Great visiting the fabulous volunteer cafe (every Thursday) at St James’ and St Basil’s in Fenham
Had a great time visiting the Church of St James’ and St Basil’s in Fenham, who run a fabulous volunteer led café every Thursday. I recommend the homemade soup & also enjoyed a quick impromptu organ lesson, though not sure everyone listening appreciated it!
U-turn on rail ticket office closures – but closures should never have been considered in the first place
The government has been forced to U-turn on rail ticket office closures following a concentrated campaign by Labour & many others. This is good news, but these plans should never have been put forward in the first place. What a waste of time and taxpayer’s money
We need automatic big fines for any sewage discharges
I asked the Minister if hardy Geordie #NorthSea swimmers (inc me!) should have to worry about water quality due to bad practices by UK water companies, & whether Govt would implement Labour’s plan for automatic fines for discharges. Minister thought everything was just fine! pic.twitter.com/J4CMvJufVV — Chi Onwurah ???? (@ChiOnwurah) October 19, 2023
Tory broken promises on Northern Transport
After mismanaging HS2, the Government’s attempt to pull the wool over Northern eyes with "Network North" is a farce. I asked the Minister if he really thinks the people of the #NorthEast have fallen for his fag end, fake network to nowhere. pic.twitter.com/13uSsatqhc — Chi Onwurah ???? (@ChiOnwurah) October 26, 2023
Dear Newcastle – October Newsletter 2023
Read full Newsletter: Click to access Dear-Newcastle-October-2023.pdf
Black History Month
For more information : https://www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/
MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT
MACMILLAN Support: https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support MACMILLAN Coffee Mornings: https://coffee.macmillan.org.uk/
Individual Issues raised by constituents JULY 2023
Policy Issues raised by constituents JULY 2023
Human Rights Watch reports of migrants killed at the Saudi-Yemen border. We need more transparency than this.
The Government claim they had frank discussions with Saudi Arabia over Human Rights Watch reports of migrants killed at the Saudi-Yemen border, but they won’t share what was said. We need more transparency than this. Two Parliamentary Questions below: