Carolyn Harris MP has criticised the Government’s failure to bring down the maximum allowed stake on Fixed Odds Betting Terminals from £100 to £2 after the long-awaited review was released today. Carolyn Harris MP is Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Fixed Odds Betting Terminals and has campaigned to tighten control on FOBTs gaming machines which have been described as the ‘crack … [Read more...]
Carolyn Harris MP supports Usdaw’s ‘Respect for shopworkers’ campaign
Shopworkers’ trade union leader John Hannett is asking shoppers to ‘keep your cool and respect shopworkers’ the key theme of Respect for Shopworkers Week (13-19 November 2017). You can help spread the message to your friends and followers on social media by signing up to the Thunderclap: www.usdaw.org.uk/FFFThunderclap John Hannett, Usdaw General Secretary says: “As we head towards the festive … [Read more...]
Carolyn Harris says #HelloYellow on World Mental Health Day
This World Mental Health Day Carolyn Harris, MP for Swansea East is saying #HelloYellow to show young people they’re not alone when it comes to their mental health. YoungMinds, the UK’s leading children and young people’s mental health charity, is encouraging communities, schools and offices across the country to wear something yellow this World Mental Health Day (10th … [Read more...]
Universal Credit in Swansea
Carolyn Harris, MP for Swansea East, today asked the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to reconsider the roll out of Universal Credit in Swansea this December. Writing to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Carolyn Harris MP said: “Coastal Housing, one of Swansea’s leading social housing providers, tell me that almost 90% of their tenants currently on the pilot scheme for … [Read more...]
DUP Signal Support for APPG’s Pension Campaign and Parliamentary Bill
The DUP have today signalled support for the APPG on State Pension Inequality and their Bill for a fair pensions deal for women born in the 1950s. The APPG’s Bill calls for a review of pension changes, introduced in the last Government, which meant that two million women were told they must work an extra six years before retiring, without compensation. The Bill’s Second Reading will take place … [Read more...]
Rail electrification between Cardiff and Swansea scrapped
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling MP announced this morning (20 July) in an article for Wales Online that the Government has scrapped plans to electrify the main train line between Swansea and Cardiff. This comes just days after the decision to award £6.6bn worth of contracts as part of the next phase of the high speed rail network between London and Birmingham. Carolyn Harris, MP for … [Read more...]
Statement on fire in Grenfell Tower
Following a major fire at the Grenfell Tower residential block in West London, which began in the early hours of Wednesday morning (14 June) and where a number of fatalities have been confirmed, the Shadow Home Office released the following statement from Shadow Minister Carolyn Harris. “Like so many others, I was in shock this morning as I learned of the horrific events unfolding at Grenfell … [Read more...]
Shadow Home Office Minister calls for action from Whirlpool and the Government to address lethal tumble dryers
At a recent meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group of Home Electrical Safety, newly re-elected Chair Carolyn Harris MP along with cross party colleagues from both houses discussed the wholly inadequate actions taken by the manufacturer Whirlpool to deal with the issue of fire risk tumble dryers. These products have been catching fire due to a design fault in those built between 2004 and … [Read more...]
Carolyn Harris MP condemns Government for police funding cuts
Carolyn Harris MP, Shadow Home Office Minister, has today criticized the Government for ‘broken promises’ they have made about police funding cuts. Speaking in the House of Commons during a motion to approve the Police Grant Report (England and Wales) for 2017-18, the Swansea East MP said: “They have broken their promise to parliament that they will protect front-line policing. “They have … [Read more...]
Carolyn Harris MP pledges to help end the ‘cold homes crisis’ in Swansea
Carolyn Harris MP is supporting charity National Energy Action’s Fuel Poverty Awareness Day by pledging to do more to ‘tackle cold homes’. Fuel Poverty Awareness Day is a national campaign to highlight the problem of fuel poverty, which currently sees over four million households unable to afford the energy they need to stay warm and healthy in their homes. It is a particular problem for … [Read more...]
