On the night of the 28th of October 2021, two teenagers headed into a local shop selling fireworks. They told the store owner “People are going to be terrorised tonight” then asked, “Which are the good ones to let off at people?”
Yesterday in Parliament MP Steffan Aquarone raised urgent concerns about failings in the care of Patricia, a 25-year-old woman with anorexia nervosa, and called for immediate action to save her life. Patricia has a life-threateningly low BMI and has been unable to
Aldridge-Brownhills is a unique constituency for many reasons, and one of those is that it is in an elite club of only forty-nine UK Parliamentary Constituencies out of six hundred and fifty not to have a passenger train station. Like in so
Financial inclusion is a fundamental need across the UK. It means that everyone, wherever they are based, has the ability to access and understand financial services in order to manage their money and maintain a sustainable life. Despite this necessity, the specific
Last night saw some of the UK’s most senior Parliamentarians attend our inaugural awards ceremony hosted by the affable Sir John Hayes MP and the brain injury charity Headway. With awards for Frontbencher, Backbencher, Peer, Intervention or Speech, Campaigner, Staffer, PR Stunt
London (Parliament Politics Magazine) – More than 60 parliamentarians are pushing for a switch to electronic voting to replace in-person voting, arguing that the current system wastes valuable time and disrupts legislative work. The combined letter to the leader of the Commons,
Last week I heard from yet another publican in my constituency expressing fears about the impact of the Government’s budget on his livelihood, when he is already coping with the challenges of high energy bills, the cost of living crisis and employment
It’s possible that within this decade, we could achieve something remarkable: stopping the onward transmission of a virus without a vaccine or cure, for the first time in history. Even twenty years ago, that possibility would have been unthinkable. Thanks to recent
The Government has promised to decarbonise the grid by 2030, but their current approach is widely questioned by the energy industry, economists and other experts. The National Energy System Operator’s (NESO) 2030 Clean Power report warns that achieving clean power by 2030
There are big changes coming for electricity customers on the Total Heating with Total Control (THTC) tariff on Great Britain and it is vital people know what to do and when. This affects 4,665 constituents across the whole of my Angus and
