Policy Issues raised by constituents MAY 2022
15 Point Action Plan for Rubbish
Since I was first elected in 2010 to represent the people of Newcastle Central, constituents have regularly raised concerns about fly tipping, rubbish, waste materials and litter. Over the years these concerns have grown as the Conservative Government’s cuts…
NHS dental appointments
Constituents tell me they cannot get NHS dentist appointments for 6 months. When I ask the government about it, not only are they not taking action they haven’t even bothered to understand the problem. The government have run out of…
Vote for Newcastle to be the Great British Railways HQ
Voting is open for Newcastle to be the home of the #GreatBritishRailways HQ! We have the passion, the people and the history, so vote now and lets #BringtheRailwaysHome!https://t.co/FD51A7B8Ci pic.twitter.com/AUOijwXOzB — Chi Onwurah 💙 (@ChiOnwurah) July 22, 2022 Voting is open…
Women’s Health Inequality
NE women spend 26% of their life not in good health, 3% pts above the national average, as the #NorthEast which has some of the highest levels of #health inequality in the UK. I asked Minister how he would target…
No Confidence in this Government
Door-knocking in #NewcastleCentral Sunday a young mum of two told me she had never found it so hard to manage, joking that she would soon have to sell a kidney. One of the reasons I voted #noconfidence in the Govt…
Backlogs in Government Departments
Constituents face passport delays, driving licence delays, visa delays, benefit delays. Tories answer to #BacklogBritain is to cut the civil service staff who responded magnificently to Covid, and who are now doing their best to cover as dysfunctional Tories squabble…
Ambulance and A&E Delays
3000 of those who visited RVI in May had to wait for over 4 hours, some wait 7, I've constituents being told they have to wait 11 hours for an ambulance. I asked Minister if she thought it was negligent…
Bus fares on Tyneside
People on #Tyneside are facing #CostOfLivingCrisis #busfare rises & reduced services. I asked Govt the question I have asked many times before: when can we expect to see our #bus fares 'levelled down' to London rates – £1.65 to cross…