Individual Issues raised by constituents in October 2018

North East R&D Funding Slashed

Press Release Wednesday 19 December 2018 North East R&D Funding Slashed Research by Chi Onwurah MP for Newcastle Central has shown that Government funding for North East R&D has been slashed by £36 per head since 2012. Figures in response to a Parliamentary Question put by Chi show that the Government has cut its per head […]
This fractured Tory Government can’t deliver a workable #Brexit deal – Labour’s alternative

On @vicderbyshire prrogramme I talked about why this car-crash, which the fractured Tory Government can’t deliver a workable #Brexit deal – & Labour’s alternative
It was great to visit the Royal Mail sorting office on Forth Street

On #PostalWorkersDay it was great to visit the @RoyalMail sorting office on Forth Street in #Newcastle to see the hard work that goes into making Christmas merry & mail-filled for everyone!
Individual Issues raised by constituents in Septmber 2018

Policy Issues raised by constituents in September 2018

Chi’s full remarks in the Brexit debate (video)

The full text of the speech can be found here.
Chi demands end to Universal Credit Prescription Nightmare
Chi Onwurah MP for Newcastle Central has been demanding changes to Universal Credit (UC) to ensure claimants can have the free prescriptions to which they are entitled for over three years now. She has again written to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to ask her to sort it out. Chi says: “ […]
We need to come together for all our futures

In the #Brexit debate I wanted to make my speech less divisive than the times we live in. #Newcastle, like the UK, is divided but we need to come together for all our futures
North East manufacturing supply chains – depend on our being part of EU #CustomsUnion

I told the Minister North East manufacturing supply chains – and jobs! – depend on our being part of EU #CustomsUnion He claimed it’s May’s botched deal or no deal but we say British people deserve better than that: