Gregor Poynton MP
@gregorpoynton
@UKLabour @ScottishLabour Member of Parliament for the Livingston constituency. Please send all casework to [email protected].
We’re getting Britain building. Sizewell C has officially been given the green light, with government the main shareholder. Helping deliver clean, homegrown power to millions of homes, supporting thousands of jobs and unlocking growth across the country.
Government now main shareholder in £38bn Sizewell C bbc.in/44ISVM2
The work Labour has done over the last year is taking us in the right direction, but our ambitions go so much further. I will work day and night to deliver the new direction Scotland needs. scotsman.com/news/opinion/c…
It’s simple: Scotland’s buses should be built in Scotland.
Nudification apps are a tool of digital sexual assault - and yet they remain legal, cheap, and easy to use. As I argue in @LabourList, it's time we ban them.
💻"Over half a million children have already come into contact with AI-generated sexual images, according to recent estimates." Read more from @Jess4Lowestoft here: labourlist.org/2025/07/commen…
We’re delighted to announce that Jan Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon, has been appointed as our new Chair of Trustees, and will take up the role in September 2025. 🔗jocoxfoundation.org/2025/07/10/the…
Connectivity is what we’re all about, so it’s only natural we host @labourincomms tonight in our events space. With a speech by @gregorpoynton fresh from the voting lobby, it was a busy night in Westminster.
Almost all of what is broken in Scotland is run by the SNP. We need a new direction. dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/…
With Labour, NHS waiting lists are falling and we have an ambitious plan for the NHS’ future. In John Swinney, the SNP have an analogue politician in a digital age, and Scotland’s patients are missing out. Scotland needs a new direction with @AnasSarwar. thetimes.com/article/83e455…
If the SNP had any idea how to fix this,they would have done it by now.
THE number of patients waiting more than 78 weeks for treatment in Scotland has rocketed to 38,070 while in England the figure has halved to just 1154 dailyrecord.co.uk/news/nhs-scotl…
A Labour Government delivering a pay rise for the lowest-paid Scots.
A Scottish Labour government will turn the page on SNP failure and tackle the housing emergency once and for all. heraldscotland.com/news/25292490.…
That’s because UK Labour govt has taken decisive action since last July. NHS was a key mission and we are delivering. But as waiting lists and waiting times fall in England and double the number of new appointments have been delivered (4 million), the NHS in Scotland worsens.
THE number of patients waiting more than 78 weeks for treatment in Scotland has rocketed to 38,070 while in England the figure has halved to just 1154 dailyrecord.co.uk/news/nhs-scotl…
It shows just how out of touch the Tories are that they believe they have said sorry for their 14 years of failure in govt. Their attitude to the mess they made is completely tone deaf. It’s the same old Tories – they haven’t learned a thing. telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/…
I’ve written to the Parliamentary Standards’ Commissioner asking them to investigate whether James McMurdock MP is in breach of the rules of conduct for MPs. 👇 thetimes.com/article/7185a1…
The more that’s uncovered the most astonishing it is.
New: P&O Ferries’ long-overdue accounts have finally been filed. They reveal the chief executive’s pay soared in 2023. In the same year the company lost £91 million, despite having fired 786 staff to cut costs. Full story 👇 itv.com/news/2025-07-0…
🔄Let’s rewind on a BIG year for the Scotland Office… 📣Promoting Brand Scotland 💷Driving growth to put more £s in working people’s pockets ⚡Launch of GB Energy for lower energy bills & that’s just the beginning of the UK Gov’s #PlanForChange @IanMurrayMP @kirstyjmcneill