Go Rosie! More power to your elbow!

Last night on BBC Question Time, I was clear: after years of stagnation, we face deep structural challenges—low productivity, a struggling NHS & poor infrastructure. Labour’s plan tackles these head-on, investing in health & education, and the jobs & infrastructure for the future.

Good morning Northamptonshire. A dry and mostly sunny Saturday in the county with a westerly breeze. 6°C. Frosty tonight. A bright start tomorrow before rain arrives in the afternoon. A windy day with gusts around 40mph. 8°C. Showers on Monday. Windy with gusts 45-50mph. 8°C.

Rosie Wrighting MP with the Kettering Labour team out today with councillors Clark Mitchell & Anne Lee on the Avondale Estate listening to people’s concerns, especially about the shocking state of our roads. Rosie Wrighting MP Kettering Town Council North Northamptonshire Council #potholes #labourdoorstep

There are issues on the A14 tonight that may last into next week northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/emergency…

So Kettering’s Library, Art Gallery & the Manor House Museum are still in a shameful sense of limbo, nearly 5 years on. Let’s hope the Collection is stored in a safe dry place. And we still have no reassurance that the museum - part of our heritage - will ever open again.

After months of wrangling and chasing at unitary & town level by Labour councillors Anne Lee and Keli Watts, the Job’s Yard case is in sight of settlement at the High Court in the coming week. Kettering Town Council North Northamptonshire Council Keli Watts Anne LEE

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North Northamptonshire Labour councillor Anne Lee doesn’t give up. Thank you Anne!

Lovely moment as Angela Eagle DBE recalls telling John Prescott, when he was her boss, that she was going to ‘come out’ “Tell me something I didn’t already know, love!” he replied - then gave her a hug

Celebrate diversity.

Across Northants almost 90k cases are on NHS waiting lists – and nearly a third have been waiting for longer than 18 weeks. This is unacceptable & the Labour Government is taking action to clear the backlog for people in Kettering, Burton, Desborough, Rothwell & our villages.

The Kettering Labour team was out on Saturday in All Saints ward with Rosie Wrighting MP and North Northamptonshire Cllr Elliot Prentice listening to people’s concerns. Lots of local issues picked up.