Tory Budget for the rich
Newcastle paid a heavy price for Tory economic austerity – services slashed, wages cut. Now the Chancellor is borrowing billions to gamble on tax cuts & boosting oil companies’ profits. I asked him to apologise for making Newcastle poorer and expecting us to pay for it.The Chancellor responded that ‘tax cuts were for everyone’. Well […]
Residents struggle to get the NHS services they need – Tories fail the NHS
The Secretary of State for Health didn’t agree with me that the NHS wasn’t safe in the Tory’s hands. Here’s why she’s wrong. One constituent has been on the waiting list for a wheelchair since January this year. 8 months later they still haven’t got it. […]
NHS not safe in Tory hands
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central) (Lab) My constituents face intolerable delays in A&E, for an appointment, for referral for mental health treatment, or for an ambulance. Those who work in the NHS face plummeting morale, effective pay cuts and staff shortages. The Secretary of State’s response is to aspire to a GP waiting time […]
Government admits it has created delays for people and businesses
A Home Office Minister has admitted to me that they “surged” extra staff from other departments to deal with the Ukraine crisis but won’t say what impact that delays had on people and businesses… Either they don’t know or they don’t care.
Working people of Newcastle foot the bill instead of the big Energy Companies
Liz Truss thinks that getting energy companies to pay their fair share would “undermine the national interest”. The reality is that she is so wedded to hard right ideology that she will let the working people of Newcastle foot the bill instead. Chronicle Live: Newcastle Central MP Chi Onwurah accused the PM of being “so wedded to […]
It’s a week since I stood in the Commons and paid tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II
It’s a week since I stood in the Commons and paid tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II. The sense of loss is still strong for the many who admired and respected her across Newcastle. As I said in my tribute, she cared about things we Geordies cared about. The late Queen stood in solidarity […]
Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II cared about the things we Geordies care about
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central) (Lab) The people of Newcastle have always held a strong and proud sense of our own identity as Geordies, as working people, as citizens of the United Kingdom and, for seven decades, as subjects of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. Her death leaves us bereft in ways we cannot fully […]
Most people support a Windfall Tax on Energy and Oil Companies
During PMQs the Prime Minister claimed to know what the country wants. However, she refuses to back a windfall tax on energy profits. Here’s an August YouGov Poll that shows what the country thinks about a windfall tax.
People in Newcastle need every penny
When families in Newcastle need every penny they can get our PM, Liz Truss , seems to think now is the right time to protect Shell’s excess profits and give Amazon a tax cut. There’s nothing new about a Tory who when asked “who pays?” says “the working people of Britain.” #PMQs People are terrified […]
Same old failed Tory ideas
Liz Truss offers more of the same old failed Tory ideas that got us in this mess. We need a fresh start and a Labour Government.