A new set of rail strike dates have now been announced for the RMT, ASLEF and TSSA. This now means that all of the main rail unions are in dispute with either Network Rail or one of the privatised train operating companies. In order to better understand the detail of…

How many times have I walked past the South Asia Collection building (tucked away on Bethel Street) and never twigged what it was? As a lover of history and especially museums I just never clicked this hidden gem was there. It’s almost as if by being in plain sight it…

In June I sat on the Committee tasked with scrutinising the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill. Here are my conclusions about the Bill, after having looked at the legislation line-by-line, and questioning scientists and experts about the Bill. Genetic Editing and the arguments for and against it Bill Committees are…

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) has failed people in Norwich South and across the Eastern region for too long. I meant it when I said that enough was enough after the CQC published yet another damning report of the Trust in April. Yesterday in Parliament, in collaboration with…

Today, provisions in the Health and Care Act 2022 come into effect which sees decision-making about local health services handed over to democratically unaccountable third parties, including private companies. When the Health and Care Act 2022 was going through Parliament, I wrote about problems with the Integrated Care System model…

Today is the 50th anniversary of the UK’s first official Pride march, and so I wanted to share my unwavering support for and solidarity with LGBTQ+ people in Norwich and around the country. Norwich has in many ways been a trailblazing champion of Pride. Norwich Pride is one of the…

Today the Government published it’s bill which will abolish the Human Rights Act. I have been closely following the progress of these plans, and spoke out against them since the Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab first announced them in the House of Commons in December 2021. This is what I…

Sorry I can’t join the RMT Norwich Branch picket line today, but a number of factors (including no trains!) prevent me from being there. However, I did join the closest picket line to me to show my support for striking workers from National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers…

I have written to the Paymaster General to urge the awarding of interim payments to those affected by the contaminated blood scandal, as recommended by Sir Robert Francis QC’s report on compensation. As it stands, payments will not start until the full inquiry concludes in around 18 months. In the…

I met with representatives from STOPAIDS, Global Justice Now, Just Treatment, Results, and Oxfam in Parliament, to show my support for the campaign to prevent monopolies on health tools and technologies and promote equitable access to medicines for all. In October 2020 South Africa and India submitted a proposal for…