In a meeting with Newcastle City Council yesterday (Wednesday), Chi expressed her deep, deep concerns at the proposals for changes to the Blue House roundabout which the Council has released in early pre-consultation. She is calling a town hall meeting…
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…
Chi among inaugural ‘top 50 women in engineering’
Chi Onwurah, Labour MP for Newcastle Central and shadow minister for culture and the digital economy was today announced as one of the top 50 influential women in engineering. The list, compiled by the Daily Telegraph in collaboration with the…
Chi to host Nigerian President’s Special Diaspora Adviser in Newcastle
Chi Onwurah MP for Newcastle Central working with the Nigerian Association of Tyne & Wear has invited the North East’s Nigerian Diaspora communities to a Town Hall style meeting at Newcastle University Business School this Friday(20th May) with the Hon…
Chi Encourages Teens to Take Part in an Experience of a Lifetime this Summer
Over 500 teenagers from Newcastle upon Tyne have already said yes to a once-in-a-lifetime experience this summer by signing up for National Citizen Service (NCS). This summer NCS is giving young people aged 15-17* the chance to spend two weeks…
A taxing time for privilege
The David Cameron Tax Haven Peepshow is such an ironyfest it is hard to know where to start. Ministers who used the teenage scribblings of Ed Miliband’s (war hero) father to question the Labour Party’s commitment to national security now…
Chi reveals details of £25 million of EU investment in Newcastle
Chi reveals details of £25 million of EU investment in Newcastle Chi Onwurah MP for Newcastle Central says: “ Analysis published by the Stronger In campaign today shows that my constituency of Newcastle Central benefits from £25 million of EU…
Budget 2016: “nothing for young people and nothing for the North East”
Chi criticises hostile language towards disabled and those on welfare Nothing for young people in Newcastle beyond taking control of their schools away from the community and “putting it on a desk in Whitehall” Speaking in the Budget debate…
Chi success on getting Tyneside Gaelic Athletics Club record put straight
Chi at Croke Park in Dublin Chi success on getting Tyneside Gaelic Athletics Club record put straight Chi Onwurah MP for Newcastle Central last year visited Croke Park, Dublin. She discussed the North East’s participation in Gaelic Athletics and…
Chi seeks increased trade links with Nigeria
British High commissioner welcomes the delegation to Nigeria Chi seeks increased trade links with Nigeria Chi Onwurah MP for Newcastle Central has visited Nigeria as part of an All Party Parliamentary Group mission together with a British businesses delegation to…