Patrick Hurley
@patrickhurley.bsky.social
Working class bloke, just trying to make a bit of a positive difference. MP for Southport.
www.patrickhurley.uk
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November 28, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Deeply committed to Liverpool’s regional economic identity as a purpose-led business hotspot, Patrick reflects on some of the region’s exemplar community businesses and what’s up for grabs if the govt makes good on its promise.
• Economic growth
• Civic renewal
• Social inclusion
• Empowerment
• Economic growth
• Civic renewal
• Social inclusion
• Empowerment
November 28, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Deeply committed to Liverpool’s regional economic identity as a purpose-led business hotspot, Patrick reflects on some of the region’s exemplar community businesses and what’s up for grabs if the govt makes good on its promise.
• Economic growth
• Civic renewal
• Social inclusion
• Empowerment
• Economic growth
• Civic renewal
• Social inclusion
• Empowerment
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To wrap up Budget week - which saw direct mention of cooperative business in the Chancellor's statement - we are spotlighting a brad new new essay from @patrickhurley.bsky.social, MP for Southport and Chair of the APPG for The Social Cooperative and Community Economy. Link below 👇
November 28, 2025 at 10:16 AM
To wrap up Budget week - which saw direct mention of cooperative business in the Chancellor's statement - we are spotlighting a brad new new essay from @patrickhurley.bsky.social, MP for Southport and Chair of the APPG for The Social Cooperative and Community Economy. Link below 👇
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❌ "Brexit has made touring the EU almost impossible and grassroots venues are continuing to close."
"Does she recognise that without meaningful action, we risk creating a music industry where only the privileged and rich can afford to build a career?"
"Does she recognise that without meaningful action, we risk creating a music industry where only the privileged and rich can afford to build a career?"
November 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
❌ "Brexit has made touring the EU almost impossible and grassroots venues are continuing to close."
"Does she recognise that without meaningful action, we risk creating a music industry where only the privileged and rich can afford to build a career?"
"Does she recognise that without meaningful action, we risk creating a music industry where only the privileged and rich can afford to build a career?"
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The new Office for the Impact Economy will bring investors together with people doing good work in their local communities to help unlock investment.
I recently saw how this type of investment delivered new nurseries - making a difference to local families and their children.
I recently saw how this type of investment delivered new nurseries - making a difference to local families and their children.
November 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The new Office for the Impact Economy will bring investors together with people doing good work in their local communities to help unlock investment.
I recently saw how this type of investment delivered new nurseries - making a difference to local families and their children.
I recently saw how this type of investment delivered new nurseries - making a difference to local families and their children.
Faulty and inaccessible defibrillators linked to dozens of deaths | The Observer
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November 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Even more to come from @politicshome.bsky.social on Twitter tonight... stay tuned 👀
🚨 Labour MPs are calling for a minister-led review of the government’s use of X, warning it poses growing risks to democracy and public safety
@politicshome.bsky.social understands a review is currently being carried out by officials, but without ministerial oversight
@politicshome.bsky.social understands a review is currently being carried out by officials, but without ministerial oversight
Labour MPs Call For A More Serious Review Of The Government's Use Of X
Labour MPs are calling for ministers to take control of decisions over the government’s continued use of X, as concerns grow about the platform’s s...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Even more to come from @politicshome.bsky.social on Twitter tonight... stay tuned 👀
A pleasure to be at @powertochange.org.uk’s launch of their From The Ground Up essay collection tonight, and an honour to have been asked to contribute.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A pleasure to be at @powertochange.org.uk’s launch of their From The Ground Up essay collection tonight, and an honour to have been asked to contribute.
www.powertochange.org.uk/event/event-...
www.powertochange.org.uk/event/event-...
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📆 Tomorrow is the launch event for our new essay collection. Sign up to come and hear our expert panel, chaired by @anooshc.bsky.social with @jamestplunkett.bsky.social, @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social, @hetanshah.bsky.social, @patrickhurley.bsky.social and Emily Bolton. Register 👉 buff.ly/pcSxdmp
November 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
📆 Tomorrow is the launch event for our new essay collection. Sign up to come and hear our expert panel, chaired by @anooshc.bsky.social with @jamestplunkett.bsky.social, @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social, @hetanshah.bsky.social, @patrickhurley.bsky.social and Emily Bolton. Register 👉 buff.ly/pcSxdmp
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⏰ Join our essay collection launch in Westminster to hear leading voices on a decade of community business & what’s next. Chair: @anooshc.bsky.social Panel: @jamestplunkett.bsky.social, @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social, @hetanshah.bsky.social, @patrickhurley.bsky.social & Emily Bolton.✍️👉 buff.ly/pcSxdmp
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
⏰ Join our essay collection launch in Westminster to hear leading voices on a decade of community business & what’s next. Chair: @anooshc.bsky.social Panel: @jamestplunkett.bsky.social, @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social, @hetanshah.bsky.social, @patrickhurley.bsky.social & Emily Bolton.✍️👉 buff.ly/pcSxdmp
The Tories seem to have decided to have a day off for the Hillsborough Law second reading.
November 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The Tories seem to have decided to have a day off for the Hillsborough Law second reading.
Take a ride on Southport’s ghost train. Open 4.30-8.00 tomorrow evening. www.southportmec.com/halloween/
SMEC Ghost Train 2025 - Halloween Railway Adventure
Join us for the spine-tingling SMEC Ghost Train Halloween experience. Family-friendly railway adventure through haunted tunnels.
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October 31, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Take a ride on Southport’s ghost train. Open 4.30-8.00 tomorrow evening. www.southportmec.com/halloween/
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Everyone needs chances and choices in life. Homelessness is a dreadful risk to that, and the Tories looked the other way whilst this crisis grew. We won't.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/alis...
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Labour's Alison McGovern: 'Homelessness is a reminder of how politics can fail people'
Homelessness minister Alison McGovern, writing for Big Issue on World Homeless Day, says politics is failing people without a stable home
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October 11, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Everyone needs chances and choices in life. Homelessness is a dreadful risk to that, and the Tories looked the other way whilst this crisis grew. We won't.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/alis...
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The deputy leadership election is a choice.
Back me to end child poverty, or take us back to our divided past.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Back me to end child poverty, or take us back to our divided past.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Phillipson presses Starmer and Reeves to abolish two-child benefit cap in full
Exclusive: education secretary tells the Guardian scrapping limit entirely in November’s budget most cost-effective way to tackle child poverty
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October 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The deputy leadership election is a choice.
Back me to end child poverty, or take us back to our divided past.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Back me to end child poverty, or take us back to our divided past.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Liverpool City Region Music Sector Thrives as £2m Strategic Investment Fund Delivers Jobs, Growth and Innovation
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Liverpool City Region Music Board | SIF Impact Report
Discover how £2m of Strategic Investment Fund support transformed LCR’s music sector, creating jobs, skills & innovation. Download the full report.
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October 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Liverpool City Region Music Sector Thrives as £2m Strategic Investment Fund Delivers Jobs, Growth and Innovation
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Families welcomed at ‘Celebrating One Community’ Open Day at Southport Mosque standupforsouthport.com/families-wel...
Families welcomed at ‘Celebrating One Community’ Open Day at Southport Mosque | Stand Up For Southport
Families enjoyed an inspiring and well-attended Open Day hosted by Southport Islamic Society Mosque on Sunday. Faith leaders from Muslim, Jewish and Christian places of worship came together to share...
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October 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Families welcomed at ‘Celebrating One Community’ Open Day at Southport Mosque standupforsouthport.com/families-wel...
The racist attack on a synagogue in Manchester today is horrifying. The Jewish community should have been able to observe the holiest day of the Jewish calendar peacefully.
I want to extend my thoughts and solidarity to the Jewish community in Manchester, in Southport, and across the country today.
I want to extend my thoughts and solidarity to the Jewish community in Manchester, in Southport, and across the country today.
October 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The racist attack on a synagogue in Manchester today is horrifying. The Jewish community should have been able to observe the holiest day of the Jewish calendar peacefully.
I want to extend my thoughts and solidarity to the Jewish community in Manchester, in Southport, and across the country today.
I want to extend my thoughts and solidarity to the Jewish community in Manchester, in Southport, and across the country today.
I forgot to post on #VenueTShirtDay so a belated tweet to give some recognition to a much missed place from my youth. Small independent live music venues need support. Go see a band this week.
September 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I forgot to post on #VenueTShirtDay so a belated tweet to give some recognition to a much missed place from my youth. Small independent live music venues need support. Go see a band this week.
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We spoke with MPs about strengthening the English Devolution & Community Empowerment Bill so it shifts real power to communities.
Thanks to @joplatt.bsky.social @johnmilnehorsham.bsky.social @patrickhurley.bsky.social @rozsavage.bsky.social @sadikal-hassanmp.bsky.social for backing community power!
Thanks to @joplatt.bsky.social @johnmilnehorsham.bsky.social @patrickhurley.bsky.social @rozsavage.bsky.social @sadikal-hassanmp.bsky.social for backing community power!
September 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
We spoke with MPs about strengthening the English Devolution & Community Empowerment Bill so it shifts real power to communities.
Thanks to @joplatt.bsky.social @johnmilnehorsham.bsky.social @patrickhurley.bsky.social @rozsavage.bsky.social @sadikal-hassanmp.bsky.social for backing community power!
Thanks to @joplatt.bsky.social @johnmilnehorsham.bsky.social @patrickhurley.bsky.social @rozsavage.bsky.social @sadikal-hassanmp.bsky.social for backing community power!
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Thoroughly enjoyed @smfthinktank.bsky.social conference.
In the clip below, I talk about the growth in the Bank of Mum & Dad, now gifting an average of £55k to children.
I set out how a Citizens Advance can be an alternative for young people who can't rely on family wealth
youtu.be/IAlAhIwM10g?...
In the clip below, I talk about the growth in the Bank of Mum & Dad, now gifting an average of £55k to children.
I set out how a Citizens Advance can be an alternative for young people who can't rely on family wealth
youtu.be/IAlAhIwM10g?...
Citizens Advance: Discussion at the SMF Pensions Conference 2025
YouTube video by Andrew Lewin MP
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September 11, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Thoroughly enjoyed @smfthinktank.bsky.social conference.
In the clip below, I talk about the growth in the Bank of Mum & Dad, now gifting an average of £55k to children.
I set out how a Citizens Advance can be an alternative for young people who can't rely on family wealth
youtu.be/IAlAhIwM10g?...
In the clip below, I talk about the growth in the Bank of Mum & Dad, now gifting an average of £55k to children.
I set out how a Citizens Advance can be an alternative for young people who can't rely on family wealth
youtu.be/IAlAhIwM10g?...
Labour must champion inclusivity to tackle advance of far right, says deputy leadership hopeful. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour must champion inclusivity to tackle advance of far right, says deputy leadership hopeful
Exclusive: Alison McGovern says party needs emotive storyteller to fight against division promoted by Reform
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September 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Labour must champion inclusivity to tackle advance of far right, says deputy leadership hopeful. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform UK councillor slams party for allowing in ‘Tory rejects’ open.substack.com/pub/theblack...
Reform UK at risk of being home for Tory rejects
PLUS: Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust finds itself poorly placed in the new NHS league table
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September 10, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Reform UK councillor slams party for allowing in ‘Tory rejects’ open.substack.com/pub/theblack...
After much consideration, I’ve decided to support Alison. She’ll be a great bridge builder between the PM and the party members.
September 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
After much consideration, I’ve decided to support Alison. She’ll be a great bridge builder between the PM and the party members.
I wrote a thing about how I've changed my mind on an area of policy.
'What we can do is build a system that works for the public good - one that saves money, boosts security, fights fraud, and unlocks economic growth', writes Labour MP @patrickhurley.bsky.social
Digital ID can help rebuild trust in government and restore fairness to the economy
'What we can do is build a system that works for the public good - one that saves money, boosts security, fights fraud, and unlocks economic growth.'
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September 8, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I wrote a thing about how I've changed my mind on an area of policy.