News Guardian Articles - Alan Campbell MP for Tynemouth

Getting Britain Working

There is a longstanding acceptance that the Government has a responsibility to help and support people who can work to do so, but equally that people have a responsibility to take up that offer. Unfortunately, in recent years that commitment from Government has not been there. Britain is the only…

Carers Rights Day

The cost of children’s social care has soared in the last fourteen years costing councils dearly but at the same time letting down families. Despite a major review under the last Government no action was taken. The new Government’s approach will seek to pre-empt children being taken into care where…

COP29 – An important opportunity to act

Next week COP29 meets in Baku, Azerbaijan to plan the next stage of the fight against climate change. Climate change is a threat to national security and to global growth. By 2050 more than 250 million people may be forced to migrate to avoid the effects of climate change, driving…

Budget a big moment

Budgets are always big moments in the parliamentary calendar and next week’s budget will be bigger than most. Not only is it the first budget of the new Government but the economic and financial backdrop is the worst for a long time. When we were in Opposition, we were made…

World Mental Health Day

This week sees World Mental Health Day. This year’s theme set by the World Federation of Mental Health is workplace mental health. The theme highlights the importance of addressing mental health and wellbeing in the workplace. Safe, healthy working environments can act as a protective factor for mental health. Unhealthy…

Party Conference Season

It’s Party Conference season again with MP’s and the party faithful heading off for days of political discussion and debate. Previously they headed to seaside towns like Blackpool, Brighton or even Scarborough; nowadays its more likely to be a major northern city with enough hotels and restaurants to cater for…

Ten Year Plan for the NHS

Lord Darzi’s independent recent report lays bare the true state of our NHS. It finds high risk patients facing long waits for treatment including almost 350,000 people waiting for mental health treatment. Darzi acknowledges the huge impact of the Covid crisis but finds a fragile NHS before Covid hit with…

Difficult decisions ahead

No one likes giving or receiving bad news. So this week’s speech by the Prime Minister on the need for difficult decisions sets a sombre tone for Parliament’s return next week. The cause is clear. The Office for Budget Responsibility warned before the election about a £20 billion black hole…

Growth is the biggest challenge

The biggest challenge and the primary mission for this government is growing the economy. Everything else, from alleviating the cost of living crisis to restoring our crumbling public services, depends on growing the economy. And growing the economy depends on every aspect of government playing its part. So it was…

Challenging decisions ahead

Westminster adjourned for a shorter than normal summer recess with the implications of a landmark election really beginning to sink in. The Kings Speech included an ambitious legislative programme and there were a number of early announcements on housing, railways and energy. There is as one seasoned observer told me…

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