Vote for Newcastle to be the Great British Railways HQ
Voting is open for Newcastle to be the home of the #GreatBritishRailways HQ! We have the passion, the people and the history, so vote now and lets #BringtheRailwaysHome!https://t.co/FD51A7B8Ci pic.twitter.com/AUOijwXOzB — Chi Onwurah ???? (@ChiOnwurah) July 22, 2022 Voting is open for Newcastle to be the home of the #GreatBritishRailways HQ! We have the passion, the […]
Women’s Health Inequality
NE women spend 26% of their life not in good health, 3% pts above the national average, as the #NorthEast which has some of the highest levels of #health inequality in the UK. I asked Minister how he would target areas of high inequality & ensure #research was conducted here. pic.twitter.com/ny1X1ynAZt — Chi Onwurah ???? […]
No Confidence in this Government
Door-knocking in #NewcastleCentral Sunday a young mum of two told me she had never found it so hard to manage, joking that she would soon have to sell a kidney. One of the reasons I voted #noconfidence in the Govt was that it does not support working people in Newcastle. #VONC ???? pic.twitter.com/UV2qOIn0jY — Chi […]
Backlogs in Government Departments
Constituents face passport delays, driving licence delays, visa delays, benefit delays. Tories answer to #BacklogBritain is to cut the civil service staff who responded magnificently to Covid, and who are now doing their best to cover as dysfunctional Tories squabble over jobs pic.twitter.com/5sl16TSXyJ — Chi Onwurah ???? (@ChiOnwurah) July 14, 2022 HANSARD: Chi Onwurah Passport […]
Bus fares on Tyneside
People on #Tyneside are facing #CostOfLivingCrisis #busfare rises & reduced services. I asked Govt the question I have asked many times before: when can we expect to see our #bus fares 'levelled down' to London rates – £1.65 to cross the entire metropolitan area (+30 miles!) pic.twitter.com/6RLr95yFI1 — Chi Onwurah ???? (@ChiOnwurah) June 30, 2022 […]
HORIZON Post Office scandal
At core of the #HorizonScandal was the belief that workers are dishonest & #tech infallible. Decent working people were imprisoned then made to wait years for justice, some did not live to see it. Govt must quickly deliver compensation for this horrific miscarriage of justice. pic.twitter.com/GUGmIEecnB — Chi Onwurah ???? (@ChiOnwurah) June 30, 2022 HANSARD: […]
Backlog Britain means delays in the justice system cause mental health anguish
Backlog Britain means delays in the justice system, and for rape cases there is a huge mental health impact for victims, who cannot get help because of delays in the mental health system responding to their needs! Britain deserves better than this! Parliament TV: #BacklogBritain means delays in the justice system, and for rape cases […]
Local Government and Central Government capacity slashed by 10 years of Austerity
Ten years of austerity economics have slashed national and local government capacity. I asked the Minister whether he thought these cuts had left our public services in a resilient position to face COVID and a cost of living crisis? He seemed to think they had! Parliament TV: Ten years of #austerity economics have slashed national […]
Backlog Britain is hitting Newcastle Central hard
Backlog Britain is hitting Newcastle Central hard with long waits for responses, passports, asylum decisions etc. Yet Home Office is spending over £100million on its Rwanda policy, as inhumane as it is workable. I told the Home Secretary she needs to fix her Department not hide behind refugees! As always the Home Secretary wouldn’t take […]
British Science being left on the shelf
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central) (Lab) British business depends on British science for long-term national growth, and the No. 1 issue facing British scientists right now is our participation in the world’s largest science funding programme—the European Union’s £95 billion Horizon programme. Since 2007, British scientists have won over £14 billion from Horizon—more than […]