MP for Newcastle North
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Local MP Catherine McKinnell is backing a new campaign to help protect pensioners from rogue doorstep traders. The “Doorstep Selling Campaign” has been launched by the Office of Fair Trading to help older people avoid doorstep scams– where unscrupulous sellers pressure them into buying expensive products with hidden costs that they don’t need, or could Continue Reading...
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NEWCASTLE North MP Catherine McKinnell today warned that the region’s thin blue line is getting thinner. She condemned the latest figures showing that the number of police officers serving across the North East has shrunk by 451 since the general election. And 1,010 police support officers have been axed over the same period. “These shocking Continue Reading...
Catherine McKinnell, Shadow Minister for Children and Young Families and MP for Newcastle North, has called on the Government to mark Anti-Slavery Day 2011 (18th October) by agreeing to establish a proper system of guardianship for child victims of trafficking. Speaking after attending today’s official launch of ECPAT UK’s ‘Watch over me’ – a report Continue Reading...
My article for the Huffington Post UK on the importance of a proper system of guardianship for child victims of trafficking, in advance of Anti-Slavery Day 2011 (18th October): 1807 is the date that is commemorated as the year in which Wilberforce’s campaign to abolish slavery succeeded, with the passing of The Slave Trade Act Continue Reading...
I have written to the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, regarding the CPS’ response to the public disorder that has taken place across the country this week. You can read a copy of my letter below. Keir Starmer QC Director of Public Prosecutions Crown Prosecution Service 10 August 2011 Dear Keir, I would Continue Reading...
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