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 […]
Decoded – Banker turned politician tells women: social care should begin with them as unpaid carers
Decoded – Banker turned politician tells women: social care should begin with them as unpaid carers
HGV Driver Shortages – since 2015
Emails from Constituent raising HGV driver shortage and lack of help to obtain a HGV License: From: YYYYYYYYY Sent: 06 July 2015 14:15 Subject: Re: re HGV training Thanks for your considered reply. I have spoke with the DWP on a few occasions and they will only offer funding when a job offer is in […]
Chi writes to Minister to finally secure Wylam meeting
Chi has written to Steve Barclay, who has replaced Michael Gove in the Cabinet Office, to see if he will honour his predecessors commitment to meet with Wylam Brewery regarding their ongoing problems with exporting to the EU. Letter here: LettertoBarclayWylam brewery
British automotive jobs & making electric vehicles affordable
In 2018 the UK produced 25% of Europe’s #electricvehicles that will fall to 4% by 2030. Germans get grants 3x higher than British consumers to buy electric cars (€9000). I asked the Minister what he was doing to secure #British automotive jobs & make electric vehicles affordable https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2021-09-21/debates/DEED1B8E-BFFA-4C9B-831E-85752EA7FF4F/AutomotiveBatteryManufacturers#contribution-F7C51F53-AE91-4E20-BF3C-8D40D6F8C4E9