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Dementia Research Funding Broken Promise by Tories

  Chi has written to the Minister George Freeman, to ask why the government has broken its manifesto promise to double spending on dementia research, by actually cutting the spending by £8m a year.   Full letter: letter combined

Hearing the voices of survivors of sexual assault

Chi Onwurah  (Newcastle upon Tyne Central) (Lab) I thank my hon. Friend for the excellent comments she is making in emphasising the importance of hearing the voices of survivors of sexual assault. Will she join me in congratulating my constituent Anna Robinson, who has written a play about her experience of sexual assault and going […]

The Limited & Shameful UK ‘welcome’ for Ukraine refugees fleeing war

To understand the limited & shameful UK ‘welcome’ for #Ukraine refugees fleeing war you have to understand our broken asylum system. Constituents repeatedly complain to us about the delays, so we decided to trawl the statistics, and this is what we found. Since 2015 every year there are on average 31,571 applications for asylum in […]

Home Secretary offers no hope to refugees fleeing Ukraine

The contrast between ordinary Ukrainians fighting & fleeing for their lives & the Home Secretary’s condescending, complacent refugee statement is deeply troubling especially given failures over Afghans & asylum. She responded in the same manner when I asked about my constituent’s family Parliament TV link:  https://t.co/fwPfUdpqss   Labour: “Bureaucratic hurdles” must not get in way […]

We must stand by the people of Ukraine

In seeking to redraw the boundaries of Europe through bloodshed, Putin has attacked not only Ukraine but all of us, and we stand with Ukraine in standing for the rule of law. The actions we take against Russia need to reflect the gravity of their actions against Ukraine.  Unfortunately, Boris Johnsons response to Keir Starmer […]