News Guardian Articles - Alan Campbell MP for Tynemouth

Renters need a fair deal

For many the dream of owning their own home seems further away than ever. So it’s increasingly important that the plight of renters is addressed. In May the Government introduced the Renters (Reform) Bill. There has been growing recognition that Assured Shorthold Tenancies introduced in the 1988 Housing Act and…

Retail Crime is a Costly Business

The Association of Convenience Stores came to Parliament last week to again highlight the issue of shop theft and violence against staff. Retail crime is a costly business, costing stores around £125 million a year which invariably means the cost being passed on to shoppers. That cost is estimated to…

Action needed on child poverty

The North East has an unenviable record on child poverty which a recent report by the End Child Poverty Coalition highlighted. The report relies on the Government’s own data between 2014-22 and shows 4.2 million children living in relative poverty in the UK. Worryingly this is before the cost of…

NHS needs a workforce plan fit for purpose

Constituents often contact me asking if I will go along to an event in parliament about an issue they care passionately about. Whenever I can I do so. Recently it was a briefing organised by the Dementia Society about the diagnosis rate in each constituency. In Tynemouth the figure is…

Concerns over children’s access to NHS treatment

There’s huge concern about the number of people waiting for NHS treatment. Record waiting lists may reflect the problems of emerging from the Covid pandemic but also more than a decade of underinvestment. Last week a report showed over 44K children waiting for elective care – the highest number on…

Police numbers don’t add up

The Prime Minister must be secretly pleased that so few people are as maths literate as he claims. Otherwise they might ask even more questions about last weeks announcement on police numbers. The Government claimed to have met their 20,000 more officers target, conveniently just days before important local elections.…

The Great Stink

In 1858 the hot summer weather mixed with the human effluent in the River Thames to cause the Great Stink making the work of Parliament almost impossible. Then an active Government, in a confident nation, built a sewage infrastructure much of which survives today. But if you are waiting for…

NHS in crisis

I’m often asked by constituents to attend an event in Parliament in support of a cause they care strongly about. No more so than in support of health charities who work so hard to highlight the need for funding for research or how else they might help to effectively tackle…

Can we afford the Tories?

There’s a rule which says Chancellor’s must not leak their budget before delivering it t the House of Commons. At least one Chancellor paid for his lapse with his job. How different it seems nowadays. If Ministers resigned for leaking statements today there would be few left in the Cabinet.…

Don’t lose your right to vote

There are important local elections across England on 4th May and campaigns will start in a few weeks time. These elections are significant because of the big number of seats being contested but also because they may also be the last local elections before the next General Election. The elections…

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