Chris Hinchliff MP
@CHinchliffMP
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Member of Parliament for North East Hertfordshire. 🌹 Member of the @CommonsEAC
North East Hertfordshire
Joined September 2024
To the millions who cherish nature, our country without its natural heritage is not Britain at all. We can do better than bolt-on commuter dormitories. I’m fighting for the green spaces we all love, and for a country where everyone is surrounded by proof that life is beautiful.
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Chalk streams are vital habitats—85% are in England, 10% in Herts. Once they’re gone, they’re gone. Nature bodies are warning they're in danger—even before the Planning and Infra Bill passes. I'll keep working with @WildlifeTrusts to ensure they get the protection they need.
Southern water has imposed a hosepipe ban on areas in Hampshire and IOW which rely on the chalk streams for water. These are in danger of drying up. Many chalk streams in England are being sucked dry. Water companies are applying to abstract rivers below ecologically safe levels
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The driest spring since 1893. Evidence keeps growing that the climate emergency is an existential threat to our food security, nature, and the rural way of life. Those who recklessly argue we should go slow on tackling this challenge would do irreparable damage to our country.
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The only thing rising faster than your bills is water bosses’ pay. Affinity Water’s CEO is pocketing £1.6 million while the firm leaks billions of litres every year. Time for public ownership.
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The Government’s steps on solar for new builds are welcome—but we’re missing a huge opportunity with existing rooftops. Today I urged Ministers to introduce a scheme offering free rooftop solar installation for commercial and residential properties, paid back via energy savings.
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I signed @LFPME's letter to the Foreign Secretary. The Israeli Defence Minister’s plan to forcibly transfer civilians in Gaza is not a humanitarian act—it’s ethnic cleansing. The UK must act: recognise Palestine, protect aid, restrict trade, and secure the release of hostages.
This week over 60 Labour MPs signed a joint letter to the Foreign Secretary, with many other MPs continuing to add their name or sending the same letter privately. Full letter and signatories here:
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Devastating for nature. Wholly unhelpful for responsible house builders. The government should steer well clear of these daft proposals.
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Time for a windfall tax on profiteering developers.
UK builders to pay 100 million pounds to housing programmes after competition probe
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One year as North East Herts’ first Labour MP: 9,000+ cases closed, 20 surgeries held, and real progress made on housing, energy and the environment. In year two, I’ll keep fighting for SEND reform, better buses and a planning system that puts people and nature before profit.
Interviewed @CHinchliffMP to talk about his first year as MP for North East Herts - here's what he had to say on the biggest issues of the last 12 months, including housing and planning, assisted dying, and the winter fuel allowance 👇.
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After 14 years of Tory failure, this Labour Government is fixing the broken leasehold system:. 📄Standardised service charge forms & clear accounts. 🏣Transparent buildings insurance info. ⚖️Fairer legal costs. 🔧Section 20 reform to stop shock bills. 🎓Qualified managing agents.
Leaseholders to get rights to more easily challenge extortionate service charges . Read moređź”—.
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As a former workplace rep I know just how important this is to working parents who have experienced the tragedy of a miscarriage. Protecting time off work to mourn no matter what stage a pregnancy loss takes place is the fair thing to do, granting dignity to grieving parents.
No-one going through the heartbreak of pregnancy loss should have to go back to work before they’re ready. I’m proud this Labour government is introducing a day-one right to protected time off work, with time away from work to grieve.
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RT @WWF_UK_Politics: We enjoyed the Sustainable Nitrogen Alliance event @ #Groundswell25 & hearing from @CHinchliffMP, farmer Stuart Robert….
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Wonderful to be at #Groundswell2025 yesterday—sampling local food, exploring innovative farming solutions, and joining a panel on Nitrogen Circularity arranged by @WildlifeTrusts. Great to meet so many doing so much inspirational work to grow our food in harmony with nature. 🌱
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The Labour Government’s £39bn for affordable housing with 60% social rent is great news. It could be transformational. The affordable housing crisis is a national emergency- I'm backing @Shelter’s call to frontload funding. Families need council homes now. Let’s build them!.
🚨 BREAKING 🚨. We’re delivering the biggest boost to social and affordable homes in a generation through a new £39b programme. At least 60% will be for social rent. This investment and reform will provide secure homes for hundreds of thousands of families across the country.
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The Conservatives cut services to the bone while the rich got richer. They left Britain broken. That inheritance should be motivation for change—not a reason to defend a failed status quo. One human life is worth more than all the wealth of the super-rich and mega-corporations.
Labour MP @CHinchliffMP explains why the disability benefit cuts are impossible to support.
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I stand with carers. The Disability Benefit Cuts Bill could have a massive knock on effect for future carers. A Labour Government should be supporting carers—not trying to balance the books on their backs. I will vote NO. @CarersUK
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The Disability Benefits Cuts Bill will force 150,000 people into poverty and save just ÂŁ3.5 billion. There are over 100 tax breaks costing ÂŁ207 billion a year. We must end the doom-loop of cutting support for the vulnerable while giving tax breaks to the rich. I'm voting NO!
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