Cardiff Central - Jo Stevens MP

I Back the UCU Strike

I Back the UCU Strike – 28 Feb 2018 Pensions aren’t the most exciting topic of conversation, but ensuring we have financial security after retirement is becoming more and more important as we live for longer. Representing a university constituency with tens of thousands of students and university staff naturally means…

Great Get Together Events 2018

Great Get Together Events 2018 – 8 Feb 2018 The second annual of Great Get Together is taking place 22nd – 24th June 2018 with hopefully even more fun and friendly events in Cardiff Central than last year. The Great Get Together is inspired by my friend and colleague Jo Cox, who was…

Family Reunion Rights – Home Office Questions

Family Reunion Rights – Home Office Questions – 4 June 2018 I asked the new Home Secretary Sajid Javid whether he will change the rules to help unaccompanied refugee children who have come to the UK reunite with their parents.  I have championed the cause of unaccompanied children who have had to flee their…

Fairtrade Fortnight Parliamentary Reception

Fairtrade Fortnight Parliamentary Reception – 26 Feb 2018 Last week I attended a reception to mark the start of Fairtrade Fortnight. Fairtrade Fortnight 2018 runs from 26 February to 11 March and this year’s theme is ‘Come On In!’ inviting people to learn more about the Fairtrade movement and how it impacts on the…

Ending Child Funeral Fees – Letter to the Prime Minister

Ending Child Funeral Fees – Letter to the Prime Minister – 31 Jan 2018 I was proud this week to be among over 160 cross-party MPs, led by my colleague Carolyn Harris MP, to sign a letter to the Prime Minister imploring her to end child funeral fees. The Welsh Labour…

End the Practice of Charging Children for British Citizenship

End the Practice of Charging Children for British Citizenship – 22 May 2018 This week I called on the Government to end the practice of charging children for British citizenship. I have signed an Early Day Motion calling on the Government to end the practice of charging a fee to children for registering for…

EDM 1144 on Child Abuse in Migration Programmes

EDM 1144 on Child Abuse in Migration Programmes – 29 March 2018 This week I have co-sponsored my colleague, Lisa Nandy’s Early Day Motion (EDM 1144) on child abuse in child migration programmes. The full text of the EDM is as follows: That this House welcomes the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse’s…

CF10 Rugby Trust Launches Cardiff Rugby Museum – 22 March 2018

This week the Cardiff Rugby Heritage Museum was launched to celebrate the heritage of rugby in Cardiff.  The museum contains over 800 items of rugby memorabilia-caps, jerseys, photographs, ties, trophies, programmes and season tickets-together with reports and results from each season since 1876. The museum was the invention of members of…

Celebrating Cardiff as a European Sporting City

Celebrating Cardiff as a European Sporting City – 9 May 2018 Today is Europe Day where we can celebrate the fact that our once divided continent has enjoyed the longest period of peace it has ever known under the banner of the European Union. And, this Friday the Cardiff Blues will be taking on…

Business Questions – Air Passenger Duty

Business Questions – Air Passenger Duty – 25 Jan 2018 This morning I attended Cardiff Airport’s annual report briefing to Members of Parliament. Cardiff Airport, which is publically owned by the Welsh Labour Government, has gone from strength to strength, showing a nearly 50% growth since it was taken into public…

BskyB and Leveson Inquiry Update – 23 Jan 2018

BskyB and Leveson Inquiry Update – 23 Jan 2018 A number of constituents have written in to me over the last few months expressing concerns about both the Murdoch takeover bid of BskyB and the family’s corporate conduct. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) have now said that the proposed purchase of…

Brexit Questions – Horizon 2020

Brexit Questions – Horizon 2020 – 2 Jan 2018 At this morning’s Exiting the EU Questions I had the opportunity to ask the Minister about the effect of leaving the EU on participation rates in the Horizon 2020 research funding programme, and in the Erasmus + programme. There a three universities…

Are You Paid Less Because You’re an Agency Worker?

Are You Paid Less Because You’re an Agency Worker? – 6 March 2018 Two people working alongside each other doing the same job should get the same rate of pay.  This week, the TUC published a report which shows that unscrupulous employers are undercutting wages by keeping people on agency contracts for years. …

Airstrikes in Syria 2018

2018 I woke up this morning to the overnight news that the UK had taken part in air strikes in Syria alongside the USA and France. I believe this action is illegal under international law. It has not been requested by the Syrian Government. There is no UN Security Resolution…

Opening of Adamsdown Primary School

This morning I had the great pleasure of attending the official opening of the new building at Adamsdown Primary School. The school has received significant investment from the Welsh Labour Government’s 21st Century Schools programme, as well as strong commitment from Cardiff’s Labour Council. We were taken on a tour…

100 Days Until the Champions League Final Comes to Cardiff

It’s now 100 days until the UEFA Champions League final comes to Cardiff! In 2014 we had a taste of European football in Cardiff when Real Madrid beat Sevilla in the UEFA Super Cup at the Cardiff City Stadium, but this will represent the very first time that the famous Champions League trophy…

Transport Questions – Funding for Cardiff Central Station

Transport Questions – Funding for Cardiff Central Station – 18 Jan 2018 This morning in Transport Questions I asked the Secretary of State whether he would commit UK Government funding towards the much-needed redevelopment of Cardiff Central Station. The station is getting busier every year, with passenger numbers expected to…

Rohingya Refugee Crisis

Rohingya Refugee Crisis – 29 Nov 2017 Earlier this month I visited the Rohingya refugee camp in Kutupalong, Bangladesh as part of a fact finding visit with the UNHCR and a small number of MPs. Nearly 1 million Rohingya people have fled Rakhine Provine in Myanmar (Burma). Since 25th August 2017, over 600,000 people, mainly women and children have…

Vote for Community Projects in Cardiff Central to win the Aviva Community Fund

Vote for Community Projects in Cardiff Central to win the Aviva Community Fund – 26 Oct 2017 The Aviva Community Fund awards funding of up to £25,000 for local community projects across a range of categories such as health & wellbeing, skills for life and community support.  All applications have now…

Visiting the Newly Redeveloped Powerhouse

Visiting the Newly Redeveloped Powerhouse – 31 July 2017 I was pleased this morning to be able to visit the newly redeveloped Powerhouse hub in Llanedeyrn. It was fantastic to see the hub already buzzing with residents checking out the new facilities on offer here. The new Powerhouse Hub in Llanedeyrn provides a wider…

Visiting 72nd Cardiff Guides

Visiting 72nd Cardiff Guides – 7 Feb 2017 72nd Cardiff Guides invited me to visit them at their weekly session at Albany Rd Baptist Church last Friday. I spoke about what being a Member of Parliament involves, what I do in Parliament and in the constituency, how everything we do is political…

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