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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 […]

Statement from Premier League on NUFC takeover

Chi was sent the following statement from the Premier League: The Premier League, Newcastle United Football Club and St James Holdings Limited have today settled the dispute over the takeover of the club by the consortium of PIF, PCP Capital Partners and RB Sports & Media. Following the completion of the Premier League’s Owners’ and […]

Statement from Chi Onwurah MP for Newcastle Central on NUFC takeover

Statement from Chi Onwurah MP for Newcastle Central on NUFC takeover For Newcastle United fans – who make up the majority of my constituents – the last few years have been an agony of frustration, disappointment and deception, further poisoned by the undisguised contempt of the club’s owner and the Premier League for fans’ hopes […]