Elswick Ward Summit 22 July 2016
Attendees Chi Onwurah MP, Dipu Ahmed, Habib Rahman & Ann Schofield Local Member of Parliament and councillors Kirsty McDine & Shewley Haque MILLIN Centre Alex Johnson RHWE Barbara Cage Healthworks Lorraine Morris Community First Graeme Williams Centre West Claire Buglass YHN Local Representative Northumbria Police Laura Christer & Sophie West End Women & Girls Introduction […]
Chi Onwurah seeks comments on proposals for the Blue House roundabout
Chi will be meeting with Newcastle City Council on Wednesday 3rd August to discuss the proposals for the Blue House roundabout which will see parts of Little Moor Dukes Moor turned into a new roundabout. Chi will be voicing her own deep concerns at the meeting and is looking for comments and questions to put […]
Dear Newcastle
I always enjoy returning to Newcastle after Parliament breaks up for recess but this year it is a relief as well as a pleasure! Westminster is reeling from two months of unprecedented turmoil – and the country is also suffering from uncertainty on so many fronts. The Brexit result surprised everyone, including many who voted […]
Mariana Mazzucato on the North East and the EU
Chi sat down to speak to Mariana Mazzucato this week on why the North East should vote to remain IN the European Union. Mariana is a leading economist: a Professor in the Economics of Innovation at the University of Sussex. Her work is focused on the economics of innovation; finance and economic growth; and the role of […]
Dear Newcastle
The football season ends with Newcastle relegated to the Championship League for the second time under Mike Ashley, and yet beating Tottenham 5 1. That’s a lot for fans to take on board and demotion will undoubtedly impact the heart and soul of the city. However the fact remains that the majority of NUFC fans’ […]
Dear Newcastle
Almost four months into 2016 and it’s still not clear if it’s winter or spring or whether Newcastle will be a premiership club next season. The political weather is equally uncertain. In March the Government were prevented from overturning the twenty year consensus on Sunday Trading. This will protect working people already in precarious and […]
Dear Newcastle
It has been a wet Christmas and New Year with flooding in many places but thankfully not in Newcastle Central. I hope everyone managed to enjoy a few days rest and relaxation as 2015 ended, I know my emails were considerably reduced over the period, which I consider to be a good sign! Royal Mail […]
Dear Newcastle
Dear Newcastle It is over two months since I wrote to you and in that time so much has happened. By the time some of you read this Parliament will have decided whether to endorse airstrikes on Syria. I am voting to oppose bombing, and have already set out my reasons.If the vote is carried, […]
Chi thoughts on Syria and voting intention
Dear Newcastle Central Constituents I have spent much of the weekend considering how I will vote on the question of whether the UK should extend airstrikes against Daesh/ISIS from Iraq to Syria, seeking out and weighing the evidence and the risks. I want to thank all of you who have written, emailed, tweeted, facebooked or […]
Dear Newcastle September 2015
Dear Newcastle Well this summer you could say the political weather has been even more changeable than the real weather. After a long and gruelling summer campaign Jeremy Corbyn was overwhelmingly elected as leader by a huge new membership and the Party has a new energy and enthusiasm for real change. We have half a […]