News Guardian Articles - Alan Campbell MP for Tynemouth

Investing in a better future

My colleague Mary Glindon was absolutely right when she wrote about the importance of investing in education. It is one of the best ways to enhance life chances as many of us can attest. As an already difficult global financial situation threatens to get worse it’s more important than ever…

Responding to global challenges

As the weather gets warmer the global trade winds are getting noticeably cooler. New American tariffs have sent stock markets into free fall and according to some experts dramatically increased the chance of a global recession. The UK may face lower tariffs than most countries, but it remains a fact…

Potholes a priority

With all the challenges governments face it may surprise some to learn how high up the list of priorities tackling the humble pothole is. Except potholes are far from humble as figures from the RAC show, with an average of 6 potholes a mile on English roads and the cost…

Keeping our communities safe

The Prime Minister has rightly won support for his efforts to help secure peace and security abroad – that is a priority of every government. But so too is making people secure in their own communities at home. To that end the Crime and Policing Bill passed its early stages…

Tough decisions to be made

I’ve been contacted by a number of constituents who are saddened and upset by the decision to cut overseas aid spending to boost defence. Their position reflects our area’s history of campaigning to cut overseas debt. I fully understand their concern but I don’t share it. When the Cold War…

National Apprenticeship Week

This week is National Apprenticeship Week. It’s an opportunity to celebrate apprentices and their importance for local businesses and the wider economy. The Government has already legislated to create Skills England – whose job it will be to find and fill jobs gaps across our country. We’ve announced new foundation…

Growth the number one priority

This week I met with small businesses and their representatives at an event hosted by Sage to discuss ways of getting more growth in the North East economy and how best they can work with Mayors. We said that growth was the number one priority of this Government and we…

Renters Reform Bill

The Renters Reform Bill returned to the House of Commons this week to build on and actually deliver some of the changes planned by the previous administration and importantly to help redress the power imbalance between landlord and tenant. Housing has steadily crept up the political agenda driven not only…

Happy New Year

I would like to wish everyone a happy, healthy and peaceful New Year and also wish North Shields a happy 800th anniversary. By 1225 shiels – fishermen’s huts – were built along the banks of the Tyne which began the township which we know as North Shields. Just over a…

Merry Christmas

I hope you and your loved ones are able to spend some quiet time to celebrate Christmas. 2024 has been a hectic year. It began in the knowledge that the Conservative Government had less than a year left but it was still one of the big surprises of 2024 was…

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