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Hello and welcome to my weekly update!

Another busy week in Westminster was made particularly pertinent by the moving tributes to the late Sir Tony Lloyd, MP for Rochdale.

Tony's loss is one that will be felt deeply across Parliament, and across our region.

My thoughts and prayers remain with Tony's loved ones.
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Parliament, the Labour Party, and the people of Greater Manchester have lost one of their greatest servants, and greatest friends.

Rest in peace, Tony.

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The Minister is burying her head in the sand.

After 14 years of the Tories, our NHS isn't just on its knees, it's flat on its face.

Let's have a general election now, so the British people can have their say on her government's record.

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No matter how much bluff and bluster we get from the Minister, the facts don't lie.

After 14 years of Tory rule there is a workforce crisis in adult social care that they have no plan to fix.

Why? Because it's a crisis of their making.

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I'm always a fan of devolution, but scrutiny procedures must be designed in a way that ensures MPs can hold local leadership properly to account.

I look forward to hearing from the Minister, on how the government intends to deliver.

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The increasingly concerning rhetoric of the Israeli PM, coupled with the threat of Trump's return to the Presidency, means the path to a two-state solution is under huge threat.

I call on the PM to ensure Britain plays its part in protecting that vital path to peace.
It was great to meet the legendary Brian May in Parliament this week, and talk about his tireless campaigning to protect our Great British Wildlife!
I headed over to Blackpool for the Labour North West Regional Board meeting to set out our preparations for the next General, Local, Mayoral, PCC elections, plus the two pending by-elections, as the Regional Political Lead.

Afterwards, a number of us went out campaigning for Chris Webb, our brilliant candidate for the upcoming Blackpool South by-election.

A perfect team made up of those of us from Gorton & Denton Labour, and a good response too!
Andrew in the constituency

Thank you to Longsight Councillor Abid Chohan for inviting me and Allison to an amazing charity fundraiser at Manchester Airport
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Called “under the same sun” it was organised by Remit Choice, a money transfer business, who support a number of charities. It was great to see so many people from across the south Asian business community to support some great health, education and international development good causes.

The BONUS for me was getting a sneaky peek at the magnificent Concorde! *I always wanted to fly on it, supersonic!
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Last week we yet again saw the government fall into disarray over their attempts to get the Rwanda Bill through the Commons.

Make no mistake, this Bill doesn’t stop the boats, doesn’t save lives, and doesn’t deliver value for British taxpayers, it simply does not work.

Yet the Tories are fighting like cats in a sack over a piece of legislation that quite frankly isn’t worth the paper it is written on.

The issue of small boat crossings is not one that we can leave to the internal whims of the Conservative Party, people’s lives are at stake.

More families are grieving while dangerous criminal smuggler gangs are making huge profits from these perilous boat crossings whenever the weather calms.

Yet we see regurgitated plans from the Tories almost daily, with every new suggestion being even more farcical than the last.

More Home Secretaries than asylum seekers have been sent to Rwanda – and even if they do get it off the ground it will only cover less than 1% of people arriving in the country or people in asylum hotels, making it astronomically expensive.

Ministers have already sent £290 million to Rwanda with nearly £400 million promised, and have promised Rwanda extra payments for every individual asylum seeker sent, but they have refused to say how much that will cost the British taxpayer.

Now we learn that even Rishi Sunak thought the scheme wasn’t worth the money.

Leaked documents suggest he was concerned about the costs before it was signed off, wanted to limit the numbers sent to Rwanda, backed the use of hotels, and – damningly – said the “deterrent won’t work”.

The fact he’s begun writing cheques since becoming PM shows how weak he is.

Unlike the utter chaos this bill has plunged the Tories into, Labour has a clear plan.

The next Labour government will crackdown on criminal smuggler gangs, through new Cross-Border Police Unit and deeper security cooperation with Europe.

We will end hotel use, clear the Tory asylum backlog, and speed up returns to safe countries, saving the British taxpayer billions of pounds.

Crucially, we will work with international partners to tackle humanitarian crises at source, helping refugees in their own region.

It’s a serious plan that will save lives and stop the boats.

Rather than being obsessed with themselves, the Tories should bin the gimmick, and come up with a proper plan of their own.
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