Chris Hinchliff MP
@chrishinchliff.bsky.social
Member of Parliament for North East Hertfordshire. 🌹
Member of the Environmental Audit Committee.
chrishinchliff.co.uk
Member of the Environmental Audit Committee.
chrishinchliff.co.uk
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Green spaces vanish and unaffordable housing goes up when developers call the shots.
A Charter for Community Rights would give local people real power over place-making and the ability to challenge decisions.
Power to the people—not the deepest pockets.
A Charter for Community Rights would give local people real power over place-making and the ability to challenge decisions.
Power to the people—not the deepest pockets.
Justice by the people, for the people.
Juries are the cornerstone of democracy and the rule of law.
Last night I joined legal experts to hear concerns about proposals to limit the right to trial by jury.
We must improve the criminal justice system without compromising justice.
Juries are the cornerstone of democracy and the rule of law.
Last night I joined legal experts to hear concerns about proposals to limit the right to trial by jury.
We must improve the criminal justice system without compromising justice.
December 18, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Justice by the people, for the people.
Juries are the cornerstone of democracy and the rule of law.
Last night I joined legal experts to hear concerns about proposals to limit the right to trial by jury.
We must improve the criminal justice system without compromising justice.
Juries are the cornerstone of democracy and the rule of law.
Last night I joined legal experts to hear concerns about proposals to limit the right to trial by jury.
We must improve the criminal justice system without compromising justice.
No backwards steps for nature!
We can't build homes or infrastructure because Tory cuts bled our planning system dry.
Putting our Habitats Regulations through a shredder isn't the answer.
I've tabled a Parliamentary Motion asking the Government to rethink its plans.
We can't build homes or infrastructure because Tory cuts bled our planning system dry.
Putting our Habitats Regulations through a shredder isn't the answer.
I've tabled a Parliamentary Motion asking the Government to rethink its plans.
December 16, 2025 at 8:05 AM
No backwards steps for nature!
We can't build homes or infrastructure because Tory cuts bled our planning system dry.
Putting our Habitats Regulations through a shredder isn't the answer.
I've tabled a Parliamentary Motion asking the Government to rethink its plans.
We can't build homes or infrastructure because Tory cuts bled our planning system dry.
Putting our Habitats Regulations through a shredder isn't the answer.
I've tabled a Parliamentary Motion asking the Government to rethink its plans.
The global energy transition is progressing too slowly:
1️⃣ Record high CO₂ emissions from energy in 2024.
2️⃣ Fossil fuel use reached a new peak.
3️⃣ Demand is still growing faster than renewable supply.
We have to find a better way to secure a prosperous future for everyone.
1️⃣ Record high CO₂ emissions from energy in 2024.
2️⃣ Fossil fuel use reached a new peak.
3️⃣ Demand is still growing faster than renewable supply.
We have to find a better way to secure a prosperous future for everyone.
December 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The global energy transition is progressing too slowly:
1️⃣ Record high CO₂ emissions from energy in 2024.
2️⃣ Fossil fuel use reached a new peak.
3️⃣ Demand is still growing faster than renewable supply.
We have to find a better way to secure a prosperous future for everyone.
1️⃣ Record high CO₂ emissions from energy in 2024.
2️⃣ Fossil fuel use reached a new peak.
3️⃣ Demand is still growing faster than renewable supply.
We have to find a better way to secure a prosperous future for everyone.
Labour promised a council housing revolution.
Many housing associations are becoming too corporate and forgetting their roots.
Our Government must grab the bull by the horns and get local authorities building again.
Council housing means council housing.
Many housing associations are becoming too corporate and forgetting their roots.
Our Government must grab the bull by the horns and get local authorities building again.
Council housing means council housing.
December 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Labour promised a council housing revolution.
Many housing associations are becoming too corporate and forgetting their roots.
Our Government must grab the bull by the horns and get local authorities building again.
Council housing means council housing.
Many housing associations are becoming too corporate and forgetting their roots.
Our Government must grab the bull by the horns and get local authorities building again.
Council housing means council housing.
Environmental limits on river water abstraction exist.
Pretending they don’t for developers to boost profits won't magic away reality.
It means dirtier water, water shortages, and failing crops.
Developers profit. The rest of us pay the price.
See how it works yet?
Pretending they don’t for developers to boost profits won't magic away reality.
It means dirtier water, water shortages, and failing crops.
Developers profit. The rest of us pay the price.
See how it works yet?
December 12, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Environmental limits on river water abstraction exist.
Pretending they don’t for developers to boost profits won't magic away reality.
It means dirtier water, water shortages, and failing crops.
Developers profit. The rest of us pay the price.
See how it works yet?
Pretending they don’t for developers to boost profits won't magic away reality.
It means dirtier water, water shortages, and failing crops.
Developers profit. The rest of us pay the price.
See how it works yet?
Flowing Chalk Streams have been turned into shallow dribbles.
They're irreplaceable habitats. Once gone, they’re gone.
Companies over-abstracted our rivers. Our inheritance vandalised for money.
Our planning system must protect the nature people love over short-term profit.
They're irreplaceable habitats. Once gone, they’re gone.
Companies over-abstracted our rivers. Our inheritance vandalised for money.
Our planning system must protect the nature people love over short-term profit.
December 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Flowing Chalk Streams have been turned into shallow dribbles.
They're irreplaceable habitats. Once gone, they’re gone.
Companies over-abstracted our rivers. Our inheritance vandalised for money.
Our planning system must protect the nature people love over short-term profit.
They're irreplaceable habitats. Once gone, they’re gone.
Companies over-abstracted our rivers. Our inheritance vandalised for money.
Our planning system must protect the nature people love over short-term profit.
Water scarcity is a major challenge.
New reservoirs alone won’t solve it.
Our projected deficit is 5 BILLION litres a day.
A sustainable water system for drinking, agriculture and thriving rivers must come before tech giants’ quenchless thirst for their data centres.
New reservoirs alone won’t solve it.
Our projected deficit is 5 BILLION litres a day.
A sustainable water system for drinking, agriculture and thriving rivers must come before tech giants’ quenchless thirst for their data centres.
December 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Water scarcity is a major challenge.
New reservoirs alone won’t solve it.
Our projected deficit is 5 BILLION litres a day.
A sustainable water system for drinking, agriculture and thriving rivers must come before tech giants’ quenchless thirst for their data centres.
New reservoirs alone won’t solve it.
Our projected deficit is 5 BILLION litres a day.
A sustainable water system for drinking, agriculture and thriving rivers must come before tech giants’ quenchless thirst for their data centres.
I'm deeply sceptical about the proposals around Digital ID, and I share the concerns of many of my constituents.
This week I raised these concerns in Parliament and said the Government must prepare to drop the plans in response to public feedback from its consultation.
This week I raised these concerns in Parliament and said the Government must prepare to drop the plans in response to public feedback from its consultation.
December 10, 2025 at 10:04 AM
I'm deeply sceptical about the proposals around Digital ID, and I share the concerns of many of my constituents.
This week I raised these concerns in Parliament and said the Government must prepare to drop the plans in response to public feedback from its consultation.
This week I raised these concerns in Parliament and said the Government must prepare to drop the plans in response to public feedback from its consultation.
Trashing nature is wrong and hugely unpopular.
The public are right, too many politicians are out of touch and failing our environment.
England’s biodiversity is in serious danger.
Blaming nature for market failures won't help build anything—it will ruin precious habitats.
The public are right, too many politicians are out of touch and failing our environment.
England’s biodiversity is in serious danger.
Blaming nature for market failures won't help build anything—it will ruin precious habitats.
December 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Trashing nature is wrong and hugely unpopular.
The public are right, too many politicians are out of touch and failing our environment.
England’s biodiversity is in serious danger.
Blaming nature for market failures won't help build anything—it will ruin precious habitats.
The public are right, too many politicians are out of touch and failing our environment.
England’s biodiversity is in serious danger.
Blaming nature for market failures won't help build anything—it will ruin precious habitats.
Wildlife is at risk.
Habitats disappearing. Species declining. Ancient Woodlands threatened.
This is the result of political choices over decades.
It's time to bin off spurious anti-nature narratives peddled by terminally online lobbyists.
Habitats disappearing. Species declining. Ancient Woodlands threatened.
This is the result of political choices over decades.
It's time to bin off spurious anti-nature narratives peddled by terminally online lobbyists.
December 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Wildlife is at risk.
Habitats disappearing. Species declining. Ancient Woodlands threatened.
This is the result of political choices over decades.
It's time to bin off spurious anti-nature narratives peddled by terminally online lobbyists.
Habitats disappearing. Species declining. Ancient Woodlands threatened.
This is the result of political choices over decades.
It's time to bin off spurious anti-nature narratives peddled by terminally online lobbyists.
Turns out it's AI data centres, not nature, that is the blocker... 🤷♂️
I guess developers should have the power to pay to destroy data centres then?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I guess developers should have the power to pay to destroy data centres then?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
West London housing was delayed by new data centres, report finds
The London Assembly found the growth of new data centres temporarily halted building some houses in 2022.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Turns out it's AI data centres, not nature, that is the blocker... 🤷♂️
I guess developers should have the power to pay to destroy data centres then?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I guess developers should have the power to pay to destroy data centres then?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Climate change is driving 40% of UK food price hikes.
Protecting households from spiralling costs of living means protecting the planet.
It's time to kick the expensive fossil fuel habit and accelerate the shift towards heating & powering Britain with efficient renewables.
@nebriefing.bsky.social
Protecting households from spiralling costs of living means protecting the planet.
It's time to kick the expensive fossil fuel habit and accelerate the shift towards heating & powering Britain with efficient renewables.
@nebriefing.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Climate change is driving 40% of UK food price hikes.
Protecting households from spiralling costs of living means protecting the planet.
It's time to kick the expensive fossil fuel habit and accelerate the shift towards heating & powering Britain with efficient renewables.
@nebriefing.bsky.social
Protecting households from spiralling costs of living means protecting the planet.
It's time to kick the expensive fossil fuel habit and accelerate the shift towards heating & powering Britain with efficient renewables.
@nebriefing.bsky.social
Labour is lifting 450,000 children out of poverty.
Almost half a million kids that will be healthier, happier and better educated.
This means a more productive, prosperous Britain. It's that simple.
Almost half a million kids that will be healthier, happier and better educated.
This means a more productive, prosperous Britain. It's that simple.
November 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Labour is lifting 450,000 children out of poverty.
Almost half a million kids that will be healthier, happier and better educated.
This means a more productive, prosperous Britain. It's that simple.
Almost half a million kids that will be healthier, happier and better educated.
This means a more productive, prosperous Britain. It's that simple.
Hospices are being forced to cut services due to lack of funds.
They don't just offer medical care—they provide dignity at life's hardest moments.
That support must be safeguarded.
Tomorrow's Budget must deliver sustainable funding—no more papering over the cracks.
They don't just offer medical care—they provide dignity at life's hardest moments.
That support must be safeguarded.
Tomorrow's Budget must deliver sustainable funding—no more papering over the cracks.
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Hospices are being forced to cut services due to lack of funds.
They don't just offer medical care—they provide dignity at life's hardest moments.
That support must be safeguarded.
Tomorrow's Budget must deliver sustainable funding—no more papering over the cracks.
They don't just offer medical care—they provide dignity at life's hardest moments.
That support must be safeguarded.
Tomorrow's Budget must deliver sustainable funding—no more papering over the cracks.
Israel is blocking a million bottles of baby formula from entering Gaza.
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians—including children, face imminent starvation.
Our Government’s action must match the urgency of this moment.
Immediate, widespread sanctions on Israel.
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians—including children, face imminent starvation.
Our Government’s action must match the urgency of this moment.
Immediate, widespread sanctions on Israel.
November 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Israel is blocking a million bottles of baby formula from entering Gaza.
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians—including children, face imminent starvation.
Our Government’s action must match the urgency of this moment.
Immediate, widespread sanctions on Israel.
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians—including children, face imminent starvation.
Our Government’s action must match the urgency of this moment.
Immediate, widespread sanctions on Israel.
Today, Labour is putting passengers before profit.
For the first time in 30 years, rail fares are to be frozen—saving commuters hundreds and easing the cost of living.
Public ownership of our train services will put an end to extortionate price hikes.
For the first time in 30 years, rail fares are to be frozen—saving commuters hundreds and easing the cost of living.
Public ownership of our train services will put an end to extortionate price hikes.
November 24, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Today, Labour is putting passengers before profit.
For the first time in 30 years, rail fares are to be frozen—saving commuters hundreds and easing the cost of living.
Public ownership of our train services will put an end to extortionate price hikes.
For the first time in 30 years, rail fares are to be frozen—saving commuters hundreds and easing the cost of living.
Public ownership of our train services will put an end to extortionate price hikes.
Who owns Britain? Mostly aristocrats, oligarchs and big corporations.
Inheritance tax changes won’t touch their corporations and trusts that never die.
Labour should go after these wealthy landowners—not family farmers so vital to food security and climate action.
Inheritance tax changes won’t touch their corporations and trusts that never die.
Labour should go after these wealthy landowners—not family farmers so vital to food security and climate action.
November 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Who owns Britain? Mostly aristocrats, oligarchs and big corporations.
Inheritance tax changes won’t touch their corporations and trusts that never die.
Labour should go after these wealthy landowners—not family farmers so vital to food security and climate action.
Inheritance tax changes won’t touch their corporations and trusts that never die.
Labour should go after these wealthy landowners—not family farmers so vital to food security and climate action.
Sewage in rivers. Toxic waste near homes. Pollution in the air.
In one of the wealthiest countries in the world—people shouldn’t have to live like this.
I'm delighted Friends of the Earth back my Charter for Community Rights—a path to a fairer, greener future.
@friends-earth.bsky.social
In one of the wealthiest countries in the world—people shouldn’t have to live like this.
I'm delighted Friends of the Earth back my Charter for Community Rights—a path to a fairer, greener future.
@friends-earth.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Sewage in rivers. Toxic waste near homes. Pollution in the air.
In one of the wealthiest countries in the world—people shouldn’t have to live like this.
I'm delighted Friends of the Earth back my Charter for Community Rights—a path to a fairer, greener future.
@friends-earth.bsky.social
In one of the wealthiest countries in the world—people shouldn’t have to live like this.
I'm delighted Friends of the Earth back my Charter for Community Rights—a path to a fairer, greener future.
@friends-earth.bsky.social
The status quo leaves people feeling powerless. Change is done to communities, not with them—leaving areas unfit for happy lives.
Time to flip the script.
The Charter for Community Rights puts power in local hands, enabling access to nature, healthy homes and liveable places.
@thetcpa.bsky.social
Time to flip the script.
The Charter for Community Rights puts power in local hands, enabling access to nature, healthy homes and liveable places.
@thetcpa.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The status quo leaves people feeling powerless. Change is done to communities, not with them—leaving areas unfit for happy lives.
Time to flip the script.
The Charter for Community Rights puts power in local hands, enabling access to nature, healthy homes and liveable places.
@thetcpa.bsky.social
Time to flip the script.
The Charter for Community Rights puts power in local hands, enabling access to nature, healthy homes and liveable places.
@thetcpa.bsky.social
The two-child benefit cap forces 109 children into poverty every day.
It punishes kids for circumstances they can’t control and takes food out of their mouths.
Labour values aren’t just words—they’re a call to action. Scrap the cap.
It punishes kids for circumstances they can’t control and takes food out of their mouths.
Labour values aren’t just words—they’re a call to action. Scrap the cap.
November 20, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The two-child benefit cap forces 109 children into poverty every day.
It punishes kids for circumstances they can’t control and takes food out of their mouths.
Labour values aren’t just words—they’re a call to action. Scrap the cap.
It punishes kids for circumstances they can’t control and takes food out of their mouths.
Labour values aren’t just words—they’re a call to action. Scrap the cap.
Communities are routinely at the mercy of profit-chasing companies and dodgy developers.
Cuts to bus routes, unaffordable housing, trashed green spaces—too often wealth decides everything.
A Charter for Community Rights will give people real power to shape their neighbourhoods.
Cuts to bus routes, unaffordable housing, trashed green spaces—too often wealth decides everything.
A Charter for Community Rights will give people real power to shape their neighbourhoods.
November 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Communities are routinely at the mercy of profit-chasing companies and dodgy developers.
Cuts to bus routes, unaffordable housing, trashed green spaces—too often wealth decides everything.
A Charter for Community Rights will give people real power to shape their neighbourhoods.
Cuts to bus routes, unaffordable housing, trashed green spaces—too often wealth decides everything.
A Charter for Community Rights will give people real power to shape their neighbourhoods.
Developers have no right to trash our environment—it doesn’t belong to them.
Labour has always understood access to nature is for the many, not a privilege for the few.
We created National Parks and the Green Belt.
Nature is at breaking point—real Labour values will rescue it.
Labour has always understood access to nature is for the many, not a privilege for the few.
We created National Parks and the Green Belt.
Nature is at breaking point—real Labour values will rescue it.
November 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Developers have no right to trash our environment—it doesn’t belong to them.
Labour has always understood access to nature is for the many, not a privilege for the few.
We created National Parks and the Green Belt.
Nature is at breaking point—real Labour values will rescue it.
Labour has always understood access to nature is for the many, not a privilege for the few.
We created National Parks and the Green Belt.
Nature is at breaking point—real Labour values will rescue it.
Green spaces vanish and unaffordable housing goes up when developers call the shots.
A Charter for Community Rights would give local people real power over place-making and the ability to challenge decisions.
Power to the people—not the deepest pockets.
A Charter for Community Rights would give local people real power over place-making and the ability to challenge decisions.
Power to the people—not the deepest pockets.
November 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Green spaces vanish and unaffordable housing goes up when developers call the shots.
A Charter for Community Rights would give local people real power over place-making and the ability to challenge decisions.
Power to the people—not the deepest pockets.
A Charter for Community Rights would give local people real power over place-making and the ability to challenge decisions.
Power to the people—not the deepest pockets.
There is no conflict between housebuilding and nature—the real conflict is between greed and the kind of country we want.
Planning deregulation lets developers put profit before people: cutting quality, hiking prices, and leaving families waiting for council homes.
Planning deregulation lets developers put profit before people: cutting quality, hiking prices, and leaving families waiting for council homes.
November 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
There is no conflict between housebuilding and nature—the real conflict is between greed and the kind of country we want.
Planning deregulation lets developers put profit before people: cutting quality, hiking prices, and leaving families waiting for council homes.
Planning deregulation lets developers put profit before people: cutting quality, hiking prices, and leaving families waiting for council homes.
If we want our national pride back, our political class needs to spend less energy scapegoating refugees and put more into cracking down on flagrant criminal pollution of our countryside.
"Oh dear, what a shame, never mind" isn't good enough. Time for "you're nicked, mate!"
"Oh dear, what a shame, never mind" isn't good enough. Time for "you're nicked, mate!"
November 18, 2025 at 9:41 AM
If we want our national pride back, our political class needs to spend less energy scapegoating refugees and put more into cracking down on flagrant criminal pollution of our countryside.
"Oh dear, what a shame, never mind" isn't good enough. Time for "you're nicked, mate!"
"Oh dear, what a shame, never mind" isn't good enough. Time for "you're nicked, mate!"