First day at work getting office set up. In the meantime if you live in East Renfrewshire and need help with anything drop me a line: [email protected]

Scotland at the heart of a Labour government.

NEW: Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar joins Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer on Downing Street along with Labour's newly-elected Scottish MPs.

Quite a moment - swearing in to start delivering for Swansea 🙏🏻

There “are more people from ordinary backgrounds than has ever been in a Cabinet in British history" ⁦Pat McFadden⁩ tells me on Political Thinking - an extended personal conversation & not a newsy interrogation. 🎧 now on ⁦⁦BBC Sounds⁩ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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This morning I convened experts and campaigners on child poverty to start work immediately on a new, ambitious child poverty strategy. We will work every day across government to reduce child poverty and give every child the best start in life.

Secretary of State for Scotland Ian Murray MP on the King's Speech ⬇️ Find out what it means for Scotland at gov.uk/government/new…

We look forward to the coming opportunities under new CEO Bill Rammell, and celebrates the amazing legacy of founder, Michael Davies parallelhistories.org.uk/new-ceo/

Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West has massive potential to contribute to the Government’s clean energy mission. Today I asked Ed Miliband about his plans to make sure every part of the country can benefit.

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📢 It’s official - Councillor Richard Olszewski has been confirmed as our new Council Leader! Find out more 🔽 news.camden.gov.uk/richard-olszew…

Why do presenters, even the estimable Evan Davis, persist in talking about the North East meaning Newcastle/Gateshead rather than Aberdeenshire/Moray? Lazy geography.

🗣️ I’ll be holding my first constituency advice surgeries in Hertford and Stortford in August! 📆 Sat 3rd August - Bishop’s Stortford 📆 Sat 24th August - Hertford To book an appointment please fill out this form and my office will get back in touch with you confirming details

Brilliant to speak with Bridget Phillipson about how we can spread opportunity across Scotland and the UK. Really proud of the work she’s done so far as Secretary of State.

During the women’s 1500m medal ceremony tonight, I was next to a couple wearing “Team Georgia Bell” T-shirts. After the ceremony, I asked the woman how she was connected to Georgia. “I’m her mother.” The two of them soft-spoken, but obviously bursting with pride.

A huge success for the determination of John and Lorna Norgrove LindaNorgroveFoundation⁩ as 20 female medical students win UK visas to beat Taliban’s study ban. They are due to arrive in Scotland this week. thetimes.com/article/ae88e9…

Thousands of audiences Edinburgh Festival Fringe hearing today about Scottish Government The SNP shameful cuts to the arts via Creative Scotland National Theatre of Scotland give powerful message to Shona Robison MSP sort it out! #noartwithoutartists

"The asylum and the Rwanda policy is one of the great failures of state craft of the past decade" Philip Collins

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