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The Home Office is broken

Chi Onwurah  (Newcastle upon Tyne Central) (Lab)   Between 2015 and 2020, the proportion of asylum seekers whose application Between 2015-2021, the number of asylum seekers applications decided by the Home Office within the 6 month target plummeted from 80% to 17%. leaving asylum seekers in misery & putting communities under pressure The Home Office […]

Bus Services in Newcastle – passengers views

After meeting Stagecoach North East, I asked Newcastle residents to verify their claims on the quality of Bus Services. I will be taking people’s answers to the Transport Secretary of State . 87.4% of respondents didn’t agree with Stagecoach’s assessment that services had gotten better recently.   An even bigger percentage of respondents disagreed with […]

Will the commitment to fully implement Northern Powerhouse Rail would last?

As the birthplace of British Railways, #Newcastle bid to be the home of Great British Railways – but the Tories are now delaying it. I asked if the last PMs commitment to fully implement Northern Powerhouse Rail would last pic.twitter.com/sJsLQ298ME — Chi Onwurah ???? (@ChiOnwurah) October 24, 2022 As the birthplace of British Railways, Newcastle […]

Bus passengers rightly complained about atrocious levels of services

#NewcastleCentral #bus passengers have complained to me about atrocious levels of services eg elderly & frail forced to wait for hours at bus stops without info. I asked the Transport Secretary to meet me to sort it out – she agreed & I will be looking for your views to pass on. pic.twitter.com/4LC6C6uH55 — Chi […]

It does not take courage to crash the economy, it takes reckless arrogance and a disregard for ordinary people’s working lives.

.@PennyMordaunt said the PM has shown courage. It does not take courage to crash the economy, it takes reckless arrogance and a disregard for ordinary people's working lives. Restoring economic credibility will take a @UKLabour Government! pic.twitter.com/BQ5uaAOlM6 — Chi Onwurah ???? (@ChiOnwurah) October 17, 2022 Penny Mordaunt said the PM has shown courage. It does […]

Chair of Tesco: ” there’s only one Team on the field

Changing the Chancellor won’t undo the damage done by Truss and Kwarteng to the people of Newcastle. Thousands of my constituents don’t know how they will pay their bills or mortgages We don’t just need a change in Chancellor, we need a change in government.   Seriously? I mean do they really think anyone will […]

Dear Newcastle – October Newsletter 2022

My latest Dear Newcastle Constituency Report is now up, check out what I’ve been up to and  who I’ve been meeting as your MP – in Newcastle, in Parliament and online.  Read the full Newsletter at: https://chionwurahmp.com/wp-content/uploads/Dear-Newcastle-October-3.pdf