Bulldozers could soon be tearing through a pristine area of natural beauty and biodiversity to make way for the Western Link. This fossil fuel infrastructure and ecological destruction is not what Norwich needs. The river Wensum and the rich ecology in the Wensum vally is part of our shared environment,…

This week I chaired the first meeting in thenew Parliamentary session of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Race and Community. The subject of the event was ‘Tackling racism in the workplace: perspectives from COVID-19’. I was joined by four excellent panelists: Wilf Sullivan, Race Equality Officer at the TUC; Shavanah…

Norwich’s Polish Community Reaches Out To Their Newly Arrived Ukrainian Cousins One of the great things about the job I have is coming face to face with the generosity and kindness that helps make Norwich the place it is and the home we all love. The way our city has…

This week I was involved with the launch of the documentary, ‘US progressives on a knife edge’, created Anthony Barnett, the Co-Founder of openDemocrcacy. I spoke to Anthony Barnett, Co-Founder of openDemocrcacy, and Representative Pramila Jayapal, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, about the threat that progressives face and what…

I’m backing constituents who want to halt the closure of Boots’ Bowthorpe pharmacy and I have written to the company’s CEO and NHS England calling for a reprieve.

The CQC’s inadequate rating of Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust today only adds to a track record of failure. Enough is enough. No more buck passing, empty apologies, and inaction. I have asked the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to instruct his Department to take NSFT…

I listened to the Prime Minister’s apology today, and I think what was clear is that he was sorry – sorry that he was caught. Do I think that he was genuinely sorry for what he had done? No, because if he was, he would have resigned. And that wasn’t…

I joined a delegation to deliver a letter and message to Chancellor Rishi Sunak ahead of the Spring Statement about the injustice of food insecurity faced by millions, calling for a Right to Food to be enshrined into UK law.

This is a summary of the information my team have been given by the UK government about support for constituents who may be currently in Ukraine or have relatives or friends there. • British nationals in need of assistance to leave Ukraine should call +44 (0)1908 516666 and select the…

Yesterday I was appointed to the UK Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee. Climate change is one of the most significant challenges facing our society, and as a Committee member I will be scrutinising how government departments and non-departmental public bodies are contributing to environmental protection and sustainable development. An evidence session…