Weekly Update: 19th April 2024
Some personal news this week. Following surgery on my leg last November, I received a melanoma diagnosis before Christmas and recently...
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Mar 192 min read
Weekly Update: 15th March 2024
Since becoming an MP, I have campaigned to legalise assisted dying – believing that terminally ill people should have the right to choose...
Mar 82 min read
Weekly Update: 8th March 2024
The Government announced its Spring Budget this week. The Prime Minister and Chancellor provided the absurd spectacle of telling people...
Mar 42 min read
Weekly Update: 1st March 2024
This week saw my annual South Bristol Jobs and Apprenticeships Fair take place in Hengrove, with lots of young people coming to the event...
Feb 232 min read
Weekly Update: 23rd February 2024
Since I last wrote this round-up, another Labour MP has been elected to represent the Bristol area. Last week’s by-election in Kingswood...
Feb 112 min read
Weekly Update: 9th February 2024
This week, I spoke in Parliament both in my capacity as a spokesperson for Labour’s health team, and to raise important issues for...
Feb 42 min read
Weekly Update: 2nd February 2024
It’s been a distressing week in south Bristol since I last wrote this round up. The tragic death of two young boys in Knowle West has...
Jan 282 min read
Weekly Update: 26th January 2024
Listening to Labour Party leader Keir Starmer celebrate the work of charities and civic institutions, in a speech to the Civic Society,...
Jan 192 min read
Weekly Update: 19th January 2024
Last weekend I was out talking with residents in Windmill Hill and Filwood, supporting our Labour candidates for the May elections and...
Jan 142 min read
Weekly Update: 12th January 2024
The new year in Parliament. Parliament returned for the new year this week, and it was great to be back on the front bench in the House...
Jan 141 min read
South Bristol Jobs and Apprenticeship Fair
29th February at South Bristol Skills Academy in Hengrove. When I first became MP for Bristol South, I heard from many families about how...
Jan 141 min read
Welcome to 2024 - Election Year!
It promises to be a very busy year for by-elections, the council election in Bristol and the expected General Election. I started the...
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