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The Chancellor unveiled the Autumn Budget and Spending Review on Wednesday 27 October. This Budget was a missed opportunity. Whilst I welcome the cut to the Universal Credit taper, this not a tax cut but a benefit change. The Chancellor based the budget on out of date forecasts according to the IFS who said the outlook
On Sunday 24 October, I appeared on BBC West Midlands Sunday Politics. The other guest was Jonathan Gullis MP for Stoke-on-Trent North.
The discussion started by looking at the rising number in Covid-19 cases and current protective measures. I said that a 'Plan B' should be considered with a more localised approach, particularly on measures such
The Employment and Trade Unions Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement Bill) was debated on sitting Friday on Friday 22 October 2021 and I attended to support Barry Gardiner MP's Bill. The Bill would discourage companies firing staff and re-hiring them on worse pay. Fire and Rehire has been used as a negotiation tactic which in reality
The Environment Bill returned to the Commons on Wednesday 20 October 2021. It is concerning the Bill is not bold enough to match the scale of the climate and ecological crisis we are facing. The Bill allowed water companies to dump raw sewage into our rivers and seas. I voted for an amendment to stop
A debate was sponsored by and moved by Gill Furniss MP (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough) on Yemen, in Westminster Hall on Wednesday 20 October 2021. Gill is the Chair of Labour Friends of Yemen. I intervened to ask Gill : "I do not think that my hon. Friend knows how important this debate is to me.
Which? the well known consumer rights champion held an event in Parliament on Wednesday 20 October 2021 to explain the upcoming Online Safety Bill. Which? welcomed the draft to the Bill but outlined several concerns and recommendations to ensure the Government tackles scams and fraudulent activity online.
As a member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Music, I attended a meeting on Tuesday 19 October organised by UK Music to launch their latest report. The meeting was addressed by UK Music's Chief Executive Jamie Njoku-Goodwin.
Jamie for the presented the finding's of UK Music's report which looks at the devastating impact that
I showed my support on Tuesday 19 October 2021 for the Long Live the Local Campaign. Launched in 2018, the campaign raised awareness on July 6th 2021 to celebrate the important social, cultural and economic role pubs and breweries play in Britain, and to remind people that they cannot take them for granted. Britain's pubs