Today’s Budget statement hides the Tories’ plans for deeper and more painful cuts if David Cameron is allowed back into Downing Street, Emma has said. The Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne today made his annual Budget statement in Parliament. But the...
Emma responded to George Osborne’s Autumn Statement today (3 December) by criticising the Chancellor’s failure to explain the scale of cuts he would make to public services. Figures in the Autumn Statement suggested that under the Chancellor the UK could be facing £60...
This week Parliament debated the Government’s plans to reform the Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSA). Emma explained that the changes would mean large numbers of students would lose out on support, forcing some to drop out of their course while others would be put...
On Monday Emma raised the important issue of cuts to children’s social work in Parliament, telling the House of Commons that trainee social workers were being used to fill the gaps left in underfunded departments, and asked to do tasks that should be the role of fully...
New analysis by the Labour Party shows that South Tyneside is amongst the worst effected by a double hit of local government cuts and cuts to tax credits and benefits. The North East is the worst hit region, with cuts amounting to £566 per head. While South Tyneside...
