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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...]

Well, it’s been fantastic this week to get away from Westminster and spend much more time in the constituency as the Parliamentary recess begins. As many constituents will know, over the past few years I’ve organised a series of summer lunch clubs to prevent kids who would otherwise have relied on free school meals from going hungry over the school holidays. We’ve got off to a great start this … [Read more...]

Many constituents across Swansea East will be aware that over the last few years I’ve organised a series of summer lunch clubs to help ensure kids living in our communities don’t go hungry during the school holidays. Many children who rely on free school meals during term-time don’t have this to fall back on during the long 6-week summer holiday. Having lunch may not seem like something many … [Read more...]