Today was my last day as a Prison Officer so that I can formally become the
@UKLabour
@CoopParty
candidate for Doncaster Central. It has been an immense privilege to spend the last 6 years working with the brave, loyal and dedicated staff within the service 🧵1/3
Absolutely delighted to say that I’ve been selected as the
@UKLabour
Parliamentary candidate in Doncaster Central. Thank you to all those who have supported me and in particular to the incredible Dame Rosie Winterton who is the hardest act to follow 1/2
As a former Prison Officer I am delighted to be appointed as PPS to the Justice team.
Convention doesn’t allow me to ask questions in the House of Commons on this topic, however, this role will allow me to take my experience to the heart of a Labour Government.
An absolute honour to welcome Labour’s next Chancellor of the Exchequer
@RachelReevesMP
to Doncaster tonight. A fairer, greener future is possible and Labour is ready to deliver. Bring on the general election!
What a privilege to arrive in Parliament as the new
@UKLabour
@CoopParty
MP for Doncaster Central with
@LeePitcher9
@Ed_Miliband
and attend the first meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party since the election.
I am looking forward to delivering for Doncaster in Parliament.
I’m also want to thank
@RachelUNISON
who has been the most amazing friend and support & all of those who volunteered on my campaign. If elected I am particularly proud to say I will be the first Prison Officer ever elected to Parliament
@POAUnion
. The work begins now! 2/2
If I am elected on the 4 July I am determined to speak up for Prison staff who do an incredibly difficult job in increasingly difficult circumstances.
@POAUnion
🧵3/3
Busy day welcoming the incredible
@RachelReevesMP
to Doncaster with
@LeePitcher9
followed by lunch at Milk & Honey and out in Armthorpe this evening. Thank you to everyone who came out to speak to us, the message is clear, people want change - on 4 July it’s time to
#VoteLabour
Brilliant to welcome
@AngelaRayner
to Doncaster today with
@LeePitcher9
, Dame Rosie Winterton and Labour candidates from across the region.
It’s time for a Labour Government. Vote Labour on July 4th 🌹
Postal vote ballots are beginning to drop across Doncaster. Now is the time to vote for Labour’s plan to secure our economy and get our public services back on their feet.
#VoteLabour
#VoteForChange
#GeneralElection2024
I'm proud to be the
@UKLabour
@CoopParty
candidate for my home constituency Doncaster Central.
On Thursday 4 July we have the chance to vote for the change our country and communities so desperately need.
Back in Doncaster today to help set up my office and do some shopping at Doncaster Market.
Lovely to speak to Angus Butchers and many others on the market again.
#ShopLocal
#DoncasterIsGreat
I want to thank all the candidates and the selection committee for a friendly and well run process. I particularly want to thank the local councillors who stood and look forward to working with Majid and Gemma to campaign locally and nationally for a Labour government
Thanks to everyone in Doncaster Central CLP who joined me for the launch our
#GeneralElection2024
campaign. The country is ready for change and in Doncaster we will be fighting for every vote to put
@Keir_Starmer
in No. 10 and deliver a Labour government on 4 July.
Thank you to everyone who has been in touch since my election.
I am in the process of setting up my office and will share details of how to contact me and surgery times as soon as possible.
For urgent constituency issues, please contact sally
@sallyjameson
.co.uk 🌹
Pleased to be able to use my first question in the chamber yesterday to highlight the need for a NATO first defence policy and pay tribute to the brilliant Doncaster Ukrainian Centre for all the work they have done supporting Ukrainian refugees in our city.
#DoncasterIsGreat
Straight from my shift today I went to
@olivercoppard
’s Question Time to discuss
@save_dsa
Peel Group need to do the right thing by the people of Doncaster & our region so that the airport’s potential can be unlocked. The Gov. also need to hold Peel to account for their actions
I came out of work tonight after my shift to learn that Doncaster won’t be getting a new hospital. Yet again we have been let down by Rishi Sunak and his Conservative Government.
1/6
Sunny evening canvass in Moorends with brilliant Labour candidate for Doncaster East & the Isle of Axholme
@LeePitcher9
reminding people to vote for
@olivercoppard
on Thursday!
#VoteLabour
who will always have my upmost respect and admiration.
It was also an honour to receive my King Charles III Coronation Medal on my last day, making it a truly memorable end to my service 🧵2/3
Busy day yesterday back in
#DoncasterIsGreat
starting at DN1 Deli & restaurant to meet the owner Sarah,
then on to the Market to meet with local
traders and stopped by to see the progress being made at the Corn Exchange and hear about the role Doncaster business is playing. 1/4
Great couple of days kicking of the general election campaign in Doncaster Central and Doncaster East and The Isle of Axholme with
@LeePitcher9
@Ed_Miliband
. We will be continuing the campaign across Doncaster delivering the
@UKLabour
message for change.
#GeneralElection2024
Proud to be on the Labour Party conference stage this week to support
@unisontheunion
who have have led the way on campaigning for a National Care Service. Our care workers deserve it and our country so desperately needs it. 👇
Lovely to pop in to
@castindoncaster
cafe this afternoon and also check out the latest shows and events- such a fantastic venue to have in our City Centre
#Doncaster
#CastTheatre
Doncaster desperately needs a new hospital and the plans are ready to go. The Conservative government keep talking about “leveling up” now they need to actually deliver it.
It might have rained on our canvassing tonight but not on our spirits! Great to stop at The Glasshouse to keep dry and have a drink! ☔️🍹🍺
#GeneralElection2024
.
@MyDoncaster
& South Yorkshire's Mayor have done a brilliant job in fighting to protect Doncaster Sheffield Airport & are now in negotiations with Peel over the lease. The Airspace needs protecting. The Secretary of State must step in now & secure its future for South Yorkshire
Campaigning across Doncaster this weekend talking about
@UKLabour
@CoopParty
plan for safer high streets:
🔴13,000 more neighbourhood police officers & PCSOs
🔴 Thefts under £200 investigated and dealt with
🔴Enforcement of a new criminal offence of assaulting a retail worker
Fantastic day at Doncaster Pride, such a brilliant atmosphere with so much to do. We also collected signatures for the Save Doncaster Airport petition and plenty of votes for Doncaster to be home to
#GBRHQ
- Can’t wait for next year already!
Great campaign session at Lakeside with
@JohnHealey_MP
& Rosie Winterton MP talking about Labour’s plan to tackle crime:
✅13000 extra neighbourhood police & PCSOs
✅New Respect Orders to tackle repeat offenders
✅Force fly tippers to join clean up squads
Bustling morning in the city centre today doing some shopping at the fantastic Doncaster Market and then joining members of the Doncaster Chinese Christian Church talking about the work they are doing in the community.
#DoncasterIsGreat
#SupportLocalBusiness
🎉👏 ✈️
City of Doncaster Council have agreed a lease with Peel; an important step on the way to re-opening Doncaster Airport. Amazing work by
@MayorRos
and Doncaster Council. We now look forward to the next stage of the ambitious and exciting plans.
@save_dsa
#Doncaster
LEASE SIGNED for former Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA)!
Today I can announce that we have signed a 125-year lease for the former DSA which will help to ensure the future of the airport site with the ambition to see planes flying once more from
#Doncaster
.
#Delivering4Doncaster
Pleased to see decisive action from
@ShabanaMahmood
. The crisis in our prisons didn’t have to come to this - it optimizes 14 years of Tory failure to deal with the many issues that have led us to this point.
The guilty men in the last government left our prisons on the brink of collapse.
They put their political interests before the country, & left us facing a total breakdown of law and order.
Today, I set out emergency measures that will grip the prisons crisis.
I’m proud to be a prison officer. And I’m proud to have the support of
@unisontheunion
, who have held the government to account for their devastating cuts to our public services. Alongside UNISON, I’ll stand up for public services in Doncaster Central.
Brilliant morning with the Doncaster Labour team in the city centre with our petition to save Doncaster airport and getting the votes in for the Great British Railway HQ!
@clp_don
@doncentralclp
Proud to be on the conference stage today to support
@cmcanea
@unisontheunion
who have have led the way on campaigning for a National Care Service. Our care workers deserve it and our country so desperately needs it.
#Lab23
Beautiful weather for the opening of the museum at the Markham Main Memorial Gardens in Armthorpe with the fantastic Dennis Nowell, Rosie Winterton and Armthorpe Labour Party Cllrs. So much hard work & dedication has gone in to making this such a special place to visit.
Now this was a special moment today. A truly brilliant Yorkshire
@CoopParty
launch in Doncaster.
@TracyBrabin
&
@Ed_Miliband
got the event off to a fab start. Always lovely to spend time with our great Doncaster Central candidate
@SallyJameson
too! Thanks to the many volunteers!
Thank you to the staff at Doncaster
@RoyalMail
for showing me around the delivery centre on a busy morning. Super-postie Lewis has been working for Royal Mail for over 30 years and was an excellent mentor for my 1st set of deliveries to businesses at Marshgate and HMP Doncaster
There is no justification for the violence we have seen in recent days.
I pay tribute to our emergency services who have worked incredibly hard in increasingly difficult circumstances.
Those who have participated in the violence will rightly face the full weight of the law.
I utterly condemn the violence, ASB & criminality we have seen over the past week across the country & yesterday in Rotherham.
They were not protests, they were mindless acts of anarchy, racism, arson & criminality. Perpetrators must face the full force of the law & quickly.
Solidarity with all the ambulance, NHS and postal workers out on strike today. The Tories need to start fixing the mess they’ve created in our public services over the last 12 years.
Ministers resigning today are the same people who have been propping up Boris Johnson’s lies for months! It’s completely indefensible. Time to get rid of this whole Tory government!
Moving vigil in Doncaster marking two years to this day Vladimir Putin launched Russia’s brutal and illegal invasion of Ukraine.
We must remember those who have died in this conflict and the soldiers who today continue the fight.
We must not let Putin win.
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
Brilliant time at
@POAUnion
conference in Eastbourne this week with
@POAnatchair
and Gen Sec Steve Gillan. Prison worker safety a top priority as well as our campaign to reduce the Prison Officer retirement age - 68 is too late!
I’ve lived, worked and studied in Wakefield. Twenty years ago, I joined the Labour Party right here in the city.
It is the privilege of my life to be selected by local members as Labour’s candidate for the Wakefield by-election.
Thank you for your support.
In Doncaster getting our “Thank you NHS” card signed & talking about Labour’s plan for GB energy:
✅ A publicly-owned, renewable generation company.
✅ Harnessing the power of Britain’s sun, wind and waves to cut energy bills.
✅ Britain will be an energy independent superpower
Sunny afternoon in Hexthorpe talking to local residents & discussing Labour’s plans to make Britain a clean energy superpower which will cut energy bills, deliver energy security and rebuild Britain’s industrial heartlands with good quality jobs.
@doncentralclp
Lovely morning with
@doncentralclp
in Edenthorpe talking about Labour’s GB Energy Policy:
✅ A publicly-owned, renewable generation company.
✅ Harnessing the power of Britain’s sun, wind and waves to cut energy bills.
✅ Britain will be an energy independent superpower
Brilliant session with
@doncentralclp
today in Kirk Sandall discussing Labour’s plan 4 GB energy:
✅ A publicly-owned, renewable generation company.
✅ Harnessing the power of Britain’s sun, wind and waves to cut energy bills.
✅ Britain will be an energy independent superpower
Following the rejection of our bid for a new hospital, myself &
@MayorRos
have launched a petition to campaign for the Government to fund urgent repairs to DRI.
Add your name below 👇
#DoncasterIsGreat
Thank you to members in Town Ward and Edenthorpe & Kirk Sandall Ward who have nominated as part of the Doncaster Central selection process. I’m incredibly proud to say that I’ve been nominated by every single branch in the constituency!
Labour's Green Prosperity Plan will bring lower bills, good jobs & energy security. For Yorkshire & the Humber this will mean:
🏡 Upgrade over 1.5million homes - creating 19,000 jobs.
👷🏻♀️Protect thousands of jobs in the steel industry.
🛠️ Build over 1000 local power projects
To mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women which takes place tomorrow, I attended the vigil held tonight in Doncaster- we were all reminded just how much work there is still to do to end gender based violence both here and across the world
#IDEVAW2022
Incredible display of art at the Minster last night for the Festival of Light. Thank you again to
@RightUpRStreet
for all of their hard work and making it such a special event. There are still a few tickets available for free 👇
In Hexthorpe with
@doncentralclp
talking about Labour’s plan for the NHS:
✅ Double the number of medical school places.
✅ Train 10,000 extra nurses and midwives each year.
✅ Double the number of district nurses qualifying each year.
✅ Create 5000 more health visitors.
Great to visit the Doncaster Community Development Graveyard Project at Rose Hill with
@MrMajKhan
after my shift on Wednesday.
A big thank you to the Doncaster Community Development volunteers and Doncaster Bereavement Services for delivering such an important project
An honour to attend a special event “Digging Deep” yesterday to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the miners’ strike.
The Artbomb exhibition on Hallgate is open in the coming weeks for people to view.
Special thanks to
@pfgdoncaster
for their brilliant catering!
Last campaign sessions of 2023 in Hexthorpe and Wheatley this weekend. Thanks to all the members who have come out to support over the last year and everyone who has given their time on the doorstep. Here’s to 2024 and hopefully the
#GeneralElection
!
Fantastic to have
@JonAshworth
in Doncaster today at Club 3000 for a game of bingo!
Unless Rishi Sunak rules out cutting the state pension Britain’s retirees will conclude the pension isn’t safe in Tory hands.
#GeneralElection2024
Moving service tonight at the Beacon lighting at the war memorial in Bennetthorpe.
We must never forget the service and sacrifice of our Armed Forces personnel.
#DDay80
So this just happened. I am super proud to be the Labour Party’s chosen Parliamentary candidate for the wonderful new constituency of Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme.
@UKLabour
Sunny weather this afternoon to celebrate ten years of the Cantley Neighbourhood Centre, w/ fantastic lead Angela Fox, Father Evangelist from St Paul’s Church,
@MrMajKhan
and Rosie Winterton. Angela & the church do great work w/the centre, showcasing the best of our community.
A bit of rain doesn’t get in the way of
@doncentralclp
@clp_don
spreading the word about Labour’s plan to tackle the cost of living crisis and create growth & jobs across the country!
Lots of festive fun after work tonight for Tickhill's Late Night Shopping & Christmas Light Switch On event followed by a stop at Roccos 🎅🏻
#Tickhill
#Doncasterisgreat