Job Advert : Parliamentary Assistant closing date 31st July 2021

Sad my Parliamentary Assistant has decided to move on but it’s a great opportunity to join the #NewcastleCentral team. I welcome applications from people of all backgrounds & levels of experience but knowledge of or enthusiasm for the #NorthEast essential: http://w4mpjobs.org/JobDetails.aspx?jobid=79231
There is NO legal requirement on refugees to seek asylum in the first safe country

There is NO legal requirement on #refugees to seek #asylum in the first safe country. People fleeing unspeakable violence, torture & loss may well want to be with relatives or in a country where they can speak the language, yet the Tories want to criminalise this.
Policy Issues raised by constituents APRIL 2021
Covid-19 Policy Issues raised by constituents APRIL 2021
Individual Issues raised by constituents APRIL 2021
Covid19 Individual Issues details raised by constituents APRIL 2021
Attack on Universal Credit claimants

The government wants to take money from 16,241 universal credit claimants in #NewcastleCentral. £20 a week can be what stands between a family and the foodbank. If there is money for PPE that didn’t exist, then there is money for people to survive a #pandemic & rebuild their lives.
Dear Newcastle July 2021

Dear Newcastle Central June did not bring Boris Johnsons much promised ‘Freedom Day’ due to his own mishandling of the delta variant which has cases soaring particularly in the North East. In Newcastle the end of June saw us hit 522 cases per 100,000, almost three times the national average and doubling every week approximately, […]
Chi follows up Minister’s promise of Wylam visit

Chi today wrote to Michael Gove, who had committed to meeting Wylam Brewery on the 25th of March, to discuss with them the ongoing problems they have exporting to the EU, following the UK-EU trade deal. Full letter here: LettertoGoveWylam
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