I welcome the government’s announcement of an independent investigation into the rise in youth inactivity. Led by former Health Secretary Alan Milburn, this review is long overdue and urgently needed.

Today marks a welcome announcement from central government – Great British Energy is funding new solar panels for three local schools.

As parents here in Blackpool South we want our children to have every chance to succeed. Under the Tories our children have been left without the qualifications, skills or opportunities to get ahead. So I’m proud to back Labour’s landmark reforms to the national curriculum.

As Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Hospitality and Tourism, I’ve led colleagues from across Parliament, to call for urgent action to support one of the UK’s most vital industries.

Over the past year, I have had the privilege of taking part in the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme, allowing me to spend time directly with members of our Armed Forces. What struck me most was not just the skill, professionalism and the extraordinary capability of our military personnel, but their humility, quiet sense of duty and the absence of ego.

The Labour Government has extended the Warm Home Discount meaning more families in Blackpool will now get £150 off their energy bills this winter. Letters telling people about their eligibility should be arriving over the next few days – please look out for yours.

New government data shows seven neighbourhoods in Blackpool among the top 10 most deprived in the country. This is a reminder of the consequences of decades of neglect but these figures do not define us. We are a resilient, creative community with real strengths and potential.

The Prime Minister has written to me to thank me for helping to get the Typhoon deal with Türkiye over the line. This is more than just a defence deal – it’s jobs, skills and livelihoods here on the Fylde Coast, across Lancashire and the UK.

Women represent more than half of the population, and between reproductive health, pregnancy and birth, longer life expectancy they are more likely to need medical care across their lifetime. But there’s a huge gender bias in medicine means women’s symptoms often go under-recognised or misdiagnosed. Too many women have been ignored, dismissed or told to just get on with it. That ends now.

My office regularly hears from people living in unfit housing. I’ve fought for those tenants, pushed the council and housing providers to act and helped people move into safe homes. Now, with this new law, they won’t have to rely on luck or persistence alone. They’ll have rights on their side.

This week’s Cost of a Child 2025 report from the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) makes for grim but essential reading. It confirms what is already clear to us in Blackpool – families are being priced out of a basic standard of living and government policy is making it worse.

In my first year as your MP I’ve visited nearly every school across Blackpool South and one issue has come up more than any other – support for children with special educational needs and disabilities, or SEND.

One of the best outcomes of my Beyond the Prom tour this summer was working with Enveco, our local environmental team. We spotted problems from fly tipping to dog fouling and overgrown weeds and they cleared them.

The new NHS Online Hospital will let you be referred straight from your GP into a national online system. That means you can see a specialist online within days, not months.

I’ve joined other Labour MPs from coastal towns to demand action from the government. We want a proper plan to bring good jobs and opportunity back to places like Blackpool.

This week in Parliament, I called on the Communities Minister to make sure the full £1.5 million Pride in Place Impact Fund for Blackpool is spent in South Shore.

I’ve long said that Blackpool has the answers to its own problems and when MPs from the Health and Social Care Committee came to Blackpool this summer, I was proud to demonstrate to them exactly what I mean. What they found, in fact, were perhaps answers to the whole country’s problems – at least when it comes to the first 1,000 days of life.

The government has launched a four-week review of outdated pub licensing rules that are holding our town back. And I want you to have your say.