Tree planting on the Town Moor – increasing biodiversity & environmental resilience in Kenton
Another fab Town Moor tree-planting session with Northumberland Wildlife Trust , local councillors & residents, increasing biodiversity & environmental resilience in Kenton https://twitter.com/ChiOnwurah/status/1754217634743103710?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
42 per cent of children in Newcastle are growing up in poverty
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central) (Lab) T4. This month’s Joseph Rowntree Foundation report sets out how childhood poverty impacts on educational attainment, and how the consequences last a lifetime, entrenching intergenerational poverty. Forty-two per cent of children in Newcastle are growing up in poverty. Will the Secretary of State support Labour’s call for free breakfast […]
Anger and frustration with litter and fly-tipping has grown
Chi’s 15 PLAN: https://chionwurahmp.com/2024/01/chi-onwurahs-15-point-action-plan-for-rubbish-recycling/ Chi Onwurah question in the House of Commons to the Minister: My constituents’ anger and frustration with litter and fly-tipping has grown as £390 million-worth of Government cuts to Newcastle City Council’s budget has impacted on services. Children in particular complain to me about having to play in rubbish. My 15-point […]
Long awaited release of £35million for restoration of the Tyne Bidge
Individual Issues raised by constituents NOVEMBER 2023
Policy Issues raised by constituents NOVEMBER 2023
Teesworks Report
On Politics North @BBCNEandCumbria, it was clear Tories knew what was in the #Teesworks report so no surprise they’re trying to spin it, but we must ensure every pound counts in the #NorthEast. I asked the Minister why he will not allow @NAOorguk to conduct a proper inquiry. pic.twitter.com/m3kRhjftBp — Chi Onwurah ???? (@ChiOnwurah) January […]
School Attendance Scandal
The SoS has said that keeping children in school is her “number one priority”. But since 2016, persistent absence in #Newcastle has more than doubled, and severe absence is up 282%. I asked the SoS what she was doing to fix the attendance crisis. I got insults & waffle back! pic.twitter.com/8EuXWF07G4 — Chi Onwurah ???? (@ChiOnwurah) January 29, […]
28th January was the first World Lewy Body Day – to highlight the most common form of Dementia
28th January was the first World Lewy Body Day and Newcastle are world leaders in research in this the most common form of dementia – you have never heard of. At The Catalyst in central Newcastle researchers, clinicians and those touched by the disease came together to shine a light on Lewy. For more information […]
Holocaust Memorial in Newcastle
Beautiful, moving Holocaust Memorial Day Commemorative Event at the Central Library organised by the Representative Council of North East Jewry with wonderful testimony from Susie Kaufman, Newcastle students & community leaders on this year’s theme “ the Fragility of Freedom”. Today, we remember the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, all the victims of […]