Chris Elmore MP
@chriselmoremp.bsky.social
Labour MP for Bridgend & Porthcawl. Under Secretary of State at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Casework cannot be dealt with via Bluesky.
📢 Labour is delivering on a major manifesto promise — the biggest overhaul of leaseholder rights in a generation!
🏬 Ground rents capped at £250/year
❌ No new leasehold flats
✅ Switch to commonhold
🧾 Clearer service charges
More👉www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-were-capping-ground-rents-at-250
🏬 Ground rents capped at £250/year
❌ No new leasehold flats
✅ Switch to commonhold
🧾 Clearer service charges
More👉www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-were-capping-ground-rents-at-250
January 30, 2026 at 11:13 AM
📢 Labour is delivering on a major manifesto promise — the biggest overhaul of leaseholder rights in a generation!
🏬 Ground rents capped at £250/year
❌ No new leasehold flats
✅ Switch to commonhold
🧾 Clearer service charges
More👉www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-were-capping-ground-rents-at-250
🏬 Ground rents capped at £250/year
❌ No new leasehold flats
✅ Switch to commonhold
🧾 Clearer service charges
More👉www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-were-capping-ground-rents-at-250
✨ Great to meet Asda colleagues in Westminster and hear about their local impact with £8,417 donated across Bridgend & Porthcawl in the past year!
🧠 The Asda Foundation is currently inviting applications for the Young Futures: Healthy Teen Minds Fund (£500–£1,000): www.asdafoundation.org
🧠 The Asda Foundation is currently inviting applications for the Young Futures: Healthy Teen Minds Fund (£500–£1,000): www.asdafoundation.org
January 27, 2026 at 4:22 PM
✨ Great to meet Asda colleagues in Westminster and hear about their local impact with £8,417 donated across Bridgend & Porthcawl in the past year!
🧠 The Asda Foundation is currently inviting applications for the Young Futures: Healthy Teen Minds Fund (£500–£1,000): www.asdafoundation.org
🧠 The Asda Foundation is currently inviting applications for the Young Futures: Healthy Teen Minds Fund (£500–£1,000): www.asdafoundation.org
Marking Holocaust Memorial Day, I reaffirmed my commitment to remember those brutally murdered during the Holocaust and to honour the survivors who educate future generations, by signing the Book of Commitment.
Let’s stand together so hate never reigns again.
www.hmd.org.uk
#HolocaustMemorialDay
Let’s stand together so hate never reigns again.
www.hmd.org.uk
#HolocaustMemorialDay
January 27, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Marking Holocaust Memorial Day, I reaffirmed my commitment to remember those brutally murdered during the Holocaust and to honour the survivors who educate future generations, by signing the Book of Commitment.
Let’s stand together so hate never reigns again.
www.hmd.org.uk
#HolocaustMemorialDay
Let’s stand together so hate never reigns again.
www.hmd.org.uk
#HolocaustMemorialDay
🌹 Five wins for Wales from Labour’s Plan for Change this week.
Getting on with the job of delivering for Wales.
⏯️ Press play.
Getting on with the job of delivering for Wales.
⏯️ Press play.
January 26, 2026 at 3:21 PM
🌹 Five wins for Wales from Labour’s Plan for Change this week.
Getting on with the job of delivering for Wales.
⏯️ Press play.
Getting on with the job of delivering for Wales.
⏯️ Press play.
🚨 We recognise the severity of sexual violence against women and girls in Sudan and the urgent need to end hostilities.
🗣️ At Foreign Office Questions, I confirmed additional funding for the Sudan conflict, including targeted support to tackle the most extreme acts of sexual violence.
🗣️ At Foreign Office Questions, I confirmed additional funding for the Sudan conflict, including targeted support to tackle the most extreme acts of sexual violence.
January 22, 2026 at 4:57 PM
🚨 We recognise the severity of sexual violence against women and girls in Sudan and the urgent need to end hostilities.
🗣️ At Foreign Office Questions, I confirmed additional funding for the Sudan conflict, including targeted support to tackle the most extreme acts of sexual violence.
🗣️ At Foreign Office Questions, I confirmed additional funding for the Sudan conflict, including targeted support to tackle the most extreme acts of sexual violence.
❌ Forced labour has no place in 2026.
🗣️ At Foreign Office Questions, I set out how we’re working with the G7 and UN to tackle forced labour in supply chains and strengthen business rules.
✅ We’re committed to protecting human rights and holding violators to account.
🗣️ At Foreign Office Questions, I set out how we’re working with the G7 and UN to tackle forced labour in supply chains and strengthen business rules.
✅ We’re committed to protecting human rights and holding violators to account.
January 21, 2026 at 10:37 AM
❌ Forced labour has no place in 2026.
🗣️ At Foreign Office Questions, I set out how we’re working with the G7 and UN to tackle forced labour in supply chains and strengthen business rules.
✅ We’re committed to protecting human rights and holding violators to account.
🗣️ At Foreign Office Questions, I set out how we’re working with the G7 and UN to tackle forced labour in supply chains and strengthen business rules.
✅ We’re committed to protecting human rights and holding violators to account.
🌹 Five things Labour's Plan for Change has delivered for Wales over the past week.
⏯️ Press play.
⏯️ Press play.
January 20, 2026 at 11:25 AM
🌹 Five things Labour's Plan for Change has delivered for Wales over the past week.
⏯️ Press play.
⏯️ Press play.
📉 Families are now nearly £1,400 a year better off on a typical new mortgage.
🏛️ With six interest rate cuts since the General Election, average monthly payments have dropped from £1,185 to £1,071 since June 2024.
💪 Labour is delivering stability and easing pressure on household budgets.
🏛️ With six interest rate cuts since the General Election, average monthly payments have dropped from £1,185 to £1,071 since June 2024.
💪 Labour is delivering stability and easing pressure on household budgets.
January 13, 2026 at 4:27 PM
📉 Families are now nearly £1,400 a year better off on a typical new mortgage.
🏛️ With six interest rate cuts since the General Election, average monthly payments have dropped from £1,185 to £1,071 since June 2024.
💪 Labour is delivering stability and easing pressure on household budgets.
🏛️ With six interest rate cuts since the General Election, average monthly payments have dropped from £1,185 to £1,071 since June 2024.
💪 Labour is delivering stability and easing pressure on household budgets.
📢 From April, 32,000 more dads a year will get day‑one paternity leave, just as mothers do with maternity leave.
✅ Day‑one parental leave rights
✅ New paternity leave rights for bereaved partners
A UK Labour Government delivering greater security for working families.
👉 shorturl.at/oBj4b
✅ Day‑one parental leave rights
✅ New paternity leave rights for bereaved partners
A UK Labour Government delivering greater security for working families.
👉 shorturl.at/oBj4b
January 12, 2026 at 6:29 PM
📢 From April, 32,000 more dads a year will get day‑one paternity leave, just as mothers do with maternity leave.
✅ Day‑one parental leave rights
✅ New paternity leave rights for bereaved partners
A UK Labour Government delivering greater security for working families.
👉 shorturl.at/oBj4b
✅ Day‑one parental leave rights
✅ New paternity leave rights for bereaved partners
A UK Labour Government delivering greater security for working families.
👉 shorturl.at/oBj4b
📢 In the last Parliament, I worked cross‑party on a Bill to support bereaved partners after the loss of a loved one. Aaron’s powerful campaigning helped drive this change. The new law now gives bereaved partners up to 52 weeks of leave to care for their new‑born and begin to rebuild.
Read more 👇
Read more 👇
Father welcomes new parental leave rights for bereaved in Great Britain
Aaron Horsey says measures in Employment Rights Act will give support ‘at one of most difficult moments imaginable’
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:11 AM
📢 In the last Parliament, I worked cross‑party on a Bill to support bereaved partners after the loss of a loved one. Aaron’s powerful campaigning helped drive this change. The new law now gives bereaved partners up to 52 weeks of leave to care for their new‑born and begin to rebuild.
Read more 👇
Read more 👇
📣 Applications are open for the Asda Foundation Young Futures Programme – Healthy Teen Minds Fund 💚
Supporting teenage mental health across the UK.
💰 Grants of £500–£1,000
👥 For groups supporting young people aged 13–18
ℹ️ Apply now 👉 asdafoundation.org/our-grants/y...
Supporting teenage mental health across the UK.
💰 Grants of £500–£1,000
👥 For groups supporting young people aged 13–18
ℹ️ Apply now 👉 asdafoundation.org/our-grants/y...
January 8, 2026 at 11:13 AM
📣 Applications are open for the Asda Foundation Young Futures Programme – Healthy Teen Minds Fund 💚
Supporting teenage mental health across the UK.
💰 Grants of £500–£1,000
👥 For groups supporting young people aged 13–18
ℹ️ Apply now 👉 asdafoundation.org/our-grants/y...
Supporting teenage mental health across the UK.
💰 Grants of £500–£1,000
👥 For groups supporting young people aged 13–18
ℹ️ Apply now 👉 asdafoundation.org/our-grants/y...
🚨 Four lives are lost on UK roads every day. Labour’s new Road Safety Strategy tackles the Fatal Four — speeding, drink & drug driving, seat belts & phone use — with measures to save lives and protect communities.
🔗 www.chriselmore.wales/2026/01/07/roadsafetystrategy/
🔗 www.chriselmore.wales/2026/01/07/roadsafetystrategy/
January 7, 2026 at 5:37 PM
🚨 Four lives are lost on UK roads every day. Labour’s new Road Safety Strategy tackles the Fatal Four — speeding, drink & drug driving, seat belts & phone use — with measures to save lives and protect communities.
🔗 www.chriselmore.wales/2026/01/07/roadsafetystrategy/
🔗 www.chriselmore.wales/2026/01/07/roadsafetystrategy/
✨ New Year, new rights! The Employment Rights Act brings stronger, modern protections for workers in Bridgend & Porthcawl:
✔️ No more exploitative zero-hours contracts
✔️ Day-one leave rights
✔️ Better sick pay
✔️ Fair Work Agency
👉 More info: shorturl.at/JYBbB
✔️ No more exploitative zero-hours contracts
✔️ Day-one leave rights
✔️ Better sick pay
✔️ Fair Work Agency
👉 More info: shorturl.at/JYBbB
January 5, 2026 at 2:22 PM
✨ New Year, new rights! The Employment Rights Act brings stronger, modern protections for workers in Bridgend & Porthcawl:
✔️ No more exploitative zero-hours contracts
✔️ Day-one leave rights
✔️ Better sick pay
✔️ Fair Work Agency
👉 More info: shorturl.at/JYBbB
✔️ No more exploitative zero-hours contracts
✔️ Day-one leave rights
✔️ Better sick pay
✔️ Fair Work Agency
👉 More info: shorturl.at/JYBbB
Wishing you and your family a happy and joyful Christmas. 🎄
December 25, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Wishing you and your family a happy and joyful Christmas. 🎄
The Labour UK Government’s Employment Rights Bill has passed both the Commons and the Lords and will soon become law.
✅ It delivers the New Deal for Working People — fair hours, an end to fire and rehire, stronger enforcement, and a stronger voice for workers and trade unions.
✅ It delivers the New Deal for Working People — fair hours, an end to fire and rehire, stronger enforcement, and a stronger voice for workers and trade unions.
December 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The Labour UK Government’s Employment Rights Bill has passed both the Commons and the Lords and will soon become law.
✅ It delivers the New Deal for Working People — fair hours, an end to fire and rehire, stronger enforcement, and a stronger voice for workers and trade unions.
✅ It delivers the New Deal for Working People — fair hours, an end to fire and rehire, stronger enforcement, and a stronger voice for workers and trade unions.
🌍 Today is World AIDS Day — time to unite, support those living with HIV, and remember those we’ve lost.
🎗️ Over 105,000 people in the UK (around 2,800 in Wales) live with HIV.
💪 Let’s challenge stigma, celebrate resilience, and work towards a future free from HIV.
ℹ️ More info: www.worldaidsday.org
🎗️ Over 105,000 people in the UK (around 2,800 in Wales) live with HIV.
💪 Let’s challenge stigma, celebrate resilience, and work towards a future free from HIV.
ℹ️ More info: www.worldaidsday.org
December 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
🌍 Today is World AIDS Day — time to unite, support those living with HIV, and remember those we’ve lost.
🎗️ Over 105,000 people in the UK (around 2,800 in Wales) live with HIV.
💪 Let’s challenge stigma, celebrate resilience, and work towards a future free from HIV.
ℹ️ More info: www.worldaidsday.org
🎗️ Over 105,000 people in the UK (around 2,800 in Wales) live with HIV.
💪 Let’s challenge stigma, celebrate resilience, and work towards a future free from HIV.
ℹ️ More info: www.worldaidsday.org
💜November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month.
ℹ️ Around 30 people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer every day in the UK. Pancreatic Cancer UK say that early detection can save lives.
You can find information and support at:
👉 www.pancreaticcancer.org.uk
ℹ️ Around 30 people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer every day in the UK. Pancreatic Cancer UK say that early detection can save lives.
You can find information and support at:
👉 www.pancreaticcancer.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
💜November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month.
ℹ️ Around 30 people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer every day in the UK. Pancreatic Cancer UK say that early detection can save lives.
You can find information and support at:
👉 www.pancreaticcancer.org.uk
ℹ️ Around 30 people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer every day in the UK. Pancreatic Cancer UK say that early detection can save lives.
You can find information and support at:
👉 www.pancreaticcancer.org.uk
🏠 It's clear that for many households, the cost of living crisis hasn't gone away.
✅ In today’s budget, the Chancellor announced increases to the minimum wage and the living wage to provide extra support where it’s needed most.
✅ In today’s budget, the Chancellor announced increases to the minimum wage and the living wage to provide extra support where it’s needed most.
November 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
🏠 It's clear that for many households, the cost of living crisis hasn't gone away.
✅ In today’s budget, the Chancellor announced increases to the minimum wage and the living wage to provide extra support where it’s needed most.
✅ In today’s budget, the Chancellor announced increases to the minimum wage and the living wage to provide extra support where it’s needed most.
Today is White Ribbon Day 🤍
White Ribbon works with men & boys to end violence against women and girls.
Take the White Ribbon Promise: never use, excuse, or stay silent about violence against women & girls.
Learn more 👇
www.whiteribbon.org.uk
White Ribbon works with men & boys to end violence against women and girls.
Take the White Ribbon Promise: never use, excuse, or stay silent about violence against women & girls.
Learn more 👇
www.whiteribbon.org.uk
November 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Today is White Ribbon Day 🤍
White Ribbon works with men & boys to end violence against women and girls.
Take the White Ribbon Promise: never use, excuse, or stay silent about violence against women & girls.
Learn more 👇
www.whiteribbon.org.uk
White Ribbon works with men & boys to end violence against women and girls.
Take the White Ribbon Promise: never use, excuse, or stay silent about violence against women & girls.
Learn more 👇
www.whiteribbon.org.uk
📢 The UK Government has announced a new AI Growth Zone putting communities like Bridgend at the heart of the AI revolution.
💼 5,000+ skilled jobs coming with Vantage Data Centers building on the former Ford site.
🤝 Investment, partnership and skilled jobs for the next generation.
🔗 shorturl.at/UmqDH
💼 5,000+ skilled jobs coming with Vantage Data Centers building on the former Ford site.
🤝 Investment, partnership and skilled jobs for the next generation.
🔗 shorturl.at/UmqDH
November 21, 2025 at 12:53 PM
📢 The UK Government has announced a new AI Growth Zone putting communities like Bridgend at the heart of the AI revolution.
💼 5,000+ skilled jobs coming with Vantage Data Centers building on the former Ford site.
🤝 Investment, partnership and skilled jobs for the next generation.
🔗 shorturl.at/UmqDH
💼 5,000+ skilled jobs coming with Vantage Data Centers building on the former Ford site.
🤝 Investment, partnership and skilled jobs for the next generation.
🔗 shorturl.at/UmqDH
🌟 Today is Carers Rights Day.
Every day, around 12,000 people become unpaid carers for a loved one — often without realising it or knowing what support they’re entitled to.
ℹ️ This year’s theme: “Know your rights, use your rights.”
⬇️ Find info and support from Carers UK:
🔗 www.carersuk.org
Every day, around 12,000 people become unpaid carers for a loved one — often without realising it or knowing what support they’re entitled to.
ℹ️ This year’s theme: “Know your rights, use your rights.”
⬇️ Find info and support from Carers UK:
🔗 www.carersuk.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
🌟 Today is Carers Rights Day.
Every day, around 12,000 people become unpaid carers for a loved one — often without realising it or knowing what support they’re entitled to.
ℹ️ This year’s theme: “Know your rights, use your rights.”
⬇️ Find info and support from Carers UK:
🔗 www.carersuk.org
Every day, around 12,000 people become unpaid carers for a loved one — often without realising it or knowing what support they’re entitled to.
ℹ️ This year’s theme: “Know your rights, use your rights.”
⬇️ Find info and support from Carers UK:
🔗 www.carersuk.org
🗣At Foreign Office Questions this week, I was pleased to reaffirm this Government’s commitment as a trusted partner in the global fight to eradicate Polio.
❌We will continue to strive and work for the eradication of Polio.
❌We will continue to strive and work for the eradication of Polio.
October 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
🗣At Foreign Office Questions this week, I was pleased to reaffirm this Government’s commitment as a trusted partner in the global fight to eradicate Polio.
❌We will continue to strive and work for the eradication of Polio.
❌We will continue to strive and work for the eradication of Polio.
🎇As Halloween and Bonfire Night near, South Wales Fire and Rescue Service is gearing to keep South Wales safe and reducing risks.
ℹ️ This year’s message is simple: Respect our communities, environment, and fire service staff.
More advice: www.southwales-fire.gov.uk
ℹ️ This year’s message is simple: Respect our communities, environment, and fire service staff.
More advice: www.southwales-fire.gov.uk
October 29, 2025 at 10:53 AM
🎇As Halloween and Bonfire Night near, South Wales Fire and Rescue Service is gearing to keep South Wales safe and reducing risks.
ℹ️ This year’s message is simple: Respect our communities, environment, and fire service staff.
More advice: www.southwales-fire.gov.uk
ℹ️ This year’s message is simple: Respect our communities, environment, and fire service staff.
More advice: www.southwales-fire.gov.uk
🌍 Today is United Nations Day!
Founded on this day in 1945, the United Nations now unites 193 countries in promoting peace, human rights & sustainable development worldwide. 🇺🇳
🌐 Learn more: www.un.org
Founded on this day in 1945, the United Nations now unites 193 countries in promoting peace, human rights & sustainable development worldwide. 🇺🇳
🌐 Learn more: www.un.org
October 24, 2025 at 9:51 AM
🌍 Today is United Nations Day!
Founded on this day in 1945, the United Nations now unites 193 countries in promoting peace, human rights & sustainable development worldwide. 🇺🇳
🌐 Learn more: www.un.org
Founded on this day in 1945, the United Nations now unites 193 countries in promoting peace, human rights & sustainable development worldwide. 🇺🇳
🌐 Learn more: www.un.org
Today marks 59 years since the Aberfan disaster.
We remember the children, teachers and residents whose lives were lost.
Though the years have passed, they will never be forgotten.
We remember the children, teachers and residents whose lives were lost.
Though the years have passed, they will never be forgotten.
October 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Today marks 59 years since the Aberfan disaster.
We remember the children, teachers and residents whose lives were lost.
Though the years have passed, they will never be forgotten.
We remember the children, teachers and residents whose lives were lost.
Though the years have passed, they will never be forgotten.