1/4 If Labour is serious about stopping the authoritarian right, it must rebuild trust by breaking with the very culture that feeds public cynicism. If we fail to change course, the winners will not be the public, but the billionaires.

1/3 The dangers of the NHS's £330m contract with Palantir are well known. A subscription-based contract that leaves the NHS without meaningful ownership. Lock-in to a single supplier that risks future price gouging. Critical health infrastructure dependent on a shady spy-tech company.

1/4 The Government's own National Security Assessment identifies biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse as imminent risks to our security, resilience and prosperity.

1/3 Strip away the theatre and Reform UK is a billionaire-backed project to dismantle the public realm, shred regulatory protections and hand what remains of state power to capital. It’s plain to see – just follow the money.

Norwich is drying out while water bosses cash in. Anglian Water’s CEO banked a £500k "retention payment" - a loophole round the bonus ban - just as East Anglia was declared in drought. They'll keep filling their pockets as our reservoirs empty until we get public ownership.

1/2 The Financial Conduct Authority's proof-of-concept deal with Palantir moves us in the wrong direction. A company facing allegations of human rights abuses and associated with significant data privacy and national security concerns should not be gaining a greater foothold in our public sector.

1/4 A growing number of higher education institutions are using dirty tactics to undermine staff pension rights, pay and working conditions.

1/4 Many Skilled Worker visa holders sold everything to come here and care for our elderly and vulnerable. They work tirelessly, pay their way, and have no recourse to public funds.

🌊Water shouldn't be a commodity. It should be a public good. Over 160,000 people have signed a petition demanding a referendum on public ownership of water - enough to force a debate in Parliament on Monday 14th September. Help me fill the room: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...

Ask your MP to attend the water debate

People are fed up with privatised water companies letting us down and ripping us off. We deserve a real conversation about public ownership. Can you help build pressure by asking your MP to attend th...

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1/3 Companies such as Palantir supply technology to the Israel Defence Forces that is used in attacks on Palestinians. Yet, instead of holding these companies to account, the UK Government continues to award them taxpayer-funded contracts.

Private rents are part of the cost of living crisis. For some people, rent accounts for 50% of their income. As long as we don’t have enough affordable housing, rent controls should be seriously considered as a solution.

Privatised water has failed us. I’m backing @labourlewis.bsky.social’s call to ensure Andy Burnham meets water campaigners who’ve fought for years to clean up our water -not just the water bosses who’ve profited from the system. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/de...

Dear Andy Burnham, meet with water campaigners to discuss bringing water back into public ownership

Privatised water is a complete failure. I’m backing Clive Lewis' call to ensure that Andy Burnham meets frontline water campaigners who’ve fought for years to clean up our water -not just the water ...

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Privatised water has failed us. I’m backing @labourlewis.bsky.social’s call to ensure Andy Burnham meets water campaigners who’ve fought for years to clean up our water -not just the water bosses who’ve profited from the system. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/de...

Dear Andy Burnham, meet with water campaigners to discuss bringing water back into public ownership

Privatised water is a complete failure. I’m backing Clive Lewis' call to ensure that Andy Burnham meets frontline water campaigners who’ve fought for years to clean up our water -not just the water ...

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My piece for the @bigissue.com on the PM’s announcement to end rough sleeping. www.bigissue.com/opinion/andy...

Andy Burnham is right to make ending rough sleeping a priority

Rough sleeping is not an inevitable feature of modern life, writes Paula Barker MP – it's a policy choice.

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If water were publicly owned, there would be nowhere for any water bosses to hide or manipulate water quality tests. This problem literally only exists under privatisation.

Democracy only works when people have access to the facts. That's why I'm supporting @ChrisGPackham's petition calling for a UK-wide public briefing on climate and nature risks. Help us reach 100,000 signatures: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

Petition: Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks

The UK faces growing risks from climate and nature breakdown - from extreme weather to economic disruption and national security threats. Yet the public has never been given a clear national briefing ...

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Burnham could take this opportunity to show whose side he’s on and also meet with the water campaigners who’ve spent decades exposing criminality deep in the private water sector. If you agree 👇

On Wednesday 29 July, I am hosting a screening and discussion at The Forum, Norwich of network TV's Dirty Business. The event is free to attend. Event details: Date: Wednesday 29 July Time: 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm Location: The Forum, Norwich Tickets and registration: eventbrite.co.uk/e/1993523558...

‘Dirty Business’ Screening & Water System Discussion

Join Clive Lewis MP, campaigners, and whistleblowers from ‘Dirty Business’ documentary for a discussion on our failing water system.

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1/4 Across the country - and increasingly across Parliament - concern is growing about the Government's reliance on Palantir for public sector contracts.

1/3 Last week, I sponsored a reception with @unisoneastern.bsky.social Labour Link. MPs heard directly from UNISON members and @andreaegangs.bsky.social about the Fair Visa Campaign and the Higher and Further Education campaign. Both campaigns deserve our support.

1/4 Over the last few months, Thames Water's creditors tried to make a deal with regulators that would have allowed them to dodge fines and environmental scrutiny for four years.

We Own It@weownit.org.uk · 3w ago

The public is clear what they want to happen with Thames Water MPs are clear too. And they are standing up and demanding that the government take it into special administration. Share this if you agree with them.

1/4 I have tabled a parliamentary motion expressing grave concern at the arrest of Dr Mazen Al-Rantisi following a pre-dawn raid on his home in Ramallah.

1/4 After the disaster of privatisation, the water sector needs a fundamental reset - not more tinkering around the edges. Yet the Government continues to muddle through regulatory reforms that ignore the root of the problem: ownership.

1/4 I welcome the Government’s decision to largely protect UK astronomy from the severe cuts that had been under consideration. The Royal Astronomical Society has campaigned brilliantly to get to this point.

Royal Astronomical Society@royalastrosoc.bsky.social · 4w ago

📣 Astronomy funding update 📣 The RAS cautiously welcomes the decision by @ukri.org/STFC to largely protect UK astronomy from the catastrophic cuts previously under consideration. It follows months of campaigning amid fears UK astronomy would be hit by a budget reduction of around 30 per cent. ⤵️

1/5 Heatwaves like the one we’re experiencing right now expose a simple truth: climate breakdown is a class issue.

Reform-led Norfolk County Council banning Pride displays and events across the county’s libraries. What we see here is a glimpse at the kind of intolerant and repressive country they would build if ever they formed a government. This then is but a starter. The main course would be even darker.

1/4 For several decades, successive governments have relied on weak, voluntary corporate responsibility frameworks that have failed to protect people and ecosystems across global supply chains.

Billionaire capture of UK media is a key political issue. We do not have a fair or free democracy, whilst the 0.001% have our media captured. Let's take back control. Please sign #MediaSovereigntyAct petition to ensure Parliament debates it. mediasovereignty.org/petition/

1/2 I recently met with the Heads of the Political Departments of the French, Dutch and German Embassies, as well a representative from the EU Delegation. We had a broad discussion of UK politics, Britain's role in Europe, and the opportunities for closer cooperation with our European neighbours.

1/4 I recently hosted an event in Parliament with @bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social and Community Organisers to launch the new report, Neighbourhood Assemblies: A New Model for Neighbourhood Governance.