Jul 2, 2015 | Newsroom
Emma has been elected to serve on the House of Commons’ Work and Pensions Select Committee, the cross-party group of MPs which holds the government to account over welfare, employment and pensions. Emma was elected to fill one of the three Labour seats on the...
Jun 22, 2015 | Newsroom
Emma addresses ‘Stomach This’ conference on food poverty This Thursday Emma took part in the ‘Stomach This’ conference – which brought together charities and campaigners from across the country to examine the challenge of ending food poverty in Britain. Emma explained...
Feb 6, 2015 | Newsroom
Emma invited local food banks and charities to a meeting at South Shields Town Hall on Friday (6 February) to discuss the findings of the All-Party Inquiry into Hunger and Food Poverty, and to discuss ways of putting an end to food poverty in South Shields. The...
Jan 26, 2015 | Newsroom
Emma has published details of her Funeral Services Bill, which calls for a review of funeral affordability in the UK. Emma introduced the Bill last month, and drew attention to the increasing problem of funeral poverty. Research by Royal London has shown that over...
Dec 19, 2014 | Newsroom
Emma has accused the Government of allowing food poverty in Britain to grow to crisis levels, in a debate in the House of Commons. Labour called a debate on the worrying rise in food banks, which have fed over a million people in the last year alone. The debate was...
