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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP

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Member of Parliament for Godalming and Ash

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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Time to rip up and and rewrite the ECHR. More in chapter 3 of 'Can We Be Great Again?' @ShabanaMahmood is right.4
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
My article in the ⁦Daily Mail on⁩ the Lucy Letby case today. Took a lot of soul searching for me to get to this point
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
This is a rather more personal and fun interview than the norm! Thank you Georgina Robert for covering my love of lambada and why Keir Starmer is using my toaster. @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/article/437c...
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Jeremy Hunt: ‘After a day in parliament, I’d go to a lambada club’
The Conservative MP and former minister on his love of Latin music, dealing with Donald Trump, and why Keir Starmer is using his toaster
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
My new book 'Can We Be Great Again?' has temporarily sold out on Amazon (hoping more in stock after the weekend) but still available at Waterstones! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/can-...
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Can We be Great Again?: Why a Dangerous World Needs Britain a book by Jeremy Hunt.
‘A masterly analysis of why Britain has much more global influence than it thinks’ Eric Schmidt, former CEO Google 'Enthralling' Daily Mail Since the global financial crisis, Britain has been through ...
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Lots of discussion on whether the 3% NHS settlement will be enough - but little discussion on the reforms we MUST now see in the NHS. This podcast with me, @NiallDickson and @RoyLilley asks exactly what they need to be...https://rephonic.com/podcasts/in-the-loop-the-big-questions
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Tax rises are NOT necessary...if we bite the bullet on welfare reform - my article in this week's Economist www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
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Britain’s ex-chancellor on how to fix a welfare crisis that’s partly of his own making
Reforming benefits for the mentally ill is the only way to avoid growth-killing tax increases, argues Jeremy Hunt
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
BRING BACK MILFORD’S 523 BUS SERVICE! - sign my petition here. www.jeremyhunt.org/.../restore-....
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
With apologies to ⁦@RachelReevesMP for the back seat driving… What we’d do in Reeves’s shoes — by Hunt, Zahawi and Mel Stride www.thetimes.com/article/1ce0...
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What we’d do in Reeves’s shoes — by Hunt, Zahawi and Mel Stride
The chancellor delivers her spending review this week. This is how to do it, in the view of three Tories with some experience in the area
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Britain has been down in the dumps for too long - it's time to get out!’ My discussion about why we CAN be great again in the Daily Express: www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
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'Britain's future is bright but Rachel Reeves's tax hikes pose real threat'
Former Chancellor Sir Jeremy Hunt says Britain can be great again - but his successor Rachel Reeves must not duck tough decisions on welfare reform
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Is Reform going to wipe out the Conservatives? Listen to why that won’t happen in this stimulating New Statesman podcast looking at the themes in my new book ‘Can We Be Great Again?’ youtu.be/tr9Lq4aCyp8?...
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Jeremy Hunt: Reform’s mission is to destroy the Conservatives | UK Politics | The New Statesman
YouTube video by The New Statesman
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
My predictions for Wednesday’s spending review - great discussion with the BBC’s Adam Fleming: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
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BBC News - Newscast, The Week: Defence, Spending Review and What Next For Reform UK?
What is the government planning to spend money on?
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Did I just persuade @AllisterHeath to be an optimist? You judge in this superb interview about my new book ‘Can We Be Great Again?’ www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Double celebration at Surrey Uni on Friday: the local launch of my new book 'Can We Be Great Again?' and accepting the great honour of being a Visiting Professor. Thank you Professor Tim Dunne and his team for an uplifting evening and some brilliant questions!
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Excellent discussion of many themes in my new book ’Can We Be Great Again?’ on Laura Kuenssberg this morning, including how the UK can and is leading the world on tech and climate change. Let’s get our self-confidence back! #BBC #laurakuenssberg
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
First stop today West Surrey Golf Club who are raising money for the new Royal Surrey Cancer Centre at a Pro Am day - thanks to Gary, Jenny and everyone organising and well done on getting the sun out!
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Next stop to meet Cherry Gay and her amazing volunteers helping to make Ukrainians welcome in Godalming. I am so proud of what Cherry is doing - the BEST of British values - but equally proud and humbled by the courage of the Ukrainian people. Slava Ukraini!
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
No better way to launch my new book Can We Be Great Again? than a brilliant interview with @KateEMcCann and @stigabell on @TimesRadio. Book on sale TODAY
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Getting ready to go on stage in Hay with @Peston to talk about my new book Can We Be Great Again? To quote another US President Yes We Can!
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
No doubt we will end forking out not just for the Chagos Islands deal but to bid for European defence contracts…just where did this government learn its negotiating skills?
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
☎️Constituency Calls☎️ My first call was to a Witley parent who has battled to get appropriate education for her 12 year old daughter. She has now been signed off as not being able to be educated at school (following a tribunal) but having won the case in November still nothing has happened.
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Totally inspiring that Ed and Jamie, two great friends of my brother, are journeying from the Great Wall of China to Paris in a classic car to raise funds for Sarcoma UK. Charlie would be so proud! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Epic classic car journey in tribute to brother of Jeremy Hunt
Ed Talbot and James Hall-Smith are taking part in a rally in memory of their friend Charlie Hunt.
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
☎️Constituency Calls☎️ My first call was to a Shere resident about the assisted dying bill. Her concern was choice: having seen her mother die a very painful death she felt strongly people should have more choice over their final days.
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
20 years ago yesterday I became an MP. Over 11 years in the Cabinet I must have done many things my constituents disagreed with but with the best of British tolerance they have stuck with me through thick and thin. I just want to say thank you! Every minute has been a privilege.
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Rowleys is a brilliant community centre but being badly treated by Waverley which is cutting its grant so savagely it may end up closing. I have become a patron to support it and we all need to rally to its support: on Friday it was packed! Keep up your superb work for older people.
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
As we remember VE day, I think of my late Dad who served in the Royal Navy most of his life. His service - and my grandfather in WW2 and his brother who we lost in WW1 - is a lifelong inspiration. Thank you for giving us the freedoms we take for granted today and RIP.
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
I want to give a shout out to the amazing Martin Cosser who lost his son Charlie to an appalling knife crime in 2023. Martin has devoted himself to raising awareness of the dangers of knife crime speaking to thousands of young people since then. Totally remarkable bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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MP praises 'formidable' knife crime campaigner Martin Cosser
Jeremy Hunt describes Martin Cosser as the
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
A trade war is bad news for the Britain’s economy but joining in would be a catastrophe…my article for the Telegraph today. www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
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Copy Singapore to thrive in Trump’s trade war, Hunt tells Starmer
Former chancellor calls for restraint in response to US tariffs
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Why we urgently need to turn around failings in NHS maternity units - my article in the Guardian today www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Thirty-seven patients die needlessly each day in the NHS. Change is good, but patient safety must come first | Jeremy Hunt
The biggest area of risk – in terms of lives lost and cost – involves NHS maternity units. Organisation upheaval must not distract us from what matters most, says former health secretary Jeremy Hunt
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Yangaz is a fabulous bistro in Cranleigh that my brother introduced me to - a great place for the first flat white of the day!
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
#Cranleigh CofE Primary has been through a tough period but is really turning a corner under head Kate Pelazza. Brand new playground, refurbished classrooms and highly motivated staff...thank you for your brilliant work and an excellent visit.
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
As chair of the APPG on Patient Safety, today I have written to Amanda Prichard asking for an update on when the 2023/24 Learning from lives and deaths – People with a learning disability and autistic people (LeDeR) report will be published👇
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
My first call was to a local resident about the social care provision for his wife who is bed bound. The domiciliary care is costing him huge amounts of money at a level that is totally unsustainable.
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
My take on Keir Starmer’s Trump meeting last night on Andrew Marr: lbc.co.uk/.../tonight-...
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Best start to a Friday: the perfect flat white at Vale Cafe in Ash
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
How do we fund an increase in defence spending? My suggestion to the Foreign Secretary yesterday.
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Today I wrote to Chris Weston CEO of Thames water to request they issue an urgent directive that no further development should occur in the Alfold area until sewage infrastructure has been upgraded
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
It is not an exaggeration to say NATO’s future is in Britain’s hands: my question to the Defence Secretary
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
I have written to Secretary of State for Transport to request an update on Ash Vale Station and the promised feasibility study. I will update you as soon as I receive a response.
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
If we want to reduce avoidable deaths we need to learn from them. But this report shows too many families still don’t get the answers they deserve after losing a loved one in mental health care. Much work to do... Read more: www.hssib.org.uk/patient-safe...
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Mental health inpatient settings: Creating conditions for learning from deaths in mental health inpatient services and when patients die within 30 days of discharge
This series of investigations was announced by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in June 2023. We can look at inpatient mental health care in both the NHS and the independent sector in...
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Out with the team in #Alfold this morning. Great feedback on County Cllr Kevin Deanus - always working hard for the Alfold community.
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
There is always political flack for abolishing targets but @wesstreeting has done the right thing today. Here’s a short thread on why…
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
📷Constituency Calls📷 My first call was to a Nick Harris of #Godalming who represents the UK’s craft baking retailers. He talked about the way bakery shops have been hit with a triple Budget blow with the national insurance rise, the minimum wage increases and reduction in business rates relief
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
TRIP TO CRANLEIGH ARTS My very first introduction to many Cranleigh residents was a Q & A in the brilliant Cranleigh Arts Centre. Thank you to Caroline Heslop and her team for making this an award winning venue and vital community resource. #cranleighartscentre #cranleighart
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
When I was health secretary, after meeting families whose lives have been devastated by unsafe maternity care, I made improving #maternitysafety a national priority. But whilst I’m proud that real progress was made - it’s now clear that urgent changes are needed to get us back on track.
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
CRANLEIGH HEALTH AND WELLBEING EVENT Thank you to Rosemary Hurtley and entire team who organised a brilliant event on Friday to progress how the community can improve the health and wellbeing of the 33,000 wider population. Great speakers talking from social prescribing to fostering connections.
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
THAMES WATER ALFOLD MEETING Thank you to TW's Head of Waste Steve Crabb and team; first meeting on Alfold problems. We we reviewed the flooding, sewage and drainage risks and TW's plans to solve ongoing issues. Revisiting TW's plans is the next step and meet for a progress update in a few weeks.
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Improving mobile phone reception is my top priority in Godalming and Ash. This morning I updated Radio Surrey on the progress I have made to date - lots of meetings, an amazing response to my mobile phone survey and the work ahead..... To have a listen click here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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