Policy Issues raised by constituents AUGUST 2021
Covid-19 Policy Issues raised by constituents AUGUST 2021
Individual Issues raised by constituents AUGUST 2021
Covid19 Individual Issues details raised by constituents AUGUST 2021
Autumn Budget statement – more austerity on the way
It is a real pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield, Hallam (Olivia Blake) and her incisive comments. I grew up in a council house in North Kenton, in Newcastle. I went to excellent local state schools, and the NHS made me well when I was ill and saved my mother’s life […]
Labour green investment pledge
Labour is serious about tackling the climate emergency. We would invest in: – Electric vehicles – Green spaces – Warmer homes – Jobs in wind and hydrogen to protect our planet for future generations. https://www.facebook.com/chi.onwurah/videos/3128979414004631 #COP26
Ban Plastics in Wet Wipes
Chi Onwurah MP for Newcastle Central is backing her Labour colleague’s Private Member’s Bill to prohibit the manufacture and sale of wet wipes containing plastic. Ms Onwurah said: “ Its hard to believe but we use 11 billion wet wipes a year in the UK, but most of us are unaware that 90% of them […]
Post Office closures
For 361 years the Post Office has been at the heart of the community, and post offices have established themselves as the backbones of local economies across the United Kingdom. My hon. Friend the Member for Hammersmith, the hon. Members for Keighley (Robbie Moore), for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (Jamie Stone), for Strangford (Jim […]
The Government has been delivering its Budget by press release
The Government has been delivering its Budget by press release. They are doing to avoid scrutiny of their plans, like cutting the North East out of transport spending. I asked the Minister why they shouldn’t be accountable to the people of Newcastle Central? “I suppose the attraction of delivering a Budget by press release is […]
Dear Newcastle October 2021
Parliament returned to a series of critical debates on very important subjects. The Elections Bill is an attempt by the Conservative Government to make it harder for people to vote, just as we should be making it easier! They Tories also rushed through a vote on the funding of the Prime Minister’s so called Social […]