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Charlotte Nichols MP

Charlotte Nichols is the Labour MP for Warrington North, and was first elected in December 2019.

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Our punitive approach to drugs is failing and needlessly costing lives – this has to change

On Wednesday I held a debate on the shocking new data from the Office for National Statistics on drug deaths in 2024 that show they have increased for the twelfth year running to yet another record high of 5565 in England and

by Charlotte Nichols MP
November 8, 2025
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