Category: Policy
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Assisted Dying – update (Sept 2026)
11 September 2026 Update on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Read previous updates: November 2024; May 2025; June 2025 Luke Myer MP has today voted against the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, saying that while he supports the principle of assisted dying, the legislation in its current…
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£1k council tax refund secured for Nunthorpe couple
11 September 2026 A Nunthorpe couple are set to receive more than £1,100 back after Luke Myer MP helped successfully challenge the council tax banding of their home. The constituents contacted Luke after discovering their property was being charged at Band F, while identical homes on the same development were…
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GB Railways pulling into Teesside
11 September 2026 Luke Myer MP has welcomed a new £1 billion investment in new British-built trains which will bring faster, cleaner and more accessible rail services to Teesside. The Labour Government confirmed today that 29 new battery-electric trains will be built for Great British Railways, including services running between…
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Luke backs stronger rights for workers
Today in Parliament (9 September 2026) Luke Myer MP approved new regulations giving workers a legal right to access trade unions in the workplace, as part of Labour’s wider programme to strengthen rights at work. Luke served on a small committee to pass the new Trade Unions (Right to Access…
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Luke welcomes new rail freight target after Teesside push
8 September 2026 Luke Myer MP has welcomed new plans from the Labour Government to grow rail freight by at least 40% by 2040, after pressing Ministers to improve freight links serving Teesside. The new target announced today will be written into the Government’s rail reforms, with the new publicly-owned Great British…
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Luke Myer MP backs action on violence against women and girls
Today in Parliament (7 September 2026) Luke Myer MP called on the Government to ensure local organisations supporting women and girls have the funding certainty they need, after raising concerns from frontline services in Middlesbrough. Speaking in a debate on crimes motivated by misogyny, Luke welcomed the Government’s commitment to…
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Labour cuts back-to-school costs for Teesside families
4 September 2026 Families across Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland are getting extra help with the cost of sending their children to school, as new measures from the Labour Government come into force this week. The Labour Government’s Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act expands free school meals to 500,000 more children, rolls…
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Luke backs Teesside jobs in North Sea debate
Today (3 September 2026) Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland MP Luke Myer urged Ministers to take a balanced, evidence-based approach to the North Sea offshore industry, warning that the debate needs “nuance” and cannot be reduced to simple slogans. Speaking in Parliament today during a debate on Jackdaw and Rosebank,…
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Luke presses PM for police & fire funding
Luke Myer MP at 10 Downing Street this week 2 September 2026 Luke Myer MP has taken the case for fair funding for Cleveland Police and Cleveland Fire Brigade directly to the Prime Minister and Home Secretary following a deeply difficult week for Teesside. The intervention follows the tragic deaths…
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Luke fights for Boulby science lab
Luke Myer MP has challenged plans to reduce the operating budget of East Cleveland’s world-leading Boulby Underground Laboratory, warning Ministers that East Cleveland should not bear a disproportionate share of science cuts. Boulby Lab, more than a kilometre underground, is the UK’s only deep underground science laboratory. It is currently competing…
