Re-open the Leamside rail link
Re-opening the #LeamsideLine will help to open up our region, making it easier to travel between #Newcastle Washington & Country Durham. Greater connectivity can help us build the critical mass of energy, innovation and skills the #NorthEast needs to thrive! Parliament TV link: https://twitter.com/i/status/1491105396010131456 Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central) (Lab) I congratulate my hon. […]
Save our Buses
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central) (Lab) My constituents already face long waits for overpriced bus services without the real-time data that Londoners take for granted, and now we hear that there will be further cuts to bus services. We urgently need a bus service improvement plan. Why will the Secretary of State not urgently support […]
Government isn’t keeping its Brexit promises !!!
SME investment from #Horizon now hangs in the balance, and as usual the government are blaming everyone but themselves. Government isn’t keeping its #Brexit promises!!!
Tory Levelling UP: An 8 year wait for buses in Newcastle to still be worse than in London??!
Gove called #northerners as “dirty & toothless” & his #levellingup paper continues the insults. An 8 year wait for buses in #Newcastle to still be worse than in London??! The Tories have taken £500 from every person in the North East in cuts. Now they want us to fight over scraps HANSARD record: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2022-02-02/debates/8CA814BE-BC8E-4B88-A6BD-93A8E14C7128/LevellingUp#contribution-C0442814-5966-45F9-BDBC-6CF9143EE8F5 Parliament […]
This year is the 1900th birthday of Hadrian’s Wall
This year is the 1900th birthday of Hadrian’s Wall. We have an ideal opportunity to remember and celebrate ALL the Wall, its diverse communities past and present, particularly the Wall through the West End which is often ignored because of narrow elitism. Its wor Wall, after all! We have an ideal opportunity to remember and […]
Russian influence and dirty money
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central) (Lab A few minutes ago, the […]
NUFC Fans update: investigation into the incident at Elland Road last week
#NUFC fans will be glad to know there is an investigation into the incident at Elland Road last week, but it is not clear whether the Minister will publish the findings. I will be pursuing this further, fans should be safe when attending football matches. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-01-25/111571
Persecution of Christians across the world
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central) (Lab) Many of my constituents have written to me to express their concern about the persecution of Christians across the world. In particular, Newcastle boasts a large number of Nigerian diaspora Christians who are concerned following the launch of the Open Doors’ World Watch List. What can local churches […]
PM should go now
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central) (Lab) Does the Minister really think that it is in the interests of our country—our country, not the Prime Minister—that the Prime Minister remains at the helm, giving public health advice to the people of Newcastle and security reassurances to the people of Ukraine, while mired in scandal and […]
Government bus funding is to be cut in half
In #NewcastleCentral we’ve been waiting 7 years for real time, integrated bus info only to be told Government bus funding is to be cut in half. I told the Minister we were sick of being under served, over charged and under informed on buses but he seemed to think it was all a big joke! […]