Labour will introduce specialist rape courts
Labour will introduce specialist rape courts

Labour will introduce specialist rape courts

The @NorthumbriaPCC has introduced Independent Sexual Violence Champions to improve victim experience in the face of this Govt's failure where less than 1 in 50 recorded rapes are charged. I asked if the Minister if he would commit to specialist…

Fans should be at the heart of football
Fans should be at the heart of football

Fans should be at the heart of football

⚫️⚪️We're on our way to Wembley!⚪️⚫️ I asked the Minister if he would wish #NUFC well in Sunday's final and if he would commit to an Independent Regulator and give fans real power over the beautiful game. I didn't get…

Labour will introduce tough penalties for fly-tippers and those who make the mess will clean it up
Labour will introduce tough penalties for fly-tippers and those who make the mess will clean it up

Labour will introduce tough penalties for fly-tippers and those who make the mess will clean it up

Labour will introduce tough penalties for fly-tippers and those who make the mess will clean it up. A Labour government will bring fresh thinking to anti social behaviour. Litter blights our cities, that’s why I set out my 15 Point…

Public Transport should respond to peaks in demand
Public Transport should respond to peaks in demand

Public Transport should respond to peaks in demand

LNER cannot run any more trains because of delays to timetable revision. I hoped public transport service could respond flexibly to peaks in demand. LNER also said fans should have booked trains for the final before NUFC had even kicked…

Heart Unions Week – Why not join a Trade Union?
Heart Unions Week – Why not join a Trade Union?

Heart Unions Week – Why not join a Trade Union?

It was great to catch up with TUC Northern‘s brilliant Liz Blackshaw about industrial action, recent casework trends, and the importance of being a union member. This Heart Unions Week, why not Join A Union? Not sure which one? Find…

Tory Minister presides over 321 year’s worth of sewage in just three years
Tory Minister presides over 321 year’s worth of sewage in just three years

Tory Minister presides over 321 year’s worth of sewage in just three years

Therese Coffey presided over 321 years worth of sewage over three years as water minister. She told me earlier this year that beaches were cleaner with the Tories in charge and that it was Labour's fault. No really, have a…

Dear Newcastle – Newsletter February 2023
Dear Newcastle  – Newsletter February 2023

Dear Newcastle – Newsletter February 2023

My latest DearNewcastle Constituency Report is now up, check out what I’ve been up to & who I’ve been meeting as your MP – in Newcastle, UKParliament& online! OpenMP Read herehttps://chionwurahmp.com/wp-content/uploads/Dear-Newcastle-February-2023.pdf  

NUFC about to play first cup final since 1999 but it’s impossible to book a train from Newcastle to London on the day so I written to take up this failure with LNER
NUFC about to play first cup final since 1999 but it’s impossible to book a train from Newcastle to London on the day so I written to take up this failure with LNER

NUFC about to play first cup final since 1999 but it’s impossible to book a train from Newcastle to London on the day so I written to take up this failure with LNER

NUFC are about to play their first cup final since 1999. But fans have contacted me to say, two weeks before the match, it is impossible to book a train from Newcastle to London on the day. I’ve written to…

Good News – Strawberry Place site purchased by NUFC
Good News – Strawberry Place site purchased by NUFC

Good News – Strawberry Place site purchased by NUFC

I’m pleased to hear that the land at Strawberry Place has been purchased by NUFC. It should never have been sold off by Ashley in the first place. People of Newcastle were clear they would not support the use of…