Time to break the barriers of poverty and insecurity
It's not often that you get the chance to ask a question directly to the Prime Minister. Last week, it was my turn. This just so happened to coincide with a publication from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation on poverty in Britain. The report revealed a stark picture of...
A General Election Year
Happy new year! We all begin 2024 with hope and optimism for the year ahead, and the chance for change. Looking back on the turbulent year that was 2023, many of you across Blaydon, and indeed the whole country, suffered at the hands of decisions made by the Tory...
Boundary Review
It's been the privilege of my life to represent Blaydon Constituency, full of its rich history and heritage but I know we have so much more we want to achieve, that is why I will be campaigning to become the first Labour MP of Blaydon and...
Labour will give our region fresh hopes for future
We’ve hit the summer with ominous clouds having over the country, literally and figuratively, a month of almost non-stop rain while we’ve seen an increasingly desperate government. By-elections don’t normally bode well for governments, in July the Conservatives lost...
NHS 75
There are moments in the history of our country that stand alone as achievements unparalleled across the globe, and few more so than our National Health Service, standing for 75 years as the envy of the world. I was born in 1956 and I am incredibly grateful that for...
The Tories are quiet, but we’re working
Another month, another controversial story surrounding the Home Secretary in a month to forget for Suella Braverman, who has been accused of asking Government officials for preferential treatment over a driving ticket. She still somehow clings onto her position...
Rare Disease Day
Back in 2017, I was gifted the opportunity of a lifetime to enter Parliament as an MP and represent the people of Blaydon. I knew what I was going down to fight for. In the North East, we often see common issues arise that must be addressed if we are to better the...
Another month of the same old story
The International Monetary Fund has ended January with a stark warning on the economy, predicting the UK economy will suffer worse than that of a sanction-imposed Russia over the next year - and so far we have heard nothing from the Tories other than an outright...
2023 is a new chapter for our country
Happy New Year to all of you, a time which is normally full of optimism and hope for the year ahead - but sadly 2023 feels like it has begun in the same way we left the previous year. An unprecedented crisis in our NHS and doctors and nurses across our region hit...
2022 – a year of Tory Chaos
The beginning of December marks that moment when we all get in the festive spirit. Opening advent calendars, shopping for Christmas gifts in a season to catch up with loved ones. The month also offers us a chance to reflect, and with 2022, we have had a year of...
Basic functions of government are ceasing to exist
ANOTHER month, another Prime Minister and no end in sight to the Tory chaos which has dominated our headlines for much of 2022. In the new chapter of this ongoing Tory saga, it is Rishi Sunak who takes the reigns and tries to pull the wool over the countries eyes in...
Labour is now the party of fiscal responsibility and social justice.
Another month and yet another crisis in our country caused by the Conservatives, an economic one, made in Downing Street and paid for by working people. It has been exactly one month since Liz Truss was officially given permission to form a Government and it has...