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Today, we honour all those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. And we give thanks to all those who have served, and who continue to serve, to defend our freedom today.
Now and always, we will remember them.
Now and always, we will remember them.
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Luke Akehurst retweeted
At the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month, we remember.
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At the Labour MPs Group on Coalfield Communities tonight discussing next steps on the campaign to release the £1.2bn surplus with CEO and trustees of the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
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Casework win! I recently helped a constituent with an insurance claim and was able to help her get a repair undertaken and compensation paid for delays and level of service received. If you are a constituent in need of my support, please email luke.akehurst.mp@parliament.uk or call 0191 371 8834.
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Luke Akehurst retweeted
There’s something tragically amusing about right-wingers chastising our industrial heartlands - gutted by the global free market capitalism they cheered on - for not being “productive”.
Frankly jaw dropping the number of constituencies where welfare spend exceeds income tax and NI raise.
Real devolution would halt the extreme extent of current fiscal transfer away from the productive bits of the country.
Funny how our leading devo maxxers never address this.
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Latest voting intention in @Telegraph. Reform at 20% their lowest since 2024, 5pts behind the Tories. While Labour lead the Tories by 3.
🌹 LAB 28% (-1) 🌳 CON 25% (+2) ⏩ REF 20% (-2) 🔶 LIB DEM 9% (-) 🟢 GREEN 7% (-1) ⚫ RES: 6% (+1)
N = 2,013 | 6-9/11| Changes w 1/11
🌹 LAB 28% (-1) 🌳 CON 25% (+2) ⏩ REF 20% (-2) 🔶 LIB DEM 9% (-) 🟢 GREEN 7% (-1) ⚫ RES: 6% (+1)
N = 2,013 | 6-9/11| Changes w 1/11
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Luke Akehurst retweeted
Our latest Westminster voting intention poll (8-9 November 2026) shows a six point lead for Labour
Labour: 27% (+1 from 1-2 Nov)
Conservative: 21% (-3)
Reform UK: 20% (-1)
Lib Dem: 12% (+1)
Green: 10% (=)
Restore Britain: 3% (=)
SNP: 3% (=)
Plaid Cymru: 1% (-1)
Labour: 27% (+1 from 1-2 Nov)
Conservative: 21% (-3)
Reform UK: 20% (-1)
Lib Dem: 12% (+1)
Green: 10% (=)
Restore Britain: 3% (=)
SNP: 3% (=)
Plaid Cymru: 1% (-1)
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Westminster Voting Intention:
LAB: 27% (+1)
CON: 21% (-3)
RFM: 20% (-1)
LDM: 12% (+1)
GRN: 10% (=)
SNP: 3% (=)
RES: 3% (=)
Via @YouGov, 8-9 Nov.
Changes w/ 1-2 Nov.
LAB: 27% (+1)
CON: 21% (-3)
RFM: 20% (-1)
LDM: 12% (+1)
GRN: 10% (=)
SNP: 3% (=)
RES: 3% (=)
Via @YouGov, 8-9 Nov.
Changes w/ 1-2 Nov.
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YouGov / Sky / Times voting intention
LAB 27%(+1),
CON 21%(-3),
RefUK 20%(-1),
LDEM 12%(+1),
GRN 10%(nc)
8/9 Nov
LAB 27%(+1),
CON 21%(-3),
RefUK 20%(-1),
LDEM 12%(+1),
GRN 10%(nc)
8/9 Nov
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Luke Akehurst retweeted
Westminster Voting Intention:
LAB: 31% (+1)
RFM: 24% (-1)
CON: 20% (-3)
LDM: 9% (+2)
GRN: 8% (=)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @DeltapollUK, 6-9 Nov.
Changes w/ 30 Oct - 2 Nov.
LAB: 31% (+1)
RFM: 24% (-1)
CON: 20% (-3)
LDM: 9% (+2)
GRN: 8% (=)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @DeltapollUK, 6-9 Nov.
Changes w/ 30 Oct - 2 Nov.
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ICYMI: NEW headline voting intention from Ipsos dropped over the weekend...
📊Labour on 32% with a lead of +8 – the largest Labour lead Ipsos have recorded this parliament
📊Conservatives take second place the first time since June 2025
📊Reform UK down 3 points and Greens corrected, data unchanged.
📊Labour on 32% with a lead of +8 – the largest Labour lead Ipsos have recorded this parliament
📊Conservatives take second place the first time since June 2025
📊Reform UK down 3 points and Greens corrected, data unchanged.
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Not forgetting investment in the North East Space Skills and Technology Centre (NESST) in Newcastle with a Space Camp now in its third year. We send proportionally more young people into the Armed Forces than any other region bit get the least defence investment. Time for change
That's £20m so far - the total cost of the facility at NETPark will be £85m, with an economic impact of £1.2 billion GVA for the North East and £3.7 billion for the UK, and potential access to more than £15 billion of global programmes and export market opportunities.
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The transition to electric vehicles must work for everyone, including those who rely on affordable transport and those working in our automotive industry.
I spoke to PoliticsHome this week about the importance of getting the transition right, protecting jobs, supporting consumers and ensuring the necessary charging infrastructure is in place.
Read my comments here: buff.ly/fqnmLVr
I spoke to PoliticsHome this week about the importance of getting the transition right, protecting jobs, supporting consumers and ensuring the necessary charging infrastructure is in place.
Read my comments here: buff.ly/fqnmLVr
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Lab 31% (+1)
Reform 24% (-1)
Con 20% (-3)
Lib Dem 9% (+2)
Green 8% (=)
New Fieldwork: 6th - 9th November 2026
New Sample: 2,023 GB Adults
Reform 24% (-1)
Con 20% (-3)
Lib Dem 9% (+2)
Green 8% (=)
New Fieldwork: 6th - 9th November 2026
New Sample: 2,023 GB Adults
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Sharon has got this badly wrong. Awarding the Skynet satellite programme contract to Lockheed Martin is essential to reindustrialisation and "growth in every postcode" as it will create a new manufacturing facility and hundreds of jobs in County Durham, addressing a long-term lack of defence jobs in the North East region and, with Lockheed's existing partnership with
@NorthumbriaUni creating a hub for the space industry in our region.
@NorthumbriaUni creating a hub for the space industry in our region.
Ministers keep say buying British will be the default. Skynet 6 is the first real chance this @GOVUK has to prove it. Now it needs to get on with it.
Buying the US system does not make sense for jobs, skills or UK growth and it doesn't make sense for national security.
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The article below is the opposite of the truth. Awarding the Skynet satellite programme contract to Lockheed Martin is essential to reindustrialisation and "growth in every postcode" as it will create a new manufacturing facility and hundreds of jobs in County Durham, addressing a long-term lack of defence jobs in the North East region and, with Lockheed's existing partnership with @NorthumbriaUni creating a hub for the space industry in our region.
Military satellite system Skynet is an early test of Andy Burnham's vow to reindustrialise Britain.
Shift the deal to US firm Lockheed Martin and the rows will be political and economic as well as security.
mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
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It was an honour to lay wreaths as North Durham's MP at the Remembrance Day services this weekend in Sacriston, Beamish village, Annfield Plain, and Stanley.
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A trio of Labour MPs has urged the government to relax its electric vehicle targets, arguing that the current timetable risks exacerbating regional inequality
Ministers "make sure that the transition to electric vehicles works for ordinary working people", @lukeakehurst told PolHome politicshome.com/news/article/l…
Ministers "make sure that the transition to electric vehicles works for ordinary working people", @lukeakehurst told PolHome politicshome.com/news/article/l…
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