Labour Back Tamar Bridge Toll Hike; Maya's Thank You Card; Sir John Hunt School Visit; Surgeries in Barne Barton and More.. this week's newsletter - mailchi.mp/johnnyforplymo…

If this Toll rise goes through, it will have gone up 100% in four years. It’s ridiculous and it’s on the front page today.

Toady Evans can’t run public services - his latest idea took the Armada Way scheme from £14m - £36.8m. Like a drunk on public funds. Help him stop.

People ask why I have zero tolerance of politicians who treat veterans as a game to be played at elections.

Today Labour couldn’t even summon a Minister for Veterans to departmental questions. 2.2m veterans are waiting to hear Labour’s plans for them. They couldn’t even turn up.

Today is Anzac Day, when we are reminded of the military service undertaken by those in our brother nations, Australia and New Zealand.

Lest we forget.

Morning. Tamar Bridge Toll increases - again - are ridiculous. Sheryll Murray and I are doing all we can to stop these rises. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

What a load of opportunistic rubbish. Never heard of you.

Greg Hands has spoken to me 10+ times about this. I’ve been in regular dialogue with Stoll, who have bent over backwards.

Note: just because you’re a veteran, doesn’t give you an excuse to be an entitled arse.

The increase in Defence Spending means that the Military presence, headcount and spend has increased in Plymouth during my time as your MP; not decreased, like under all of my predecessors.

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Met some of the heroes of Azovstal from Ukraine this morning.

We have established an Office for Veterans’ Affairs in the UK from scratch. We have valuable lessons to share. Will have more exciting partnership news in due course 🇺🇦🇬🇧

I’ve worked hard with Sheryll on this. No surprise Labour want to bail out their chums mismanagement of the crossing by billing local people through ANOTHER toll rise. Will continue to fight it.

This led the BBC news this evening. It is shocking. You cannot watch it and counsel those who block *literally any* measures to reduce this as compassionate. Quite the opposite. bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur…

Good Cabinet meeting this afternoon in Whitehall where we approved a £75bn uplift in Defence Spending.

Not long ago, Corbyn wanted to quit NATO, bin the deterrent and turn the Army into a Peace Corps. Starmer wants you to forget that he tried to make him PM. Twice.

Mid-week update 👇

Alarmed by Halsall's administration, leaving Silver Hill residents in the lurch. When done right, housebuilding developments make a superb addition to our City; when not, they cause deep anguish for families. I will work with residents to put this right.
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Fish and chips in Plymstock this evening and wrote the newsletter.

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Lots of recycling for the local elections. I’ll ask the city council if they are doing any extra collections…

I always find it’s best to be honest.*

*I may be the only politician in Plymouth who thinks this.

Great visit this morning. So proud of this school - first one in the south west of the UK to get Outstanding under the new Ofsted inspection framework back in 2019, they continue to excel in one of my most deprived wards. Amazing staff; amazing kids. #ernesettle

Controlling our borders and stopping illegal immigration is not morally wrong. It is morally wrong to block every attempt to end this trade in human misery. I've worked more for Afghan refugees than most in Westminster. Trust me; Labour's concern is fake 👉mailchi.mp/johnnyforplymo…

Hi Yvette 👋

My team have worked night and day to find permanent accommodation for circa 25k Afghans who the UK have provided sanctuary to.. without you lifting a finger to help.

We want them to use safe routes, not undertake lethal channel crossings. Your concern is fake.

Brilliant to meet Iryna Nykorak - an MP from Ukraine to talk about how we can use our global leadership in veterans' affairs to help tackle the massive veterans challenge in that Country.. UK stands ready to assist 🇺🇦🇬🇧