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Below is an email forwarded to Chi from Unilever regarding skin whitening.

Chi’s article in the Guardian: Technology must enable people-powered services

This article was published in the Guardian on 21 March 2013 http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/mar/21/labour-technology-must-enable-people-powered-services  Jemima Kiss recently called for long-sighted and informed politicians in the technology debate and accused Labour of missing a trick by not recognising the social values of the web. And I would have agreed, had I not been preparing to launch our Digital Review of […]

Season’s Greetings from Chi

 www.thenewbridgeproject.com   MP’s Report  Christmas  2013 Dear Newcastle  Walking through the city centre today it seemed everyone had Christmas on their minds and the magical Fenwicks window displays were attracting large crowds of all ages. But as I stopped by charity shops in search of some late Christmas cards it was very clear to me […]

Winner of Open Data competition claims his Parliamentary tea with Chi

Chi published the annual anonomised data relating to her constituency work on her website earlier this year and opened up an open data competition [full screen here] to invite anyone to display the data in an interesting and informative way, with tea in the Pugin Room, House of Commons as the prize. Chi’s team judged the submissions against a number […]

Chi’s Speech to the Digital Leaders Conference 2013

This is the text of Chi’s speech to the Digital Leaders Conference on Wednesday, 4th December 2013.    — Check against delivery–   Good Afternoon It is a real pleasure to be here. I am very grateful to the Chancellor – for moving his Autumn statement to tomorrow just so that I could join you. […]

Labour announces Digital Government review – Digital Britain 2015

Labour’s Shadow Cabinet Office Minister, Chi Onwurah MP, will announce today the launch of a Digital Government review  – Digital Britain 2015 – specifically looking at how digital technology can improve both the efficiency and effectiveness of government.    The review, which will culminate with a published update of relevant parts of Labour’s 2009 Digital […]

Keeping You Informed (October 2013)

Dear Newcastle As the evenings darken and the Christmas adverts begin the last thing we want is a huge energy bill. But that is just what we have to look forward to as energy companies announce price rises of around the 10% mark, much more than inflation and much, much more than average pay rises […]

Newcastle MPs pledge ‘to put the HER in Hero’ ahead of Ada Lovelace Day

Newcastle MPs, Chi Onwurah and Catherine McKinnell, joined forces to sign the ‘HER in Hero’ pledge at an event organised by the Little Miss Geek campaign in Parliament last week. Joined by almost forty of their Parliamentary colleagues, Catherine and Chi backed Little Miss Geek’s pledge to celebrate our female heroes of the past and present, in […]