Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Hi Melissa, hope you’ve seen all my work in support of trans people, including speaking at the Labour for Trans Rights rally at Labour conference last week 120
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Some great chats with residents in #Heavitree yesterday morning with my team. Thanks to everyone who took the time to talk - I’m out most weekends knocking on doors to hear what people think across #Exeter. 031
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 05/05/2026There are some real dodgy bar charts going around in the fake newspapers in #Exeter at the moment. If you want to fight for a kinder, fairer Exeter - take a look at the actual real statistics, based on real elections that real people voted in, here in Exeter: 450
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 14/04/2026The Government is investing £237 million in new Community Diagnostic Centres (CDCs) 🩺 As part of that investment, Exeter’s Nightingale Hospital CDC will be expanded Read more about it on DevonLive here: www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n... 092
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 14/04/2026£200,000 funding boost for libraries in Devon from this Labour Government’s Libraries Improvement Fund 📚 This will allow for upgrades to library buildings as well as investment in new tech, making local services easier to access 073
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 20/03/2026📣£20 MILLION FOR EXETER 📣 Exeter has been awarded a £20 million investment through our flagship Pride in Place programme. The money will be focused on the area around Whipton, to be spent on what matters most to local people – that means you get to decide how it’s spent! 132
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 20/03/2026📣£20 MILLION FOR EXETER 📣 Exeter has been awarded a £20 million investment through our flagship Pride in Place programme. The money will be focused on the area around Whipton and east Heavitree, to be spent on what matters most to local people – that means you get to decide how it’s spent! 051
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Out on the doorstep supporting our candidate Angeliki in Gorton & Denton today. People are very keen that we are focused on delivery for them and their families - on jobs, educations, transport, immigration and the NHS. That’s what the PM is delivering for the country. 1125
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 15/01/2026📉 NHS waiting lists in #Exeter and nationwide - down 📈 Ambulance response times - up There’s much much more to do to turn our #NHS around but thanks to investment, reform, and the hard work and dedication of staff, we’re making sure it will be back on its feet and fit for the future. 0152
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 10/01/2026Out in the chilly sunshine today talking to #Exeter residents in Duryard & St James about wheelie bins and potholes, to the cost of living, NHS waiting lists, and climate change. There’s a huge amount of work going on to turn our country around - in 2026, we’ll feel it. 0101
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 25/10/2025I’ve joined with civic and faith leaders from across #Exeter to reaffirm our aspirations for our city - where everyone lives in peace, free from intimidation and discrimination, and where we continue to prosper by working together. Unity over division, hope over fear. 0234
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Today I am taking part in the Committee Stage of the Bus Services Bill, which brings back lots of the ability to run bus services that were removed by the Thatcher government’s privatisation. Looking forward to speaking on it, informed by #Exeter residents, this afternoon. 082
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 30/06/2025I’ve written for @politicshome.bsky.social about how to meet our #climate and biodiversity commitments, we will need to ensure that new businesses and new ideas can be brought to market. Let’s cut the red tape and unleash our entrepreneurs, including in #Exeter www.politicshome.com/members/arti... 010
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 07/06/2025Yesterday I spent time with St Petrock’s, @hepctrust.bsky.social, and the RD&E to discuss the work they do to identify street-attached people living with HepC and other blood-borne diseases, and help get them vital treatment. Thanks to Felix who took my bloods! 030
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Keir Starmer sets it out to Labour members this evening - the reason we’re in government is days like today. Expanding #FreeSchoolMeals helps 500k children, lifts 100k out of poverty, and saves families £500 a year per child. Labour governments always make a positive difference. 2103
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Whatever one’s view of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (the assisted dying bill), the parliamentary process has been thorough and we will rightly spend significant time debating the issue. Thanks to Leader of the House Lucy Powell MPfor answering my question. 063
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 31/05/2025The Pharmacy APPG, which I chair, held the last of our “Future of Community Pharmacy” evidence sessions recently. We heard about what could work better, and what more #communitypharmacy can do for patients in the future. Thanks to everyone who took part - report coming soon! 240
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 30/05/2025Two big funding announcements for #Exeter today 🎉 📚 Two primary schools - #Newtown & St Gabriel’s in #Exwick - successful in their bid for funds to fix up their buildings 🏥 £5.7m for our hospital trust & mental health trust to address critical infrastructure & safety risks in their buildings 080
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 28/05/2025I asked the second church estates commissioner @marshadecordova.bsky.social MP (the @churchofengland.org representative in the Commons) about the long delayed introduction of stand-alone services of blessing for same-sex couples in #Exeter and beyond. 231
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 24/05/2025Yesterday Science Minister Patrick Vallance visited #Exeter to announce £20m of investment into a new research hub - MetaHUB - at @UniofExeter focused on cutting-edge metamaterials. Another demonstration that Exeter is at the forefront of innovation! news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e... 163
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Earlier in the week I had a great 24hrs in #Leeds at UKREIIF, banging the drum for #Exeter and the wider SW. I spoke on a panel about innovation clusters in the SW, and the importance for investors of a track record, a good reputation, and a deep pool of talent - which we have in abundance. 030
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Yesterday I joined a South West investor day for start-ups, hosted by @microsoftuk.bsky.social & Tech South West to say a few words about why #Exeter and the SW is such a good bet for investment. The challenge we face is linking up our innovators with funders - hopefully yesterday helped! 050
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Fantastic to spend time with team behind the women’s @rugbyworldcup yesterday, 100 days before the start of the tournament. We’ve got 7 games in #Exeter at Sandy Park - it’s going to be a brilliant summer of international sport in our city #womenseng25 020
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Hi James, that’s not what he said. He said there was a risk of that without integration. He also said the below clip - that migration is a part of our national story. 100
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 14/05/2025had a great time on Sunday evening at the Pinhoe Road Baptist Church, talking with residents at the International Cafe. Lots of good questions from communities across #Exeter who have made our city their home. 020
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 10/05/2025Great to speak at the #ClimateImpactSummit about regulation as a growth engine alongside Ann Dunkin & Heather Buchanan. I talked about the new Regulatory Innovation Office, which could help climatetech start-ups to scale more quickly so that we meet the challenge of #climatechange. 020
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Yesterday I joined a group of colleagues at 10 Downing Street to talk to advisers about the rules we need to fulfill our potential to be a global AI superpower while also ensuring our fantastic creative sector can continue to grow and succeed. 230
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 14/04/2025It was really interesting to meet the #Exeter @ruralpayments.blog.gov.uk.web.brid.gy team who support rural communities and play a big role in helping create economic opportunities for the future, including in floating offshore wind. Very happy to do a Q&A too, and to see some familiar faces! 030
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Britain’s ability to make steel is vital for our nation’s security in the long term. So this government is acting to secure British Steel - and acting in the national interest. Steel is vital to our growth, and thousands of jobs depend on production. 020
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Delighted to welcome the fab @marycreagh.bsky.social, Labour’s Nature Minister, to #Exeter last night. We’re celebrating the £2.3m of new flood defence funding for Exeter, including £1.9m for Trews Weir to make sure it’s fit for the future, and better able to protect us against #flooding. 172
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 05/04/2025☀️ beautiful sunny day talking to residents in #Pennsylvania for @teamlabouruk.bsky.social candidate Tony Badcott, and in #HavenBanks for @roselell.bsky.social, who will both make fantastic DCC councillors. We were also joined by special guests @benbradshaw.bsky.social & @chriscurtis94.bsky.social! 082
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Hi Rob, the money is split, a quirk of the spreadsheet - see confirmation letter from the Minister below. 100
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Big day for pay increases if you work on the minimum wage, like 280,000 people across #Exeter and the #SouthWest The National Living Wage rises by: 💷 6.7% for over-21s 💷 16.3% for 18-20s 💷 18% for 16-18s Putting money in people’s pockets #PlanForChange 130
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 31/03/2025📣 #Exeter Funding News 📣 After talking to residents and raising local flood defence issues with Ministers & the @EnvAgency we’ve got big new funding for our city: 🌊 £1.9m #TrewsWeir priority funding 🌊 £224k for flood defences 🏡 £150k for property-level resilience www.gov.uk/government/p... 172
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 31/03/2025I had a fantastic time at the @exeterphoenix.bsky.social with the #Kurdish community from across #Exeter and Devon to celebrate #Newroz - Kurdish New Year. Thanks to @itvnews.bsky.social West Country for coming along to report on the wonderful celebration of music and dance. Nêwroz Piroz Be! 041
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 23/03/2025Fab to meet Safiya and the Down’s Syndrome Alliance team in parliament recently! The DSA does brilliant work supporting people living with Down’s Syndrome, including into work - Safiya has just started a full time job working for Parliament. Find out more: www.downs-syndrome.org.uk/news/resourc... 040
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Great #Exeter @teamlabouruk.bsky.social team out this morning talking to residents in #Wonford with our Devon County candidate Dave Mutton. We talked about the new funding for buses, potholes, & SEND that’s been allocated to #Devon. I know that Dave will fight for Exeter’s fair share on DCC. 250
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Fab full day yesterday: 📚 Q&A sessions with all of St Leonard’s Primary School 🏘️ Meeting with Devon Communities Together 🎓 Q&A with #Exeter College Reach Academy ⚽️ Met Exeter City Community Trust about their fab King George V Playing Fields plan 🎭 Fab production of Sister Act at St James School 040
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 14/03/2025That’s not what the letter says - afraid the Green Party as ever being disingenuous by taking signatures and cutting the rest of the context. Similar tactics to Reform/the way that the worst of social media operates - generating fear and anxiety for clicks. The system is broken and needs fixing. 310
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Last night I voted to ban fire and rehire, a welcome part of Labour’s Employment Rights Bill. This morning I spoke about Tory-led Devon County Council’s use of bully-boy fire and rehire tactics for 820+ workers. I urge DCC to work collaboratively to come to a good conclusion with their employees. 022
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 12/03/2025V proud tonight to have voted through the final stages of Labour’s Employment Rights Bill - the biggest package of protections for years. ✅ Protects workers from unfair dismissal ✅ Strengthens sick pay ✅ Bans Fire & Rehire (DCC take note) Royal Assent is now the final stage before it becomes law. 151
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Yesterday I asked Justice Ministers whether they will meet to discuss implementing Helen’s Law II, which would make concealing or desecrating remains a criminal offence. This is very important to the family of Lorraine Cox in #Exeter, and I’ll continue to campaign for them. 131
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 12/03/2025I recently met the SW Community Chaplaincy in #Exeter who do fantastic work providing mentoring and support for people in prison and who have recently been released. Supporting people leaving prison back into their community cuts down on reoffending, and helps them to build a new life. 120
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 11/03/2025I won’t defend a Tory-designed welfare system that locks people who want to work, out of work. The welfare system and the skills and into-work policies are flawed, and actively block people from reaching their potential. The system needs to change to put compassion and dignity of work at its core. 120
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Today I met some fab @exeter.ac.uk undergrads who showcased their research projects at the annual #PostersInParliament event. From investigating the impact of solar flares on whales, to the dangers of inhaling algae in sea spray, this is all groundbreaking research - well done! 030
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Today I explained to the Prime Minister Keir Starmer that some children in #Exeter don’t receive the support they need because our #SEND system in Devon is in disarray. I welcomed £1.7bn of new money going into SEND, and look forward to the reform the whole system needs. 173
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 04/03/2025It’s the time of year when parents think about costumes for #WorldBookDay! I loved opening the new Wynstream school library, & I’m proud that #Exeter is @unesco.org City of Literature. From #Asterix to #Narnia, reading was my escape as a child. I want every #Exeter child to be able to read for fun 1104
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Volodymyr Zelenskyy has already achieved enough to go down in history as one of the great leaders - showing his true character and rising to the moment at a time of national existential crisis. He deserves credit and respect - and he’ll continue to get that from the UK 🇺🇦🇬🇧 091
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Lovely cool and clear Spring morning out talking to residents in the St Sidwells and St James division. Lucy Findlay will be a fantastic and proactive councillor for the area - she’s already proven she can make a positive difference, and has been awarded an MBE for it. 072
Steve Race MP @steveracemp.bsky.social · 21/02/2025I know that lack of NHS dentistry is one of the top concerns for people in #Exeter. I campaigned on this and so I’m pleased that Devon is being funded to secure nearly 25,000 new urgent care appts. Next we need to reform the contract to fix the issue. www.gov.uk/government/n... 041
