Andrew Lewin MP
@andrewlewinmp.bsky.social
Labour MP for Welwyn Hatfield🌹
Chair UK Trade & Business Commission.
Member of MHCLG Select Ctte 🏘
Chair APPGs for New Towns & Cricket 🏏
Campaigning for a Citizens Advance 💷
www.citizensadvance.uk
www.andrewlewin.co.uk
Chair UK Trade & Business Commission.
Member of MHCLG Select Ctte 🏘
Chair APPGs for New Towns & Cricket 🏏
Campaigning for a Citizens Advance 💷
www.citizensadvance.uk
www.andrewlewin.co.uk
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Tonight, Labour MPs voted to scrap the two child limit – a move that puts us on course to drive the biggest reduction of child poverty in a single Parliament.
The Tories and Reform UK voted against it.
Don’t let anyone tell you voting Labour doesn’t make a difference 🌹
The Tories and Reform UK voted against it.
Don’t let anyone tell you voting Labour doesn’t make a difference 🌹
February 3, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Tonight, Labour MPs voted to scrap the two child limit – a move that puts us on course to drive the biggest reduction of child poverty in a single Parliament.
The Tories and Reform UK voted against it.
Don’t let anyone tell you voting Labour doesn’t make a difference 🌹
The Tories and Reform UK voted against it.
Don’t let anyone tell you voting Labour doesn’t make a difference 🌹
The Erasmus+ deal is signed and a UK/EU youth mobility agreement is the next prize.
Pleased to talk to Henry Bonsu on Times Radio about the negotiations last night.
This will be good for the economy, good for young people and is popular with the public.
Let's make it happen.
youtu.be/juY9LDjTvto?...
Pleased to talk to Henry Bonsu on Times Radio about the negotiations last night.
This will be good for the economy, good for young people and is popular with the public.
Let's make it happen.
youtu.be/juY9LDjTvto?...
Discussing a UK-EU Youth Experience Scheme with Henry Bonsu on Times Radio
YouTube video by Andrew Lewin MP
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January 31, 2026 at 9:27 AM
The Erasmus+ deal is signed and a UK/EU youth mobility agreement is the next prize.
Pleased to talk to Henry Bonsu on Times Radio about the negotiations last night.
This will be good for the economy, good for young people and is popular with the public.
Let's make it happen.
youtu.be/juY9LDjTvto?...
Pleased to talk to Henry Bonsu on Times Radio about the negotiations last night.
This will be good for the economy, good for young people and is popular with the public.
Let's make it happen.
youtu.be/juY9LDjTvto?...
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🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 The second referendum campaign revisited
🇪🇺 Labour MP & founder of Remain Labour @andrewlewinmp.bsky.social, @anandmenon.bsky.social & @morganj0nes.bsky.social join @alaintolhurst.bsky.social to look back at the anti-Brexit movement following the EU referendum
🎧 Listen: pod.fo/e/383e5e
🇪🇺 Labour MP & founder of Remain Labour @andrewlewinmp.bsky.social, @anandmenon.bsky.social & @morganj0nes.bsky.social join @alaintolhurst.bsky.social to look back at the anti-Brexit movement following the EU referendum
🎧 Listen: pod.fo/e/383e5e
January 30, 2026 at 12:10 PM
🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 The second referendum campaign revisited
🇪🇺 Labour MP & founder of Remain Labour @andrewlewinmp.bsky.social, @anandmenon.bsky.social & @morganj0nes.bsky.social join @alaintolhurst.bsky.social to look back at the anti-Brexit movement following the EU referendum
🎧 Listen: pod.fo/e/383e5e
🇪🇺 Labour MP & founder of Remain Labour @andrewlewinmp.bsky.social, @anandmenon.bsky.social & @morganj0nes.bsky.social join @alaintolhurst.bsky.social to look back at the anti-Brexit movement following the EU referendum
🎧 Listen: pod.fo/e/383e5e
The opposition have chosen to make stronger rights at work a political battleground.
Fine by me.
Yesterday in the Commons, I was happy to remind people that Reform and the Tories voted against Labour's Employment Rights Act.
And that the Lib Dems bravely abstained...
Fine by me.
Yesterday in the Commons, I was happy to remind people that Reform and the Tories voted against Labour's Employment Rights Act.
And that the Lib Dems bravely abstained...
January 29, 2026 at 12:00 PM
The opposition have chosen to make stronger rights at work a political battleground.
Fine by me.
Yesterday in the Commons, I was happy to remind people that Reform and the Tories voted against Labour's Employment Rights Act.
And that the Lib Dems bravely abstained...
Fine by me.
Yesterday in the Commons, I was happy to remind people that Reform and the Tories voted against Labour's Employment Rights Act.
And that the Lib Dems bravely abstained...
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Jonny Peters, Chief of Staff @e3g.bsky.social
"There is a positive story to tell here."
"This is a fundamental change that the government is pursuing."
"This is so it's night and day compared to the previous government and this government."
"There is a positive story to tell here."
"This is a fundamental change that the government is pursuing."
"This is so it's night and day compared to the previous government and this government."
January 29, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Jonny Peters, Chief of Staff @e3g.bsky.social
"There is a positive story to tell here."
"This is a fundamental change that the government is pursuing."
"This is so it's night and day compared to the previous government and this government."
"There is a positive story to tell here."
"This is a fundamental change that the government is pursuing."
"This is so it's night and day compared to the previous government and this government."
Our country is getting safer.
Such heartening news.
And in the world we live in, more important than ever that facts like these get shared.👇
Such heartening news.
And in the world we live in, more important than ever that facts like these get shared.👇
Homicides Oct 24-Sep 25 were 7% down on previous year.
ONS says this was due to 23% fall in fatal stabbings (227 to 174).
Homicide rate: 8.1 per 1 million people.
This is the lowest for over half a century, since 1973: 8 per 1 million.
Extraordinary figures require analysis: what's going right?
ONS says this was due to 23% fall in fatal stabbings (227 to 174).
Homicide rate: 8.1 per 1 million people.
This is the lowest for over half a century, since 1973: 8 per 1 million.
Extraordinary figures require analysis: what's going right?
January 29, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Our country is getting safer.
Such heartening news.
And in the world we live in, more important than ever that facts like these get shared.👇
Such heartening news.
And in the world we live in, more important than ever that facts like these get shared.👇
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What is going on every week in the House of Lords at the moment is simply filibustering masquerading as legitimate scrutiny
If a small group of peers continues to delay the assisted dying bill, then the Parliament Act must be on the table, writes Baroness Hayman, former Lord Speaker
If a small group of peers continues to delay the assisted dying bill, then the Parliament Act must be on the table, writes Baroness Hayman, former Lord Speaker
We cannot let a small group of peers delay the assisted dying bill forever
What is going on week in, week out in the House of Lords at the moment is simply filibustering masquerading as legitimate scrutiny.
www.politicshome.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:28 PM
What is going on every week in the House of Lords at the moment is simply filibustering masquerading as legitimate scrutiny
If a small group of peers continues to delay the assisted dying bill, then the Parliament Act must be on the table, writes Baroness Hayman, former Lord Speaker
If a small group of peers continues to delay the assisted dying bill, then the Parliament Act must be on the table, writes Baroness Hayman, former Lord Speaker
The Lords have spent nine days debating the Terminally Ill Adults Bill and not yet completed clause one.
This is not a debate, this is a small group of unelected peers seeking to block the will of the Commons and talk out the Bill.
We have to break the impasse.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
This is not a debate, this is a small group of unelected peers seeking to block the will of the Commons and talk out the Bill.
We have to break the impasse.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Assisted dying backers could use archaic procedure to bypass ‘undemocratic’ block by peers
Exclusive: MPs backing bill to use ‘nuclear option’ of 1911 Parliament Act if it continues to be blocked by Lords
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:32 PM
The Lords have spent nine days debating the Terminally Ill Adults Bill and not yet completed clause one.
This is not a debate, this is a small group of unelected peers seeking to block the will of the Commons and talk out the Bill.
We have to break the impasse.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
This is not a debate, this is a small group of unelected peers seeking to block the will of the Commons and talk out the Bill.
We have to break the impasse.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
"Centrist and moderate ideas no longer welcome".
A few years ago this would have been satire.
Now it's the strategy of the Leader of the Opposition
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
A few years ago this would have been satire.
Now it's the strategy of the Leader of the Opposition
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Centrist ideas no longer wanted in Conservative party, says Kemi Badenoch
Party leader tells MPs that one-nation Tories doubting her rightward direction ‘need to get out of the way’
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:39 PM
"Centrist and moderate ideas no longer welcome".
A few years ago this would have been satire.
Now it's the strategy of the Leader of the Opposition
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
A few years ago this would have been satire.
Now it's the strategy of the Leader of the Opposition
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Matt Goodwin was my university tutor. I’ll have a few things to say about him over the coming weeks.
NEW: Former academic Matt Goodwin has been announced as Reform UK's candidate for the Gorton & Denton byelection.
January 27, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Matt Goodwin was my university tutor. I’ll have a few things to say about him over the coming weeks.
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Arguably more significant than defections, internal party politics and the Beckhams…
In 2024 there were around 3,600 suspected cases of measles.
We need to challenge the nonsense spread by anti vaxxers and ensure children are protected.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
news.sky.com/story/uk-los...
In 2024 there were around 3,600 suspected cases of measles.
We need to challenge the nonsense spread by anti vaxxers and ensure children are protected.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
news.sky.com/story/uk-los...
UK loses measles elimination status, warns WHO
Vaccination rates in 2024-25 among five-year-olds who had received both MMR jabs hit the lowest level in 15 years.
news.sky.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Arguably more significant than defections, internal party politics and the Beckhams…
In 2024 there were around 3,600 suspected cases of measles.
We need to challenge the nonsense spread by anti vaxxers and ensure children are protected.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
news.sky.com/story/uk-los...
In 2024 there were around 3,600 suspected cases of measles.
We need to challenge the nonsense spread by anti vaxxers and ensure children are protected.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
news.sky.com/story/uk-los...
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Someone should ask Kemi Badenoch (or whichever Tory is up for Sunday shows) if the Tories’ proposed “removals force” with “sweeping new powers” will be modelled on ICE www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Tories to pledge to create immigration taskforce modelled on Trump’s Ice
Proposed ‘removals force’ will be tasked with deporting 150,000 people a year in bid to tackle illegal immigration
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Someone should ask Kemi Badenoch (or whichever Tory is up for Sunday shows) if the Tories’ proposed “removals force” with “sweeping new powers” will be modelled on ICE www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
"Our new Removals Force, modelled on US ICE."
That's Kemi Badenoch, speaking three months ago.
As far as I can see, this remains Conservative Party policy.
Appalling.
www.itv.com/news/2025-10...
That's Kemi Badenoch, speaking three months ago.
As far as I can see, this remains Conservative Party policy.
Appalling.
www.itv.com/news/2025-10...
January 24, 2026 at 6:35 PM
"Our new Removals Force, modelled on US ICE."
That's Kemi Badenoch, speaking three months ago.
As far as I can see, this remains Conservative Party policy.
Appalling.
www.itv.com/news/2025-10...
That's Kemi Badenoch, speaking three months ago.
As far as I can see, this remains Conservative Party policy.
Appalling.
www.itv.com/news/2025-10...
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NATO Article V has been triggered only once: by the US after 9/11.
When our ally called, we in the UK didn't hesitate to stand with them.
636 British men & women paid the ultimate sacrifice in Iraq and Afghanistan, with many more living with their injuries today.
When our ally called, we in the UK didn't hesitate to stand with them.
636 British men & women paid the ultimate sacrifice in Iraq and Afghanistan, with many more living with their injuries today.
January 23, 2026 at 11:10 AM
NATO Article V has been triggered only once: by the US after 9/11.
When our ally called, we in the UK didn't hesitate to stand with them.
636 British men & women paid the ultimate sacrifice in Iraq and Afghanistan, with many more living with their injuries today.
When our ally called, we in the UK didn't hesitate to stand with them.
636 British men & women paid the ultimate sacrifice in Iraq and Afghanistan, with many more living with their injuries today.
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For the Lords to force this to fail would be an outrage. It's clear that, for some, no version of the bill would be acceptable. That and the manner of amendments and delay shows that it is not merely extra scrutiny, it is deliberately undermining the Commons decision.
EXC - MPs and peers who backed the assisted dying bill now believe it is “near impossible” for it to pass the House of Lords in time because of procedural obstacles used by opponents.
“It is our system at its absolute most dysfunctional,” one MP said.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
“It is our system at its absolute most dysfunctional,” one MP said.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Assisted dying bill backers say it is ‘near impossible’ it will pass House of Lords
Exclusive: Legislation thought unlikely even to be put to vote before timing out after delay tactics by opponents
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:53 PM
For the Lords to force this to fail would be an outrage. It's clear that, for some, no version of the bill would be acceptable. That and the manner of amendments and delay shows that it is not merely extra scrutiny, it is deliberately undermining the Commons decision.
Darren is a thinker, a reformer and is always generous with his time with colleagues in Parliament.
It was a delight to be at the speech today.
Instead of making excuses, or blaming "the blob", he set out a serious proposition for modernising the state.
Full text here
www.gov.uk/government/s...
It was a delight to be at the speech today.
Instead of making excuses, or blaming "the blob", he set out a serious proposition for modernising the state.
Full text here
www.gov.uk/government/s...
January 20, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Darren is a thinker, a reformer and is always generous with his time with colleagues in Parliament.
It was a delight to be at the speech today.
Instead of making excuses, or blaming "the blob", he set out a serious proposition for modernising the state.
Full text here
www.gov.uk/government/s...
It was a delight to be at the speech today.
Instead of making excuses, or blaming "the blob", he set out a serious proposition for modernising the state.
Full text here
www.gov.uk/government/s...
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💬 "Our alliances are even more important in our increasingly volatile world."
🔴 Gary Kent and Paul Richards of Labour Friends of NATO provide their case for why Labour must defend its security alliance... 💪 🌍
Read more here 👇
labourlist.org/2026/01/labo...
🔴 Gary Kent and Paul Richards of Labour Friends of NATO provide their case for why Labour must defend its security alliance... 💪 🌍
Read more here 👇
labourlist.org/2026/01/labo...
‘Labour must defend NATO’ – LabourList
After July 1945, Clement Attlee’s Labour Government enacted twin pillars to support our personal and national security: the NHS and NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty…
labourlist.org
January 20, 2026 at 11:15 AM
💬 "Our alliances are even more important in our increasingly volatile world."
🔴 Gary Kent and Paul Richards of Labour Friends of NATO provide their case for why Labour must defend its security alliance... 💪 🌍
Read more here 👇
labourlist.org/2026/01/labo...
🔴 Gary Kent and Paul Richards of Labour Friends of NATO provide their case for why Labour must defend its security alliance... 💪 🌍
Read more here 👇
labourlist.org/2026/01/labo...
Polanski claims to care about young people.
It's hard to think of anything more dangerous for young Brits than the UK walking away from NATO - a defensive alliance of 32 countries that is crucial for our collective safety.
This simply isn't serious.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
It's hard to think of anything more dangerous for young Brits than the UK walking away from NATO - a defensive alliance of 32 countries that is crucial for our collective safety.
This simply isn't serious.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK should consider expelling US forces from British bases, says Zack Polanski
Exclusive: Green party leader advocates leaving Nato and says Britain should wean itself off its reliance on the US
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Polanski claims to care about young people.
It's hard to think of anything more dangerous for young Brits than the UK walking away from NATO - a defensive alliance of 32 countries that is crucial for our collective safety.
This simply isn't serious.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
It's hard to think of anything more dangerous for young Brits than the UK walking away from NATO - a defensive alliance of 32 countries that is crucial for our collective safety.
This simply isn't serious.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
This statement is on US Department of State website.
It includes the following excerpt:
"President Trump expressed his support for the monumental achievement during his meeting with Prime Minister Starmer in the White House."
www.state.gov/u-s-support-...
It includes the following excerpt:
"President Trump expressed his support for the monumental achievement during his meeting with Prime Minister Starmer in the White House."
www.state.gov/u-s-support-...
U.S. Support for UK and Mauritius Agreement on Chagos Archipelago - United States Department of State
Today, the United States welcomed the historic agreement between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Mauritius on the future of the British Indian Ocean Territory—specifically, the Chagos Archipela...
www.state.gov
January 20, 2026 at 7:41 AM
This statement is on US Department of State website.
It includes the following excerpt:
"President Trump expressed his support for the monumental achievement during his meeting with Prime Minister Starmer in the White House."
www.state.gov/u-s-support-...
It includes the following excerpt:
"President Trump expressed his support for the monumental achievement during his meeting with Prime Minister Starmer in the White House."
www.state.gov/u-s-support-...
The Prime Minister struck exactly the right tone this morning.
Resolute in his support for Greenland. Clear in his opposition to tariffs and determined to continue to work closely with European and NATO allies.
Resolute in his support for Greenland. Clear in his opposition to tariffs and determined to continue to work closely with European and NATO allies.
January 19, 2026 at 3:58 PM
The Prime Minister struck exactly the right tone this morning.
Resolute in his support for Greenland. Clear in his opposition to tariffs and determined to continue to work closely with European and NATO allies.
Resolute in his support for Greenland. Clear in his opposition to tariffs and determined to continue to work closely with European and NATO allies.
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Today is "Blue Monday", and I've spoken to the BBC about raising awareness of the work that has to be done to ensure better support for those who need it - especially men and boys.
If you're struggling, there is help out there - from listening ears to helping hands. It's always #oktotalk.
If you're struggling, there is help out there - from listening ears to helping hands. It's always #oktotalk.
Mental health walks arranged by Essex MP after friend's suicide
David Burton-Sampson organises
www.bbc.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Today is "Blue Monday", and I've spoken to the BBC about raising awareness of the work that has to be done to ensure better support for those who need it - especially men and boys.
If you're struggling, there is help out there - from listening ears to helping hands. It's always #oktotalk.
If you're struggling, there is help out there - from listening ears to helping hands. It's always #oktotalk.
The EU and the UK speaking with one voice.
Long may it continue.
Long may it continue.
I spoke to the Secretary-General of NATO, Emmanuel Macron, Keir Starmer, Friedrich Merz and Giorgia Meloni.
Together we stand firm in our commitment to uphold the sovereignty of Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark.
Together we stand firm in our commitment to uphold the sovereignty of Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark.
January 18, 2026 at 9:59 PM
The EU and the UK speaking with one voice.
Long may it continue.
Long may it continue.
Strong, principled, clear.
January 17, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Strong, principled, clear.
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The Reform pitch is increasingly “the last government was terrible, so we’ve hired everyone who was in it”.
January 15, 2026 at 4:50 PM
The Reform pitch is increasingly “the last government was terrible, so we’ve hired everyone who was in it”.
It's January. It's raining.
We could all do with some good news.
Here it is 👇
We could all do with some good news.
Here it is 👇
January 15, 2026 at 10:42 AM
It's January. It's raining.
We could all do with some good news.
Here it is 👇
We could all do with some good news.
Here it is 👇