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It was a beautiful day last Sunday and I was delighted to take part in the 22nd Gower MacMarathon organised by Macmillan Cancer Support. It was lovely seeing so many people come out to raise money for such a good cause and have some fun while doing it. This is a fantastic charity that does some amazing work with patients and their families. If you want to donate or find out about other events … [Read more...]

Well, despite Parliament being undemocratically prorogued by the Prime Minister on Monday, I’ve had a very busy week in Westminster and across Swansea East. It is scandalous that Boris Johnson has chosen to shut down Parliament at this crucial time for our country but I will continue to hold the government to account in any way that I can on behalf of constituents. On Monday, I kicked off the week … [Read more...]

You won’t have failed to notice that Parliament returned this week. Whether it’s been on your TV screens, in the newspapers or down the pub, it goes without saying that this has certainly been an unprecedented week in UK politics. Labour now stands ready to fight a General Election, as soon as we can be sure Boris Johnson is unable to deliver a No Deal Brexit. Away from Brexit, I’ve been busy … [Read more...]

Just a short update from me this week because, as many constituents will know, I’ve been devoting much of my time over the summer months to our Kid’s Lunch Clubs. This week again, I’ve been at our lunch clubs HQ at the Boss Brewery every morning making sandwiches for our packed lunches alongside our team of fantastic volunteers. I’ve been keeping a regular diary about our progress with this year’s … [Read more...]

It might be a very rainy Wednesday across South Wales but that hasn’t stopped our team of amazing volunteers from getting packed lunches and hot meals to kids right across Swansea East. Our sandwich team have been working really hard this morning at HQ to prepare today’s packed lunches. This week alone, we’re supplying around 1,100 packed lunches to clubs and community groups across the … [Read more...]

We’ve just served the last dinner of this week’s of Kids Lunch Clubs, and once again I’m staggered by the sheer number of meals we’ve been able to serve this week. Between all of our lunch clubs, and the packed lunch deliveries we’ve been making, we’ve served a whopping 1,210 meals! Around two thirds of these were hot meals served at our lunch clubs which is fantastic. Once again, I’m in awe at … [Read more...]