News Guardian Articles - Alan Campbell MP for Tynemouth

Levelling up?

Last week’s Queen Speech made early reference of levelling up, in fact mentioning it more than crime. Levelling up was meant to show what Britain would be like once we had left the EU, empowering communities by reducing regional inequality. But as an influential report by Bloomberg also last week…

Sanctioned!

I have been sanctioned. I am one of a number of British MP’s placed on a sanctions list by the Russian Government and so would not be welcome to visit that country. I assume it’s a response to my criticism of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and daring to put…

Making communities safer

People have a right to feel safe in their homes and in our communities. Crime is increasing and too many communities are plagued by antisocial behaviour. It’s a startling fact that there are 23,000 incidents of antisocial behaviour every week. There’s no shortage of legislation to tackle antisocial behaviour –…

Tory energy crisis

The Prime Minister promised an announcement on energy security before the Commons recess. His failure to do so may reflect the deep divisions in the Cabinet or just as likely his desire to avoid parliamentary scrutiny. The Russia-Ukraine crisis has demonstrated the fragility of our energy supply but the roots…

Tyne loses out on freeport

The River Tyne is the artery which has given life to communities on both its banks and indeed the whole North East region. The Tyne Task Force was set up by the cross-party North of Tyne Combined Authority Cabinet to build strong collaboration to support jobs, growth and prosperity along…

Slava Ukraini

These are extraordinary times. People say they never expected to see scenes of war in Europe and are horrified by what they see. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has dominated debates in the Commons uniting the parties and broadly uniting the country. Just when you think you have seen everything…

Ukraine

Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain’s legacy may be being revised in films but the shadow of appeasement and war still haunt Europe. The Russian President scents weakness over Ukraine as he seeks to write Ukraine out of the history books. He seems to believe the West is vulnerable and weak. New…

Levelling up

Nestle’s decision to close their Newcastle factory, moving jobs to Europe, is a mixture of tragedy and irony. Tragedy because 475 local jobs will go in a region of high unemployment where joblessness already stands at 5.7%. Irony because Nestle’s UK CEO is part of the UK Investment Council which…

Leadership and responsibility

There are many images and symbols of Partygate including the now infamous suitcase used to bring drinks into a late night Downing Street party and then the cake at the centre of the PM’s Birthday Party. They contrast with the lives the rest of us were leading during lockdown. Ministers…

A growing cost of living crisis

There’s a growing cost of living crisis affecting households across our area. At the core are rising energy costs, due to increase further in the next few weeks. But there is also real concern about the rising cost of food and petrol. That’s why the Opposition sought this week to…

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