Bridget Phillipson MP: Calling for a Budget that works for Houghton and Sunderland South 23 Oct 2018 I recently asked constituents to take part in a short survey about their priorities ahead…
Bridget Phillipson MP: Universal Credit is not a ‘better deal’ for my constituents in Sunderland and Houghton 15 Oct 2018 Last week, the Tory Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey let slip that families will…
Bridget Phillipson MP: Community meetup in Houghton 28 Sep 2018 On Friday 14th September, I held my seventeenth community event at Philadelphia cricket club. I was…
Bridget Phillipson MP presses government on falling teacher numbers 13 Sep 2018 Bridget Phillipson, Labour Member of Parliament for Houghton and Sunderland South, has slammed the government…
Bridget Phillipson MP: ‘Holiday hunger’ and ‘period poverty’ campaigns risk forgetting what poverty really means 12 Sep 2018 Fridays, as for most MPs, are surgery days. And with every surgery comes more avoidable…
Bridget Phillipson MP visits Houghton Jobcentre Plus for update on Universal Credit rollout 13 Aug 2018 On Friday 09 August, I visited the Jobcentre Plus in Houghton to learn about the…
Bridget Phillipson MP “Gives a Day to Policing” 10 Aug 2018 On Thursday 09 August, I spent a day with our local police force in Houghton…
Bridget Phillipson MP: Sunderland and the country heading for a bad deal in Brexit negotiations 10 Jul 2018 Nissan’s announcement that they were putting investment in the UK on hold is yet another…
Bridget Phillipson MP attends Women’s Place in Parliament exhibition 27 Jun 2018 Today marks the opening of the ‘Voice and Vote: Women’s Place in Parliament’ exhibition in…