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We are pleased to announce that the new Labour MP for the Aylesbury constituency is Laura Kyrke-Smith.
Laura lives in Buckinghamshire, with her husband and children. She’s a charity leader with a strong track record of successful campaigns, bringing her drive and experience to Labour’s campaign for Aylesbury’s future.
During the General Election campaign, Laura said:
“Aylesbury and its surrounding villages are brilliant places to live, work and visit. But Aylesbury has been let down by 14 years of Conservative government. Public services are on their knees. The NHS is stretched to breaking point. Our streets no longer feel safe. Our rivers are polluted and residential roads are at risk of floods. Hard-working people, who deserve so much better, have been left wondering how to pay their energy bills and feed their families.
Labour is the change that Aylesbury needs, and I am determined to make that change happen. I will fight for improved health services, for affordable housing and childcare, and for better job opportunities. I want everyone in Aylesbury to feel safe and I want to protect our environment. I will put the people of Aylesbury first and fight for a brighter future for everyone.”
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Our MP Laura Kyrke-Smith for Aylesbury has issued a statement on the gov't's historic abortion amendment, immediately stopping the arrests, investigations, and prosecutions of women seeking desperate medical care.
"Today I voted in favour of Tonia Antoniazzi’s abortion amendment, New Clause 1 (NC1), to the Crime and Policing Bill.
This amendment will end the prosecution of women for ending their own pregnancies, of which there have been increasing cases in the last five years. NC1 is targeted and narrow to solve this current problem. It changes absolutely nothing regarding how abortion is provided or the conditions set out in the Abortion Act for legal access regarding grounds, time limit, two doctors signatures.
It just excludes women from the underlying criminal law.
NC1 protects women and abortion services and is backed by the sector - including every abortion provider and organisation that represents them in the UK - 5 Royal Medical Colleges, the British Medical Association, countless Violence Against Women and Girls groups, Women’s Rights groups and unions.
It will immediately stop the arrests, long investigations, and prosecutions of women.
I am pleased the amendment passed today. No one should face criminal investigations for seeking medical care at the most desperate moments of their lives. This will now end.
Laura Kyrke-Smith MP
MP for Aylesbury and the villagesMy statement on today's historic abortion amendment vote:
Today I voted in favour of Tonia Antoniazzi’s abortion amendment, New Clause 1 (NC1), to the Crime and Policing Bill.
This amendment will end the prosecution of women for ending their own pregnancies, of which there have been increasing cases in the last five years. NC1 is targeted and narrow to solve this current problem. It changes absolutely nothing regarding how abortion is provided or the conditions set out in the Abortion Act for legal access regarding grounds, time limit, two doctors signatures. It just excludes women from the underlying criminal law.
NC1 protects women and abortion services and is backed by the sector - including every abortion provider and organisation that represents abortion providers in the UK, 5 Royal Medical Colleges, the British Medical Association, countless Violence Against Women and Girls groups, Women’s Rights groups and unions. It will immediately stop the arrests, long investigations, and prosecutions of women.
I am pleased the amendment passed today. No one should face criminal investigations for seeking medical care at the most desperate moments of their lives. This will now end.
Laura Kyrke-Smith MP
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In Parliament, our MP Laura Kyrke-Smith for Aylesbury stood to ask Small Business Minister Gareth Thomas about how his strategy to support our high streets will benefit the fantastic businesses in our town. This includes Darlington's Cafe, Nafees Bakers & Sweets, and The Rockwood pub.
She says
"They provide an amazing service to the community, but with issues such as traffic, parking and antisocial behaviour, they can struggle to get customers into town and through their doors.
Last Thursday I asked Minister for Services, Small Business and Exports Gareth Thomas MP about how his small business strategy will support our high streets and town centres, like Aylesbury, to thrive.
I was pleased to hear our Government is taking steps to improve access to finance for small businesses, following the significant increase in the capacity of the British Business Bank." ... See MoreSee Less
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"At least 42 Palestinians have been *killed* whilst trying to feed their starving families. It's an affront on all of us, on our shared humanity, and on basic principles of human dignity and respect"
This week our MP Laura Kyrke-Smith for Aylesbury stood in parliament to ask the Middle East Minister a question on accountability during these atrocities.
Laura is also one of very few MPs who has been to Israel, Jordan, and the West Bank and spoken with the people there. She's met with NGOs, humanitarian organisations and so, is one of very very few in Westminster to see first-hand the violence and suffering inflicted by the IDF and the devastation left behind.
She says,
"I've been completely heartbroken by the reports of Palestinians being shot at while trying to access aid in Gaza. I can't get out of my head the sorrow of a young boy next to his dead mother, shown on Channel 4 yesterday.
The denial of food and water to starving people in Gaza is a clear violation of international humanitarian law. It's an affront on all of us, on our shared humanity, and on basic principles of human dignity and respect.
Today I asked Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer MP whether he agrees that there has to be full accountability for these atrocities." ... See MoreSee Less
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Our MP Laura Kyrke-Smith for Aylesbury has written for the latest edition of Village View, Watermead's quarterly magazine.
"In the column, I've written about how honoured I was to attend the VE Day celebrations at the Discover Bucks Museum, including meeting Margaret Wilkins, a remarkable veteran who served at Fort Southwick in Portsmouth, tracking submarine movements in the Channel.
I've also touched on the work I have been doing as a Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs."
You can read her full piece here 👇📰
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I am delighted to write for the Summer edition of Village View as your Member of Parliament for Aylesbury and the villages.
I have continued to be out and about across the villages I represent over the past few months, meeting residents and attending engagements.
On 8 May, our communities came together to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day. On 3 May, I was honoured to join His Majesty's Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire, veterans, serving sea cadets and many others at the VE Day celebrations at the Discover Bucks Museum.
It was a very moving ceremony to remember those who we lost and those whose lives were changed forever by the Second World War. I spoke about how the values that they fought for - our freedom and our community - continue to shape Aylesbury today.
I met Margaret Wilkins, a remarkable veteran who served at Fort Southwick in Portsmouth, tracking submarine movements in the Channel. I also enjoyed the celebrations, including wonderful music from Ellesborough Band, singing from Wendy Bartlett and the guess the number of poppies game!
Thank you to the organisers, including Aylesbury Town Council and the Aylesbury branch of the Royal British Legion.
In Parliament I have continued to champion the interests of Watermead residents. Earlier this year, I was appointed by the Prime Minister to be a Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Steve Reed MP.
In this role, I am supporting our Government to deliver on priorities close to my heart and to those of Watermead residents: clean rivers and lakes; ambitious nature recovery; and a roadmap to a zero-waste economy.
I am pleased our Government is bringing forward action to tackle fly tipping. Last year, there were more than 4,000 incidents of fly-tipping in Buckinghamshire. I have been working with Thames Valley police, who are increasing patrols in affected areas, but it is not enough.
Ministers have now launched a rapid review to slash red tape blocking councils from seizing and crushing the vehicles of waste criminals. Councils currently have to bear the significant cost of seizing and storing vehicles but under new plans, being considered by Ministers, fly-tippers will cover this cost, saving councils and taxpayers money.
Any criminals caught transporting and dealing with waste illegally will face up to five years in prison under new legislation. The Government is making available £69 billion to council budgets across England – a 6.8% cash terms increase – and bringing forward the first multi-year funding settlement in a decade, to help fund key responsibilities like tackling fly-tipping.
Finally, I'm really proud of my Labour colleagues Lindsey Poole and Matthew Clayton, who stood in Berryfields, Buckingham Park & Watermead ward in the recent Buckinghamshire Council election.
Their passion and commitment really shone through and I'm grateful to everyone who supported them. Unfortunately I won’t get to work alongside them as Councillors but I know they will continue to be dedicated champions for the ward.
We need change locally. From housing to SEND, from social care to potholes and pavements, Watermead residents raise their frustrations with me regularly.
I remain committed to working with Councillors of all parties to serve residents and improve our town and villages for the better.
As always, I am here to listen and to help you. The best way to reach me is on [email protected].
I am also sending out a regular E-newsletter to update residents on my work.
You can sign up for the mailing list via my website, www.lauraforaylesbury.org. Thank you.I'm really pleased to have written for the latest edition of Village View, Watermead's quarterly magazine.
In the column, I've written about how honoured I was to attend the VE Day celebrations at the Discover Bucks Museum, including meeting Margaret Wilkins, a remarkable veteran who served at Fort Southwick in Portsmouth, tracking submarine movements in the Channel.
I've also touched on the work I have been doing as a Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
You can read the full piece here 👇📰
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I am delighted to write for the Summer edition of Village View as your Member of Parliament for Aylesbury and the villages.
I have continued to be out and about across the villages I represent over the past few months, meeting residents and attending engagements.
On 8 May, our communities came together to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day. On 3 May, I was honoured to join His Majesty's Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire, veterans, serving sea cadets and many others at the VE Day celebrations at the Discover Bucks Museum.
It was a very moving ceremony to remember those who we lost and those whose lives were changed forever by the Second World War. I spoke about how the values that they fought for - our freedom and our community - continue to shape Aylesbury today.
I met Margaret Wilkins, a remarkable veteran who served at Fort Southwick in Portsmouth, tracking submarine movements in the Channel. I also enjoyed the celebrations, including wonderful music from Ellesborough Band, singing from Wendy Bartlett and the guess the number of poppies game!
Thank you to the organisers, including Aylesbury Town Council and the Aylesbury branch of the Royal British Legion.
In Parliament I have continued to champion the interests of Watermead residents. Earlier this year, I was appointed by the Prime Minister to be a Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Steve Reed MP.
In this role, I am supporting our Government to deliver on priorities close to my heart and to those of Watermead residents: clean rivers and lakes; ambitious nature recovery; and a roadmap to a zero-waste economy.
I am pleased our Government is bringing forward action to tackle fly tipping. Last year, there were more than 4,000 incidents of fly-tipping in Buckinghamshire. I have been working with Thames Valley police, who are increasing patrols in affected areas, but it is not enough.
Ministers have now launched a rapid review to slash red tape blocking councils from seizing and crushing the vehicles of waste criminals. Councils currently have to bear the significant cost of seizing and storing vehicles but under new plans, being considered by Ministers, fly-tippers will cover this cost, saving councils and taxpayers money.
Any criminals caught transporting and dealing with waste illegally will face up to five years in prison under new legislation. The Government is making available £69 billion to council budgets across England – a 6.8% cash terms increase – and bringing forward the first multi-year funding settlement in a decade, to help fund key responsibilities like tackling fly-tipping.
Finally, I'm really proud of my Labour colleagues Lindsey Poole and Matthew Clayton, who stood in Berryfields, Buckingham Park & Watermead ward in the recent Buckinghamshire Council election.
Their passion and commitment really shone through and I'm grateful to everyone who supported them. Unfortunately I won’t get to work alongside them as Councillors but I know they will continue to be dedicated champions for the ward.
We need change locally. From housing to SEND, from social care to potholes and pavements, Watermead residents raise their frustrations with me regularly.
I remain committed to working with Councillors of all parties to serve residents and improve our town and villages for the better.
As always, I am here to listen and to help you. The best way to reach me is on [email protected]. I am also sending out a regular E-newsletter to update residents on my work. You can sign up for the mailing list via my website, www.lauraforaylesbury.org. Thank you. ... See MoreSee Less
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Happy PRIDE month to all those in Aylesbury who are a part of, or who are good allies to, our LGBT communities.
Aylesbury Labour stands strongly for the rights and equalities of all who live in our town, and a free and equal society cannot exist without true inclusion and equality for the LGBT community.
Our very own executive committee features members of the community, each in prominent, active and effective positions. So when we say we stand strongly, that comes from the top of our local party.Happy Pride Month! From all of us at the Labour Party. ... See MoreSee Less
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We said we'd fight the big water companies who pollute our waterways, and we meant it. There must be clean water for all of our nieghbours and citizens, and we cannot let greed and a soft touch be "business as usual"
A HISTORIC fine handed to Thames Water. More to come.Under the Tories, water companies got away with polluting our rivers, lakes and seas.
With Labour, the era of profiting from failure is over. ... See MoreSee Less
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Laura Kyrke-Smith for Aylesbury has said
"I'm delighted that Stoke Mandeville Hospital will be receiving funding to support essential maintenance fixes."
She goes on to say
"Patients and staff deserve to be in buildings that are safe, comfortable and fit for purpose.
Through our Government's Plan for Change, we will make our NHS fit for the future."
Read more about this week's announcement here:
www.gov.uk/government/news/patients-and-pupils-to-benefit-from-school-and-hospital-repairsI'm delighted that Stoke Mandeville Hospital will be receiving funding to support essential maintenance fixes.
Patients and staff deserve to be in buildings that are safe, comfortable and fit for purpose.
Through our Government's Plan for Change, we will make our NHS fit for the future.
Read more about this week's announcement here: www.gov.uk/government/news/patients-and-pupils-to-benefit-from-school-and-hospital-repairs ... See MoreSee Less
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