Wycombe Labour Party

10/10/2026

Our hard-working MP, Emma Reynolds for Wycombe, highlighted action on mental health in our constituency and through commitment to broader government policy, national funding, and local community initiatives. The 10th of October is “World Mental Health Day”,
More… https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-mental-health-day/2026

Emma's Initiatives & Policy Support
• Investment in School Support: Emma recently highlighted a £49 million government investment aimed at strengthening mental health provisions within schools. This initiative ensures that children and young people can access early-intervention help directly in educational settings.
More… https://x.com/EmmaforWycombe/status/1923490815843684701
• Early Support Hubs: She has championed community-based Early Support Hubs. Through these hubs, hundreds of young people in our constituency, and across the country, receive targeted, accessible mental health assistance.
More… https://emmaforwycombe.org.uk/news-2/
https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2025-03-04/hcws493
• Tackling Social Media and Wellbeing: Recognising the adverse impact of online environments on young minds, Emma attended an event with school leaders to hear about strategies for making schools smartphone-free. She supports strengthening default restrictions to protect children's mental wellbeing from social media pressures.
More… https://emmaforwycombe.org.uk/news/smartphone-free-schools/
• NHS Workforce Backing: She supports Labour’s wider commitments to relieve pressure on the NHS, which includes recruiting 8,500 additional specially trained staff across Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and NHS talking therapies.

09/10/2026

The hot news today... Labour wins the Holborn and St Pancras by-election. This is a triumph for great campaigning, for Labour, and for the country. Congratulations to Sagal Abdi-Wali, the winning Labour candidate. She is pictured with our hard working MP, Emma Reynolds for Wycombe... https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1077106278525830&set=a.155651657337968

08/10/2026

Urgent care in the hospital is a priority for our hardworking MP, Emma Reynolds for Wycombe. Here, she keeps us up to date on what she is doing to help our local hospital meet the challenges local people experience. Wycombe people consider its hospital, and especially urgent care, a central service to our community. Keep us posted Emma!

Last week I wrote to Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust to press for a review of the opening times of the Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) at Wycombe Hospital and to raise concerns shared by local residents.

Constituents have told me they want practical improvements that make urgent care easier to access, including reviewing opening hours, extending access to X-rays, improving referral pathways so patients are not forced to repeat long waits, and ensuring people can get the right care in the right place first time.

I'm asking the Trust to respond to these proposals and provide an update on any plans to review the UTC. Protecting and improving local NHS services remains one of my top priorities, and I will continue backing the NHS Trust and making the case for better healthcare provision for our community.

06/10/2026

Inadequate housing affects people worldwide, including here in the UK.
The Labour Party is tackling the housing crisis by aiming to build 1.5 million new homes over five years and expanding social and council housing. https://www.un.org/en/observances/habitat-day

Labour is boosting Housebuilding and Supply...
• 1.5 Million Homes Target: Pledging to build 1.5 million homes across the Parliament.
• Planning Overhaul: Prioritising brownfield and grey belt land development. Recruiting planning officers.
• Financial Support: Utilising funding to deliver thousands of new social and affordable homes.
• Reforming the Rental Market and Protecting Tenants.
• Abolishing No-Fault Evictions to give private renters greater stability.
• Raising private rented property standards.
• Tackling Empty Homes: Reducing long-term empty properties.
• Right to Buy Reform: To stop new-built council homes from being purchased immediately.
• Your First Home Scheme - support for first-time buyers.
https://www.facebook.com/labourparty/posts/labour-is-delivering-the-largest-expansion-of-council-and-affordable-housing-in-/1633999851431356/

04/10/2026

The Labour Government will create a national care service. It will help the NHS serve us all better; it will take suffering and poverty away from the vulnerable; it will achieve more through a common endeavour than by leaving sufferers alone. As a national community, we will show compassion.
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03/10/2026

Our members were out today, alongside our Labour team Emma Reynolds for Wycombe and Cllr Majid Hussain in the Castlefield and Oakridge ward. Members were out listening to concerns and feedback around speeding, fly-tipping and ASB.

If you would like to join us on a future session, working towards restoring hope in our communities, you would be most welcome. Join Labour for a Britain that can hope again https://join.labour.org.uk/join

03/10/2026

Andy Burnham’s speech to the Labour Party Conference reaffirmed Labour’s traditional commitments to social justice and community.

Labour plans a strengthened Water Bill, including repealing the ideological ban on public ownership of water companies. This will be the first step in a journey to a different water system. Public control will be strengthened with mayors having new powers to hold water companies to account. This will take water back to the community.

The Burnham Government announced a national energy plan along with a plan for a Great British Grid as part of Great British Energy. This should provide an important background for renewable energy development.

The UK Prime Minister also promised a plan for economic and constitutional reform in November. This will be followed by a Spending Review to be completed by Summer 2027.

These are big steps to put the UK on a stronger footing. Labour is working together to make the future better for everyone.

Read the full text of the UK Prime Minister's Conference speech...
https://labour.org.uk/updates/stories/andy-burnhams-speech-to-labour-party-conference-2026/

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Hear from Andy Burnham, Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party in his full speech at Labour Party Conference 2026.

02/10/2026

Following the Labour Party Conference this week, we are clearer on the policy platform for energy, water, and housing. Andy Burnham has said he wants all parts of the UK to take "greater public control" of public services.
For transport, that could possibly mean working on a franchise basis. However, the structure and control mechanisms for public control of water and energy details are yet to be disclosed. Some direct public ownership has not been ruled out for water companies.
Andy Burnham has promised the biggest council house building programme "since the post-War period" - implying a large rise in rates of construction compared to recent years. He has also expressed a desire to see higher density residential development in towns in order to protect more green spaces from development. Some of his other policies in this area - including restricting Right to Buy - have already been put in motion by the current government.

29/09/2026

Andy Burnham made his leaders' speech today. The Guardian clearly thought it exceeded expectations, saying, "Andy Burnham’s speech today was a rare exception" compared with many other PMs' speeches.
Phrases like "emotionally engaging" and "a speech 15 years in the making" peppered the article. With buoyant praise, the article finished with a flourish, saying, "... this speech was daring, moving and – potentially – transformational. Burnham has had a good week, and today it got better."
The Guardian article...
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/sep/29/andy-burnham-labour-conference-liverpool-speech-triple-lock-pension-angela-rayner-lucy-powell-bridget-phillipson-uk-politics-latest-news-updates
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