Need help paying your water bills?

27 Jan 2022

With the cost of everything going up, now is as good-a-time as any to make sure you’re not paying too much for your water bill.   Dwr Cymru have lots of help and resources available to help you. These include:   The HelpU tariff – This tariff helps low-income households…

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Marking Holocaust Memorial Day 2022

26 Jan 2022

Thursday 27th January Holocaust Memorial Day. Today we remember the millions of people murdered in the Holocaust, under Nazi persecution & genocides around the world. We must never, ever forget the horrors of the Holocaust. Our determination to end hatred, discrimination & racism must remain resolute, to ensure we never…

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Labour’s plan to keep energy bills low will save 12,883 Households in Cardiff Central up to £600 over a year

24 Jan 2022

The Tories have presided over a decade of dither, delay and poor planning on Britain’s energy sector – as well as calling for a windfall tax on North oil and gas to stop energy bills rising over the next year. To address the immediate crisis, Labour would bring in fully-funded…

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Building Safety Bill Returns to the House of Commons

19 Jan 2022

The UK Government’s Building Safety Bill is back in the House of Commons today. The UK Government has promised over and over again that leaseholders would not bear the cost of the building safety crisis, but the fact is many leaseholders will still have to pay, and without decisive Government…

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Welsh Grand Committee Debate: My Speech

19 Jan 2022

Yesterday I responded as Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Wales in the first Welsh Grand Committee debate for 4 years. The Welsh Grand Committee consists of all 40 Welsh MPs – and today’s debate was on ‘strengthening the Union’. The truth is, for all his flag waving and plastic…

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My Piece in WalesOnline Ahead of the Welsh Grand Committee

18 Jan 2022

I’ve written in WalesOnline today ahead of the First Welsh Grand Committee debate in Parliament since 2018. The topic of the debate today is ‘strengthening the Union’. In 2019, Boris Johnson gave himself the title of ‘Minister for the Union’. But his dishonesty & lack of integrity is damaging the…

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14 House of Lords defeats on the Conservative Government’s Policing, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill

18 Jan 2022

The Tories are failing to keep our communities safe and secure as prosecutions have dropped and recorded violent crime has risen. Tackling crime and violence against women should be the focus of this Bill. We couldn’t, in good faith, vote for a Bill that does nothing to reverse the Conservatives’…

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Cardiff Bus Launches New Fleet of Electric Buses

14 Jan 2022

I was really pleased to attend the launch event of Cardiff Bus’ new fleet of electric buses this morning alongside Cllr Huw Thomas, Leader of Cardiff Council, Cllr Chris Lay, Chair of Cardiff Bus and Councillors, MPs and MSs from across our city. Initially, 36 start-of-the-art, zero-emission electric buses will…

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Wales’ Roadmap Out of Alert Level 2 Restrictions

14 Jan 2022

Last week, The First Minister described how the public health situation had deteriorated rapidly over the Christmas and New Year period, as the omicron wave arrived. Over the course of this week, we have seen some early, positive signs of improvement, which suggest the measures we have taken are working…

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£10m to Help Those with Rent Arrears in Wales (COVID-19)

12 Jan 2022

Welsh Labour’s Minister for Climate Change, Julie James, is urging anyone who has fallen behind in paying rent because of the pandemic to contact their local authority to find out if they can receive financial help to avoid eviction. The call is in a bid to keep people in their…

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Labour’s Plan to Reduce Energy Bills

10 Jan 2022

Households across the country are feeling the pinch with rising prices as inflation is out of control. There is a global gas price crisis, but 10 years of the Conservative’s failed energy policy has left us uniquely exposed. Their dither, delay and incompetence has created an energy price crisis being…

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Keir Starmer Keynote Speech

04 Jan 2022

Labour Leader Keir Starmer kicked off the New Year this morning with a keynote speech setting out Labour’s ambition for a new Britain in which “you and your family get the security, prosperity and respect that they deserve.” In the speech, Keir set out what a future Labour Government will…

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Omicron: New Guidance for Christmas and New Rules from 27th December in Wales

17 Dec 2021

At the moment, the vast majority of coronavirus infections in Wales are caused by the delta variant. This is the form of coronavirus, which caused the large peak of cases earlier in the autumn. The rate remains high across Wales but it is currently stable at around 500 cases per…

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Small Business Saturday

03 Dec 2021

4th December is Small Business Saturday! There’s no escaping the fact that small and medium sized businesses are absolutely crucial to our economy. SME’s now account for over three fifths of private sector employment in the UK (16.3 million). The past 18 months have been incredibly difficult for many of…

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World Aids Day 2021

01 Dec 2021

Today is World Aids Day – marking 40 years since the first diagnosed cases of HIV in Britain.   We remember the 33 million people who’ve lost their lives to HIV-Aids, and those who fought for the right to healthcare.   New cases of HIV in Wales are on a…

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Islamophobia Awareness Month

25 Nov 2021

November marks Islamophobia Awareness Month and presents an important opportunity to raise awareness of the discrimination experienced by Muslims and those of Islamic faith, and to highlight the positive contribution of British Muslims to our society. Last week, I was pleased to attend an event in Parliament organised by Afzal…

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COP26: No Time to Lose

15 Oct 2021

This Autumn, the Tories credibility on climate will be made or broken. They are due to publish a suite of plans including the Net Zero Review, the Net Zero Strategy, and the CSR, in the context of a slew of climate warnings and news coverage of hurricanes, fires, and floods,…

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Labour will act on tackling payday lending in Cardiff

22 Sep 2021

Jo Stevens welcomes Labour’s promise for a new levy on payday lender profits, to tackle the high interest rates of Cardiff’s legal loan sharks   Ed Miliband today set out how the next UK Labour Government will raise millions of pounds through a levy on the profits of payday lenders –…

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NHS COVID Passes in Wales from October 11th

17 Sep 2021

The Welsh Government have announced that from October 11th, you will need to show either a negative lateral flow test within 48 hours or that you are fully vaccinated to enter a number of venues.   This will be certified by the NHS COVID PASS which you can access here.…

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Tory Tax Rise & Social Care Failure

08 Sep 2021

Yesterday’s Health and Social Care Levy is a manifesto-breaking, economically damaging, unfair tax on jobs. This is the biggest rise in taxes on families for over 50 years, with no thought to the impact on those earning the least. Even the Conservative attempt to make their tax rise fairer has…

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The Situation in Afghanistan

08 Sep 2021

If you need assistance for a matter relating to Afghanistan, please click here. Many constituents have contacted me expressing their concerns about the plight of people in Afghanistan, desperate to know what the UK Government will do to ensure the safe evacuation of people and urgently confirm and implement a…

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