Labour Towns

We are Labour MPs, Councillors and members campaigning for a fairer deal for towns.

[Labour Towns @LabourTowns]

We are Labour MPs, Councillors and members campaigning for a fairer deal for towns. Join us here: https://t.co/oJmuGhK10p

[John Healey @JohnHealey_MP]

You couldn’t make it up: latest Tory PR stunt for towns is launched… in the city of Wolverhampton

[Guardian news @guardiannews]

Town of the Year push falls flat after failure to realise site is a city https://t.co/tp4edVGDGk

[Tracy Brabin WY 🌹 @TracyBrabin]

NEW: Culture has the power to heal communities and reconcile division.

Let me know if you agree 👇

https://t.co/r1eYFFiC7O

[Labour Towns @LabourTowns]

Great to see Local Authorities taking this initiative forward!

[Lisa Nandy MP @lisanandy]

Place, identity, history and culture matter. Being part of Greater Manchester doesn’t have to mean losing the rich heritage of our towns. Looking forward to launching #GMTownOfCulture with @AndyBurnhamGM today

[Gordon Marsden MBE @GordonMarsden]

@LabourTowns @UKLabour This is a fantastic initiative @UKLabour. Would be great for Blackpool & far outstrips the Tory proposals which are derisory substitutes for the £700 m + funding taken away by Tory Govts since 2010 & EU funding which we wil lose under Johnson’s Brexit.

[Jo Platt MP @JoPlattLeigh]

This is great for our constituency 👏 👏👏👏

[Laura Smith @LauraSmithCrewe]

Great for towns like Crewe and Nantwich 👇

[Helen Goodman @HelenGoodmanBA]

We could win this!

[Tracy Brabin WY 🌹 @TracyBrabin]

Very happy to see #townofculture in our radical manifesto. Culture isn’t just nice to have, it’s a vital contributor to our wellbeing, pride and sense of belonging. #VoteLabourDecember12 @LabourTowns

[Yvette Cooper @YvetteCooperMP]

A year ago @LabourTowns proposed an investment plan for our towns and a Town of Culture award to celebrate our heritage and communities - now they are in @UKLabour manifesto #OnYourSide #LabourManifesto19

[Labour Towns @LabourTowns]

Great to see @UKLabour commit to a Town of Culture after our campaign🎉🎉🎉

Labours Towns offer also includes:
👍1bn Cultural Capital Fund for towns to transform libraries, museums & galleries
👍Fairer distribution of National Lottery funding so communities get a fair share

[Jill Rutter @jillyrutter.bsky.social 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @jillyrutter]

A huge loss. Although I live in London I have connections with Wrexham. I have seen the impacts of Ian's work and his championing of @LabourTowns

[Tracy Brabin WY 🌹 @TracyBrabin]

@IanCLucas @WRX_Labour Really sorry to hear this. Your passion for Wrexham was always genuine and deeply enthusiastic in all our @LabourTowns meetings. They were lucky to have had such a fantastic MP and whenever the GE comes you can step to one side knowing you’ve given your all.

[Lord Hanson of Flint Labour Peer & Minister @RTHondavehanson]

I welcome this - the ⁦@LabourTowns⁩ group met with lottery to press for greater transparency on ticket sales to ensure that the lottery didn’t distribute funds unevenly -Labour promises National Lottery shake-up with more cash to biggest sales areas https://t.co/mXxO40ooLm

[Lisa Nandy MP @lisanandy]

We sometimes hear the view that deprivation is primarily a city issue. This blows that argument apart. Many of our towns, especially coastal towns, are the most deprived in the country. Without fairer investment and real political power this will continue. Things must change

[Andrew Achilleos @AndyAchilleos]

Packed out fringe at #Lab19 about devolving economic power to our towns, tapping into a vote that all parties have neglected for 40yrs - arguably a catalyst of Brexit! Great contributions from @lisanandy @JimfromOldham @MayorJd4

[Cardtronics UK @Cardtronics_UK]

A third of all UK bank branches closed in the past five years according to @whichmoney with rural areas worst hit. Interesting news on the day @Labourtowns published a “Fair deal for our towns”. https://t.co/9ACE63FZEO

[Tracy Brabin WY 🌹 @TracyBrabin]

Great event and lots of ❤️ for @LabourTowns

[Will Brett @williamdbrett]

Was a pleasure to speak at the launch of the @LabourTowns manifesto with @YvetteCooperMP @TracyBrabin @TanDhesi @SharonStevenage and @MJWheeler85. Towns towns towns! #lab19

[Labour Towns @LabourTowns]

@YvetteCooperMP “The tories approach to Towns is failing because it is a sticking plaster, there is no long term plans for investing in our towns”

[Labour Towns @LabourTowns]

We’re just about to kick off our conference event, let us know in the replies any questions for the panel!

[Labour Towns @LabourTowns]

.@TanDhesi “our towns are the hardest hit by austerity we have higher levels of children who are malnourished and in poverty. That’s why Towns need to be the heart of Labour’s manifesto”