Stephen Morgan MP calls on all of Portsmouth to learn about the fight for suffrage

Stephen Morgan, MP for Portsmouth South, has invited people across the city to visit an important new exhibition which tells the story of the fight for women to have their say in Parliament.

As we celebrate 100 years since some women gained the right to vote, the hard-fought battle to make this happen is detailed in Voice and Vote: Women’s Place in Parliament.

The exhibition not only tells the hidden “her-story” of the UK Parliament: the campaigning, the protests and the achievements. It also examines where we are today, and shows that anyone can make change happen and exercise their democratic rights.

Stephen Morgan MP, said:

“Having visited the exhibition myself, I can vouch for it as a fantastic and engaging basis for a conversation about the history and legacy of those women who pioneered in this House and outside of it in strengthening and equalising our democracy.

One feature, the wall containing the names of female MPs, is shamefully small considering the centuries of Parliamentary democracy we’ve enjoyed.

This is why I’m taking so seriously my Vote100 Portsmouth campaign, encouraging women in Portsmouth and across the country to further the progress made by their ancestors.

 I’d urge everyone to come and visit the exhibit not just to celebrate this proud anniversary but also to take ideas and inspiration back to our city.”

Among the items in this innovative exhibition are re-creations of lost historical spaces of the Palace of Westminster, rare and previously unseen historic objects, pictures and archives from the Parliamentary collections and elsewhere.

Visitors will delve into the past and discover what women would have experienced in: The Cage, The Tomb, The Chamber and The Ventilator.

Melanie Unwin, Co-Curator of the Voice and Vote exhibition, said:

“This innovative exhibition immerses visitors in lost historical spaces, and shows the barriers that women had to overcome to participate in democracy.

For the first time, we have recreated the sounds and atmosphere of the uncomfortable spaces which women were confined to – to show the magnitude of what campaigners and early women MPs achieved despite the limitations placed on them. Revealing this hidden history should help inspire us all to make use of the rights that women of generations past have dedicated their lives to.”

Rare historic exhibits from around the country, some of which have never been on public display before, help to tell the story of the battle for women to gain the right to vote.

Mari Takayanagi, Co-Curator of the Voice and Vote Exhibition, said:

“We have been working on the Voice and Vote exhibition since 2014 and we’ve made some fantastic discoveries along the way. In particular we’ve delighted to display for the first time items from private collections which beautifully illustrate the story of women and Parliament.

The exhibition helps people relive the fight, struggles and sacrifices made by the early suffrage pioneers, and remind us all of the importance of what they fought for.”

Immersive spaces

The Ventilator

200 years ago, this loft space above the House of Commons Chamber was where women watched and listened to Parliamentary debates. Women were banned from the public galleries. Those who were politically engaged and wanted to watch discussions of issues they were campaigning for, such as the abolition of the slave trade, would make their way to this space to watch and listen.

The Cage

After the 1834 fire which destroyed the old Palace of Westminster, the new House of Commons included a Ladies’ Gallery which allowed women to view the Chamber from high up above the Speaker’s Chair. The gallery was closed off by brass grilles, deliberately placed there to stop MPs seeing the women. The grilles restricted women’s view and the Ladies’ Gallery was hot, stuffy and soon nicknamed “The Cage”.

The Tomb

From 1918, women could stand for Parliament for the first time. An office called the Lady Members’ Room was provided but it was poorly furnished and became increasingly overcrowded as more women were elected as MPs. They had to share the space, which became known as “The Tomb” despite their differing politics. Once the few desks provided were all taken, women MPs had to sit on the floor to do their paperwork and hold meetings in corridors.

The Chamber

The final part of the exhibition will be the Chamber, exploring the experience and work of women MPs and members of the House of Lords today. Women have now occupied the highest positions in Parliament, including Betty Boothroyd, the first, and only (so far) woman Speaker and Baroness Hayman, the first Lord Speaker in the House of Lords.

Vote 100

2018 marks 100 years since The Representation of the People Act 1918 extended the right to vote to all men over 21 and the first women, making this one of the most important centenaries in British democratic history. Ten years later all men, and women over 21, were given the equal right to vote under the Representation of the People Act 1918 (Equal Franchise Act 1928.)

Four significant milestones in the fight for universal suffrage in 2018 are:

• Representation of the People Act 1918, which gave all men over 21 and women over 30 who met a property qualification the right to vote. (100 years)
• Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 – allowing women to be MPs (100 years)
• Equal Franchise Act 1928 – giving women the vote on the same terms as men (90 years)
• Life Peerages Act 1958 – allowing women to sit in the House of Lords as life peers (60 years)

These acts followed years of campaigning, with the first petition to Parliament asking for votes for women presented to the House of Commons on 3 August 1832.

There will also be an exciting programme of talks and tours in Parliament, and a number of UK-wide events, such as UK Parliament Week 2018 to mark the centenary.

About women in Parliament Today

Earlier this year The House of Commons Library published new research and statistics on women in Parliament and politics. The research shows that:

• There are currently 210 women were elected to the UK Parliament, a record high of 32%. In January 2018 there were 206 female peers, 26% of Members of the House of Lords.
• There are currently six women in Cabinet including the Prime Minister, 26% of the total 23 permanent Cabinet posts.
• Just over one-third (36%) of members in the Scottish Parliament are women, compared to just over two-fifths (42%) of members of National Assembly for Wales and 30% of Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Following the 2014 European Parliament elections, 41% of UK MEPs are women.

Independent

This month, draft findings of the Electoral Commission’s investigation into Vote Leave, the official pro-Brexit referendum campaign, were leaked, revealing Vote Leave of being guilty of breaking electoral law, on multiple accounts. They are expected to face the most hefty fines in the watchdog’s history. Then there was Cambridge Analytica, the disgraced big data company that was using misappropriated Facebook data to sell elections to the highest bidder and saw Facebook receive the maximum fine of £500,000. Then who could forget Nigel Farage's Leave.EU – the unofficial Brexit campaign bankrolled by the infamous insurance tycoon Arron Banks – which was recently found guilty of "multiple breaches of electoral law", fined £70,000 and referred to the Metropolitan Police for suspected criminal offences.

I share your concerns on this important issue.

The Trade Bill gives the Government unprecedented powers to implement international trade agreements without a vote in Parliament. The Government argues that it simply aims to maintain after Brexit agreements that we are already party to as a member of the EU. However, legally the agreements in question would in fact be new ones. Indeed, documents published alongside the Trade Bill make clear that it allows the Government to implement substantial amendments to the terms inherited from existing trade agreements. This could involve new obligations, including – as 38 Degrees’ legal briefing highlights – provisions relating to controversial issues such as chlorine-washed chicken and hormone-treated beef. I believe this is completely unacceptable in a democracy.

At the 2017 general election, I stood on a manifesto that included a commitment to ensuring proper transparency and parliamentary scrutiny of all future trade deals. I was therefore disappointed that at the Trade Bill’s committee stage, the Government rejected Opposition amendments that would have guaranteed proper parliamentary scrutiny before trade deals could be implemented.

Nevertheless, I can assure you that I will continue to press for proper scrutiny of trade agreements when the Trade Bill returns to Parliament on Tuesday 17 July.

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Emma Reynolds, Labour MP for Wolverhampton North East, celebrated Black Country Day this weekend. Events have been taking place throughout July as part of the overarching Black Country Festival, now in its fifth year across all parts of the Black Country including Wolverhampton. This year Black Country Day took place on 14 July. The date marks the anniversary of the invention of the Newcomen Engine, the World’s first steam engine, built in Dudley in 1712.

Emma said, “Black Country Day is a fantastic way for people in our city and across the rest of the Black Country to come together and celebrate our proud history. There were some fantastic photos of people celebrating our region’s heritage with pride.

“The Black Country was at the centre of the Industrial Revolution and it is that history which is depicted on our Black Country Flag. Today the Black Country continues that proud tradition. It is home to world leading steel, aerospace and automotive companies. Black Country Day is a great way of promoting the Black Country throughout the UK and abroad.”

July 2018

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NEWS AND COMMENT FROM CHRIS LESLIE – Friday 13^th July 2018
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A week is definitely a long time in politics. Theresa May must look back longingly to just last weekend when she thought she’d brought her Cabinet behind her ‘Chequers Agreement’ plan for Brexit. But it fell to pieces after 48 hours when hard Brexiteers David Davis and Boris Johnson threw their toys out of the pram in resignation. Their ideological attachment to a hard Brexit was never going to survive contact with economic – or parliamentary – reality. The Prime Minister should have forced them to confront this before triggering Article 50.

The truth was always that our trading future must be in a close partnership with our nearest European neighbours. Boris and David Davis have figured out that the Chequers Plan is not a ‘final offer’ but an opening gambit. And there are serious problems with the package the Prime Minister proposes. It seems to me that there are ten things to know about the Government’s proposals:

1. The Chequers Plan would still be a hard Brexit that would damage our economy
2. It won’t deliver the ‘exact same benefits’ as EU membership
3. It would be devastating for our services sector – totally neglected by the Government plan
4. It would turn the UK into a rule taker
5. The proposed customs system is unworkable
6. It wouldn’t even deliver the Government’s promises about new trade deals
7. Ending free movement would hurt our economy and young people’s life chances
8. The white paper says nothing about the future of the NHS
9. The proposals risk damaging our security
10. There is no majority for this type of Brexit in the House of Commons

Today Donald Trump has pulled the rug from beneath the Prime Minister’s feet, saying that her Chequers plan may have killed off a chance of a US trade deal (which in reality was never very likely anyway). All the more reason to offer a People’s Vote on any Brexit deal so we can at least keep our European alliances on the table.

I hope that Labour will do the right thing for the country and put the principles of jobs, growth and the interests of future generations first, as I set out in my Evening Standard article this week here. With the Trade Bill & Customs Bill due for debate next week, MPs are going to have to avoid the temptation of short-term partisan tactics and seriously act in the national interest first and foremost.

NOTTINGHAM

• Nottingham’s criminal justice system depends on the consistent and dedicated work of those working in our courts, police, prosecutor services and prisons – and more besides. So it was a real insight to have the chance to visit the Bridewell custody facility next to the Magistrates Court on Thursday, where Inspector Tracey Lovegrove (pictured below) showed me how those arrested and awaiting trial are processed, charged and detained. The building is now showing some signs of age and there are plans to replace it with a newly built facility near Radford Road Police Station. Officers manage the facility and have to monitor those remanded in custody closely, taking account of health needs and self-harm risks. They had 26 prisoners in the facility when I visited but have space for up to 110 and sadly it can get very busy especially on Friday and Saturday nights. I want to pay tribute to the often unsung efforts of the officers working at the Bridewell who are in the frontline of making sure that evidence is collected effectively and our justice system can succeed.

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• Nottingham City Council and Nottingham City Homes are undertaking works to connect four low-rise apartment blocks in Sneinton to the District Heating Network and make them more energy efficient. On Thursday I visited the site for myself to see how these measures will benefit residents. As part of the city’s Greener HousiNG programme, 94 households in Bryon, Keswick, Morley and Haywood Courts will also be receiving measures including external wall insulation, new roofs with solar systems and battery storage. The idea being to make the flats warmer whilst reducing bills and ensuring that the energy comes from low-carbon sources. These homes are the final scheme to be delivered as part of the EU funded REMOURBAN project which has benefitted 400 homes in Sneinton.

 I also visited the homes that are part of a UK pilot by Nottingham City Homes to retrofit properties with wrap-around pre-fabricated wall and roof panels, using a ground-breaking approach called “Energiesprong”.  The adaptations are intended to improve older houses using measures to save and generate energy, and they should dramatically reduce household energy bills and make homes warmer, while being near zero-energy.  They finished results also look very fresh and attractive.  You can find out more about this pioneering approach here : https://www.energiesprong.uk/projects/nottingham

• POW Nottingham is a peer-founded charity supporting individuals involved in or affected by sex work. I took time this week to visit the charity and hear for myself about the work they provide as a clinic for sexual health and drug dependency, and the help they give those affected with health information and outreach into the community. We have got to provide support to those who are caught in this trade, especially those exploited or drawn into what can often be a situation of modern slavery. If we fail to offer support and preventative intervention it not only has a human cost, but will end up costing the rest of the public services much more in the long run. Investing in these local community services saves cost and harm for the wider society.

• 87 percent of people in Nottinghamshire agreed with Nottinghamshire Police’s policy that misogyny should classified hate crime. These figures come from a survey commissioned by Nottingham Women’s Centre and funded by the Office for Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner. However the survey also showed that despite strong support for the policy amongst the public, misogyny hate crime is still highly prevalent but under-reported.
• The environmental measures adopted by Nottingham City Council means that it is now no longer considering the introduction of a Clean Air Zone. On Monday, Portfolio Holder for Energy and Environment, Sally Longford told a full council meeting that new and existing environmental measures will reduce air pollution to below the legal levels. Cllr Longford said: ‘Results of air quality modelling showed these measures will have a significant effect in reducing emissions, bringing Nottingham into compliance by 2020. Although we considered a Class B Clean Air Zone – which would have affected HGVs, buses and taxis – the actions we’re taking will have a positive impact across the whole city, rather than just in one area.’
• Domestic and General have announced that they will be creating another 70 jobs in Nottingham in the next six months. The company which insures, services and repairs over 5000 household appliances already has a large presence in Nottingham East. The news jobs, which will be a mix of full and part-time roles, form part of a plan by the company to make their Nottingham offices a central part of their international business. Jo Hale, the company’s Client Contact Director, said ‘We are really pumping money into Nottingham and wanted to make Notts a flagship for us’.

NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL NEWS

• England’s loss in the World Cup semi-final against Croatia was a disappointment to the millions watching the match across the country, but there was nevertheless a massive sense of collective pride in the teamwork, dedication and achievement at getting as far as we did. Gareth Southgate has been an impressive, calm and grown-up leader and the jokes about him taking over running the country began to look quite appealing at various points this week! We did have some trouble in the city centre earlier in the week after the match against Sweden when a taxi was attacked – but the Police have responded well and I’m glad that the vast majority of people have been enjoying the World Cup and reflecting the respect and honour which this young set of England players has come to represent.

• Liam Fox, International Trade Secretary, appeared before my Trade Select Committee this week for questioning. He was clearly uncomfortable defending the Prime Minister’s Chequers Plan and was so half-hearted that I wondered whether he would also resign half way through the committee hearing. I wanted to press him in particular on the concept of a ‘Facilitated Customs Arrangement’ which in no way can substitute for the Customs Union. It doesn’t have any precedent anywhere in the world, and may possibly be illegal under WTO rules. See a clip from the session at the link here.

• The peace deal on the horn of Africa between Ethiopia and Eritrea has been little reported but is actually a major achievement this week that deserves recognition. The conflict has seen tens of thousands of deaths in the past two years but it has been brought to an end by some patient work in a border commission to resolve disputed territorial issues. The arrival of Abiy Ahmed as Ethiopian Prime Minister has evidently helped end the 20 year long dispute. I hope that the international community will help support and encourage any settlement that endures.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?  

Donald Trump’s visit to the UK this week has unsurprisingly grabbed the headlines; his brash and arrogant approach representing a serious threat to the rules-based international institutions such as NATO and the World Trade Organisation. The many protests occurring across the country are a testament to how many people are concerned at the lurch to the right-wing and protectionist attitudes he represents. I’d be interested to know your views on this Trump visit. Do you feel that Parliament should have resisted this visit, or do we have to accept that – as the President of one of Britain’s closest allies – we have a responsibility to engage in dialogue? Is the reputation of the United States as a whole tarnished by Trump or should we distinguish between Trump’s administration and the (often exasperated) other elected representatives and general American public? I hope that Theresa May is forthright in expressing her opposition to his attitude towards migrants, women, child refugees and on many many other matters. But I fear she will hold back her criticisms for fear of offending such a thin-skinned bully.

Regards

Chris Leslie

Labour & Co-operative Party MP for Nottingham East

Great community spirit this weekend with Tenovus Cancer Care Choir entertaining shoppers in the St Elli Centre with Steve Eldridge doing a solo turn…. my generation music!

Then on to Kidwelly Carnival Parade and fun day. Thanks to all who work hard to put in community events.

Wonderful to see the #LabourMovement out in sunshine & solidarity for the #BigMeeting with friends, comrades, brass bands, & a more equal vision for the future #durhamminersgala

Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn

Today’s @DurhamGala reminds us what we can achieve when we stand together to fight for our common goals of peace, prosperity and social justice.

A specialist Learning Disability Centre has won the local nomination of a prestigious National award. As part of the celebrations to mark the 70^th birthday of the NHS, Hillside Ward at Ash Green Specialist Learning Disability Centre, were nominated by Chesterfield MP Toby Perkins for a NHS70 Parliamentary Award for Care and Compassion.

The NHS70 Parliamentary Awards is a scheme designed to find and celebrate health heroes and to thank staff for their outstanding contribution, hard work and care across the NHS. Hillside Ward provides specialist assessment and treatment to patients with complex needs and is part of the learning disability services at Ash Green.

Toby said “I believe it is vital that we recognise the tremendous effort and dedication of NHS staff. I saw the great work the team at Hillside Ward do with some very vulnerable patients. The team fully deserve to be recognised in this way and I am very proud to have nominated them for the NHS70 award.”

On a recent visit to the Centre, Toby was shown around by Ward Manager Sue Hedley and Mary Holbrook. Mary said “It was great to get this recognition via the Parliamentary Awards from our MP and to welcome him to see the work which the ward does at first hand.”

Toby with Ward Manager Sue Hedley and Mary Holbrook

The AllBright Academy is offering 20 FREE places to women across Liverpool Wavertree for its freshly launched programmes to help all women gain the skills, confidence and network to help achieve career ambitions.

The AllBright Academy is designed to support working women, whatever stage of their career journey they’re at to build resilience, manage the work-life balance and how to own a room. It is completely free to join.

Over 50 inspiring women have agreed to share their expertise, from business leaders to athletes, including design entrepreneur Cath Kidston MBE, Cosmopolitan editor-in-chief Farrah Storr, GB Olympic gold medallist Crista Cullen and Propercorn founder Cassandra Stavrou.

There are two specialist streams led by academy co-founders, Debbie Wosskow OBE and Anna Jones: one for female founders, and the other on smashing the glass ceiling, whatever industry you’re in.

Debbie’s course gets into the nitty gritty of running a business, from taxes and sales to building and promoting a brand, while Anna’s equips women with the skills to ask for what they want at work, with modules on communication styles and how to negotiate to get what you want.

Both programmes start on September 10 and run online for 10 weeks. All the content is accessed online, wherever you are. You’ll just need to put aside three to four hours each week to complete the course.

Applications are open till the end of July, but it is worth applying as soon as you can by clicking here.

You will be asked for some information on your background and why you’d like to join, then enter the code Luciana20 when prompted to be considered for one of the 20 places for the constituency.

People contact their MP for numerous reasons – it may a campaign they are interested in, an issue they feel passionately about or something they want to celebrate, writes Tracy Brabin MP in her latest column.

There are also those who get in touch when they are at their lowest ebb or when they feel they have nowhere else to go.

To put it another way, they go to their MP when the state has failed them. These people, who are often the most vulnerable in society, are crying out for help.

I bring this up because I’ve recently had several constituents contact me about their Personal Independence Payments (PIP) being abruptly cancelled as a result of punitive reviews.

This is nothing new – but figures from the first three months of this year show that 71% of those who appealed the decisions won. In other words, they should have never had their PIP stopped in the first place.

Among those who contacted me was Joanne, a local woman whose debilitating condition means that she needs 24-hour care. Her PIP was reviewed a full year before her claim was due to run out and ultimately stopped, leading to what she describes as a “catastrophic loss financially”. Joanne and her family now rely on the foodbank to put food on the table.

I had the opportunity to raise her case in the House of Commons with the Government Disabilities Minister; her response was patronising, cold and demonstrated a complete lack of understanding of a system she is employed to oversee.

These decisions have real human consequences. As Joanne so articulately put it, PIP allowed her to “have something beyond merely existing”.

Another constituent who voluntarily gave up PIP after feeling well enough to return to work later discovered how cruel the system can be.

She suffers from PTSD and her vivid flashbacks led to her employer eventually advising that it was unsafe for her be at work.

But the good people at ATOS – a private contractor whose repeated failings saw them rewarded with a multi-million pound extension of their contract – found her fit to work.

ATOS, along with Capita, have had a staggering 14,805 of their PIP decisions overturned in the first three months of this year, and yet the Government is throwing vast sums of cash at them.

The Tories are rewarding failure while the most vulnerable suffer the consequences, and it needs to be stopped.

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Denton and Reddish MP, Andrew Gwynne, has expressed his concern as the Home Office and Greater Manchester Police confirmed that the force are committing 250 officers to help with the weekend visit of Donald Trump to the UK.

Greater Manchester Police are sending 250 officers to help with increased security and to deal with the large protests expected across the capital ahead of the visit of the US President.

It has been reported that the National Police Coordination Centre had requested over 400 officers from Greater Manchester, however that request was purportedly rejected from the force.

It is understood that 4,000 officers from other forces in the UK will be mobilised to support Met Police colleagues in areas Trump is visiting.

Andrew Gwynne said:

“Given that communities across Greater Manchester have lost over 2,000 officers due to Government cuts since 2010 and with the 101 emergency line in chaos, I’m really concerned of the capacity of Greater Manchester Police to cover the whole conurbation over the weekend.

 

“With England playing at the World Cup again on Saturday, as well as the hot summer weather and further Trump protests in Greater Manchester itself the police are already over-stretched.

 

“The Government should have had a better plan in place ahead of this visit.”

Susan Elan Jones MP has been campaigning in Parliament for free-to-access cashpoint machines.

The Clwyd South MP who met recently with consumer champions Which? is a strong supporter of free-to-access cashpoints. She has called on the Government and financial regulators to ensure that every community has at least one free-to-use cashpoint.

“I had a really good meeting with consumer champions Which? to discuss our local needs”, said Susan Elan Jones MP. “We also discussed Which?’s national campaigning and the need for greater regulation of the LINK machine network.

“I have also had a very productive meeting with the Payment Systems Regulator about the local towns and villages that make up the Clwyd South constituency. This regulatory body has now confirmed that under their new guidance the LINK machine network has committed to maintaining the current geographical spread of free-to-use ATM cashpoints by protecting any machine that is more 1Km from any others. That is really important in an area like ours with so many villages and small towns. I asked them the question directly and am pleased now to get formal confirmation about this vital matter.”

Cashpoints are under threat because LINK – which runs the UK’s largest cash machine network – has cut the amount that banks pay operators for withdrawals, making some machines no longer financially viable to run. Over 500 ATMs across the UK close every month, with 2,611 machines having disappeared in the five months between December 2017 and May this year.

With over 500 ATMs closing across the UK every month, Alex Cunningham is backing a campaign to save Stockton North’s cashpoints.

Along with Which? and the Federation of Small Businesses, Alex is demanding that the regulator urgently intervenes before more communities are left without free access to cash withdrawals.

Cashpoints are under threat because LINK – which runs the UK’s largest cash machine network – has cut the amount that banks pay operators for withdrawals, making some machines no longer financially viable to run.

With 2,611 machines having disappeared in the five months between December 2017 and May this year, fears are mounting that Stockton could lose its cashpoints, impacting highstreets, local trade and peoples’ ability to pay for local goods and services.

Alex said:

“Our community cannot afford to lose its cashpoints, which local businesses and people rely on. These machines are vital to the local economy and important to peoples’ daily lives – from buying groceries to paying bills – access to cash is essential.

“That’s why I’m backing the ‘Save our Cashpoints’ campaign and will be calling on the regulator to ensure local people aren’t suddenly left being unable to pay in cash.”

These reductions mark a twelve-fold increase from a steady rate of fewer than 50 closures a month since 2015 and accelerated as operators began to learn of the plans from LINK.

Of concern to Alex, is that almost four percent of the ATM network was lost across the country in the five months up to May this year.

The ‘Save our Cashpoints’ campaign calls on the Payment Systems Regulator to conduct an urgent review to fully evaluate the impact that these changes could have on communities and peoples’ ability to use cash payments.

Harry Rose, Which? Money Editor, said:

“With hundreds of cashpoints closing every month we have serious concerns that many people will be left struggling to access the cash they need – with severe consequences for communities and businesses.

“The impact of these funding cuts is already clear – with machines closing at a frightening pace. The regulator must act now to stop further closures and ensure that people aren’t suddenly stripped of their free access to cash.”

High Peak MP Ruth George is inviting parents to a meeting to share their experiences of trying to access support at school for their children’s special needs.

“I am very aware that schools and the local education authority have seen their budgets cut considerably in recent years, leaving schools in a very vulnerable position – and special education funding has been squeezed still further.

“Parents have told me of very worrying cases where their children, often with very severe additional needs, have been refused support at school by Derbyshire County Council.

“Derbyshire agreed in February to cut spending on educational psychiatrists and is planning reduce spending this by a further £114,000 next year.

“This service – which helps to assess and diagnose children and young people behavioural, emotional and learning difficulties –  is already overloaded with work, forcing schools and parents to seek outside help.

“I raised the matter in the House of Commons with Secretary of State for Education who asked for examples of children who have been refused support.”

If you have been affected, or if you feel your child needs more support – please come along and I will take up your case directly with him.  If you can’t come along, please email me at: ruth.george.mp@parliment.uk

The meeting is on Thursday 19 July, 12noon to 1.30pm at Glossop Labour Club, Chapel Street.

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Gordon is to hold one of his regular advice surgeries this coming Friday (13th July).

This will take place from 3.00pm to 4.30pm at his constituency office at 304 Highfield Road, Blackpool, FY4 3JX.

Appointments are required and can be made by either calling 01253 344143 or emailing gordonmarsdenmp@parliament.uk

The health of our citizens is a top priority, and the harmful effects of air pollution are well known. This year’s Clean Air Day highlighted the importance of clean air and looking after our environment as well as showing what Nottingham people can do in their own lives to make a difference. We’re proud of the work we’ve been doing to address air pollution in Nottingham; introducing greener transport, including one of the largest all-electric park and ride bus fleets in the country, and expanding our successful tram network, as well as investing in cycle infrastructure and ultra-low emission vehicles.

We know there is more to do though and that is why we have used July’s Full Council to layout our plans to bring down Nitrogen Dioxide by 2020 and also take measures to reduce particulate matter. Our motion will commit to go beyond government requirements by continuing our commitment to clean public transport, take action to reduce engine idling, helping people to shift to Ultra Low Emissions Vehicles and reducing the Council’s emissions of pollutants.

The electrification of the midlands mainline would be enormously beneficial to Nottingham’s air quality too as it would reduce the number of diesel trains coming into the city centre every day. Instead the new trains being proposed by the government – bi-mode trains – would continue to emit high levels of nitrogen dioxide into the city centre – an area of our city that the Government has already identified as having poor air quality. If the Government can commit to the £30 billion Crossrail 2 project which will mainly benefit London and the South East then they can commit to the electrification of the Midlands Mainline for Nottingham. It’s simply not good enough and our motion reaffirms our commitment to continue to campaign for this.

Cllr Sally Longford
Portfolio Holder for Energy and Enviroment

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