Great event and lots of ❤️ for Labour Towns

Was a pleasure to speak at the launch of the Labour Towns manifesto with Yvette Cooper Tracy Brabin WY 🌹 Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi MP Baroness Sharon Taylor of Stevenage, OBE and @MJWheeler85. Towns towns towns! #lab19

Packed out fringe at #Lab19 about devolving economic power to our towns, tapping into a vote that all parties have neglected for 40yrs - arguably a catalyst of Brexit! Great contributions from Lisa Nandy MP Jim McMahon OBE MP MayorJd4

A third of all UK bank branches closed in the past five years according to Which? Money with rural areas worst hit. Interesting news on the day Labour Towns published a “Fair deal for our towns”. which.co.uk/news/2019/09/r…

We sometimes hear the view that deprivation is primarily a city issue. This blows that argument apart. Many of our towns, especially coastal towns, are the most deprived in the country. Without fairer investment and real political power this will continue. Things must change

I welcome this - the ⁦Labour Towns⁩ group met with lottery to press for greater transparency on ticket sales to ensure that the lottery didn’t distribute funds unevenly -Labour promises National Lottery shake-up with more cash to biggest sales areas mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

A huge loss. Although I live in London I have connections with Wrexham. I have seen the impacts of Ian's work and his championing of Labour Towns

Ian Lucas Wrexham Labour Party Really sorry to hear this. Your passion for Wrexham was always genuine and deeply enthusiastic in all our Labour Towns meetings. They were lucky to have had such a fantastic MP and whenever the GE comes you can step to one side knowing you’ve given your all.

Great to see The Labour Party commit to a Town of Culture after our campaign🎉🎉🎉 Labours Towns offer also includes: 👍1bn Cultural Capital Fund for towns to transform libraries, museums & galleries 👍Fairer distribution of National Lottery funding so communities get a fair share

A year ago Labour Towns proposed an investment plan for our towns and a Town of Culture award to celebrate our heritage and communities - now they are in The Labour Party manifesto #OnYourSide #LabourManifesto19

Very happy to see #townofculture in our radical manifesto. Culture isn’t just nice to have, it’s a vital contributor to our wellbeing, pride and sense of belonging. #VoteLabourDecember12 Labour Towns

We could win this!

This is great for our constituency 👏 👏👏👏

Great for towns like Crewe and Nantwich 👇

Labour Towns The Labour Party This is a fantastic initiative The Labour Party. Would be great for Blackpool & far outstrips the Tory proposals which are derisory substitutes for the £700 m + funding taken away by Tory Govts since 2010 & EU funding which we wil lose under Johnson’s Brexit.

Great to see Local Authorities taking this initiative forward!

NEW: Culture has the power to heal communities and reconcile division. Let me know if you agree 👇 m.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/abandone…

Town of the Year push falls flat after failure to realise site is a city theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/j…

You couldn’t make it up: latest Tory PR stunt for towns is launched… in the city of Wolverhampton