Dear Newcastle – October Newsletter 2023
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Driving Test scandal
Interesting that Rishi is focusing on banning compulsory car sharing that never was rather than addressing the ‘free’ market in driving tests which is costing would-be drivers a fortune. And will his parking app fall foul of the same marketisation? For more details: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/sep/03/an-absolute-mess-learner-drivers-forced-to-buy-tests-on-black-market-as-companies-block-book-slots
Black History Month
For more information : https://www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/
MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT
MACMILLAN Support: https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support MACMILLAN Coffee Mornings: https://coffee.macmillan.org.uk/
Individual Issues raised by constituents JULY 2023
Policy Issues raised by constituents JULY 2023
Human Rights Watch reports of migrants killed at the Saudi-Yemen border. We need more transparency than this.
The Government claim they had frank discussions with Saudi Arabia over Human Rights Watch reports of migrants killed at the Saudi-Yemen border, but they won’t share what was said. We need more transparency than this. Two Parliamentary Questions below:
You can’t build the economy of tomorrow by banning things that don’t exist whilst turning your back on the technologies of tomorrow
Newcastle Allotment & Garden show & celebrating all the green fingers & fantastic produce from allotments across our city, & the hard work or all those who make it happen
Real privilege to join Lord Mayor Veronica Dunn opening Newcastle Allotment & Garden show & celebrating all the green fingers & fantastic produce from allotments across our city, & the hard work or all those who make it happen. The rain couldn’t dampen the green community spirit!
I asked the government if ‘levelling up’ means mass Wilko redundancies and empty shopfronts in Newcastle
I asked the government if ‘levelling up’ means mass @LoveWilko redundancies and empty shopfronts in #NewcastleCentral. The Tories have given up on the British high street, while Labour has a plan to meet the challenges that businesses face. pic.twitter.com/1eFZ24ncSt — Chi Onwurah ???? (@ChiOnwurah) September 14, 2023