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Katie Brett and Lorraine Beavers with a photo of Sasha Marsden.

My sister was murdered after fake job interview: MP backs Sasha's Law

Emma Lewell-Buck, the MP for South Shields in the House of Commons.

Emma Lewell-Buck MP: Moving offices may mean longer response times

The House of Commons' Education Committee took a deep dive into the effects of screen time on children last year

11 ways phone use impacts children, from school to mental health

Kate Osborne MP (left) with Sarah Jones and Nichola Fullard from Toner Avenue Primary School.

Hebburn primary school celebrated in Parliament for prestigious award

Emma Lewell-Buck, MP for South Shields, has once again pledged her support to WASPI women during a debate at Westminster Hall on Wednesday, January 15.

‘An injustice is an injustice’ - MP continues to support WASPI women

Emma Lewell-Buck, South Shields MP, has backed calls from the Kennel Club to ban electric shock collars. Photo: NationalWorld.

‘The truth matters’ - MP backs Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Shields residents can help by writing to their MP - Animal News Agency

Stars including Ricky Gervais and Dame Judi Dench need help of Shields residents...

Campaigners for 'dignity in dying' hold a demonstration outside the Houses of Parliament (Picture: Justin Tallis)

How every North East MP voted on the Assisted Dying Bill

Campaigners both for and against turn out as MPs prepare to vote on the proposed assisted dying bill in Parliament.

Countries that have legalised assisted dying as MPs vote on bill

Katie Brett is campaigning again to keep David Minto in prison and to change the lenient sentencing appeals law. Inset: 'Evil' David Minto

I'm trying to keep the man who murdered my sister behind bars

If passed the bill means that terminally ill adults in England and Wales who have six months to live will legally have the choice to end their life.

Assisted dying bill UK: What is the proposed law?

Kim Leadbeater MP to introduce bill to legalise assisted dying.

Watch: Kim Leadbeater MP formally introduces assisted dying bill

Emma Lewell-Buck, MP for South Shields, has called on the government to give members of the public a voice as part of bus service reforms.

Emma Lewell-Buck MP advocates for community input in bus services

Jarrow MP Kate Osborne.

Kate Osborne MP reflects on Labour’s first 100 days in Government

Protester speaks at winter fuel cuts rally.

Watch: Rally against winter fuel cuts held outside Parliament

Emma Lewell-Buck, South Shields MP, has backed calls from the Kennel Club to ban electric shock collars. Photo: NationalWorld.

Emma Lewell-Buck on the government’s commitment to improving the NHS
In the latest edition of her fortnightly Shields Gazette column, South Shields MP, Emma Lewell-Buck discusses how the NHS needs funding redirected into primary care.
Emma Lewell-Buck MP

Kate Osborne abstained from the Winter Fuel Allowance cut vote - and she's explained why.

Kate Osborne 'opposed' Winter Fuel Allowance cut despite abstention

Emma Lewell-Buck, MP, being congratulated at her General Election win for Labour in the South Shields constituency.

EMMA LEWELL-BUCK: Already a Labour Government has started to make positive chang...

All the latest updates on the General Election 2024 in South Tyneside

General Election 2024: All the latest updates across South Tyneside

Emma Lewell-Buck and Kate Osborne have both retained their seats in the 2024 general election.

General election 2024: Labour hold both seats in South Tyneside

Rishi Sunak has called a general election for July 4.

Watch: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces July 4 General Election

MP returns to Parliament following sepsis quadruple amputation.

Watch: MP returns to Parliament following sepsis quadruple amputation

Kate Osborne, MP for Jarrow, and Love Island star, Georgia Harrison. Photo: Kate Osborne (via X).

Jarrow MP hosts event with about the impact of revenge porn

Emma Lewell-Buck, the MP for South Shields in the House of Commons. Mrs Lewell-Buck raised the issue of child poverty to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during PMQs. Photo: Parliamentlive.tv.

South Shields MP brings up child poverty issues in Parliament

Labour will invest in boosting Britain’s border security, including a new cross border police unit. Photo by Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

EMMA LEWELL-BUCK MP: The Rwanda Scheme is a costly, ineffective distraction

WASPI campaigners protesting against the changes to the State Pension Age affecting women born in the 1950s.

KATE OSBORNE MP: Conservatives are failing women and playing politics with real ...

The scene at the Palace of Westminster after the attack in March 2017, which lasted 82 seconds.
Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Westminster Bridge terror attack: Police remember victims 7 years on
The Met Police are remembering those who lost their lives, seven years on from the Westminster Bridge terror attack.
Lucinda Herbert

Women pensioners are more likely to live in poverty, more likely to live in cold homes and less likely to have a pension.

KATE OSBORNE MP: 14 years of Tory rule has failed women – working women, pension...

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London. Picture date: Wednesday February 21, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS PMQs. Photo credit should read: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA Wire

KATE OSBORNE: We must resist the politics of hate

A full bin waiting to be emptied on South Tyneside as collections are once again disrupted by strike action.

EMMA LEWELL-BUCK MP: I have always been, and always will be, accountable to my c...

Concerns have been raised over cuts to BBC local radio services

Moving BBC Concert Orchestra out of London 'didn't make sense'

Jarrow MP Kate Osborne.

Jarrow MP calls for Rishi Sunak to apologise over transgender comment

Tyne Bridge restoration work to get underway next week

Conservatives slam 'Labour hypocrisy' in Tyne Bridge restoration row

Emma Lewell-Buck, MP for South Shields, brought forward the proposed bill in the House of Commons. Photo: Other 3rd Party.

MPs are supporting plans to extend pub opening hours for big events

Idris Elba stands in front of an installation of over 200 bundles of clothing representing the lives lost to Knife crime in the UK as he calls on the Government to take immediate action to prevent serious youth violence at Parliament Square on January 08, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for Don't Stop Your Future)

Watch as Idris Elba calls for immediate ban on zombie knives

Watch moment Wilko boss tells MP she 'let down' staff and shoppers

South Shields Town Hall.

'Historic' devolution deal moves a step closer

Tory MP Peter Bone. Credit: PA

Tory MP 'should be suspended over bullying and sexual misconduct'

Fines to be issued over Covid-19 lockdown-busting Tory HQ party

Fines to be issued over Covid-19 lockdown-busting Tory HQ party

Former SNP MP Dr Lisa Cameron, left, who has defected to the Tories, and SNP leader Humza Yousaf. Credit: PA/Getty

SNP MP defects to Tories after claiming 'toxic and bully treatment'

The protest was one of more than 30 events taking place in Britain – plus two in Spain – on what was dubbed a “Day for Rejoin”. Pictured here is Steve Bray.

Anti-Brexit protester Steve Bray ‘wrestled out’ of Tory conference

Chris Packham presented a new documentary this week, pondering whether the campaign influence governments on climate change needs to change (Picture: Rob Parfitt/Channel 4)

TV naturalist fights the law, and the law mainly wins

Schools across the country have been forced to close in full or partially due to safety issues over the concrete used in their construction. Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images

KATE OSBORNE MP: A farcical way to handle any situation let alone one as crucial...

Lucy Letby received a rare whole life order after being convicted of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six more while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital neonatal unit between 2015 and 2016.

Criminals must face victims for sentencing after Lucy Letby’s no-show

Keir Mather. Credit: Getty

Johnny Mercer launches attack on Keir Mather - what was said

Sue Mountain

South Shields smoking survivor to give speech at Parliament

Mortimer Community School students spoke of their experiences of inclusion in schools.

Mortimer students visit Parliament to promote inclusion in schools

Ben Wallace will step down as defence secretary at the next cabinet reshuffle

Ben Wallace to step down as defence secretary

The UK is not on track to reach legally binding targets to reduce carbon pollution. Photo: Adobe

Going Green: Where does the UK sit in the world rankings?

Chris Pincher scandal: Ex-Tory MP faces eight week suspension over groping claims - what did he do?

Chris Pincher scandal: Ex-Tory MP to face eight-week suspension

Former UK health secretary Sajid Javid

Senior Tory Sajid Javid says MPs £86,000 salary ‘should be doubled’

Partygate probe: Nadine Dorries and Jacob Rees-Mogg named in privileges committee special report

Privileges committee publishes damning report on Conservative MPs

Majority of MPs approve Privileges Committee Boris Johnson Partygate report

Boris Johnson suffers resounding defeat over ‘Partygate’ report

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson

MPs find Boris Johnson ‘deliberately misled’ Commons multiple times

Former British prime minister Boris Johnson (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Will Boris Johnson stand as an MP in a different seat?

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