Cardiff Labour Manifesto – For a Stronger, Fairer, Greener Cardiff

Earlier this week our Cardiff Labour Manifesto was officially launched outside the Maelfa Centre in Llanedeyrn. It really is a bold plan for a stronger, fairer and greener capital city – including new train stations, £1 bus fares and plans for 1,500 new council homes.   Our 5 key pledges…

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Nominate Your Cardiff Central Kebab House for the 2022 British Kebab Awards

Do you have a favourite Cardiff Central kebab house? Nominations for the 2022 British Kebab Awards open very soon, and as your Member of Parliament I get to nominate one of our many kebab houses. This year, I wanted to do something a little different – and ask you for…

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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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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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Letter to the PM: Secure the Future of the COVID-19 Memorial Wall

14 Jun 2021

I’ve joined 227 MPs, Peers and Mayors to write to the Prime Minister urging him to support the campaign for the Covid Memorial Wall in London to become a permanent site. The letter is spearheaded by Afzal Khan, MP for Manchester Gorton, who lost his mum and both his parents-in-law…

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Self-Isolation Support Payment Extended to Parents and Carers

07 Dec 2020

The Self-Isolation Support Scheme will be extended to help parents and carers who have to take time off work to look after their children when they have to self-isolate because of a coronavirus outbreak in their school or childcare setting.   The Self-Isolation Support Scheme was launched last month to…

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Firebreak: Seeing other people

19 Oct 2020

Can I meet up with another household? For most households the answer will be no, you must not meet up with anyone you do not live with, except in very limited circumstances such as providing or receiving care (see answer below on caring responsibilities). If you are an adult living…

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Getting a Sick Note for COVID-19

19 Oct 2020

If you have symptoms of coronavirus infection (COVID-19), however mild, stay at home and do not leave your house for 7 days from when your symptoms started. If you live with others and you are the first in the household to have symptoms of coronavirus, then you must stay at…

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COVID-19/Coronavirus: Key Sources of Information

16 Oct 2020

If you’re looking for information and advice regarding the current Coronavirus pandemic, make sure to avoid any fake news and follow these key sources of information. These sources are being constantly updated and are the best places to find the latest information. Daily updates from Public Health Wales https://phw.nhs.wales/topics/latest-information-on-novel-coronavirus-covid-19/ Online…

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Hello world!

15 Oct 2020

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Visit to the Newly Redeveloped Gassy’s Bar 

24 Nov 2018

Visit to the Newly Redeveloped Gassy’s Bar – 14 May 2018  I was pleased recently to visit Gassy’s bar on Salisbury Road in Cathays to see behind the scenes of the £250,000 investment five months on from its re-launch.    We are lucky to have such a vibrant mixture of pubs and bars in Cardiff…

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Universal Credit – What You Need To Know 

24 Nov 2018

Universal Credit – What You Need To Know – 7 Feb 2018  Universal Credit is being phased into Cardiff, starting this month. It is a new, single monthly payment to replace the following benefits and tax credits:  Housing Benefit  Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance  Income-related Employment and Support Allowance  Income Support  Child Tax…

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Unfair Sainsbury’s Contract Changes: Joint Letter to Theresa May

24 Nov 2018

Unfair Sainsbury’s Contract Changes: Joint Letter to Theresa May – 22 May 2018 I have joined a number of my Parliamentary colleagues in writing to the Prime Minister to ask that she stands up for the hardworking Sainsbury’s employees who are set to lose out because of unfair contract changes.…

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UCU strike action: my exchange of correspondence with Cardiff University Vice Chancellor Prof Colin Riordan

24 Nov 2018

UCU strike action: my exchange of correspondence with Cardiff University Vice Chancellor Prof Colin Riordan – 6 March 2018  As more and more University Vice Chancellors depart from Universities UK’s plan to slash University staff pensions which is at the heart of the dispute, I have been in correspondence with Cardiff…

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Trussell Trust Annual Foodbank Data and the Impact of Universal Credit 

24 Nov 2018

Trussell Trust Annual Foodbank Data and the Impact of Universal Credit – 24 April 2018  The Trussell Trust have today launched their annual foodbank stats alongside a report into Foodbank’s experience of Universal Credit.  In Cardiff, between April 2017 and March 2018, 11480 three day emergency food supplies were given to people facing crisis by…

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Time to Stop Banks Exploiting Vulnerable Customers

24 Nov 2018

Time to Stop Banks Exploiting Vulnerable Customers – 23 May 2018  Today I’ve written to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) together with supportive MPs calling on them to take action on banks charging extortionate fees for unarranged overdrafts. Whilst these fees are part of banks’ business models, they are almost always massively out of proportion with the actual overspend and hit…

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The impact of monsoon season on the Rohingya

24 Nov 2018

The impact of monsoon season on the Rohingya – 8 May 2018  This afternoon I held a debate in Westminster Hall on the impact of the monsoon season on the Rohingya refugees who, having fled violence and persecution in Burma, are living in camps across the border in Bangladesh.    Monsoon season is fast…

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Tax Free Childcare in Wales

24 Nov 2018

Tax Free Childcare in Wales – 5 April 2018  The Tax-Free Childcare scheme provides help with the cost of childcare for working families. Parents of children aged under 12 and parents of disabled children aged under 17 can apply online through the UK government childcare service which can be accessed via…

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Supporting Christian Aid Week in Parliament 

24 Nov 2018

Supporting Christian Aid Week in Parliament – 11 May 2018  Ahead of Christian Aid Week, I was pleased to attend an event in Parliament to find out about activities and events taking place during the charity’s annual fundraising week in Cardiff Central. Last year, an amazing £11,324 was raised in Cardiff…

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Splott Road Bridge Update – 11 Jan 2018 

24 Nov 2018

Splott Road Bridge Update – 11 Jan 2018  February 2018 represents a major milestone towards the electrification of the railway to Cardiff. Work on Splott Road Bridge enters a critical phase and preparations for the new overhead line equipment continue.  Road closure  As part of the work to reconstruct Splott Road Bridge, a full road closure…

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Speech in Welsh Affairs Debate – 19 March 2018 

24 Nov 2018

Speech in Welsh Affairs Debate – 19 March 2018  Today I spoke in the rescheduled Welsh Affairs Debate, which should have taken place on St David’s Day but had to be postponed due to the snow and extreme weather.  It was important to me to speak not just about the Wales…

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