Antonia Bance MP
@antoniabance.bsky.social
Labour MP for Tipton, Wednesbury and Coseley. Member of the Business and Trade select committee. Proudly repping British industry and the Black Country. Trade unionist, mama.
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Hi, I’m Antonia Bance, Labour MP for Tipton, Wednesbury and Coseley.
Legals: promoted by Ashley Lewis on behalf of Antonia Bance, both at Terry Duffy House, 1 Thomas St, West Bromwich, B70 6NT
Legals: promoted by Ashley Lewis on behalf of Antonia Bance, both at Terry Duffy House, 1 Thomas St, West Bromwich, B70 6NT
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A lot of total nonsense being talked on graduates today. Here’s the facts:
1) there was a rise in graduate inactivity UNDER the Tories
2) graduate inactivity has FALLEN under this government
3) The result is the graduate inactivity rate is currently the LOWEST on record
1) there was a rise in graduate inactivity UNDER the Tories
2) graduate inactivity has FALLEN under this government
3) The result is the graduate inactivity rate is currently the LOWEST on record
January 26, 2026 at 2:05 PM
A lot of total nonsense being talked on graduates today. Here’s the facts:
1) there was a rise in graduate inactivity UNDER the Tories
2) graduate inactivity has FALLEN under this government
3) The result is the graduate inactivity rate is currently the LOWEST on record
1) there was a rise in graduate inactivity UNDER the Tories
2) graduate inactivity has FALLEN under this government
3) The result is the graduate inactivity rate is currently the LOWEST on record
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The Tories' guidance did not deliver the consistency schools need.
Labour has strengthened the guidance to make our position explicit – all schools should be phone-free environments for the entire school day.
I have written to heads to make that clear.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Labour has strengthened the guidance to make our position explicit – all schools should be phone-free environments for the entire school day.
I have written to heads to make that clear.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ban phones throughout the school day, Phillipson tells teachers
The education secretary says phones should not been seen during lessons, breaktimes or lunchtime.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 2:00 PM
The Tories' guidance did not deliver the consistency schools need.
Labour has strengthened the guidance to make our position explicit – all schools should be phone-free environments for the entire school day.
I have written to heads to make that clear.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Labour has strengthened the guidance to make our position explicit – all schools should be phone-free environments for the entire school day.
I have written to heads to make that clear.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I was glad to meet the British Beauty Council this morning who were talking to MPs about the economic contribution of the industry and the role of direct employment.
They were also demonstrating AI nail technology… I had to give it a try!
They were also demonstrating AI nail technology… I had to give it a try!
January 26, 2026 at 2:59 PM
I was glad to meet the British Beauty Council this morning who were talking to MPs about the economic contribution of the industry and the role of direct employment.
They were also demonstrating AI nail technology… I had to give it a try!
They were also demonstrating AI nail technology… I had to give it a try!
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Bluesky idea: if people who didn't agree with you change their opinions so that they do agree with you, why not be happy that you are making progress - rather than complaining that they are "only just catching up"?
January 26, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Bluesky idea: if people who didn't agree with you change their opinions so that they do agree with you, why not be happy that you are making progress - rather than complaining that they are "only just catching up"?
Shouldn’t have bothered turning on the football
January 25, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Shouldn’t have bothered turning on the football
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Mahmood increasingly seems like one of the governments best communicators, direct in a way that avoids perception of typical political evasiveness and with a nice way of bringing interviews back to the public’s concerns
January 25, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Mahmood increasingly seems like one of the governments best communicators, direct in a way that avoids perception of typical political evasiveness and with a nice way of bringing interviews back to the public’s concerns
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Reform MP Andrew Rosindell tells the BBC that he "would not object" to scrapping the NHS and replacing it with private insurance
January 25, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Reform MP Andrew Rosindell tells the BBC that he "would not object" to scrapping the NHS and replacing it with private insurance
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Man of the people latest. All of Farage’s history shows that far from “taking on the globalists” he’s a grifter who milks unsavoury parts of the global elite for all he can get
Nigel Farage attended Davos on a pass sponsored by the family office of Iranian billionaire Sasan Ghandehari, which told the World Economic Forum that the Reform UK leader had advised the company since 2018. ft.trib.al/V138xDu
January 24, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Man of the people latest. All of Farage’s history shows that far from “taking on the globalists” he’s a grifter who milks unsavoury parts of the global elite for all he can get
More leaking and briefing on the Send reforms means more scared parents.
I am so over the constant ramping up of tension by journalists who treat it as part of a horse race and Facebook groups and commentators downright terrifying parents through speculation
I am so over the constant ramping up of tension by journalists who treat it as part of a horse race and Facebook groups and commentators downright terrifying parents through speculation
January 23, 2026 at 9:18 PM
More leaking and briefing on the Send reforms means more scared parents.
I am so over the constant ramping up of tension by journalists who treat it as part of a horse race and Facebook groups and commentators downright terrifying parents through speculation
I am so over the constant ramping up of tension by journalists who treat it as part of a horse race and Facebook groups and commentators downright terrifying parents through speculation
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A favourite moment of mine in an MP’s office was when someone who had sent a mass-mail email as part of a campaign wrote back to complain that our reply ‘was obviously a stock response’.
Er, yeah, were we somehow supposed to write different replies to each of the 100 or so identical emails?
Er, yeah, were we somehow supposed to write different replies to each of the 100 or so identical emails?
My broader view is that mass-mailing the same thing to MPs is just annoying, and if you really care about an issue you should write something original for yourself.
January 23, 2026 at 9:08 PM
A favourite moment of mine in an MP’s office was when someone who had sent a mass-mail email as part of a campaign wrote back to complain that our reply ‘was obviously a stock response’.
Er, yeah, were we somehow supposed to write different replies to each of the 100 or so identical emails?
Er, yeah, were we somehow supposed to write different replies to each of the 100 or so identical emails?
Yes. My team tag obviously individually written policy emails as “individual response”, allocate to me in our CRM and I reply to them myself. It’s 5-10 a week. (Obvs I see all the other responses to mass campaigns and may tweak, but I don’t originate them)
My broader view is that mass-mailing the same thing to MPs is just annoying, and if you really care about an issue you should write something original for yourself.
January 23, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Yes. My team tag obviously individually written policy emails as “individual response”, allocate to me in our CRM and I reply to them myself. It’s 5-10 a week. (Obvs I see all the other responses to mass campaigns and may tweak, but I don’t originate them)
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So proud to call Keir Starmer our PM right now.
Speaking to the media this afternoon he called out Trumps disgusting rewriting of history over how the UK & European countries came (& died) to support the US after 9-11.
"I consider President Trump's remarks to be insulting, and frankly appauling."
Speaking to the media this afternoon he called out Trumps disgusting rewriting of history over how the UK & European countries came (& died) to support the US after 9-11.
"I consider President Trump's remarks to be insulting, and frankly appauling."
January 23, 2026 at 6:01 PM
So proud to call Keir Starmer our PM right now.
Speaking to the media this afternoon he called out Trumps disgusting rewriting of history over how the UK & European countries came (& died) to support the US after 9-11.
"I consider President Trump's remarks to be insulting, and frankly appauling."
Speaking to the media this afternoon he called out Trumps disgusting rewriting of history over how the UK & European countries came (& died) to support the US after 9-11.
"I consider President Trump's remarks to be insulting, and frankly appauling."
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Having actual veterans of Afghanistan like @louisesandherjones.bsky.social and @alcarns.bsky.social as ministers in our British government, telling it like it is, will hopefully remind our allies exactly how much NATO countries have need to have each others’ backs, in the past and the future
January 23, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Having actual veterans of Afghanistan like @louisesandherjones.bsky.social and @alcarns.bsky.social as ministers in our British government, telling it like it is, will hopefully remind our allies exactly how much NATO countries have need to have each others’ backs, in the past and the future
Today I am thinking in particular of the family of Guardsman Daniel Probyn, from Tipton, serving in the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, killed in Afghanistan on 26 May 2007.
How dare the US President insult his family and his memory, and those of all our British service personnel who were killed
How dare the US President insult his family and his memory, and those of all our British service personnel who were killed
Guardsman Daniel Probyn killed in Afghanistan
It is with much sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of Guardsman Daniel Probyn from 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards in Afghanistan on Saturday 26 May 2007.
www.gov.uk
January 23, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Today I am thinking in particular of the family of Guardsman Daniel Probyn, from Tipton, serving in the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, killed in Afghanistan on 26 May 2007.
How dare the US President insult his family and his memory, and those of all our British service personnel who were killed
How dare the US President insult his family and his memory, and those of all our British service personnel who were killed
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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.
I have rarely felt as proud of our PM as I did this week listening to him answer on Greenland at PMQs. Resolute and determined.
Video here www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp...
Video here www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp...
I will not yield to Trump's pressure on Greenland, Starmer says at PMQs
Starmer says Trump's apparent change of heart on the UK's Chagos Islands deal is an attempt to pressure him on Greenland, which Trump wants to take over.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 8:59 PM
I have rarely felt as proud of our PM as I did this week listening to him answer on Greenland at PMQs. Resolute and determined.
Video here www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp...
Video here www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp...
Getting the national campaign weekend started in Princes End with our fab candidate Joanna Quaye - lost to conversations about speeding on Farmer Way, glad to tell people that Sandwell council has plans to deal with it!
January 22, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Getting the national campaign weekend started in Princes End with our fab candidate Joanna Quaye - lost to conversations about speeding on Farmer Way, glad to tell people that Sandwell council has plans to deal with it!
You can see this in evidence every Friday too, as the Lords carefully and painstakingly talk through the huge issues of assisted dying
Yet somehow on that issue informed debate is painted as illegitimate filibustering
Yet somehow on that issue informed debate is painted as illegitimate filibustering
right now there is a a really sophisticated, heartfelt, careful debate taking place in the House of Lords about restrictions on teenagers' social media use
a real contrast to the baying bear pit of PMQs which is most people's impression of Parliament
a real contrast to the baying bear pit of PMQs which is most people's impression of Parliament
January 21, 2026 at 10:12 PM
You can see this in evidence every Friday too, as the Lords carefully and painstakingly talk through the huge issues of assisted dying
Yet somehow on that issue informed debate is painted as illegitimate filibustering
Yet somehow on that issue informed debate is painted as illegitimate filibustering
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I spoke to @bethrigby.bsky.social in Manchester recently about how the cost of living is the most important issue for my residents. Tackling it is what we need to all focus on.
Full interview here 👇🏻
youtu.be/tmKE6HX4C-w?...
Full interview here 👇🏻
youtu.be/tmKE6HX4C-w?...
January 21, 2026 at 11:45 AM
I spoke to @bethrigby.bsky.social in Manchester recently about how the cost of living is the most important issue for my residents. Tackling it is what we need to all focus on.
Full interview here 👇🏻
youtu.be/tmKE6HX4C-w?...
Full interview here 👇🏻
youtu.be/tmKE6HX4C-w?...
Very pleased to welcome Jeremy Nugent of Truflo, a cooling fan manufacturer for construction and automotive based in Tipton, to Parliament to meet Chris Bryant, the trade minister. Quite a week to be talking exports…
January 21, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Very pleased to welcome Jeremy Nugent of Truflo, a cooling fan manufacturer for construction and automotive based in Tipton, to Parliament to meet Chris Bryant, the trade minister. Quite a week to be talking exports…
A privilege to attend the Speaker’s Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony in Parliament.
We heard the testimony of Mala Tribich, who survived Ravensbruck and Bergen-Belsen, and committed ourselves anew to the memory of those who perished
We heard the testimony of Mala Tribich, who survived Ravensbruck and Bergen-Belsen, and committed ourselves anew to the memory of those who perished
January 21, 2026 at 1:42 PM
A privilege to attend the Speaker’s Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony in Parliament.
We heard the testimony of Mala Tribich, who survived Ravensbruck and Bergen-Belsen, and committed ourselves anew to the memory of those who perished
We heard the testimony of Mala Tribich, who survived Ravensbruck and Bergen-Belsen, and committed ourselves anew to the memory of those who perished
In a very on-brand morning, delighted to meet with the other officers of the APPG on metal crime to talk about campaigning to update the 2013 scrap metal act.
Massive local issue for us in the Black Country - and key to our future metals recycling industry
Massive local issue for us in the Black Country - and key to our future metals recycling industry
January 21, 2026 at 11:59 AM
In a very on-brand morning, delighted to meet with the other officers of the APPG on metal crime to talk about campaigning to update the 2013 scrap metal act.
Massive local issue for us in the Black Country - and key to our future metals recycling industry
Massive local issue for us in the Black Country - and key to our future metals recycling industry
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The government is going to move fast and fix things.
Today I announced that we are:
✂️ cutting bureaucracy
💉 using the Vaccine Taskforce model to deliver on your priorities
✅ promoting the doers not the talkers within the civil service.
Today I announced that we are:
✂️ cutting bureaucracy
💉 using the Vaccine Taskforce model to deliver on your priorities
✅ promoting the doers not the talkers within the civil service.
January 20, 2026 at 7:32 PM
The government is going to move fast and fix things.
Today I announced that we are:
✂️ cutting bureaucracy
💉 using the Vaccine Taskforce model to deliver on your priorities
✅ promoting the doers not the talkers within the civil service.
Today I announced that we are:
✂️ cutting bureaucracy
💉 using the Vaccine Taskforce model to deliver on your priorities
✅ promoting the doers not the talkers within the civil service.
Go well, Marc. One day you’ll captain England.
January 19, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Go well, Marc. One day you’ll captain England.