Emma joined Labour MPs on Monday (26 January) to block Tory plans to fast-track fracking, and forced the Government into an embarrassing retreat. Labour tabled an amendment to the Infrastructure Bill to place strict conditions that would have to be met before fracking...
Emma is pleased to endorse the Community Foundation’s Surviving Winter campaign, an initiative that helps to ‘recycle’ Winter Fuel Payments so that they reach the neediest households most in danger of fuel poverty. The campaign allows pensioners who receive Winter...
Emma backed Labour’s plans for an energy price freeze today, after the Shadow Energy Secretary Caroline Flint MP set out the choice facing voters at the next election in May. Emma explained that a price freeze would offer immediate help to every household in Shields,...
This week Parliament returned to begin a new session, beginning with the Queen’s speech which set out the Coalition Government’s programme for the coming year. But Emma joined Ed Miliband in warning that the Coalition’s agenda would not offer the change Britain...
Emma is supporting a national day to raise awareness of the plight of those struggling to afford the cost of heating their homes. Today (28th March) is Fuel Poverty Awareness Day, run by charity National Energy Action and supported by SSE. Around 4.4 million...
