Dear Newcastle Summer 2021
I hope everyone managed to get some time with family and friends over the summer, but I know it has been a long and difficult summer for many. The fall of Afghanistan, the Prime Minister’s so called Social Care Plan…
Newcastle wants Climate Justice and Climate Action
Great to join groups from across the NorthEast as part of @Cop26A Coalition calling for real action from this Government, greenjobs for a greeneconomy & a voice for all communities impacted by this existential threat. – – – So…
Government failing to deliver on broadband
Johnson promised #fullfibre broadband for all, but the Government is slashing gigabit targets, as well as #broadband price controls, the broadband budget, & of course #UniversalCredit support. When will the country get the broadband we need & people can afford? The Minister thought my…
Work halves released prisoners reoffending rates – but lack of housing means back to prison @ cost of £40,000 pa
Work cuts reoffending rates in half. The Recruitment Junction in my constituency has a 50% success rate in getting ex-offenders into work—that is twice the national average. It tells me that the biggest challenge is on housing, such as for…
World Sepsis Day
#Sepsis contributes to the deaths of over 22,000 patients in NHS hospitals each year. On #WorldSepsisDay I am calling on the Government to fulfil its commitment to halving Hospital Acquired Infections by 2024 #halveHAIs
Why I voted against a rise in National Insurance
Boris Johnson’s so called Social Care Plan is a 10% hike in taxes for the working poor which doesn’t fix social care or the NHS but does protect the wealthiest at the expense of our region’s poorest. That’s what he…
Opposing the cut in Universal Credit of £20 per week from October
Chi and the other Labour MPs in the North East wrote to Rishi Sunak MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, to call for the Government to cancel plans to cut Universal Credit by £20 a week from October. Full text…
Newcastle is the best place in the UK – lets make it official
Newcastle is the best place in the UK – lets make it official! NewcastleGateshead @altweet_pet Help us make Newcastle officially the UK’s favourite place. Vote now! We’re currently a close second place behind Liverpool. Let’s get the Toon to number…
Protect people fleeing Afghanistan – petition
Sign the petition: https://action.labour.org.uk/page/88385/petition/1?