After years of delay and uncertainty where jobs, projects and inward investment have been lost, the Tories look set on breaking their manifesto promise to associate with the world’s biggest science funding scheme. Read Chi’s Statement on the European Union…
The Tories have opened the floodgates to sewage dumping every 2.5 minutes. That’s 1,276 years’ worth of raw sewage dumped in communities where people live, work and holiday. Labour will end the Tory Sewage Scandal
Asylum-seeking constituents have been sent a 50 Questions questionnaire threatening their removal if it is not returned in 20 days. This is despite those same applicants having waited well over 1 year for a decision on their claim and with…
“Technological innovation is crucial to securing a prosperous and green future – and the Labour Party knows that the transition to net zero and economic growth go hand in hand.” Me in Politics Home: https://www.politicshome.com/thehouse/article/labour-make-britain-clean-energy-superpower-innovation-tech-crucial-succeed
Tories claim they will move resettled Afghans from hotels to "perfectly suitable #housing". I asked how, given Newcastle has a desperate shortage of housing. The Minister couldn't rule out making homeless the very Afghan refugees who risked their lives supporting…
The @ChildrensComm found police are strip searching children as young as 8 & not following the rules. I asked the Minister about Adultification in our justice system where black children are systematically treated as adults & denied basic rights. Didn't…
It was great to meet with WASPI women, Newcastle Waspi, to discuss the impact of DWP maladministration on their lives and their campaign for fair and fast compensation. It’s vital that we secure justice for WASPI women to put right…
Between 2017-2021, there was a sewage spill every 23 minutes in the North East This World Water Day, Labour has a plan to clean up the Tory sewage scandal: Automatic fines and mandatory monitoring. Tough sanctions for failing water bosses.…
After 13 years of Tory economic failure what #NewcastleCentral desperately needs – is change. In the #NorthEast real terms wages are on average 3% lower today than when Labour left office in 2010. Prices have gone up. Wages have not.…
Under the Tories, wages in the North East are 3% lower than they were in 2010. The #NorthEast needs a long-term industrial strategy, delivered by a Labour government, to kickstart our economy and tackle inequalities, not more sticking plaster politics.…