Sarah Smith MP
@sarahsmithlab.bsky.social
Labour Member of Parliament for Hyndburn and Haslingden. Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee member. Opportunity Mission Champion. Mum and wife ✝️🌹🇬🇧🏴
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We’re updating what children learn at school so they’re ready for the modern world.
That means strong foundations, plus new skills like spotting fake news online and understanding money, and access to arts and sport.
Find out more. 👇
That means strong foundations, plus new skills like spotting fake news online and understanding money, and access to arts and sport.
Find out more. 👇
November 5, 2025 at 9:34 AM
We’re updating what children learn at school so they’re ready for the modern world.
That means strong foundations, plus new skills like spotting fake news online and understanding money, and access to arts and sport.
Find out more. 👇
That means strong foundations, plus new skills like spotting fake news online and understanding money, and access to arts and sport.
Find out more. 👇
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This morning at Labour Party Conference, our panel is looking at the attainment gap and asking why disadvantaged pupils are behind their peers.
Chaired by @nickharrison73.bsky.social, we are joined by @sarahsmithlab.bsky.social, @childrenscomm.bsky.social, and @danielkebedeneu.bsky.social
Chaired by @nickharrison73.bsky.social, we are joined by @sarahsmithlab.bsky.social, @childrenscomm.bsky.social, and @danielkebedeneu.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 8:17 AM
This morning at Labour Party Conference, our panel is looking at the attainment gap and asking why disadvantaged pupils are behind their peers.
Chaired by @nickharrison73.bsky.social, we are joined by @sarahsmithlab.bsky.social, @childrenscomm.bsky.social, and @danielkebedeneu.bsky.social
Chaired by @nickharrison73.bsky.social, we are joined by @sarahsmithlab.bsky.social, @childrenscomm.bsky.social, and @danielkebedeneu.bsky.social
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From our panel with @impetus.org.uk, Opportunity Mission Champion @sarahsmithlab.bsky.social MP suggests that children's phone use is one of the greatest challenges facing children, and a worsening factor in the school attendance crisis.
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Children’s phone use the ‘public health emergency of our generation’, says Labour MP – LabourList
Sarah Smith MP has labelled children's phone use as the "public health emergency of our generation," suggesting the digital dangers posed to them are worse…
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September 30, 2025 at 8:27 AM
From our panel with @impetus.org.uk, Opportunity Mission Champion @sarahsmithlab.bsky.social MP suggests that children's phone use is one of the greatest challenges facing children, and a worsening factor in the school attendance crisis.
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7/13 📚School absences are on the rise since Covid. Join LabourList & @impetus.org.uk for a panel on the scale, stories, and reforms needed to turn the crisis around.
Featuring @tommiddlehurst.bsky.social, @sarahsmithlab.bsky.social, @avneem.bsky.social, and @helenhayes.bsky.social.
Featuring @tommiddlehurst.bsky.social, @sarahsmithlab.bsky.social, @avneem.bsky.social, and @helenhayes.bsky.social.
September 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
7/13 📚School absences are on the rise since Covid. Join LabourList & @impetus.org.uk for a panel on the scale, stories, and reforms needed to turn the crisis around.
Featuring @tommiddlehurst.bsky.social, @sarahsmithlab.bsky.social, @avneem.bsky.social, and @helenhayes.bsky.social.
Featuring @tommiddlehurst.bsky.social, @sarahsmithlab.bsky.social, @avneem.bsky.social, and @helenhayes.bsky.social.
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Lucy Connolly, a woman who admitted inciting racial hatred after using social media to post about setting fire to hotels housing asylum seekers is to speak at the Reform UK Conference today. That spells out all you need to know about Reform UK and their dangerous, hateful agenda.
September 6, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Lucy Connolly, a woman who admitted inciting racial hatred after using social media to post about setting fire to hotels housing asylum seekers is to speak at the Reform UK Conference today. That spells out all you need to know about Reform UK and their dangerous, hateful agenda.
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Democrat @raskin.house.gov excoriates Nigel Farage for banning journalists from Reform UK events:
"I'm asking you a direct question. Why do you ban journalists who oppose your views from coming to your events? Why did you tell local government not to do interviews with your local newspaper?"
"I'm asking you a direct question. Why do you ban journalists who oppose your views from coming to your events? Why did you tell local government not to do interviews with your local newspaper?"
September 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Democrat @raskin.house.gov excoriates Nigel Farage for banning journalists from Reform UK events:
"I'm asking you a direct question. Why do you ban journalists who oppose your views from coming to your events? Why did you tell local government not to do interviews with your local newspaper?"
"I'm asking you a direct question. Why do you ban journalists who oppose your views from coming to your events? Why did you tell local government not to do interviews with your local newspaper?"
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"This tragedy must end now – immediately and decisively. Every political hesitation, every attempt at justification of the horrors being committed under international watch will forever be judged as a collective failure to preserve humanity in war."
Rare to see an @icrc.org statement like this.
Rare to see an @icrc.org statement like this.
July 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
"This tragedy must end now – immediately and decisively. Every political hesitation, every attempt at justification of the horrors being committed under international watch will forever be judged as a collective failure to preserve humanity in war."
Rare to see an @icrc.org statement like this.
Rare to see an @icrc.org statement like this.
Bizarre things from Reform this morning on Politics Nw:
1) SEND is caused by immigrants and mental health
2) James McMurdock who has submitted himself for investigation for £70k of alleged covid fraud is ‘honourable’
3) Jake Berry (who was Liz Truss’s right hand man) is a principled man
1) SEND is caused by immigrants and mental health
2) James McMurdock who has submitted himself for investigation for £70k of alleged covid fraud is ‘honourable’
3) Jake Berry (who was Liz Truss’s right hand man) is a principled man
July 13, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Bizarre things from Reform this morning on Politics Nw:
1) SEND is caused by immigrants and mental health
2) James McMurdock who has submitted himself for investigation for £70k of alleged covid fraud is ‘honourable’
3) Jake Berry (who was Liz Truss’s right hand man) is a principled man
1) SEND is caused by immigrants and mental health
2) James McMurdock who has submitted himself for investigation for £70k of alleged covid fraud is ‘honourable’
3) Jake Berry (who was Liz Truss’s right hand man) is a principled man
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Children growing up in our country deserve the best start in life.
Building on the legacy of Sure Start, we’re opening Best Start Family Hubs in every local authority.
That’s the difference Labour makes.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Building on the legacy of Sure Start, we’re opening Best Start Family Hubs in every local authority.
That’s the difference Labour makes.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
One-stop family hubs to be opened in all English council areas
Government announces £500m project to provide single-point of access for health, education and wellbeing services
www.theguardian.com
July 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Children growing up in our country deserve the best start in life.
Building on the legacy of Sure Start, we’re opening Best Start Family Hubs in every local authority.
That’s the difference Labour makes.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Building on the legacy of Sure Start, we’re opening Best Start Family Hubs in every local authority.
That’s the difference Labour makes.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Today was Accrington Carnival and I was chatting to people about the future of the Accy Vic hospital with Elmore. If you’ve not had your say, you’ve got until tomorrow to do so!
June 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Today was Accrington Carnival and I was chatting to people about the future of the Accy Vic hospital with Elmore. If you’ve not had your say, you’ve got until tomorrow to do so!
Great to be out chatting to residents and picking up case work in Rishton today 🌹
June 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Great to be out chatting to residents and picking up case work in Rishton today 🌹
I did not get called to speak in today’s debate on Assisted Dying. Below outlines why I decided to vote against it.
June 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I did not get called to speak in today’s debate on Assisted Dying. Below outlines why I decided to vote against it.
Nigel Farage needs to Suspend him now and withdraw the whip - this stuff isn’t complicated
www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/2524461...
www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/2524461...
More calls to suspend Reform UK councillor over claim over murder suspect
Fresh calls for the suspension of an Accrington Reform UK councillor have been made over unfounded claims about a murder suspect.
www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
June 19, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Nigel Farage needs to Suspend him now and withdraw the whip - this stuff isn’t complicated
www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/2524461...
www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/2524461...
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"I'm disappointed by it, to put it mildly."
"I felt the opposition could have just [said]: 'yes, we will all come together behind you'."
Baroness Louise Casey, author of the Government's audit on grooming gangs, condemns the "politicisation" of the conversation.
#Newsnight
"I felt the opposition could have just [said]: 'yes, we will all come together behind you'."
Baroness Louise Casey, author of the Government's audit on grooming gangs, condemns the "politicisation" of the conversation.
#Newsnight
June 17, 2025 at 11:22 AM
"I'm disappointed by it, to put it mildly."
"I felt the opposition could have just [said]: 'yes, we will all come together behind you'."
Baroness Louise Casey, author of the Government's audit on grooming gangs, condemns the "politicisation" of the conversation.
#Newsnight
"I felt the opposition could have just [said]: 'yes, we will all come together behind you'."
Baroness Louise Casey, author of the Government's audit on grooming gangs, condemns the "politicisation" of the conversation.
#Newsnight
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Today in Parliament I spoke against the #AssistedDyingBill.
This is a deeply flawed Bill, and the truth is that in seeking to give choice to some, it risks causing new harm to a much larger, vulnerable group of our citizens.
This is a deeply flawed Bill, and the truth is that in seeking to give choice to some, it risks causing new harm to a much larger, vulnerable group of our citizens.
June 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Today in Parliament I spoke against the #AssistedDyingBill.
This is a deeply flawed Bill, and the truth is that in seeking to give choice to some, it risks causing new harm to a much larger, vulnerable group of our citizens.
This is a deeply flawed Bill, and the truth is that in seeking to give choice to some, it risks causing new harm to a much larger, vulnerable group of our citizens.
Looking forward to a big day of exciting announcements with the spending review. Investing to make sure everyone is better off and fixing our public services.
Starting off with a whooping £39bn investment into affordable housing 🙏
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
Starting off with a whooping £39bn investment into affordable housing 🙏
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
June 11, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Looking forward to a big day of exciting announcements with the spending review. Investing to make sure everyone is better off and fixing our public services.
Starting off with a whooping £39bn investment into affordable housing 🙏
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
Starting off with a whooping £39bn investment into affordable housing 🙏
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
This is really disappointing - and totally wrong. As a working mum I know that sometimes the best or only option is to take my child with me - and we need to be providing inclusive spaces not least in the male dominated tech world.
June 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
This is really disappointing - and totally wrong. As a working mum I know that sometimes the best or only option is to take my child with me - and we need to be providing inclusive spaces not least in the male dominated tech world.
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We have published a report, Equality at work: paternity and shared parental leave.
We found that the current system is broken, and have a number of recommendations to help fix it ⬇️
We found that the current system is broken, and have a number of recommendations to help fix it ⬇️
June 10, 2025 at 7:34 AM
We have published a report, Equality at work: paternity and shared parental leave.
We found that the current system is broken, and have a number of recommendations to help fix it ⬇️
We found that the current system is broken, and have a number of recommendations to help fix it ⬇️
This Labour Government is delivering a huge uplift in education funding. This is just one step to ensuring we break down the barriers to opportunity for every child and young person.
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Surprise extra £4.5bn for schools as Reeves goes to wire ...
More money for SEND reforms and teachers’ pay while health and defence are big winners in spending review
observer.co.uk
June 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This Labour Government is delivering a huge uplift in education funding. This is just one step to ensuring we break down the barriers to opportunity for every child and young person.
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
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🚨 NEW: Labour is lifting 100,000 children out of poverty by expanding access to free school meals.
Alongside free breakfast clubs, cheaper uniform costs and government-funded childcare, Labour is putting money in parents’ pockets and giving children the best start in life.
Alongside free breakfast clubs, cheaper uniform costs and government-funded childcare, Labour is putting money in parents’ pockets and giving children the best start in life.
June 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
🚨 NEW: Labour is lifting 100,000 children out of poverty by expanding access to free school meals.
Alongside free breakfast clubs, cheaper uniform costs and government-funded childcare, Labour is putting money in parents’ pockets and giving children the best start in life.
Alongside free breakfast clubs, cheaper uniform costs and government-funded childcare, Labour is putting money in parents’ pockets and giving children the best start in life.
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We know good practice that properly supports children with SEND exists, but for far too many families that’s not their experience.
We must spread the best practice and build excellence for every child, everywhere.
A better system is possible. Great to speak with @dcpcampaign.bsky.social
We must spread the best practice and build excellence for every child, everywhere.
A better system is possible. Great to speak with @dcpcampaign.bsky.social
May 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
We know good practice that properly supports children with SEND exists, but for far too many families that’s not their experience.
We must spread the best practice and build excellence for every child, everywhere.
A better system is possible. Great to speak with @dcpcampaign.bsky.social
We must spread the best practice and build excellence for every child, everywhere.
A better system is possible. Great to speak with @dcpcampaign.bsky.social
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👶One day to go - free tickets available here 👇
🌹The LabourList team are excited to announce we'll be holding a special online event, in partnership with the
@parentinfantfdn.bsky.social , to discuss what the Labour Missions mean for babies?👶
Get your free tickets by clicking the link below! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-do-th...
@parentinfantfdn.bsky.social , to discuss what the Labour Missions mean for babies?👶
Get your free tickets by clicking the link below! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-do-th...
What do the Labour Missions mean for babies?
Join LabourList and the Parent-Infant Foundation to discuss what the Labour Missions mean for babies.
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May 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
👶One day to go - free tickets available here 👇
Today at #PMQs I asked Keir Starmer about the governments reforms for the SEND system which is failing far too many children, parents and teachers in Hyndburn.
May 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Today at #PMQs I asked Keir Starmer about the governments reforms for the SEND system which is failing far too many children, parents and teachers in Hyndburn.
After 14 years of failure, the SEND system is in crisis and it’s critical for the Government to fix it.
There is no magic wand we can wave but it was great to hear people’s experiences and to discuss ideas for how we can improve it at Progressive Britain’s conference
@darrenpaffey.bsky.social
There is no magic wand we can wave but it was great to hear people’s experiences and to discuss ideas for how we can improve it at Progressive Britain’s conference
@darrenpaffey.bsky.social
May 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
After 14 years of failure, the SEND system is in crisis and it’s critical for the Government to fix it.
There is no magic wand we can wave but it was great to hear people’s experiences and to discuss ideas for how we can improve it at Progressive Britain’s conference
@darrenpaffey.bsky.social
There is no magic wand we can wave but it was great to hear people’s experiences and to discuss ideas for how we can improve it at Progressive Britain’s conference
@darrenpaffey.bsky.social
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Proud to speak today at the Progressive Britain Conference, setting out the ambition we have and the challenge we face.
Only Labour has the ideas today to shape tomorrow together. #PBC25
Only Labour has the ideas today to shape tomorrow together. #PBC25
May 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Proud to speak today at the Progressive Britain Conference, setting out the ambition we have and the challenge we face.
Only Labour has the ideas today to shape tomorrow together. #PBC25
Only Labour has the ideas today to shape tomorrow together. #PBC25