Bridget backs Usdaw’s ‘Freedom from Fear’ campaign… will you?
Houghton and Sunderland South MP Bridget Phillipson is backing Usdaw’s (the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers) Freedom from Fear campaign, which...
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Bridget calls on the Government to come clean about its plans for allotments
Today (Thursday) in the House of Commons, Bridget Phillipson MP asked the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to come clean about...
Read this entry » MP gives local people a voice on Lansley’s £3 billion planned NHS reform
Houghton and Sunderland South MP, Bridget Phillipson is asking local people for their views on Government plans to introduce GP Commissioning....
Read this entry » Influential Transport Committee asks Bridget for your views
Houghton and Sunderland South MP, Bridget Phillipson has been asked by the influential Transport Select Committee to contribute to its inquiry...
Read this entry » Bridget turns up the pressure on the Coalition over cuts to housing benefit
Local MP, Bridget Phillipson turned up the pressure on the Coalition over its £1.8 billion cuts to Housing Benefit, during a debate in...
Read this entry » Bridget challenges Coalition over support for Sunderland’s software industry.
Houghton and Sunderland South MP, Bridget Phillipson has told Tory Business Minister Ed Vaizey his Government needs to invest in Sunderland’s...
Read this entry » Bridget backs Save EMA Campaign
Local MP Bridget Phillipson has hit out against Coalition governments plans to scrap the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA). EMA is a means...
Read this entry » Bridget tells Cameron and Clegg to ‘watch out’… Sunderland’s Youth Parliament is abo
Local MP Bridget Phillipson saw some of the next generation of politicians and community activists in action at Sunderland Youth Parliament’s...
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Bridget supports Royal British Legions ‘Poppy Calls’ scheme
Local MP Bridget Phillipson has backed the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Calls scheme calling it an ‘excellent’ initiative. Poppy Calls is designed...
Read this entry »Bridget calls on the LibCon Coalition to provide support for jobs in the North East
Ahead of the Coalition Government’s comprehensive spending review, local MP Bridget Phillipson has called on the Coalition to provide more support for work...
Read this entry »Bridget "delighted" with npower’s commitment to job security on Wearside
Swindon based energy supplier npower have renewed their commitment to the North East by moving 2000 customer service staff, previously based throughout the region,...
Read this entry »Bridget “delighted†with npower’s commitment to job security on Wearside.
Swindon based energy supplier npower have renewed their commitment to the North East by moving 2000 customer service staff, previously based throughout the region,...
Read this entry »Bridget welcomes influential MP to Houghton & Sunderland South
As part of the Home Affairs Select Committee’s inquiry into policing, Bridget invited the Chair of the Committee, Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP, to Houghton & Sunderland...
Read this entry »Bridget calls on Government to defend rights of local private tenants
Bridget today called upon the Government to protect tenants in Houghton & Sunderland South from rogue and absentee landlords. She was responding to a report...
Read this entry »Bridget fights to protect the most vulnerable from cuts to housing benefits
As well as pressing for greater investment in social housing, Bridget is determined to protect the most vulnerable members of society from the coalition government's...
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