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Government’s Policing Bill defeated 14 times in House of Lords

Yesterday (17 January) the Government was defeated 14 times on measures contained in their Policing Bill in the House of Lords by Labour Peers. The Government, in complete contravention of democratic norms, had added controversial measures to their Policing Bill after it had completed its passage through the elected House…

Garden Party – Boris Johnson

Thank you for contacting me in light of the recent news regarding the Prime Minister’s continued disregard of his own Covid-19 rules during a “bring-your-own-booze” Garden Party on the 20th of May 2020. A party where over 100 guests were invited to the garden of 10 Downing Street, while the…

Get fully vaccinated to control the spread of Covid

Following an update with the Department for Health and Social Care, I’m continuing to encourage residents to ensure they get fully vaccinated to help control the spread of Covid. Evidence now seems to show that the Omicron variant is less severe than previous variants although cases across Yorkshire still remain…

Boris Johnson Party at Number 10

Yet again, the Prime Minister has been accused of breaking Covid lockdown rules and hosting parties – but instead of coming clean with the public, he’s gone into hiding. It’s time for him to stop hiding behind a Westminster inquiry, finally come clean to the public and allow them to…

Renamed Sheffield School Opens as “Woodlands Primary School”

Newly renamed primary school, Woodlands Primary School, part of successful local multi-academy trust Mercia Learning Trust, has opened with its new name and vision for its future. Formerly Valley Park Primary, the 2-11 primary school and nursery on Norton Avenue (by Herdings Leighton Road tram stop) in Gleadless has returned…

REVEALED: Sheffield faces £146 Energy Price bombshell as Labour demands action to ease crisis

Sheffield Heeley MP Louise Haigh today demanded action to tackle the energy price crisis facing families, as new research showed the scale of the bombshell facing Sheffielders. New analysis by the Heeley MP estimated that the cost to Sheffield households from April onwards when the energy price cap is lifted…

Cladding statement welcomed with caution

Today (10 January) the Secretary for State for Housing, Communities and Local Government made a statement about cladding. This statement comes more than four years after the horrific Grenfell Tower fire which saw 72 people die and many more injured. It is unbelievable that we’ve had to wait for more…

Policing Bill additions extend draconian measures

Later this month, the House of Lords will finalise debate on the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill. It is absolutely disgraceful that the Government and the Home Secretary have snuck out amendments to this Bill, well after the elected House of Commons has finished debating them. The amendments that…

Debt Advice Services receive reprieve

In November 2021, I backed calls from workers at the Citizens Advice debt advice service to halt a recommissioning process that saw many of them facing service cuts and redundancy. It has now been announced that this recommission process is being halted and services will be provided for a further…

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