Your MP writes: Newport West MP Ruth Jones MP on ‘sleaze’

16 Nov 2021

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…

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November Newsletter

11 Nov 2021

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…

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My thoughts on yesterday’s budget.

28 Oct 2021

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…

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I want to hear your thoughts on the UK Government’s Nationality and Borders Bill.

27 Oct 2021

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…

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October Newsletter

20 Oct 2021

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…

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YOUR MP WRITES in South Wales Argus

06 Oct 2021

Your MP writes – by Ruth Jones, MP for Newport West LAST week I attended the Labour Party Conference in Brighton. It was good to catch up with old friends and listen to plans the Labour Party have in the future, including policy pledges in preparation for the next General…

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Afghanistan: Information for Constituents

24 Aug 2021

I know that many local people are rightly distressed by the situation in Afghanistan and the impact this will have on millions of Afghans at home and people around the world. Over recent days, I have been contacted by many local people about the future of Afghanistan, and I am…

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The events in Afghanistan over recent days have filled many people across Newport West with sadness, horror and anger.

23 Aug 2021

The events in Afghanistan over recent days have filled many people across Newport West with sadness, horror and anger. Parliament was recalled on Wednesday to discuss the situation and despite sitting in the Chamber for the full 7 hour debate, I was regrettably not called to speak. Here is a…

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Ruth Jones MP Celebrates UK Indie Day with Indie Businesses in Newport West

05 Jul 2021

This weekend I visited just some of the wonderful independent businesses in Newport West to celebrate #ukindieday. I started the weekend with a visit to Orla Rose Cakes on Malpas Road and picked up some cupcakes for my Parliamentary staff. Bex and the team at Orla Rose Cakes were very…

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National Prayer Breakfast 2021

25 Jun 2021

It was a privilege to speak with Stewardship and YourNeighbour.org at the Central Lobby in UK Parliament and share the highlights of the incredible community work Churches across the country have undertaken during the Pandemic, this #NationalPrayerBreakfast Over the last 18 months, local churches have supported countless individuals and offered unending…

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My speech for the Steel debate

22 Jun 2021

This Tory Government and this Secretary of State has already thrown Welsh farmers under the bus with its trade deal with Australia and now they are preparing to do the same to Welsh steelworkers with their plan to scrap nine of the 19 safeguard tariffs on steel imports. Many people…

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June Newsletter

09 Jun 2021

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Ruth Jones MP leads Westminster Hall debate on the Levelling Up Fund in Wales

09 Jun 2021

On Tuesday 8th June, Ruth Jones MP led the debate on The Community Renewal Fund and Levelling Up Fund in Wales, in Westminster Hall. “This debate today gives this House the opportunity to address the broken promises of Tory Ministers, the empty words of this Prime Minister who has done…

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May Newsletter

24 May 2021

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Ruth Jones MP for Newport West calls on the UK Government for action to get a grip of illegal levels of air pollution in England as shadow Minister for air quality.

28 Apr 2021

Ruth Jones MP for Newport West calls on the UK Government for action to get a grip of illegal levels of air pollution in England as shadow Minister for air quality. In response to last week’s prevention of future deaths report into the devastating death of Ella Kissi-Debrah in 2013,…

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Ruth Jones votes against the PCSC Bill following Newport’s peaceful vigil

16 Mar 2021

Ruth Jones MP for Newport West will be voting against the U.K. Government’s Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill following a peaceful vigil which was held in memory of Sarah Everard and Wenjing Lin and all women who have been victims of violent acts committed by men. On Saturday Ruth…

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My St. David’s Day Debate Speech

26 Feb 2021

Diolch Dirprwy Lefarydd, Mae Cymru yn genedl fach ond mae hi’n genedl falch hefyd, fel y grŵp Aelodau Seneddol bod Cymru yn anfon i’r lle hon. Thank you Deputy Speaker, Wales is a small nation, but it is also a proud one. Like the group of MPs that Wales sends…

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Latest South Wales Argus Column

05 Feb 2021

To all in Newport West, I would like to wish you a Happy New Year. At the risk of having this quoted back at me when I write next year, let us all hope this year is better than the last.  The most hopeful start to this new year is…

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The Report Stage of The Environment Bill

01 Feb 2021

The Environment Bill reached its Report stage in the Commons on Tuesday 26th January 2021. This was a milestone as the Bill was initially introduced to Parliament in the Spring of 2019. It has gone missing several times and has taken three attempts to get it to the current stage…

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Ruth Jones Speaks in Global Britain Debate

13 Jan 2021

Now we have left the European Union, it is vital that we do things in the right way. Nowhere in the entire four and a half years of the Brexit process did the UK government state that leaving the EU would mean departing from our commitments on the protection of…

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January Newsletter

13 Jan 2021

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