Labour & Coop Councillor for Coatham, Redcar; Cabinet Member for Highways & Transport; Vice Chair of the TVCA Transport Committee; Long distance lorry driver.
Happy New Year to all! 🥂 As we step into 2025, I’ve decided to leave X. The platform no longer feels like the right fit for meaningful connections or balanced discussions. Exploring new horizons on BlueSky. Thanks for all the memories here! All the best✌️ #NewYearNewStart
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If you’re planning to walk off some of that festive feasting here’s some good news. Labour saves 40,000 miles of footpaths and historic rights of way from Tory plans to scrap them.
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Fantastic news! 👏🏻❤️🌹The Labour Government has signed off on Net Zero Teesside - a £4 billion investment, the largest in our region’s history, and a project that will make our region a global leader in clean energy technologies. For more visit lukemyer.uk/net-zero-teessid…
We inherited open borders and are working tirelessly to fix them.
The Tories set the house on fire, now they are shouting at us to put the fire out quicker.
Tiresome behaviour!
#ToryShambles#Dover#Deal#Immigration#Borders#SecureBorders
A fantastic initiative, championed by Councillor John McCue, to support thousands of Redcar & Cleveland families has already distributed 44,000 items to 19,000 families locally, with plans to provide over 750,000 goods to 75,000 families within a year.
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As I suggested to new Tory shadow ministers, perhaps the former minister for common sense can help them find some.
This Labour government has chosen investment over decline.
Will the Conservative Party really vote against it?
If so, what would they do differently?
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Today I opened the doors of @educationgovuk to North East MPs to update them on our mission to break down barriers to opportunity.
In a region where children's horizons became ever more narrow under the Tories, I'll work with MPs to break the link between background & success.
This Labour Government is kickstarting the economy and making working people better off - our landmark Employment Rights Bill returns to Parliament today.
ALT Photograph of a pocket with money sticking out. Text: Labour's plan to make work pay will deliver up to £600 cash boost for lowest paid
Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland Labour MP @luke_myer welcomes recent announcement of carbon capture investment, asks if PM will recognise "unique potential Teesside has for jobs, prosperity & economic growth"
@Keir_Starmer says "yes" & talks about Monday's investment summit
This is just part of what @Keir_Starmer has delivered in his first 100 days 👇
ALT Some of the things Keir Starmer has delivered in his first 100 days
✅ Ended the junior doctor strikes.
✅ Ended the train strikes.
✅ Launched new legislation to bring the UK's railways back into public ownership.
✅ Unveiled new measures to support small businesses impacted by late payments.
✅ Kickstarted the rollout of free breakfast clubs for all primary school children through an early adopters scheme.
✅ Scrapped the ban on onshore wind and unblocked
solar schemes.
✅ Announced improved employment rights for workers - including ending exploitative zero hour contracts and providing statutory sick pay from day one.
✅ Secured a record 131 new green infrastructure projects.
✅ Kickstarted a plan to restore neighbourhood policing.
✅ Scrapped the wasteful Rwanda scheme & launched
a Border Security Command
✅ Introduced new protections for renters.
✅ Delivered planning reform to build the homes we need.
✅✅ Announced new measures to penalise water bosses who pollute our waters.
So delighted to welcome the 🌹Labour government’s commitment to progressing Carbon Capture on Teesside. We can lead the world in developing new skills, technologies & support the industrial transition to NetZero. 💪
This Government was elected on a promise to invest in Britain's industrial heartlands for good jobs.
Today, we deliver on that promise, launching a whole new industry for our country.
With Labour, climate action means investment in good jobs.
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Congrats to Sam Jackson & residents of Muriel & Alfred St Redcar, for earning a Level 4 Thriving award at Northumbria in Bloom! 🌸 This community-led project shows the power of teamwork & dedication in transforming local spaces. Well done to you all! 👏❤️ diaryofacouncillor.com/2024/…