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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 8, 20242 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...
Mar 4, 20242 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 23, 20242 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 11, 20242 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...
Feb 4, 20242 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 28, 20242 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 19, 20242 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 14, 20242 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 14, 20241 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...
Jan 14, 20241 min read
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