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Labour MP Vicky Foxcroft has resigned as a government whip in protest against Sir Keir Starmer's proposed benefit reforms, which include cuts to support for disabled individuals.
Newcastle MP honoured with damehood A Newcastle-based politician has been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours List 2025 for her contributions to public life. Chi Onwurah, Labour MP for Newcastle ...
Labour suffered an embarrassment in Newcastle this week as its vision for the city was rejected by councillors. The city’s ruling party saw its council plan, a key document setting the direction ...
Labour suffered an embarrassment in Newcastle this week as its vision for the city was rejected by councillors. The city’s ruling party saw its council plan, a key document setting the direction for ...
As well as being a Labour MP in Newcastle since 2010, Ms Onwurah has enjoyed a career in engineering which has allowed her to work in the UK, France, US, Nigeria and Denmark.
But Neil Duncan-Jordan, the Labour MP for Poole and one of the backbenchers opposed to the change, said the Government was “rushing through” the changes and urged ministers to think again.
Labour MP Cat Eccles can remember feeling like she didn’t fit in from a young age. Eccles was an only child. But despite her parents’ attempts to get her to mix with other children by sending ...
Tracy Gilbert, Labour MP for Edinburgh North and Leith, said: “I absolutely agree… with a number of charities that removing the cap alone is not a silver bullet to tackle child poverty, but it ...
A group of 22 new Labour MPs has written to the Leader of the House of Commons and the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority to call for improved paternity leave for their parliamentary staff.