This month 140 Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) doctors wrote to its Chair to express their ‘lack of confidence’ in the organisation’s leadership. The medics called “for a major change in the operation and performance of the Trust”. NSFT’s own medical staff explicitly say that “clinical services are…

In the biggest strike of summer so far, 115,000 posties are standing up for fair rise and diginified pay. It was great to see so much public support for our posties on picket lines across Norwich. These public servants had our backs during the pandemic, now it’s our turn to…

The local press asked all local MPs to answer some questions about the growing cost of living crisis, which has led Martin Lewis, the ‘money saving expert’, to warn that people could die if something is not done. These were the questions and my answers: Should parliament be recalled now?…

With the latest GDP figures out today, I want to make what may be a heretical statement: the obsession with GDP helps evade questions of distribution while promoting infinite expansion on a finite planet. Only in the warped reality of our current growth obsessed economic model is expansion without end…

The East of England is experiencing a period of prolonged and intense dryness. While hosepipe bans have been introduced in other parts of England, Anglian Water does not expect to bring in similar measures in our region. This is what I told the EDP: “When it gets to this, no…

With 100 days to go until COP27, which is being hosted in Egypt, I have joined parliamentarians and climate organisations to raise concerns about repressive actions of the Egyptian authorities. For COP27 to be a success, it is essential that civil society, journalists and activists, can participate and mobilise fully…

There was a great a atmosphere on the CWU (Communication Workers Union) picket line in Norwich today. Workers told me theBT Group CEO is getting a £500K pay rise after £1.9bn of profits declared. That means while the CEO gets a 32% bump in his overall remuneration package, taking it…

DOWNLOAD THE APPLICATION FORM AND JOB DESCRIPTION HERE Closing date for applications: Sunday 4th September at 23:59. Clive Lewis MP for Norwich South Senior Caseworker Location: Constituency office in Norwich 32 hours per week (0.8 Full Time Equivalent) Salary: £28,311 – £40,381, pro rata Permanent contract (with six-month probationary period)…

I joined striking members of ASLEF on the picket line to show my support for these workers, who have been given no choice but to strike because rail companies have failed to come up with a pay offer that keeps pace with the cost of living and inflation. I told…

As a member of the Environmental Audit Committee, I am involved in regular inquiries that consider the extent to which the policies and programmes of government departments and non-departmental public bodies contribute to environmental protection and sustainable development, and to audit their performance against sustainable development and environmental protection targets.…