On #PostalWorkersDay it was great to visit the @RoyalMail sorting office on Forth Street in #Newcastle to see the hard work that goes into making Christmas merry & mail-filled for everyone!
Individual Issues raised by constituents in Septmber 2018
Policy Issues raised by constituents in September 2018
Chi’s full remarks in the Brexit debate (video)
The full text of the speech can be found here.
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…
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
North East manufacturing supply chains – depend on our being part of EU #CustomsUnion
I told the Minister North East manufacturing supply chains – and jobs! – depend on our being part of EU #CustomsUnion He claimed it’s May’s botched deal or no deal but we say British people deserve better than that:
How I plan to vote on the Brexit deal and why
This article was originally published in the New Statesman on November 21st 2018. “I always voted Labour. So did my mam and dad. But I can’t vote Labour now.” “Why?” “You’re going to stop Brexit aren’t you?” I was on…
I asked the Minister why bus travel is so expensive under her Government
It costs me more to get a bus a few stops up the West Road in #Newcastlethan it does to get across the whole of London. I asked the Minister why bus travel is so expensive under her Government
Chi celebrates 100 years of women in Parliament
Chi Onwurah MP for Newcastle Central said: ‘It is a huge privilege and honour to be in Parliament representing Newcastle Central and celebrating 100 years of women in Parliament. “But there is still much more to be done before…