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Alison McGovern

@allymcgovern.bsky.social
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Labour MP for Birkenhead, Minister of State. Progressive. www.alisonmcgovern.org.uk

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Alison McGovern @allymcgovern.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Gwed Lewis 👏👏👏 let's go
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Alison McGovern @allymcgovern.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Very pleased to speak about next steps on young people's mental health today with Professors Peter Fonagy and Simon Wessely... www.gov.uk/government/s...
With profs peter fonagy and simon wesseley
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Alison McGovern @allymcgovern.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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PM statement on October 7th attacks
Prime Minister Andy Burnham's statement three years on from the October 7th attacks.
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The Anfield Wrap @theanfieldwrap.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🚨 The Anfield Wrap are going on tour We are bringing our award-winning show to several locations in November 🤩 Tickets are on sale NOW! Buy yours quick before they sell out 👇 🎟️ bit.ly/4dYVBcr See you all there 👋
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Birkenhead News @birkenheadnews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Magenta Living breaks ground on Oxton’s first homes for social rent in ten years www.birkenhead.news/magenta-livi...
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Magenta Living breaks ground on Oxton’s first homes for social rent in ten years
Magenta Living, Wirral’s largest housing provider, has started work on The Parchments, thirty new homes for social housing in Oxton Village. Working closely with Wirral Council’s planners, the develop...
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Alison McGovern @allymcgovern.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Well according to Suella Braverman it's unclear if I am English (!) and the Kilgours in my family were from Fife so...
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Alison McGovern @allymcgovern.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
What a player Andy Robertson is
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Alison McGovern @allymcgovern.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Was a tourist today; at Shakespeare's parkrun ✒️
At stratford upon avon parkrunStratford upon avon parkrun
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Alison McGovern @allymcgovern.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Correct, Jurgen.
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Alison McGovern @allymcgovern.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Out front, and #BTS with @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social ♡
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Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thank YOU. I believe profoundly that the only correct response to pleasure is gratitude rather than guilt
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LabourList @labourlist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🌹 What a speech! Read Andy Burnham's first address to party conference as leader in full here
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Andy Burnham addresses party conference for the first time as Prime Minister – his speech in full – LabourList
Thank you so much, Conference. Thank you. And Nadia, I love you Nadia. I am so proud of you, so proud of you up on…
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 27/09/2026
‘Rip the plaster off’: Andy Burnham sets out vision for universal free social care
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‘Rip the plaster off’: Andy Burnham sets out vision for universal free social care
PM says he will put proposals for NHS-style service funded by everybody into Labour’s next general election manifesto * UK politics live – latest updates Andy Burnham has said that he is going to “rip the plaster off” to fix the broken social care system, as he set out a vision for a universal service that would be free at the point of use for everybody in England. The prime minister said the new NHS-style social care service would be funded by “everybody” but did not give further details of how his radical long-term plan would be paid for. Continue reading...
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UCL Policy Lab @uclpolicylab.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Wonderful to read @roswynnejones.bsky.social's latest piece for @mirror.co.uk celebrating the work of Joy and Future Yard in Birkenhead, and highlighting our Nation of Neighbours project (in partnership with @demos-uk.bsky.social and @lbfew.bsky.social). Read the full piece below ⤵️
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Alison McGovern @allymcgovern.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Not as important as changing social care, but didn't Liverpool's Pier Head look absolutely lovely behind the Prime Minister on the BBC this morning? If someone had told me 30 years ago that one day my gorgeous city would be the backdrop for national politics every year I would've been so happy.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 27/09/2026
UK politics live: Burnham says NHS will ‘break’ without social care reform ahead of Labour conference
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UK politics live: Burnham says NHS will ‘break’ without social care reform ahead of Labour conference
PM says he will set out his vision for the issue in speech on Tuesday ‘I can deliver’: Burnham pledges radical change on eve of Labour conference Kuenssberg puts it to Burnham that, according to the Health Foundation, a system offering adult social care free at the point of deliver (like healthcare delivered by the NHS) would cost £18bn. Burnham says the cost is “not that high” (ie, not as high as £18bn). Not that high. But can I directly deal with this issue of the costs? Louise Casey is still doing an official review for us, so I will set out the vision, if you like, on Tuesday [in his speech to the conference]. Louise will then help us with the how. How do we make this happen? When can we make it happen? Continue reading...
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Alison McGovern @allymcgovern.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
No-one wants a future where we live longer but do less. We want a future where loved ones stay with us for more years, with more joy... How economics + politics + science + social care can make it happen Speech today to the Alzheimer's Society: www.gov.uk/government/s...
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Minister of State for Social Care and Mental Health speech on dementia
Minister Alison McGovern delivered the keynote speech at the Alzheimer's Society Conference 2026 in London, highlighting the government's action on dementia
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Alison McGovern @allymcgovern.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Why has social care been ignored til now? It's not because people don't like to think about getting old. It's because of working class women, and trauma: www.gov.uk/government/s...
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Minister of State for Social Care and Mental Health speech on dementia
Minister Alison McGovern delivered the keynote speech at the Alzheimer's Society Conference 2026 in London, highlighting the government's action on dementia
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Alison McGovern @allymcgovern.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
looking forward to this ♡
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Alison McGovern @allymcgovern.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
williamsonartgallery.org/event/paul-o... Sure we can do HMHB in 2028
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Opening December 2026: You Gotta Get a Gimmick: The Paul O’Grady Story - Williamson Art Gallery
Coming December 2026: major exhibition delving into the private archive of Paul O’Grady, revealing his life in front of & behind the cameras.
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Alison McGovern @allymcgovern.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
What Katie said
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Alison McGovern @allymcgovern.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
☆ B I R K E N H E A D ☆ If you are coming to the Liverpool area, maybe head over the water... www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
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'The future is Birkenhead' - how a neon sign about an underdog town came true
Birkenhead may have fallen on hard times, but it has great expectations. The once-struggling Merseyside town is reinventing itself - and has been shortlisted for UK Town of Culture
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Alison McGovern @allymcgovern.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
James the red engine
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Alison McGovern @allymcgovern.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
That's lovely thanks so much, but next time Ally will do, why be so formal
Picture of train engine called Alison
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The Policy Institute @policyatkings.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🔴 Rising prevalence or rising demand: what's behind the mental health crisis? ⏰ 16:35–17:35 🎤 With @allymcgovern.bsky.social, @simonforstroud.bsky.social, Dr Shubulade Smith CBE, Sarah Holloway and Prof Sir Simon Wessely
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Alison McGovern @allymcgovern.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Grim, but extremely important www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Young people are not snowflakes, head of mental health review says
Speaking exclusively to the BBC, Prof Fonagy says being young is much harder now than it was.
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Alison McGovern @allymcgovern.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
No, not at all. He is great. Syed completely wrong. Especially to question what Klopp said.
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Alison McGovern @allymcgovern.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
*is it not Duh
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Alison McGovern @allymcgovern.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I'm not reposting that nonsense from Matthew Syed but it is not jokes to lecture on leadership...Jurgen Norbert Klopp 😬😬
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Alison McGovern @allymcgovern.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This morning at Birkenhead parkrun, a fellow regular told me that he & other Evertonians had been singing, 'if you want a Prime Minister, we've got one to spare'. Despite the team, I think my grandad would have liked the new lyrics.
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Alison McGovern @allymcgovern.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We still have a way to go. Proud of them, but more to do.
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Alison McGovern @allymcgovern.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Liverpool women hang on so well there you feel they deserve more, and yet...
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Alison McGovern @allymcgovern.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Ah brilliant. Email me & let's meet 👍
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Alison McGovern @allymcgovern.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Why has social care been ignored til now? It's not because people don't like to think about getting old. It's because of working class women, and trauma: www.gov.uk/government/s...
gov.uk
Minister of State for Social Care and Mental Health speech on dementia
Minister Alison McGovern delivered the keynote speech at the Alzheimer's Society Conference 2026 in London, highlighting the government's action on dementia
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Alison McGovern @allymcgovern.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
No-one wants a future where we live longer but do less. We want a future where loved ones stay with us for more years, with more joy... How economics + politics + science + social care can make it happen Speech today to the Alzheimer's Society: www.gov.uk/government/s...
gov.uk
Minister of State for Social Care and Mental Health speech on dementia
Minister Alison McGovern delivered the keynote speech at the Alzheimer's Society Conference 2026 in London, highlighting the government's action on dementia
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Alison McGovern @allymcgovern.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
...as well as helping families have good time with loved ones instead of worry. With the move to a Fair Pay Agreement, backed by £500m, we are on our way but a lot more to do. Thanks to everyone who came and shared their insights and their desire for change.
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Alison McGovern @allymcgovern.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
An uplifting and determined roundtable to hear from people working to change social care...it's a huge job. But we have to make sure people stop looking down their noses at social care workers, properly see people who need care *outside* hospitals...
Social care collectiveSpeaking to social care collective
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The Anfield Wrap @theanfieldwrap.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
70% of the Earth is covered by water...the rest is covered by Lewis Koumas.
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Alison McGovern @allymcgovern.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
All the more dramatic in the pouring rain
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Alison McGovern @allymcgovern.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Dominik Szoboszlai! ⚽️❤️
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Alison McGovern @allymcgovern.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Cody Gakpo! ⚽️❤️
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Bill Bryson on the RNLI in "The Road to Little Dribbling : more notes from a small island" (2015)
I had never really stopped to consider what an extraordinary thing the Royal National Lifeboat Institution is. Think about it. A troubled ship calls for help, and eight people - teachers, plumbers, the guy
who runs the pub - drop everything and put to sea, whatever the weather, asking no questions, imperilling their own lives, to try to help strangers. Is there anything more brave and noble than that? The RNLI - I looked this up later - is an organization run by volunteers, supported entirely by public donations. It maintains 233 stations around the coast of Britain and averages twenty-two call-outs per day. It saves 350 lives a year on average.
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Alison McGovern @allymcgovern.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Liverpool women deserve to win there but some v pleasing performances
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Alison McGovern @allymcgovern.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Not all suffragettes were middle class...
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The Anfield Wrap @theanfieldwrap.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
'Liverpool give us much to be annoyed about. Missed passes, kicking it into touch. Shots insufficiently on target. A shape falling apart quickly and slowly.' 'Liverpool's problems are more midfield.' ✍️ @knoxharrington.bsky.social review… 👉 Read here: mailchi.mp/theanfieldwr...
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Alison McGovern @allymcgovern.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Not so sure about the result today but so good to have LFC support for Together Against Suicide, thanks also to the Samaritans ♡
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Alison McGovern @allymcgovern.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Birkenhead yesterday, an interfaith friendship lunch at the Deen Centre, with Christians, Jews, Muslims and those of no belief (me). We are not the country that the thugs in balaclavas would have us believe. We have far more in common.
Birkenhead interfaith friendship lunch with people pictured from various faiths and noneBirkenhead interfaith friendship lunch with people pictured from various faiths and none
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
PS I've been doing some research into psychological studies of different voter/political groups and - it's true - progressives are ofter far less happy than rightwingers or the disengaged. But do you know which group comes out as happiest of all, consistently? Progressive organisers and activists.
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Alison McGovern @allymcgovern.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
anyone can call - day or night - to get advice and support. I will never forget what a relief it was when the hospice nurse picked up the phone to me, near midnight. When I needed someone to turn to, they were there.
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Alison McGovern @allymcgovern.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
An honour and a joy to welcome Baroness Louise Casey with her team Sarah and Daisy to Wirral St John Hospice to spend time with hospice leaders Christine and Emma, understanding how their amazing palliative care teams work. We are lucky in the Wirral to have the Palliative Care phone line that...
Louise Casey with me, hospice staff and team
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