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FOUR PAWS UK @fourpawsuk.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

#Live from the Labour Animal Welfare Society event: animal champion @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social is calling for Government to get on with progressing her Bill on fur. Right now, animals are suffering as part of the global fur trade, putting public heath at risk. It’s time for a #FurFreeBritain! 🦊

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FOUR PAWS UK @fourpawsuk.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Thank you to all of the incredible speakers who shared crucial insight and spoke out in support of cracking down on wildlife crime. @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social, @dom70.bsky.social, @naturewatch.org & Born Free. #AnimalsMatter and they deserve to be protected from criminals.

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Ruth Jones MP @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

This is heartbreaking, Hefin was a great colleague, always a team player and hugely collegiate. My thoughts are with his family at this difficult time.

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Ruth Jones MP @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Today I have written to the Foreign Secretary David Lammy expressing my concerns over the current humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

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Ruth Jones MP @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Tonight at 8pm, in just over an hour, the Wales Women's Football Team will take on France in the UEFA Women's EURO 2025. My fellow Welsh MPs gathered in Westminster today to wish them the best of luck and I'll certainly be glued to the score throughout.

A group of Welsh MPs and others holding the FA flag and the Welsh flag.

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Ruth Jones MP @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Yesterday, thanks to the Government's intervention, I voted for the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill at its Second Reading. Please see my statement below.

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"Statement Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Second Reading
I have listened, carefully, to the debate and discussions around the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill. I believe in a strong welfare state, one that protects our most vulnerable as a core principle and that we have a moral obligation to build a better, more caring, society.

I maintain that our welfare system desperately needs reform, however in the last few months representations from constituents, charity and advocacy groups have made it clear that the Bill, as it was first presented, was not one I could vote for. This is why I signed the reasoned amendment.

There are elements within the Bill like the "Right to Try" guarantee, increasing funding to help people into work and increasing Universal Credit that I did not want to see lost, which was a real possibility if the Bill fell.

With the commitment yesterday from the Government to remove Clause 5 which maintained the need to achieve four points in at least one section of the daily living section of the assessment, I felt that I could finally vote for the Bill. I will be scrutinising the text of the Bill closely when it comes back to the House on the 9th of July and would like to thank everyone who has contacted me about this in the last few months.

We can build that better, fairer, Britain, but only if we do so together."

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Ruth Jones MP @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

I am one of over 100 Labour MPs that have signed this amendment to the UC & PIP Bill. Reform to the benefits system is urgently needed, but I cannot support this Bill as it stands. It should be given further time for consideration, and disabled people and charities must be properly consulted on it.

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That this House, while noting the need to change the rates of benefits to people in need of State support and welcoming the much-needed increase in the standard rate of Universal Credit, declines to give a Second Reading to the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill, because it does not contain any proven and effective measures to improve employment support beyond what Personal Independence Payment (PIP) achieves for many disabled people, and which should be implemented alongside any changes to benefits; it contains dangerous and counterproductive cuts to entitlements aimed at disabled people, rather than proposing a framework which would facilitate all disabled people getting adequate financial and other support to thrive in society; it fails to reform PIP to make it more effective as a means of supporting employed people in work; it lacks measures to take proper account of the needs of people with severe fluctuating long-term conditions, including serious mental ill-health; it does not contain measures to improve the support from health services and local social services given to disabled people; it will lead to many unpaid carers no longer being eligible for Carer’s Allowance because the person they care for no longer qualifies for PIP; it has not been subject to full impact assessments; and it does not contain proposals to proactively work with disabled people to co-produce changes to the welfare system that will treat those in need of social security with dignity and respect.

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Patricia Ferguson Ruth Jones Louise Haigh
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Marsha De Cordova Kevin McKenna Clive Efford
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Fabian Hamilton Ms Polly Billington David Williams
Mr Richard Quigley Ms Marie Rimmer Samantha Niblett
Sam Rushworth Dr Rosena Allin-Khan Emma Lewell
Richard Burgon Kate Osborne Rachael Maskell
Amanda Hack Rebecca Long Bailey Bell Ribeiro-Addy
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FOUR PAWS UK @fourpawsuk.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

@ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social has spoken up for animals at every opportunity. Her Fur (Import & Sale) Bill will help protect millions of animals from being killed for their fur. We need MPs to do the right thing and take a stand against this cruelty, too. #FurFreeBritain

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Ruth Jones MP @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Employment minister Alison McGovern came to Blackwood today for a roundtable discussion on welfare support. We all came to the table with our own experiences of the system, and left with a determination to make it better. Thank you to Caerphilly Council, Citizens Advice, and everyone who joined 🤝

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Ruth Jones MP @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

This week, we delivered more than 1 million signatures, all calling for a ban on fur imports, to Number 10. If my Fur Bill passes on #FridayFurteenth, it would do just that. Let’s finally put the fur trade out of fashion.

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Ruth Jones MP @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Honour to officially open KLA’s new manufacturing, research and development centre in Newport West. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #madeinwales

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Ruth Jones MP @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Privilege to speak at the official opening of KLA’s new manufacturing, research and development centre in Newport West. The tech made here is exported all across the world! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Ruth Jones MP @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

30 days until MPs vote on my Fur Bill. It’s time for a #FurFreeBritain

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Ruth Jones MP @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Today is the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe. We must remember those who sacrificed everything for the freedoms we enjoy today. #VEDay80

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Ruth Jones MP @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Taking in beautiful views of the Wales Coast Path with Amanda and @dimitribatrouni.bsky.social Just 4-min walk from the Six Bells which closed in 2018. The community has a plan to bring it back to life as a place to meet, buy local produce and learn more about the Gwent Levels! #savethesixbells

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Ruth Jones MP @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

50 days until my Fur (Import and Sale) Bill returns to Parliament. By banning imports, we can finally end our part in the cruel fur trade, two decades after we banned fur farming. Let’s get this done. #FurFreeBritain

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Ruth Jones MP @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

The father and son who drowned off the coast of Australia have been named as Robin and Owen, from Islwyn. My heart goes out to the family and community who are grieving not one but two tragic losses in awful circumstances. Their deaths have been reported to the Coroners Court of Queensland.

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Dad and son who drowned near Australia's Great Barrier Reef named

Queensland Coroners Court names Robin and Owen Reed as the two Brits who drowned in Australia.

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FOUR PAWS UK @fourpawsuk.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

"We would be naïve to ignore the connection between animal suffering and human health... We know instinctively that this cruelty is wrong, [those] experts speaking out confirm that our moral outrage is backed by science." - @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social 👉 bit.ly/3XO66Y8

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Ruth Jones MP @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

A new office for our new constituency of Newport West and Islwyn. Thank you for the warm welcome, Newbridge! ❤️

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Ruth Jones MP @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

This is the Plan for Change in action. 150,000 Welsh workers will get a pay rise from today’s minimum wage increase. ⬆️

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Ruth Jones MP @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Pleased to speak at the launch of the Police, Crime and Justice Plan 2025-2029 today. In taking a serious, strategic approach to tackling crime there is a clear commitment demonstrated in making our streets safer and allowing people to go about their day to day life feeling secure.

Ruth Jones MP speaking in front of a lectern with a room of people listening.

Cover of the Police, Crime and Justice Plan 2025-2029.

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Ruth Jones MP @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

It was great to visit Vishay in my Constituency earlier today with Rachel Reeves and @huwirrancadaviesms.bsky.social MS. The announcement of a £250m investment into the UK’s largest semiconductor facility will lead to hundreds of highly-skilled jobs in Newport, making a real difference.

Picture of Rachel Reeves, Ruth Jones MP and Huw Irranca-Davies MS infront of the Vishay sign. The Vishay sign reads "The DNA of tech".

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Ruth Jones MP @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Wood burning harms our health and environment. I was glad to join environmental charity Global Action Plan @globalactionplan.bsky.social in Parliament to learn what we can do to tackle #airpollution caused by wood burning.

Ruth Jones MP infront of a sign that reads 'global action plan our lives our planet' and holding a sign that says 'Tackle health inequalities by tackling air pollution'.

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Ruth Jones MP @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Today I met Megan from the Coalition Against Benefit Cuts to talk about the government’s plans for welfare reform. We need to strike the right balance between protecting the people who need it and providing the right support for people who want to work.

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Ruth Jones MP @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Always good to be back at Blackwood Miners’ Institute and today we had a special visitor — Welsh Government culture minister @jacksargeantms.bsky.social

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Ruth Jones MP @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

A new deal for working people. ✅

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Sonul Badiani-Hamment @sonulbh.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

@fourpawsuk.bsky.social were in Parliament this morning sharing powerful evidence from public health experts on grave risks of fur trade This month marks 5 years since the COVID-19 pandemic- we hope Govt will heed expert warnings & back @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social’s fur import & sale bill in June

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Ruth Jones MP @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Spring has sprung! 🌼 📍 Caetwmpyn Park, Newbridge

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Ruth Jones MP @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Mr Speaker very happy with his daffodils before #StDavidsDay! 🌼 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Ruth Jones MP @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

It finally happened… I met Ruth Jones! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Ruth Jones MP @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

I was shocked to see the awful injuries suffered by Yuki as the result of a dog attack on Risca Road. I believe we have to shift focus from specific breeds and appearance to tackling dangerous behaviour and encouraging responsible dog ownership all around. www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/2495129...

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Dog owners campaign to change law for dog-on-dog attacks after 'traumatic' experience

Miles Lewis is campaigning to tighten the laws around dog-on-dog attacks

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Ruth Jones MP @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

It’s #HeartUnions Week. If you haven’t already — join a union!

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Ruth Jones MP @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

#ThisWeekWithWAC The Welsh Affairs Committee will question First Minister Eluned Morgan on her priorities for the Welsh Government and plans for a healthier Wales. It will be the First Minister’s first appearance before our committee in her new role 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 nation.cymru/news/first-m...

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First Minister to give evidence on future of Wales

Wales’ First Minister will be quizzed on her priorities for the Welsh Government and her relations with the UK Government at a parliamentary inquiry this week. On Wednesday (12 February), MPs will que...

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Ruth Jones MP @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Another milestone for my bill to ban the import of fur into Britain. 50 MPs (and me!) are now calling on the Government to support a ban. 🦊

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Ruth Jones MP @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

The Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme helps people of all faiths and none. It helps them to access vital services at the heart of their community, and sustain treasured local buildings that tell the history of our nation. So, I’m delighted it has been renewed for another year! 👏

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Ruth Jones MP @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

This morning I spoke to the Post Office about the imminent closure of the Bassaleg branch. The sooner residents get a local service up and running again, the better.

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Ruth Jones MP @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Shwmae! I met up with Duo the Owl in Parliament this week to discuss the important role of Duolingo, and keeping its Welsh materials accessible and up-to-date, if we are to hit our target of 1 million Welsh speakers by 2050! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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