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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 […]

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