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After the Suez Crisis hastened the end of Anthony Eden’s Premiership, his wife Lady Eden famously said “I have felt as if the Suez Canal was flowing through my drawing room”. Given the current unease about our polluted waterways the current Prime Minister’s wife may be forgiven for thinking Britain’s…

Animal welfare issues a big concern

Despite the poor summer weather visitors and residents alike are often seen looking for seals or dolphins off St Mary’s island or birdwatching in Brierdene or Northumberland Park. So I wasn’t surprised by a big summer campaign to make animal welfare a priority for the next Government. Strengthening animal welfare…

As Prime Minister Truss’ catastrophic budget showed, the next Government can’t afford unfunded wish lists.

Parliament may be in recess for the summer, but all of the parties are hard at work developing their offer to the voters for the coming election. The Government hope that green shoots of economic recovery will soon appear but actually the grim economic news keeps on coming which is shaping the…

Putting our region on the map

I recently met up in Parliament with Visit Britain/Visit England to find out more about their work promoting Britain as a tourist destination. Visit Britain markets Britain internationally to grow visitor numbers and help drive economic growth. Visit England supports businesses with things like digital skills and simplifying the English…

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.…

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