Dear Newcastle – May Newsletter 2024
Read Chi’s full newsletter below or at: Dear Newcastle Final May 2024 We need strong communities across our country The local election results show just how the UK is crying out for change. The strong swing to Labour across the country is a consequence of 14 years of Tory failure. For local communities in […]
Gaza – Rafah offensive – holding Israel accountable
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central) (Lab) The consequences of Israel’s Rafah offensive for the Palestinians are absolutely clear: death, destruction, starvation and disease on a scale even greater than the horrors we have already witnessed. It beggars belief that the Deputy Foreign Secretary comes to this House and cannot set out any consequences for […]
14 years since first elected to represent Newcastle Central – huge thanks to everyone who has helped me to represent this wonderful constituency since 2010
Read summary of my Parliamentary record: https://chionwurahmp.com/my-record/
On benefits, support into work and the NHS – the Tories have failed people in Newcastle who are disabled or in ill health
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central) (Lab) There are 4,500 people in Newcastle Central who are out of the workforce and economically inactive due to disability or ill health. The Government have failed them when it comes to the benefits system, failed them when it comes to supporting them to work, which is so important, […]
Great to visit Hadrain School in Benwell
Hadrain community events: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Friends-of-Hadrian-School/100064520536827/
Crisis in Sudan
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central) (Lab) The attention paid to the conflict in Sudan does not reflect the enormity of the suffering there, with millions displaced and facing famine, violence and insecurity. As chair of the all-party parliamentary group for Africa, I thank my hon. Friend the Member for West Ham (Ms Brown) for […]
Voting Today untill 10pm – remember you need Photo ID – for local information: https://iwillvote.org.uk/
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Independent Investigation of IDF actions is needed
I raised a point of order after a minister contradicted a previous Tory commitment to seek an independent investigation into the Israeli Defence Force's killing of British aid workers. The IDF investigating itself is not independent. We need accountability. pic.twitter.com/7SGqigfqMa — Chi Onwurah ???? (@ChiOnwurah) April 30, 2024 HANSARD: Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central) […]
Workers Memorial Day
Today is Workers Memorial Day when we remember those killed or seriously injured at work. We honour their memory and continue the fight for safety and security in the workplace Labours New Deal Labour’s New Deal for Workers : https://labour.org.uk/updates/stories/a-new-deal-for-working-people/ TUC: On International Workers' Memorial Day, we remember every life lost to unsafe work and commit to fighting […]
Infected Blood scandal
My constituents simply cannot understand why it is taking so long to pay compensation to the victims of the infected blood scandal. I asked the minister if he could give any sense of when compensation might be paid. pic.twitter.com/hkEY13Azhs — Chi Onwurah ???? (@ChiOnwurah) April 26, 2024