Uncategorised - Louise Haigh MP

Sheffield Health and Social Care Foundation Trust rated inadequate

It’s deeply concerning that the Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust has been found inadequate by the Care Quality Commission and that psychiatric intensive care unit and acute ward are still inadequate and that agency workers are not being properly trained in restraint policy and techniques. Following the…

Support our NHS staff

Today, I have written to Matt Hancock MP to ask him to reconsider the terrible decision to only award our NHS Heroes with a 1% pay rise. You can read my letter below:

Ban on Neonicotinoids

A large number of constituents have contacted me about the Government’s decision to allow the use of neonicotinoids in sugar beet farming. I completely agree that lifting the ban on these bee-killing pesticides is a mistake and hugely damaging to the environment. The decline of bee species in recent years…

UK Aid Spending Cuts

I feel very strongly the government decision to reduce the UK’s aid targe was a profound mistake. The UK Government has announced that it will reduce aid spending from the legally binding target of 0.7% of gross national income to 0.5% in 2021. This is despite a manifesto pledge to…

Local MP calls for Government to cut ‘red tape’ and allow creative professionals visa free travel

Local MP Louise Haigh has slammed the Government’s failure to agree visa-free travel for touring professionals post-Brexit. The MP for Sheffield Heeley is backing a petition that was brought before Parliament on Monday to encourage the Government to seek a better arrangement with the EU for touring professionals and artists.…

Join Louise Haigh’s team: Senior Caseworker job advert

Louise is looking for a Senior Caseworker for a fixed term of three months to cover for long term absence in the Sheffield Office. The successful applicant will be happy to work both independently and as part of our small, close-knit team. We will consider applications for flexible working. Previous…

Agriculture Bill

The Agriculture Bill returned to Parliament on Wednesday at a time when the UK’s food security and our own agricultural sector have become prominent issues. Firstly, the withdrawal from the EU and its agricultural policies that necessitated this bill represents the biggest shake up of British agricultural policy in a…

Speech to Christian Conference

Thank you for having me, it is a privilege to be with you. We meet in a week, of all weeks, that has felt heavy with history. Many of you, like me, will have felt sadness as the UK flag came down amongst the European nations on Thursday night. It…

Environmental Protections in the Agriculture Bill

Thank you to those who have written to me to raise concerns about the Government’s Agriculture Bill. I agree the UK Government should be acting with much greater urgency given the climate and environmental emergencies. Instead, it appears to be focussed on paving the way for a UK-US trade deal…

Climate Change

At a time when Extinction Rebellion, the Youth Strikes, and climate activists around the world are rightly pushing for urgent action to tackle climate change, the Government has just overruled its own Planning Inspectorate and approved four new gas-powered turbines. In Parliament, I spoke against the Government’s decision, which will…

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