Blogs - Andy McDonald MP

BEIS Select Committee visit to Brussels

As a relatively new member of the House of Commons Business Energy and Industrial Strategy Select Committee, together with committee colleagues I travelled to Brussels recently as part of our inquiry into competition policy and state aid. Our conversations with witnesses to our inquiry also covered Horizon Europe – the…

Britain needs a pay rise

Inflation is now at 5.5% and continues to outpace wages and benefits. Britain needs a pay rise. Benefits and public sector wages have been frozen by the Tories for many years over the past 12 years and the rises that are coming through now are just not enough to make…

My response to standards investigation into Middlesbrough Mayor

I have had sight of the 239 pages of the report of Wilkin Chapman Solicitors into the allegations concerning Mayor Andy Preston and the images discovered on his personal computer in his Mayoral Office on Friday 31st January 2020. I have also seen Mr Preston’s ridiculous comments and allegations. The contents…

The Levelling Up announcement

Levelling up is a blizzard of announcements but with no new money. Without it, it’s simply a wish list. I do however welcome the commitment to a long term plan and ambitions taking us to 2030 and that’s the right thing to do, but the aspirations around things like transport…

I am delighted to have been re-selected to stand at the next General election

Update on the Afghanistan Citizens Resettlement Scheme

Since the collapse of the Afghan Government last year, my office has been working tirelessly to help British nationals affected by the direct consequences of the Taliban regime. Through sheer hard work, determination and my own repeated representation to Government Ministers, we have thankfully managed to assist 34 Middlesbrough constituents…

A thank you to the NHS and all staff at James Cook University Hospital

Back on 31 December 2019 the World Health Organisation was informed of cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan in China and so it all began. Over the nearly 2 years since then, each and everyone of us has been affected in some way by Covid. Life has changed and tragically…

All aboard the first direct train from Middlesbrough to London

I was delighted to board the inaugural direct Azuma train from Middlesbrough to London this week. Whilst it may be a stretch to say it represents a new dawn, it is undoubtedly a hugely important milestone in our railway journey and represents the successful culmination of years of campaigning. It’s…

International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. We must all challenge abusive behaviour and male violence. Men cannot stay silent – we must call out misogyny among friends, in the workplace or online. For too long women have been expected to change their behaviour and…

Equal Pay Day

It is appalling that more than 10 million women will work their entire careers without seeing equal pay. On Boris Johnson’s watch, the pay gap between men and women now isn’t set to close until 2059 – up seven years from the 2020 projection. So, an 18-year-old woman starting work…

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