Uncategorised - Clive Lewis

I join Karen Davis and other local Labour women on #InternationalWomensDay

It was a pleasure to drop by the fantastic #InternationalWomensDay coffee morning, hosted by Soroptimist International, earlier on today. Karen Davis – Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Norwich North and other brilliant women who represent Labour locally also attended, and it was great to catch up. Pictured in the slideshow below is Mancroft Labour –…

#NAP2019: I visit UEA Apprenticeships award ceremony

This week is National Apprenticeship Week (#NAW2019), and last night I was lucky enough to be able to attend University of East Anglia (UEA)‘s ‘Norfolk Apprenticeships – Innovating, Achieving and Celebrating’ event. All in all, it was an inspiring evening and I heard some fantastic personal stories from currents and past…

I join Labour colleagues writing about the ongoing chaos of Brexit

Today a number of Labour colleagues and I have written on the ongoing chaos of Brexit – and the fundamental need for giving the public a final say on what happens next. “Brexit is a mess. It is more difficult and more expensive than we were promised in 2016 and…

Our piece in The Guardian: join the final say march left block

All on the left should rally on 23rd March to demand final say on Brexit – come and join my colleagues and I as we demand a way out of this Brexit chaos. We are campaigning to transform society, not for the status quo. We will put forward the positive…

‘Love Socialism, Hate Brexit’ banner drop

I was proud to stand with MP and MEP colleagues for our “Love Socialism, Hate Brexit” banner drop in Westminster this morning. I want to welcome as many Labour MP’s as possible in support of Jeremy Corbyn and our fight for a better society. The campaign against Brexit goes hand…

I comment on lack of funding granted by Government to Norfolk hospitals

I was asked to comment on this story about how Norfolk and Waveney’s NHS has been snubbed in almost every single bid for capital funding made to the government over the last two years. Here’s what I said in full. “What we’re seeing here is the local consequences of the…

My comment on East of England Brexit bribe

I was asked by the local press for my views on the news that the eastern region will get the least out of the government’s ‘Stronger Towns Fund’. Here’s what I said in full. “This is a desperate Tory bribe to try and get MPs to back this government’s terrible…

I contribute to parliamentary debate on climate change

Yesterday, I spoke in the House of Commons debate on the UK’s progress towards net-zero carbon emissions. The Government have continuously failed to take this challenge seriously. Rather, they have slashed solar subsidies, blocked onshore wind, prevented a close-loop reuse and recycling sector, supported fracking, privatised the Green Investment Bank…

I write to Greg Clark MP urging Britain to stop funding fossil fuel projects overseas

Earlier this week Former UN general-secretary, Ban Ki Moon, came out urging Britain to stop funding fossil fuel projects overseas. Moon said he was deeply concerned that the UK’s export credit agency had provided billions of pounds in recent years to support businesses involved in oil and gas schemes around…

City College Norwich students visit parliament

Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting a group of Year 12 students from Norwich City College, who came to witness the madness of Westminster for themselves. It was great to have so many good questions, from Brexit, to party splits, to my own motivation for wanting to become an…