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It’s been a week of challenging issues and sometimes raw emotion, with the chance to showcase some amazing work by campaigners and colleagues – but also with reminders of too many continuing injustices. Like many of you, I did start the week with a spring in my step, though, after our cracking result against Italy on Saturday. Hearty Congratulations to the boys, and commiserations to the women who … [Read more...]

It can never be said that an MP’s work isn’t varied! I began the week talking to Dawn Knight and other MPs about the work of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Beauty, Aesthetics, and Wellbeing as part of our work to improve the safety of cosmetic surgery practitioners and their procedures. Dawn Knight is a fabulous campaigner who has fought for better regulation and more stringent laws after … [Read more...]

It’s been absolutely non-stop this week, but we are settling down more into the swing of things in Westminster. It was great to get back in the saddle with my work as Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Beauty, Aesthetics, and Wellbeing, this week meeting with the Teenage Cancer Trust on Wednesday to discuss their work and how we on the APPG could work with them to help support teenagers … [Read more...]

This week has gone by in a flash, with some great progress on campaigns close to my heart. Apologies if you felt you couldn’t escape me on the airwaves this week, but with our work on banning credit cards from gambling sites in the news, I was on BBC Radio Four, Five Live and LBC taking the fight to the greedy gambling bosses. The Gambling Commission has finally decided to put this ban in place, … [Read more...]

First things first, a very Happy New Year all! I hope you had a peaceful and enjoyable Christmas and start to the new decade(!) I wish you all the best for the year ahead. As I’ve said previously, the result of the General Election was incredibly disappointing but on a personal note I want to thank everyone who voted to return me as your MP for Swansea East. I will continue to work hard for … [Read more...]

As Parliament has dissolved, I am no longer an MP. I am standing as the Welsh Labour candidate in the General Election on Thursday, 12th December so that, with your continued support, we can continue delivering a better future for all our communities across Swansea East. … [Read more...]

So now we know - we’re heading for the first December election since 1923.  Boris Johnson keeps saying he had to call an election because Parliament wouldn’t pass his Brexit deal - but thats just another lie.  The truth is, he pulled the deal because he knew it wouldn’t stand up to proper Parliamentary scrutiny. But as far as I’m concerned, now that a damaging No Deal Brexit is off the table, I’m … [Read more...]

Well, we’ve had another week of bluff and bluster from Boris Johnson as the Prime Minister continues to try and hold our country to ransom for nothing other than his own personal gain. He continues to tell us that he wants to deliver on the “people’s priorities”. Frankly, this is another kick in the teeth for communities like ours in Swansea East who have felt the brunt of nearly a decade of Tory … [Read more...]

Well, you’d have been forgiven for thinking we were getting back to normal in Parliament this week as we had the first Queen’s Speech in over two years. For those of you who don’t know, a Queen’s Speech is traditionally used to set out a government’s legislative agenda for the year ahead. But as we all predicted when Boris Johnson first tried to unlawfully prorogue Parliament, this Queen’s Speech … [Read more...]

Parliamentary business was wound up on Tuesday ahead of the Queen’s Speech next week, but I managed to squeeze in a few important meetings before heading home to Swansea. On Monday my Co-Chair for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on State Pension Inequality for Women Tim Loughton MP was successful in securing a meeting with the Department for Work and Pension Secretary of State, Thérèse Coffey … [Read more...]