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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...]

The last week in Parliament before the summer recess will live long in the memory for many reasons. Boris Johnson’s unseemly installation as our new Prime Minister, full of bluster and rhetoric but painfully short on vision and compassion, is bad news for communities here in Swansea East and across all of Wales. Welsh Labour’s First Minister Mark Drakeford was quite right to sound the alarm bells, … [Read more...]

It’s been another jam-packed week in Westminster.   On Tuesday, I led a Westminster Hall debate into regulation of online sales of electrical products.  This is an issue that’s very close to my heart, and I’m determined to make this Government take action so that sites such as Amazon Marketplace, Ali Baba and others are forced to act more responsibly when selling electrical products. On Wednesday, … [Read more...]

I’ve definitely never had a week quite like this in Westminster. It’s been extraordinary, if bittersweet. After nearly 3 years since I first called on Theresa May to introduce a Children’s Funeral Fund, we finally got the news that the government have brought forward the necessary legislation to make this provision a reality. Many constituents will know that I started this campaign following the … [Read more...]

Well, it’s been another topsy-turvy week in Westminster as the zombie Tory Government continues to roll on with its leadership contest. While they’ve been working out who’s the best of a bad bunch, I’ve been hard at work speaking up for those who often find themselves voiceless in our society. At the start of the week, I attended an event on modern slavery and human trafficking, where I met with … [Read more...]

Boris or Hunt. What a choice the Tories have left us with. But, of course, when I say “left us with”, I don’t mean us because it’s only a minute proportion of the electorate who will actually get to decide. While this sideshow has continued to roll on, I’ve been really busy campaigning on the issues that matter to constituents right across Swansea East. Earlier this week, as part of my role as … [Read more...]

Only a few hours after leaving a wet and windy Swansea station early Monday morning, I was representing Labour’s Shadow Home Affairs team on the House of Commons front benches. I spoke spoke about the terrible attacks on some volunteers working in charity shops, ranging from verbal abuse to physical assaults. The Charity Retail Association has released data showing that such incidents are on then … [Read more...]

Well, it’s been an incredibly busy week as we return to Parliament after the short recess. With the Tories still scrapping amongst themselves in the race to replace Theresa May, it’s been great to get really stuck in to the issues that matter this week. To kick off this week, I was pleased to hold a roundtable on funerals. This was the first meeting of the new Working Party on Funeral Poverty … [Read more...]