Chi Onwurah MP for Newcastle Central working with the Nigerian Association of Tyne & Wear has invited the North East’s Nigerian Diaspora communities to a Town Hall style meeting at Newcastle University Business School this Friday(20th May) with the Hon…
Chi Encourages Teens to Take Part in an Experience of a Lifetime this Summer
Over 500 teenagers from Newcastle upon Tyne have already said yes to a once-in-a-lifetime experience this summer by signing up for National Citizen Service (NCS). This summer NCS is giving young people aged 15-17* the chance to spend two weeks…
Benwell & Scotswood Ward Summit
Attendees Chi Onwurah MP, Jeremy Beecham, Hazel Stephenson & Rob Higgins Local Member of Parliament and Councillors Geraldine Cunningham Local Economic Development Officer, Newcastle City Council Shirley Brady Pendower Pendower Tenants and Residents Association Pauline Pilarska-Poole JET [Jobs,…
Dear Newcastle
It has been a wet Christmas and New Year with flooding in many places but thankfully not in Newcastle Central. I hope everyone managed to enjoy a few days rest and relaxation as 2015 ended, I know my emails were…
Chi thoughts on Syria and voting intention
Dear Newcastle Central Constituents I have spent much of the weekend considering how I will vote on the question of whether the UK should extend airstrikes against Daesh/ISIS from Iraq to Syria, seeking out and weighing the evidence and the…
Dear Newcastle September 2015
Dear Newcastle Well this summer you could say the political weather has been even more changeable than the real weather. After a long and gruelling summer campaign Jeremy Corbyn was overwhelmingly elected as leader by a huge new membership and…
Chi’s questions for Minister on media diversity
Following a constructive and informative debate in Parliament last week, Chi wrapped-up the session with some closing remarks and questions for Ed Vaizey, the Minister for Culture. Chi has since put the questions in writing to the Minister and will…
My nomination for Deputy Leader
Two weeks ago I wrote a blog setting out why Labour’s defeat had led me to the conclusion, amongst many, that we needed a broad debate in our leadership and deputy leadership contests, one that reached out to all those…
Chi’s initial thoughts on Labour’s defeat
This article was written by Chi and published on LabourList. We should focus on those we seek to serve On Friday Newcastle Labour held its traditional post election do to thank the volunteers who had worked so hard and, in my…
Top tips to stay safe for online sales
Every year the sales seem to star earlier and earlier, competing with Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Panic Saturday or whatever new terms being invented for what we used to just call the Christmas rush. But some of the January sales…