to agree a fair pay deal, and Tory Ministers should step in if he won’t.
Ignore the spinning u-turn, Truss has always believed Hartlepool people are worth less than southerners. This is the future under the Conservatives. Vote them out! https://twitter.com/uklabour/status/1554510540579504132
Liz Truss in power would mean a plan to cut working people’s pay.
👀 Business sites across the Borough can now be viewed in stunning virtual reality-style drone pictures 👇
https://www.stockton.gov.uk/article/8752/Take-a-tour-of-business-sites-across-the-Borough-with-virtual-reality-style-flyover
Liz Truss in power would mean a plan to cut working people’s pay.
Despite a record backlog caused by the government’s defunding of criminal justice, our soft-on-crime Justice Secretary @DominicRaab is happy to leave over ONE THIRD of courtrooms closed today, as victims wait years for justice.
Come on #DeckchairDom. Do your job and fix this. https://twitter.com/Court_Stats/status/1554738847707193345
📈Today, 3 August 2022, 172 out of the 501 Crown Court Rooms in England & Wales will not be sitting.
That's 34% of them.
#courtstats #CS03082022 http://courtstats.co.uk
I was #BlockedByBen for posting a detailed response to a puff-piece article he’d written in the Times about Freeports which was incredibly inaccurate and one-sided.
Why were you #BlockedByBen ? https://twitter.com/jimbobity/status/1554771690537844737
I was blocked for asking Ben if he thought it was a good idea to be taking a helicopter ride paid for by a political donor with links to the Bahrain royal family. Why were you #blockedbyben?
BP and Shell report bumper profits as families are hit by rising energy bills.
What does former Shell employee Liz Truss want to do about it? Nothing.
Time we stopped handing back billions to oil and gas giants and used the money to help people instead.
The worst crisis in the NHS’s history.
The Government can’t even meet its own targets for eliminating TWO YEAR waits.
The longer the Conservatives are in power, the longer patients will wait.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/aug/03/ministers-admit-they-will-break-nhs-pledge-on-hospital-waiting-times
Great to visit @REDDriving in Billingham - one of the biggest driving schools in the country:
🚗 c1600 instructors,
🚗 c8,000 active learners,
🚗 training 1/4 instructors a year.
DVSA backlog causes concern. RED estimate it could take 100yrs to clear it at the current rate
Great to be out talking to residents with Alex Cunningham MP and a brilliant team of volunteers this evening.
#labourdoorstep https://twitter.com/ACunninghamMP/status/1554524929659478020
Great to be out in Hardwick & Salters Lane ward this evening with a fantastic team, talking to local people about any issues affecting them with ASB a key issue.
The local cllrs have secured some improvements & my office will be working with them to see what more we can do.
BT’s CEO has refused to meet @CWUnews despite his staff taking industrial action. This is unacceptable. @LucyMPowell and I have written to him demanding he opens negotiations. A fair pay deal could resolve this dispute. We stand with the workers.👇🏻
Great to be out in Hardwick & Salters Lane ward this evening with a fantastic team, talking to local people about any issues affecting them with ASB a key issue.
The local cllrs have secured some improvements & my office will be working with them to see what more we can do.
have you seen Alexia? https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/20593940.missing-girl-alexia-stephenson-13-last-seen-eaglescliffe/?ref=eb
The state of Tory Britain.
You're not going to believe the answer Jacob Rees-Mogg gives to the question, "what's actually working in Britain today?"
Elton Hall residents enjoying Ropner Park fountain
http://www.cwastockton.co.uk https://membership.coop.co.uk/causes/65418 @CoopUK #TrixieTrishaw #CyclingWithoutAge #InclusiveCycling #Intergenerational #CWAStockton #LetsEndLoneliness #StocktononTees #Community #ItsWhatWeDo #TheCoopWay #NLCommunityFund
@ACunninghamMP @BenHouchen Still no response from the most accessible Mayor with respect to reregulation of bus services in the area, a promise he made in front of the people of Stillington just before the introduction of Tees Flex
excellent initiative by @stocktoncouncil - I only hope that the Government come up with the goods and a fair result for Billingham this time: https://www.stockton.gov.uk/article/8751/Council-resubmits-20million-Levelling-Up-Fund-bid-for-Billingham
We are blocked too. Open and engaged?! https://twitter.com/JonathanBrash/status/1554432493343883264
Last year we wrote to @benhouchen offering to put party politics aside. We suggested a meeting to discuss our shared ambitions for Hartlepool. He never responded, other than to block me on social media. Genuinely odd behaviour.
Schools, hospitals, GPs, roads, public transport, child care, elderly care - all on their knees but it doesn't matter - we have some men playing cricket well!!! https://twitter.com/cllrtrisosborne/status/1554426171693191169
Certainly not @Conservatives led councils. Our one is a circus
So it appears I've been blocked by @BenHouchen.
Bit of an odd thing to do for someone who claims to be "the most available, engaged and accessible politician in the region"🤔
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Nominations are open for 'Best new VCSE Org of the Year award' & 8 more at- https://bit.ly/CatNom2022
#CatalystAwards2022 #Stockton
BP and Shell are reporting bumper profits while families struggle with rising energy bills.
What does former Shell employee Liz Truss want to do about it? Nothing.
It’s time we stopped handing back billions to oil and gas giants and used that money to help families instead.
Liz Truss’ latest fantasy to cut the pay of NHS, school and police staff outside London during a cost of living crisis?
It’a copy + paste job from a shady, discredited right wing pressure group that refuses to reveal who funds it.
She’s not on your side.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/aug/01/liz-truss-plan-to-cut-11bn-in-whitehall-waste-ludicrous
Today we remember the thousands of Roma and Sinti men, women, and children who were killed during the Holocaust and remind ourselves that Roma discrimination and hate is still very present today.
In their memory we say never again.
Labour argued for months for a windfall tax to help bring bills down, but when the Tories finally u-turned they decided to hand billions of pounds back to producers in tax breaks. (2/3)
BREAKING 🚨 | Tory candidate for PM Liz Truss has revealed she plans to CUT the pay of public sector workers including teachers and nurses.
During a cost of living crisis.
At our Congress in June @RachelReevesMP met with @GMB_union members in Asda whose pay was getting badly messed up most months.
Our members are asking to be paid on time and for the hours they have worked. Today she took their testimony to the employer. https://www.gmb.org.uk/news/asda-workers-meet-rachel-reeves-discuss-wage-errors https://twitter.com/RachelReevesMP/status/1554105927950864388
Had a very productive meeting with @asda today, alongside @gmb_union's @andygpuk - talking about the need for fair and accurate pay for workers.