Alex Ballinger MP

Labour MP for Halesowen | Formerly @RoyalMarines & @FCDOGovUK

[Greg Bagwell @gregbagwell]

Angus, as an ex Regiment officer should be acutely aware of the methods for protecting large aircraft. As no aircraft have been attacked, the intelligence community should be congratulated on spotting threats before they can attack. But not all threats are foreign….

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On Armistice Day, I paused and reflected on the members of my family who served.

Every family will have relatives who served. What is your family's story?

[GB News @GBNEWS]

‘It means more to me the further I get away from my own service.’

Security Minister Dan Jarvis MP speaks to @PatrickChristys and reflects on his military career and what Armistice Day means to him.

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Cyber Security is National Security 🌐🇬🇧

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I am appalled to hear petty thieves have shamelessly stolen such an important piece of our local community.

[BBC Midlands @bbcmtd]

Thieves steal from town's Remembrance display https://t.co/K18d4nkYwm

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It was a privilege to attend St Peter's Church in Cradley to honour those who gave their lives so we could enjoy the freedoms we have today.

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On Friday, I joined with residents at Shell Corner for a ceremony to lay a wreath and commemorate those who have fallen.

Lest we forget.

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'At the going down of the sun and in the morning. We will remember them'

Honouring Halesowen's fallen in the House of Commons' Garden of Remembrance.

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The immigration system must work for the British taxpayer.

Listen to my recent discussion about the Government's new reforms below👇🏻

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@jimrobbins Congratulations Jim! Excellent appointment!

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As a nation, we can learn a great deal from our Allies when it comes to civil preparedness. Listen to my recent speech below👇🏻

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Statement on Cllr Caley Ashman's apology.

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Over the weekend, I joined the Halesowen Detachment of the Hereford & Worcester Army Cadet Force (ACF) along with their colour sergeant, Dave Jacobs, in the Cornbow to support the @PoppyLegion.

Like other cadet forces up and down the Country, the Halesowen Detachment is supporting the important work of the RBL. If you see the poppy appeal about, please support them!

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For this reason, I back Andy Burnham's plans to launch a new National Care Service that will tackle these long-standing issues.

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As part of Hospice Care Week, I recently attended a Hospice UK drop-in event in Parliament. We discussed the growing pressures on UK hospices and the need to ensure everyone can access the right care when they need it.

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A powerful, important programme from @Channel4 and Bradley Walsh last night, illustrating and exposing the techniques gambling companies use: to keep people playing, chasing their losses, and compounding them.

Behind these tactics are real people, families and lives devastated by gambling harm. Patrick’s story was a sobering reminder of the human cost.

We need to challenge the normalisation of gambling harms and keep driving for reforms to hold the industry accountable.

Thank you to everyone involved in Million Pound Shot for bringing these issue into the national spotlight.

Watch here:
https://t.co/OnBCrY0Jfz

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Excellent result in Dudley for our brilliant Labour candidate Caroline Reid!

Clear victory for local campaigning vs Reform’s foreign donations being thrown at the seat.

[electionmapsuk @electionmapsuk]

St James (Dudley) Council By-Election Result:

🌹 LAB: 38.0% (+16.2)
➡️ RFM: 37.9% (-11.0)
🌳 CON: 13.8% (-0.1)
◼️ RES: 6.9% (New)
🌍 GRN: 3.4% (-7.2)

No LDM (-3.9) or TUSC (-0.9) as previous.

Labour GAIN from Reform UK.
Changes w/ 2026.

[Joe Powell MP @josephpowell]

When you appear on GB News to talk about the budget and everyone agrees with our Labour policy to lift 70,000 more high street businesses out of paying business rates, funded by Adult Gaming Centres (24/7 slot machines) and vape stores...

[BBC Newsnight @BBCNewsnight]

"I had a list of seven or eight things that I suggested to the Chancellor and I've been pretty gobsmacked that five of them were in the budget."

Martin Lewis, Founder of Money Saving Expert, reacts to Chancellor John Healey's first budget.

#Newsnight

[Alex Ballinger MP @AlexBallingerMP]

I warmly welcome the Chancellor’s decision to increase the standard rate of Machine Games Duty from 20% to 25% on high-harm machines, as well as excluding adult gaming centres from business rates relief. These are important steps towards putting our communities first and ensuring the tax system better reflects the risks posed by rapid-play, addictive machines.

Gambling can devastate lives, tear families apart and leave communities bearing the cost. The Chancellor is right to act – supporting our high streets should mean backing local businesses that help them thrive, not serving the interests of the gambling industry.

We must now build on today’s progress with stronger protections. That means swiftly delivering the Government’s commitment to end ‘aim to permit’ and giving councils greater control over the spread of adult gaming centres. It also means tougher action from the Gambling Commission to enforce existing safeguards, alongside further reforms to close loopholes and bolster player protections.

This is about fairness and whose interests we put first. For Halesowen and communities across the country, our high streets should serve local people – and I look forward to working with the Government in bringing forward these important changes.