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ANNA'S WORK
Delivering change.
NHS
Building an NHS fit for the future.
The 1945 Labour government founded our National Health Service on principles that have stood the test of time:
The best health services should be available, free for all. Money should no longer be the passport to the best treatment. People should get the best that modern science can offer.
For decades the NHS has served us well, with those values enduring. These are the principles that underpin our new Labour government’s plan to reform the NHS.
We are building an NHS fit for the future:
Cutting NHS waiting times with 40,000 more appointments every week
Doubling the number of cancer scanners
Introducing a new Dentistry Rescue Plan
Recruiting 8,500 additional mental health staff
The return of the family doctor
The 1945 Labour government founded our National Health Service on principles that have stood the test of time:
The best health services should be available, free for all. Money should no longer be the passport to the best treatment. People should get the best that modern science can offer.
For decades the NHS has served us well, with those values enduring. These are the principles that underpin our new Labour government’s plan to reform the NHS.
We are building an NHS fit for the future:
Cutting NHS waiting times with 40,000 more appointments every week
Doubling the number of cancer scanners
Introducing a new Dentistry Rescue Plan
Recruiting 8,500 additional mental health staff
The return of the family doctor
Crime and Antisocial Behaviour
Taking back our streets.
Labour has a straightforward vision for policing and criminal justice.
When you call the police, they should come. When you report a crime, it should be properly investigated no matter who you are, or where you live. Police should have the trust of communities. Victims must have faith that justice will be delivered, and criminals will be punished. Prisons should not be academies of crime. These are not outlandish expectations. They are the basics of a safe, secure, law-abiding society.
To do this, we are:
Cracking down on antisocial behaviour with more neighbourhood police
Introducing tough new penalties for offenders
Bringing in a plan to get knives off our streets
Setting up a specialist rape unit in every police force
Funding a new network of Young Futures hubs
Labour has a straightforward vision for policing and criminal justice.
When you call the police, they should come. When you report a crime, it should be properly investigated no matter who you are, or where you live. Police should have the trust of communities. Victims must have faith that justice will be delivered, and criminals will be punished. Prisons should not be academies of crime. These are not outlandish expectations. They are the basics of a safe, secure, law-abiding society.
To do this, we are:
Cracking down on antisocial behaviour with more neighbourhood police
Introducing tough new penalties for offenders
Bringing in a plan to get knives off our streets
Setting up a specialist rape unit in every police force
Funding a new network of Young Futures hubs
Ending Sewage Dumping
Cleaning up our beautiful rivers and coastline in Redcar & Cleveland.
Britain’s coasts, rivers, and lakes are being polluted by illegal sewage dumping. The Conservatives turned a blind eye over 14 years of Government and weakened rather than strengthened regulation, with serious damage being done to our countryside, our tourism industry, and people’s health.
Labour are putting failing water companies under special measures to clean up our water. We are giving regulators new powers to block the payment of bonuses to executives who pollute our waterways and will bring criminal charges against persistent law breakers. We are imposing automatic and severe fines for wrongdoing and ensure independent monitoring of every outlet.
Britain’s coasts, rivers, and lakes are being polluted by illegal sewage dumping. The Conservatives turned a blind eye over 14 years of Government and weakened rather than strengthened regulation, with serious damage being done to our countryside, our tourism industry, and people’s health.
Labour are putting failing water companies under special measures to clean up our water. We are giving regulators new powers to block the payment of bonuses to executives who pollute our waterways and will bring criminal charges against persistent law breakers. We are imposing automatic and severe fines for wrongdoing and ensure independent monitoring of every outlet.
Breaking down barriers to opportunity
Dreaming big for our children here on Teesside.
Labour are already recruiting 6,500 new expert teachers in key subjects
Setting up 3,000 new primary school-based nurseries
Introducing Free breakfast clubs in every primary school
Updating to a modern curriculum so young people are ready for work and life
Funding High-quality apprenticeships and specialist technical colleges
Labour are already recruiting 6,500 new expert teachers in key subjects
Setting up 3,000 new primary school-based nurseries
Introducing Free breakfast clubs in every primary school
Updating to a modern curriculum so young people are ready for work and life
Funding High-quality apprenticeships and specialist technical colleges
Regeneration in Redcar & Cleveland
Supporting our High Streets in TS6 & Redcar.
Labour’s plan for economic growth has been developed for all UK businesses. But small firms, entrepreneurs, and the self- employed face unique challenges. That is why, in partnership, Labour has developed a plan for small businesses – the lifeblood of communities and high streets across the country.
We will take action on late payments to ensure small businesses and the self-employed are paid on time. We will improve guidance and remove barriers to exporting for small businesses. Reform of the British Business Bank, including a stronger mandate to support growth in the regions and nations, will make it easier for small and medium sized enterprises to access capital. We will also reform procurement rules to give them greater access to government contracts.
The Post Office is an essential service in communities across the country. Labour will look for ways to strengthen the Post Office network, in consultation with sub-postmasters, trade unions and customers, and support the development of new products, services and business models, such as banking hubs, that will help reinvigorate the high street.
The current business rates system disincentivises investment, creates uncertainty and places an undue burden on our high streets. In England, Labour will replace the business rates system, so we can raise the same revenue but in a fairer way. This new system will level the playing field between the high street and online giants, better incentivise investment, tackle empty properties and support entrepreneurship.
Labour’s plan for economic growth has been developed for all UK businesses. But small firms, entrepreneurs, and the self- employed face unique challenges. That is why, in partnership, Labour has developed a plan for small businesses – the lifeblood of communities and high streets across the country.
We will take action on late payments to ensure small businesses and the self-employed are paid on time. We will improve guidance and remove barriers to exporting for small businesses. Reform of the British Business Bank, including a stronger mandate to support growth in the regions and nations, will make it easier for small and medium sized enterprises to access capital. We will also reform procurement rules to give them greater access to government contracts.
The Post Office is an essential service in communities across the country. Labour will look for ways to strengthen the Post Office network, in consultation with sub-postmasters, trade unions and customers, and support the development of new products, services and business models, such as banking hubs, that will help reinvigorate the high street.
The current business rates system disincentivises investment, creates uncertainty and places an undue burden on our high streets. In England, Labour will replace the business rates system, so we can raise the same revenue but in a fairer way. This new system will level the playing field between the high street and online giants, better incentivise investment, tackle empty properties and support entrepreneurship.
Standing up for Redcar and Cleveland
Teesside is very much a part of me and what drives me.
I wasn’t born here, but it’s where my heart lies.
I’m a resident of the town like any other.
I use the same shops and roads and services as anyone else.
For me, Redcar and Cleveland is like no other place in the country.
This is one of the most incredible places. It gets into your bloodstream, into your DNA.
It’s a place that likes to stand on its own two feet. It’s full of determination and resilience.
People work hard and conduct themselves with dignity, and I respect that.
Redcar and Cleveland is imbued with history but it has so much potential in its future.
Redcar and Cleveland helped to forge the industrial revolution and it can do that again.
It’s a fact that Teesside has never been as successful as its potential suggests.
There’s always something more to work towards, somewhere further to go.
Right now, Teesside is on the precipice of its greatest potential yet – the energy transition and the push for net zero.
It could be a new industrial revolution, a green revolution.
Once again, Teesside can be at its heart.
It’s a fantastic moment to be involved in the tipping point between past and future – a moment that will embody the transition that the UK and the world is making to a positive industrial future.
I first came here in 2012 and fell in love with Redcar. I was born in Kent and lived in London, but my heart is here.
You’ve got the hustle and bustle of industry, with so much activity on the river and at Wilton, and the contrast of the Eston Hills and the moors beyond. The drama and the tranquillity, side by side.
I was so extremely proud to win the election in 2015 and to win it back in 2024 was a wonderful moment.
In 2015 the steel works closed and a lot of my time was spent supporting the workers alongside the community. It was a really difficult period, a shocking period really.
Good, secure, well-paid jobs were lost. For a lot of people, their identity was tied up with the steel works. We tried to look after people and get them reskilled and retrained, to limit the economic hit to the town as much as possible.
There was amazing resilience and a real sense of community.
In my first period as MP, Labour were in opposition, which was often difficult and frustrating – you come into politics wanting to change the world but in opposition you feel like you are shouting into the void.
And then we lost the election in 2019, and I lost my seat. I didn’t want to move away, this is my home. I didn’t necessarily feel I would come back into politics but I was lucky to find work in the area and was able to stay.
In the end I was honoured by how many people wanted me to stand in 2024 and so, here I am again, MP for Redcar and Cleveland. This time, though, we’re in Government and I feel I can really bang the drum for Redcar and Cleveland and Teesside.
I’m really excited to make sure Redcar and Cleveland, and wider Teesside, are right there in the Government’s thoughts when the big decisions and investments are being made, to ensure the region can be great again.
I wasn’t born here, but it’s where my heart lies.
I’m a resident of the town like any other.
I use the same shops and roads and services as anyone else.
For me, Redcar and Cleveland is like no other place in the country.
This is one of the most incredible places. It gets into your bloodstream, into your DNA.
It’s a place that likes to stand on its own two feet. It’s full of determination and resilience.
People work hard and conduct themselves with dignity, and I respect that.
Redcar and Cleveland is imbued with history but it has so much potential in its future.
Redcar and Cleveland helped to forge the industrial revolution and it can do that again.
It’s a fact that Teesside has never been as successful as its potential suggests.
There’s always something more to work towards, somewhere further to go.
Right now, Teesside is on the precipice of its greatest potential yet – the energy transition and the push for net zero.
It could be a new industrial revolution, a green revolution.
Once again, Teesside can be at its heart.
It’s a fantastic moment to be involved in the tipping point between past and future – a moment that will embody the transition that the UK and the world is making to a positive industrial future.
I first came here in 2012 and fell in love with Redcar. I was born in Kent and lived in London, but my heart is here.
You’ve got the hustle and bustle of industry, with so much activity on the river and at Wilton, and the contrast of the Eston Hills and the moors beyond. The drama and the tranquillity, side by side.
I was so extremely proud to win the election in 2015 and to win it back in 2024 was a wonderful moment.
In 2015 the steel works closed and a lot of my time was spent supporting the workers alongside the community. It was a really difficult period, a shocking period really.
Good, secure, well-paid jobs were lost. For a lot of people, their identity was tied up with the steel works. We tried to look after people and get them reskilled and retrained, to limit the economic hit to the town as much as possible.
There was amazing resilience and a real sense of community.
In my first period as MP, Labour were in opposition, which was often difficult and frustrating – you come into politics wanting to change the world but in opposition you feel like you are shouting into the void.
And then we lost the election in 2019, and I lost my seat. I didn’t want to move away, this is my home. I didn’t necessarily feel I would come back into politics but I was lucky to find work in the area and was able to stay.
In the end I was honoured by how many people wanted me to stand in 2024 and so, here I am again, MP for Redcar and Cleveland. This time, though, we’re in Government and I feel I can really bang the drum for Redcar and Cleveland and Teesside.
I’m really excited to make sure Redcar and Cleveland, and wider Teesside, are right there in the Government’s thoughts when the big decisions and investments are being made, to ensure the region can be great again.
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