The North East has 230 fewer police officers working in our local communities, when compared to Spring 2010, official figures released today...
Read this entry » Local MP, Bridget Phillipson, has asked local GPs for their views on the Tory-led government's planned top-down reorganisation of the NHS. Under...
Read this entry » 77% of local people have said they were either worried or very worried about changes to policing made by the Home Secretary, Theresa May, in...
Read this entry » Houghton and Sunderland South MP, Bridget Phillipson, has become a founding member of a new parliamentary group to support the UN Women agency....
Read this entry » This week we’ve seen a leaked letter from the office of the Communities Secretary, Eric Pickles to the Prime Minister confirming what we’ve...
Read this entry » Justice Secretary’s Ken Clarke’s ill-advised and inaccurate comments on rape have rightly caused controversy. It’s deeply worrying...
Read this entry » Houghton and Sunderland South MP, Bridget Phillipson has spoken out against the Government’s decision not to fix a loophole in the ‘Protection...
Read this entry »Houghton and Sunderland South MP, Bridget Phillipson has joined local school children from Dubmire Primary School in an effort to promote awareness of climate change,...
Read this entry »Armed Forces Day this Saturday gives us all a chance to stand up and pay tribute to our Armed Forces, past and present. Bridget said: “Our Armed Forces are...
Read this entry »Houghton and Sunderland South MP, Bridget Phillipson, has warned the Tory-led government can still stall a ban on the use of wild animals in circuses, despite Parliament...
Read this entry »Houghton and Sunderland South MP, Bridget Phillipson, has launched the latest in her series of surveys on crime and policing. The latest version asks local people...
Read this entry »Houghton and Sunderland South MP Bridget Phillipson has called the government’s commitment to the voluntary sector into question after a report published by...
Read this entry »Houghton and Sunderland South MP, Bridget Phillipson, has warned, during a debate in the House of Commons, that the Government’s plans for welfare could seriously...
Read this entry »Local MP, Bridget Phillipson has shadowed nurses at Sunderland’s Royal Hospital to highlight the vital work they do for the NHS. Bridget’s visit comes...
Read this entry »Local MP, Bridget Phillipson has submitted a report to the influential Transport Select Committee, which local bus users in her constituency have helped write. Through...
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