Marriage equality in Northern Ireland 09 Jul 2019 Tonight the House of Commons has voted by a massive majority to introduce same-sex marriage…
Stoke-on-Trent City Council climate change motion 09 Jul 2019 Thank you to Labour Councillor Jane Ashworth for putting this motion forward at the last…
One wage for all ages 08 Jul 2019 I strongly support UNISON’s ‘one wage – for any age’ campaign that would guarantee the…
🌳 EDM 2495 – Protection of Trees and Hedgerows 🌳 06 Jul 2019 The Committee for Climate Change’s recently released a report called Net Zero. It recommends that…
Happy birthday NHS 05 Jul 2019 Happy Birthday to our beloved NHS. Thank you to all those staff members past and…
School funding cuts 04 Jul 2019 🗣Please share to show people the damage being done in our schools by funding cuts 📉💷✂️…
Commonwealth Games 04 Jul 2019 Like many of you I’m excited at the prospect of the Commonwealth games coming back…
Axe the Reading Tax 03 Jul 2019 I love to read and firmly believe that we should be doing all that we…
M6 roadworks 01 Jul 2019 If you use the M6 don’t forget that there are extensive works happening over the…
Pension Credits 29 Jun 2019 £3.5 billion of Pension Credit does not reach the older people it is supposed to…
Help to Buy has failed – we need to build council homes 28 Jun 2019 Help to Buy has failed – we need to build council homes Far too often…
Norway v England – Women’s World Cup 27 Jun 2019 Great news that England captain Steph Houghton is fit enough to start England’s quarter final…
St. Joseph’s pupils in Westminster 27 Jun 2019 Yesterday I met with pupils from St. Joseph’s School in Trent Vale who came to…
Guide Dogs 26 Jun 2019 Last week, more than a hundred guide dog owners from across the country converged on…
Extraordinary General Meeting on community hospitals by the North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent CCG 25 Jun 2019 This morning I attended the Extraordinary General Meeting of the North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent CCG…
Armed Forces Day 21 Jun 2019 Date for your diary! 🗓 Armed Forces Day 🇬🇧 Just weeks after we marked the 75th anniversary of…
Stop cuts to young people’s service 19 Jun 2019 In Stoke-on-Trent we know all too well what happens to children’s and educational services when…
Withdrawal of free TV licences for 75+ 18 Jun 2019 In my most recent personally speaking column for the Stoke Sentinel I wrote about the…
Debate with Year 9 at St Joseph’s College 17 Jun 2019 Last week I had the pleasure of having some very thoughtful debates with the year…
British Beer Day 15 Jun 2019 It’s British Beer Day, and is there any way better to celebrate than with a…
Stoke-on-Trent Pride 15 Jun 2019 It was great to be at Stoke Pride today. As intolerance and discrimination is on…