It’s been 63 years since suicide was decriminalised in the UK. But so many of us still use the term ‘commit suicide’. Why does it matter? Language that links suicide and crime can increase stigma and prevent people struggling with suicidal thoughts from speaking out. If we

Keeping Britain Warm while Saving Cash and Carbon: Delivering on Labour’s Net Zero Goals in the Home 📅 Tuesday 24 September, 10:30-11:30 Join LCEF and EDF (UK) at #Lab24 to discuss policy mechanisms for Labour to deliver on its Net Zero goals.

We are over halfway through Heritage Open Days! 4 days to go! What events have you been to? What did you discover? Let us know in the comments! ⬇️ Download the full Heritage Open Days programme and discover the 234 events happening across our city: pulse.ly/pwecsdcgnt

MK Council’s Bletchley East ward by-election is in full swing! Lots of Milton Keynes Labour members and volunteers out and about campaigning for the wonderful Saskia ❤️Weather is a little up and down but everyone’s in good spirits 🌹

Gutted that my plans to spend the day campaigning turned into lying sick in bed, but I’m so proud of the Milton Keynes Labour team today. I’m so excited by the prospect of having Saskia join us on the council - anyone who knows her knows how talented and brilliant she is 🌹🌹

Delighted to be passing over the mantle as youngest councillor on MK City Council to Saskia ❤️🌹 Saskia is an absolute force of nature - she’s talented, kind and intelligent. She will make a brilliant councillor and has an incredibly bright future ahead of her 🌟

Our Young People’s Opportunities Fair returns to MK in October. Young people (aged 16 – 25) can find out more about volunteering, work experience, education and training opportunities and how to apply for them. No need to book.

It’s going to be a big one! 🎤

Solar power will be crucial to meeting our mission for clean power by 2030. It’s one of the cheapest, most readily-deployable energy sources we have. That’s why we’re getting on with delivering more solar. For energy security, good jobs, lower bills, and climate leadership.

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride, Milton Keynes! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 Our MPs and councillors have been out at Milton Keynes Pride Festival today enjoying the event and the fantastic atmosphere! We are proud to stand with our LGBT+ community.

🚨🚨 Labour Councillors 🚨🚨 You only have until 12pm on Tuesday to vote in Labour’s NEC elections - which includes our Local Government Reps 👇 I’m pleased to be supporting Claire Holland and Peter Wheeler - who will ensure our voices are heard on the NEC. Get voting!🗳️

Our city is poorer with Robin no longer in it. He was an exceptional public servant, and an exceptionally kind man. All of us on Milton Keynes City Council are devastated by this loss, and our thoughts are with his family at this difficult time.

"Local authorities up and down the country have had to turn to innovative ways of delivering for their communities, and in many cases we find ourselves turning to co-operative ideas in our quest to build thriving places." ✏️ Shanika Mahendran party.coop/2024/09/10/665…

We’re so saddened to hear about the sudden passing of Cllr Robin Bradbury at the Liberal Democrat Conference in Brighton this weekend. Our thoughts are with his friends, family, and colleagues, and the communities and lives he touched during his time working in local government.

I’m putting the climate and nature emergency at the centre of UK foreign policy. Watch my speech today live on here at 11.45 am.

In local government, we've shown how co-operative values and ideas can help communities in the difficult times we find ourselves in. As a new Labour Government looks to implement these ideas, I've shared some of our experience in Milton Keynes 👇

“In the last few years, something went badly wrong. Badly wrong in our national debate on climate change and net zero.” A really brave speech from David Lammy, his first major one as Foreign Secretary, on the fundamental importance of tackling the climate and nature crisis.

Great to see the final report from IPPR's Commission on Public Health published earlier today. Please see below for some thoughts from Shanika Mahendran, our Programme Manager for Air Quality and Transport ➡️

↘️ Milton Keynes x Lyon ↘️ 🌆 Excited to share that Milton Keynes is joining the European NetZeroCities programme, an ambitious city-to-city initiative designed to accelerate efforts to address climate change, where we’ll partner with Lyon. Read more 👉 milton-keynes.gov.uk/news/2024/city…

🏡 Great to see that the first meeting of Labour’s New Towns Taskforce was held today in Milton Keynes - where else? 🏙️ As Britain’s largest and most successful post-war New Town, there is a lot to be learned from Milton Keynes. gov.uk/government/new…