Sarah Owen MP
@sarahowen.org.uk
Labour MP for Luton North | Chair of @commonswec.parliament.uk | CoChair of @LFPME.bsky.social | Promoted by and on behalf of Sarah Owen at 3 Union Street, Luton, LU1 3AN.
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It is good to see cross-party challenge to overt racism in British political and media discourse: Labour MP Sarah Owen, who chairs the women & equalities select committee, challenges the racist claim from GB News contributor Lucy White that Deputy Speaker Nus Ghani should be barred from parliament
I know who Nus Ghani MP is - not because we always agree - but because she’s been serving her constituency (as well as lewks) since 2015.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
November 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
It is good to see cross-party challenge to overt racism in British political and media discourse: Labour MP Sarah Owen, who chairs the women & equalities select committee, challenges the racist claim from GB News contributor Lucy White that Deputy Speaker Nus Ghani should be barred from parliament
I know who Nus Ghani MP is - not because we always agree - but because she’s been serving her constituency (as well as lewks) since 2015.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
November 26, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I know who Nus Ghani MP is - not because we always agree - but because she’s been serving her constituency (as well as lewks) since 2015.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
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36 dead, 279 missing in huge Hong Kong fire; 3 arrested for alleged manslaughter
Horrible. SCMP masthead has been greyed out - such tragic news.
Horrible. SCMP masthead has been greyed out - such tragic news.
November 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
36 dead, 279 missing in huge Hong Kong fire; 3 arrested for alleged manslaughter
Horrible. SCMP masthead has been greyed out - such tragic news.
Horrible. SCMP masthead has been greyed out - such tragic news.
Some more good things from the budget:
- online gambling tax
- £millions for kids’ playparks
- funding for SMEs to provide apprenticeships
- infected blood scandal payments exempt from inheritance tax
- lowest business rates since 1991 for 750,000 retail, hospitality & leisure businesses.
- online gambling tax
- £millions for kids’ playparks
- funding for SMEs to provide apprenticeships
- infected blood scandal payments exempt from inheritance tax
- lowest business rates since 1991 for 750,000 retail, hospitality & leisure businesses.
November 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Some more good things from the budget:
- online gambling tax
- £millions for kids’ playparks
- funding for SMEs to provide apprenticeships
- infected blood scandal payments exempt from inheritance tax
- lowest business rates since 1991 for 750,000 retail, hospitality & leisure businesses.
- online gambling tax
- £millions for kids’ playparks
- funding for SMEs to provide apprenticeships
- infected blood scandal payments exempt from inheritance tax
- lowest business rates since 1991 for 750,000 retail, hospitality & leisure businesses.
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what’s not to like? nice one Rachel Reeves for introducing the mansion tax ensuring the super-rich pay their way just like the rest of us 🙏💥
November 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
what’s not to like? nice one Rachel Reeves for introducing the mansion tax ensuring the super-rich pay their way just like the rest of us 🙏💥
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This is such important news. Hundreds of thousands of children taken out of poverty with the stroke of a pen.
Two-child benefit limit is officially scrapped in Budget 2025
Rachel Reeves confirms policy that restricts what benefits families can receive will be removed
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 12:46 PM
This is such important news. Hundreds of thousands of children taken out of poverty with the stroke of a pen.
450,000 children out of poverty.
That's the difference made by a Labour government.
That's the difference made by a Labour government.
November 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
450,000 children out of poverty.
That's the difference made by a Labour government.
That's the difference made by a Labour government.
Utterly classless from Kemi.
Desperate, personal, gutter attacks - not economics.
The few remaining sensible tories behind her, look mortified.
What an embarrassment to parliament she is.
Desperate, personal, gutter attacks - not economics.
The few remaining sensible tories behind her, look mortified.
What an embarrassment to parliament she is.
November 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Utterly classless from Kemi.
Desperate, personal, gutter attacks - not economics.
The few remaining sensible tories behind her, look mortified.
What an embarrassment to parliament she is.
Desperate, personal, gutter attacks - not economics.
The few remaining sensible tories behind her, look mortified.
What an embarrassment to parliament she is.
Conservative MPs should be red faced with embarrassment not indignation.
This chancellor is the one who is clearing up their mess.
They’d do well to listen to her not shout like a bunch of guffawing hooligans. #budget
This chancellor is the one who is clearing up their mess.
They’d do well to listen to her not shout like a bunch of guffawing hooligans. #budget
November 26, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Conservative MPs should be red faced with embarrassment not indignation.
This chancellor is the one who is clearing up their mess.
They’d do well to listen to her not shout like a bunch of guffawing hooligans. #budget
This chancellor is the one who is clearing up their mess.
They’d do well to listen to her not shout like a bunch of guffawing hooligans. #budget
Hmmm, anyone else not buying this heavily caveated response?
Nigel Farage says he's 'never directly racially abused anybody' after school racism claims
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Nigel Farage says he's 'never directly racially abused anybody'
The Reform UK leader was responding to reports he made racist remarks to his peers in school in the 1970s.
www.bbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Hmmm, anyone else not buying this heavily caveated response?
A brilliant Labour announcement!
We know the difference money for decent playgrounds could make. It’s good for children, families and neighbourhoods.
From Stopsley to Lewsey and all the parks in between, there are playgrounds across Luton that need this funding.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
We know the difference money for decent playgrounds could make. It’s good for children, families and neighbourhoods.
From Stopsley to Lewsey and all the parks in between, there are playgrounds across Luton that need this funding.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Reeves to plough millions into playgrounds after years of Tory neglect
A Treasury source told The Mirror: 'This funding will breathe new life into play areas across England, creating safe, exciting spaces for thousands of children'
www.mirror.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 9:17 AM
A brilliant Labour announcement!
We know the difference money for decent playgrounds could make. It’s good for children, families and neighbourhoods.
From Stopsley to Lewsey and all the parks in between, there are playgrounds across Luton that need this funding.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
We know the difference money for decent playgrounds could make. It’s good for children, families and neighbourhoods.
From Stopsley to Lewsey and all the parks in between, there are playgrounds across Luton that need this funding.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Good to see this ex Reform official behind bars.
I hope future interviews with grifter Nigel Farage question Reform’s connections with Russia.
news.sky.com/story/former...
I hope future interviews with grifter Nigel Farage question Reform’s connections with Russia.
news.sky.com/story/former...
Reform UK's former Wales leader Nathan Gill jailed for accepting pro-Russian bribes
Gill, 52, pleaded guilty to eight counts of bribery between 6 December 2018 and 18 July 2019 in September.
news.sky.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Good to see this ex Reform official behind bars.
I hope future interviews with grifter Nigel Farage question Reform’s connections with Russia.
news.sky.com/story/former...
I hope future interviews with grifter Nigel Farage question Reform’s connections with Russia.
news.sky.com/story/former...
Breaking news but also sadly unsurprising.
Boris Johnson’s mind was never on the job. It cost lives and the country untold amounts.
Not to mention the PPE contracts for Tory donors/mates that resulted in faulty or missing PPE for frontline workers.
We are all still paying the price for this.
Boris Johnson’s mind was never on the job. It cost lives and the country untold amounts.
Not to mention the PPE contracts for Tory donors/mates that resulted in faulty or missing PPE for frontline workers.
We are all still paying the price for this.
BREAKING: UK’s response to Covid was “too little too late”. Acting faster could have saved 23,000 lives in England according to the public inquiry.
Boris Johnson presided over a “toxic, sexist, chaotic culture” in No10, where rule-breaking seriously undermined public confidence.
Boris Johnson presided over a “toxic, sexist, chaotic culture” in No10, where rule-breaking seriously undermined public confidence.
November 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Breaking news but also sadly unsurprising.
Boris Johnson’s mind was never on the job. It cost lives and the country untold amounts.
Not to mention the PPE contracts for Tory donors/mates that resulted in faulty or missing PPE for frontline workers.
We are all still paying the price for this.
Boris Johnson’s mind was never on the job. It cost lives and the country untold amounts.
Not to mention the PPE contracts for Tory donors/mates that resulted in faulty or missing PPE for frontline workers.
We are all still paying the price for this.
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BREAKING: The UK’s response to Covid was “too little, too late”, a damning official report on the handling of the pandemic has concluded, saying the introduction of a lockdown even a week earlier than happened could have saved more than 20,000 lives.
November 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
BREAKING: The UK’s response to Covid was “too little, too late”, a damning official report on the handling of the pandemic has concluded, saying the introduction of a lockdown even a week earlier than happened could have saved more than 20,000 lives.
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Labour MP & chair of the Women and Equalities Committee @sarahowen.org.uk said govt should take seriously “the threat X poses to our country’s democracy and social cohesion”
“There is no obligation for government departments to use X… we should stop lending it any sense of legitimacy”
“There is no obligation for government departments to use X… we should stop lending it any sense of legitimacy”
November 20, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Labour MP & chair of the Women and Equalities Committee @sarahowen.org.uk said govt should take seriously “the threat X poses to our country’s democracy and social cohesion”
“There is no obligation for government departments to use X… we should stop lending it any sense of legitimacy”
“There is no obligation for government departments to use X… we should stop lending it any sense of legitimacy”
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance - a day to remember members of the trans community who have died or been killed because of who they are.
Trans people in the UK are feeling uncertainty & fear. We must stand up for trans people & their right to live free from prejudice & hate.
Trans people in the UK are feeling uncertainty & fear. We must stand up for trans people & their right to live free from prejudice & hate.
November 20, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance - a day to remember members of the trans community who have died or been killed because of who they are.
Trans people in the UK are feeling uncertainty & fear. We must stand up for trans people & their right to live free from prejudice & hate.
Trans people in the UK are feeling uncertainty & fear. We must stand up for trans people & their right to live free from prejudice & hate.
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Labour MPs want the government to carry out a more serious, "minister-led" review of its use of X
A Whitehall review of government social media use is currently underway. However, Labour MPs say the process lacks rigour and proper ministerial involvement
@zoecrowther.bsky.social reports
A Whitehall review of government social media use is currently underway. However, Labour MPs say the process lacks rigour and proper ministerial involvement
@zoecrowther.bsky.social reports
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 8:54 AM
Labour MPs want the government to carry out a more serious, "minister-led" review of its use of X
A Whitehall review of government social media use is currently underway. However, Labour MPs say the process lacks rigour and proper ministerial involvement
@zoecrowther.bsky.social reports
A Whitehall review of government social media use is currently underway. However, Labour MPs say the process lacks rigour and proper ministerial involvement
@zoecrowther.bsky.social reports
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At the Women & Equalities Select Committee last week on this
bsky.app/profile/sara...
bsky.app/profile/sara...
🔉What dangers does X pose to our democracy? And should the government stop using it?
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
November 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
At the Women & Equalities Select Committee last week on this
bsky.app/profile/sara...
bsky.app/profile/sara...
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The UK isn’t a “soft touch” on asylum.
UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours
No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands)
UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany)
Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.
UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours
No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands)
UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany)
Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.
November 19, 2025 at 11:52 AM
The UK isn’t a “soft touch” on asylum.
UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours
No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands)
UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany)
Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.
UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours
No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands)
UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany)
Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.
Deeply shocking comments from Farage but is anyone seriously surprised?
When someone shows you who they are, not just once but multiple times, believe them.
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
When someone shows you who they are, not just once but multiple times, believe them.
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Deeply shocking comments from Farage but is anyone seriously surprised?
When someone shows you who they are, not just once but multiple times, believe them.
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
When someone shows you who they are, not just once but multiple times, believe them.
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
Cruelty does nothing to secure our borders.
It's good that the Home Secretary has definitively ruled out confiscating jewellery from refugees - but our focus must now be on building a fair asylum system that prioritises safe and legal routes, not more Tory-style ineffective cruelty.
It's good that the Home Secretary has definitively ruled out confiscating jewellery from refugees - but our focus must now be on building a fair asylum system that prioritises safe and legal routes, not more Tory-style ineffective cruelty.
November 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Cruelty does nothing to secure our borders.
It's good that the Home Secretary has definitively ruled out confiscating jewellery from refugees - but our focus must now be on building a fair asylum system that prioritises safe and legal routes, not more Tory-style ineffective cruelty.
It's good that the Home Secretary has definitively ruled out confiscating jewellery from refugees - but our focus must now be on building a fair asylum system that prioritises safe and legal routes, not more Tory-style ineffective cruelty.
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‘Smile? YOU smile.' A new generation of stars is overthrowing the old Hollywood system, one ‘no’ at a time | Priya Elan
‘Smile? YOU smile.' A new generation of stars is overthrowing the old Hollywood system, one ‘no’ at a time | Priya Elan
Gen Z actors such as Millie Bobby Brown and Jenna Ortega are refusing to do what is expected of ‘the talent’, says Priya Elan, a writer specialising in the arts, music and fashion
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:13 AM
‘Smile? YOU smile.' A new generation of stars is overthrowing the old Hollywood system, one ‘no’ at a time | Priya Elan
A strong immigration system doesn't need to be a cruel one.
It shouldn't need saying - but refugees & asylum seekers are real people, fleeing war and persecution.
This daughter of an immigrant is proud of our British and Labour values of respect and not turning our backs on people in real need.
It shouldn't need saying - but refugees & asylum seekers are real people, fleeing war and persecution.
This daughter of an immigrant is proud of our British and Labour values of respect and not turning our backs on people in real need.
November 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
A strong immigration system doesn't need to be a cruel one.
It shouldn't need saying - but refugees & asylum seekers are real people, fleeing war and persecution.
This daughter of an immigrant is proud of our British and Labour values of respect and not turning our backs on people in real need.
It shouldn't need saying - but refugees & asylum seekers are real people, fleeing war and persecution.
This daughter of an immigrant is proud of our British and Labour values of respect and not turning our backs on people in real need.
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Not the first to make this point. But there is a tyrant in charge of another country who is accused of being heavily linked to a paedophile sex ring - and supposed ‘patriots’ in this country are passionately willing him to take down our national broadcaster. Madness.
November 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Not the first to make this point. But there is a tyrant in charge of another country who is accused of being heavily linked to a paedophile sex ring - and supposed ‘patriots’ in this country are passionately willing him to take down our national broadcaster. Madness.