In a written parliamentary question, Ruth Jones, the MP for Newport West, asked the Department for Work and Pensions when the Secretary of State, Thérèse Coffey MP, last met with the Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI). On Monday, the DWP admitted that ‘the Secretary of State has not met with representatives…

As a Member of Parliament my duty, first and foremost, is to serve the constituents of Newport West. My decisions are never influenced by payments from large corporations or organisations, looking to sway political decisions for their own profit and gain. I wish that I could say the same was…

Here is my November newsletter which I hope you will find time to read. I can’t believe it is nearly the end of 2021 already. There has been a lot going on in Parliament over the last few weeks, most of it reflecting very badly on Members of Parliament in…

Yesterday’s #Budget2021 does little to help hard pressed communities in Newport West. This is not a budget for working people, it’s a budget for the banks and the bankers. Whilst thousands of working people in Newport West will be forced to fork out for the extra 1.25% National Insurance tax…

The UK Government has announced several proposed changes to the UK’s asylum system including differential treatment based on how an asylum seeker arrives in the UK; harsher sentences; and unconscionable plans to hold asylum seekers in offshore hubs. The Nationality and Borders Bill seeks to implement these proposals and I voted against it at its Second Reading in the…

Last month, Jayne Bryant MS and I hosted our first joint Macmillan Coffee Morning at Stow Park Community Centre. We had a wonderful morning talking to residents in Newport West over tea and cake. I want to personally thank everyone who joined us for our Macmillan Coffee Morning, and to…