Kim Johnson MP

When we build social homes, we’re building so much more. These homes are where great stories can begin – stories that can change our history, our culture and our everyday lives. It's time to get councils building social homes again > shelter.org.uk/build www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqpJ...

Great to get stuck in with Onward Homes and help paint the new mural on Chirkdale Street in Kirkdale 🎨 Inspired by community feedback, the wildflower stained-glass design looks absolutely stunning. What a brilliant example of community collaboration in action!🌼✨

The historic Renter’s Rights Act comes into force today! 🏡 Labour is protecting and strengthening rights for millions of renters ✅ Ends Section 21 evictions ✅ Limits rent rises to once a year ✅ Bans bidding wars ✅ Stops discrimination against families, benefit claimants & pet owners

Great to meet with 3rd year Applied Theatre & Community Drama students from @lipaliverpool.bsky.social in Parliament this week. We spoke about the importance of the arts & how they have shaped my journey, right back to my days at Culture Liverpool. Best of luck with your dissertations! 👏

"You cannot renew the Labour Party by removing one fixer while protecting the culture that enabled him." Read my latest piece for @left-foot-forward.bsky.social here 👇 leftfootforward.org/2026/04/kim-...

Lovely visit to The Bronte Youth & Community Centre to celebrate their funding from the Morrisons Foundation 💛 Brilliant to see how much the new facilities in Brownlow will benefit local young people. And of course, I had to show the children a thing or two at table tennis!🏓

Violence against transport workers is rising. No more silence. Today is #InternationalWorkersMemorialDay and it must be a turning point. It’s time for #ActionAgainstAssaults. @rmtunion.bsky.social rmtunion.org/4tGxipx

Today is #InternationalWorkersMemorialDay where we remember those who have lost their lives to occupational illness or fatal injury and continue the fight for safe and healthy work. Unions make work safe. Remember the dead, fight for the living. #IWMD2026

Check out the full schedule of L8 community engagement events here 👇 www.liverpoolexpress.co.uk/l8/#events

"How can the Ministry of Justice possibly justify sitting on such blatant, life-threatening failings? After Grenfell, we should need no reminder of what happens when fire safety is treated as optional." www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...

Croydon East isn’t isolated. We know other selection stitch-ups were dodgy too – overseen by McSweeney, Mandelson & co. Clear attempts to rig party selections show why we need an independent investigation into Labour Together. www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...

“Palantir’s ‘manifesto’ sounds like the ramblings of a supervillain.” Palantir should be nowhere near our public services. It's time to kick Palantir out of our NHS. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Today, we remember the 97 supporters who tragically lost their lives at Hillsborough, 37 years ago. They will never be forgotten ❤️ As we continue to pursue truth and justice, we need the full #HillsboroughLawNow. No more delays. No more excuses. #YNWA #JFT97

"Every major step forward in this country has depended on people being able to gather, march and speak." Today, MPs must vote against Lords Amendment 312 and reject this vast expansion of anti-protest powers. tribunemag.co.uk/2026/04/prot...

“Next week, MPs will vote on a bill to give police unprecedented powers to ban recurring protests, turning a fundamental freedom into a privilege granted by the state. It must be opposed.” Read my latest piece for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social here: tribunemag.co.uk/2026/04/prot...

Last week, Liverpool headteachers met with @kimjohnsonmp.bsky.social to discuss the urgent realities they face. Kim is listening to these local heroes so she can take their voices straight to Parliament. It’s time the Government gives schools the funding they need to not just survive — but thrive.

The graphic images of Boyan’s injuries are truly shocking. Racism in all its forms is completely unacceptable. Far-right racist violence has no place in our country – we want it off our streets. Violence & hate will never be tolerated in our communities. www.itv.com/news/granada...

I've joined members from across Labour to call for a reset to protect our party's values and future. For our party to recover, we must restore democracy, return to our founding principles and reject the current top-down approach. Read our statement: resetlabour.co.uk

Great to meet with headteachers from across Merseyside to talk about the reality of school budgets. Staffing pressures, rising pastoral needs, SEND costs are just some of the issues hitting classrooms hard. Our schools cannot keep absorbing these pressures alone. #StopSchoolCuts

Tomorrow, UKIP are set to march in Liverpool. There is no place in our city for their scapegoating. Love is greater than hate. Unity is stronger than division and racism. Hope is more powerful than fear. We are Liverpool – a city of hope, not hate. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Happy St Patrick’s Day ☘️ Wishing everyone celebrating a day full of pride and friendship! I’d like to pay tribute to the pivotal contributions Irish people have made to Liverpool and all around the world. Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona daoibh 💚

MPs including @rebeccalongbailey.com, @johnmcdonnellmp.bsky.social, @kimjohnsonmp.bsky.social, @sianberry.bsky.social, @lsrplaid.bsky.social and @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social have called for the UK government to support a new UN Convention on the protection of journalists.

The Hand of Friendship bath bomb is now available in all UK Lush stores. Support the Migrants' Rights Network and support a movement that stands together, not divided. www.lush.com/uk/en/p/hand... #LUSHxMRN

What will it take for this government to respond to the ICJ advisory opinion on genocide? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The student loans crisis is a national scandal. Graduates are being trapped by what are essentially loan-shark terms, fuelling injustice and deepening generational inequality. This system isn’t just broken - it’s built to burden young people. www.theguardian.com/money/2026/m...

"Reputational risk" features 4 separate times *IN BOLD* in the due diligence checklist of today's first set of released Mandelson files. It’s impossible that Starmer didn’t see these warnings - he must apologise for initially proclaiming ignorance. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Tonight, I voted to defend our jury system. Jury trials are a fundamental right and undermining them threatens the foundations of our democracy. #JusticeNeedsJuries

Pleasure to speak at last night's Arise: A Festival of Left Ideas online meeting - Women for Palestine! To celebrate #IWD26, this event brought together powerful voices from across the labour movement. You can listen to my contribution from 2:56-10:18 👇 www.youtube.com/live/xbNPyWG...

The Government admits there’s a risk of increased racial bias – yet plans to review the impact on ethnic minorities after the reforms take effect. Reckless. Irresponsible. Dangerous. Justice needs juries. labourlist.org/2026/03/lamm...

Great to speak at the @rmtunion.bsky.social Women’s Conference in Liverpool. The #ActionAgainstAssaults campaign is vital - no worker should be treated as second-class and no woman should choose between safety and livelihood. Proud that women’s rights are at the heart of our agenda.

Black people have long been some of Labour's most loyal voters - but that loyalty is being undermined by decisions that deepen inequality. Racial injustice isn't abstract; it's happening right now. Labour has a responsibility to fix it, not fuel it. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I’ve signed @ianbyrnemp.bsky.social's EDM on ticket pricing in football. We are sending a clear message to Premier League clubs – football without fans is nothing. Stop raising ticket prices. Stop pricing supporters out of the game. #StopExploitingLoyalty edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...

Nominations are now open for the BBC Merseyside Make a Difference Awards 2026 🏆✨ If you know someone who deserves a thank you or recognition, why not nominate them! For a full list of categories - and details of how to nominate someone - visit: www.bbc.co.uk/makeadiffere...

Some excellent news - huge congratulations to Rayvenn Shaleigha D’Clark who has been chosen to lead the artistic design of new iron panels for the International Slavery Museum’s entrance pavilion ✨ theguideliverpool.com/internationa...

Join the Together Alliance for our second Campaign Day this Saturday 28 February as we send out a message of Love, Hope and Unity ❤️ ⏰ 12-2pm 📍 Church St, Liverpool City Centre (by Primark) Love Liverpool. Hate Racism. #TogetherAlliance www.togetheralliance.org.uk

14 years of cuts. Stations gone. 12,000 firefighter jobs lost. Services stretched to breaking point. Enough is enough. @fbunational.bsky.social’s Cuts Kill campaign is our fight to reverse the damage and secure the reinvestment needed to build a fire service worthy of the future 🚒🔥

The conversation about housing is all wrong - it’s time to flip the narrative. The housing emergency is driven by decades of underinvestment in affordable social homes, not by people seeking safety. It’s time to build more homes & stop scapegoating migrants. You can help change the conversation.

The BBC deserves every bit of criticism here – it should never have been broadcast. How is it that ‘Free Palestine’ can be censored, but the n-word was allowed to initially be aired? It doesn’t add up. Serious questions need answering. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Today is Ash Wednesday, marking the beginning of Lent and 40 days of preparation for Easter. Wishing everyone observing this season blessings, peace and a meaningful time of reflection with loved ones and your faith.

Representation, not red tape ❌ Today, thanks to the Employment Rights Act, most of the Tories' 2016 Trade Union Act is repealed, removing restrictions designed to tie unions up in knots. Our unions can now focus on what they do best - organising to win better pay & conditions!

Ramadan Mubarak to all celebrating across Liverpool and beyond. May this blessed time bring peace, happiness and prosperity to you, your family and friends 🌙✨

Happy #LunarNewYear to those celebrating in Liverpool and around the world! May the Year of the Horse bring you strength & great success 🐎 Always proud that Liverpool is home to Europe’s oldest Chinese community. #YearOfTheFireHorse

"It has been ten years since the Supreme Court admitted that the law on joint enterprise had ‘taken a wrong turn." As we mark ten years since the Jogee ruling, I’ve written in @justicegap.bsky.social about why justice cannot wait another ten years 👇 www.thejusticegap.com/kim-johnson-...

The Cabinet Office is “assembling the facts” about the actions of its own Minister - how on earth is that independent? This is unacceptable. We need a fully independent investigation, not a process they run and control themselves. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The decision to proscribe PA under terrorism law has been ruled unlawful by the High Court today. I was proud to vote against the proscription of PA. Our right to protest is under sustained attack & it must be protected. The government must not appeal. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...

I was honoured to open @rmtunion.bsky.social's Health and Safety Conference in Liverpool this morning. Violence is not – and should never be – "part of the job." I am committed to ending the outsourcing racket that’s undermining safety, equality and the future of our railways.

Had an inspiring afternoon with the African Caribbean Society at @liverpooluni.bsky.social for their Breaking Barriers event last week ✨   It was a privilege to share my journey into Parliament & to discuss the challenges, the breakthroughs & importance of Black voices across these spaces.

“Enjoying mafia movies doesn’t make me a killer. So be wary of the state using rap music to prove murder” Shami Chakrabarti is absolutely right - creative expression must be protected from misuse in our justice system. Read her excellent article 👇🏽 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It’s #HeartUnions Week 2026! Being in a union gave me a voice at work – now I use mine in Parliament to fight for workers' rights. I’m proud to have voted for the Employment Rights Act, the biggest upgrade in employment rights in a generation ❤️🌹 #JoinAUnion

Lovely visit to M&S L1 last week to catch up with store manager Margaret & hear about how the amazing team is getting on. It was also a pleasure to meet Jean, who recently celebrated 40 years at M&S! Such a warm, welcoming team at M&S L1 - it really does feel like a family.