Grahame Morris MP has started the new Parliamentary term highlighting the importance of animal welfare by meeting with the RSPCA and their inspectors at the House of Commons. Since being founded in 1824, the RSPCA has established itself as the leading organisation on animal welfare in England and Wales and its influence has spread world-wide. Their…
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Easington MP Grahame Morris has joined with representatives of the UK’s beer drinkers, pub goers, brewers and publicans to urge the Chancellor to keep pubs afloat in the Autumn Budget. Morris was one of over 50 MPs to add their voice to the campaign, calling on the Chancellor to give serious consideration to introducing an…
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Grahame Morris MP for Easington, has dressed in pink to lend his support to Breast Cancer Now’s flagship fundraiser, wear it pink, which will see thousands of people across the UK adding a splash of pink to their outfits on Friday 20 October and raise vital funds for breast cancer research. Grahame is encouraging his constituents…
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I am writing to justify my vote on Monday 11th September 2017 and to explain my position and thoughts on the Great EU Repeal Bill. It is a matter of record that I personally voted to Remain in the European Union, but I have always respected the decision of the British people and, of course,…
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I would like to congratulate my honourable friend the Member for Scunthorpe (Nic Dakin) for securing this important debate, and it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship Mr Hanson I would also like to complement Suzanne Duncan, and all the staff at East Durham College, for their hard work and dedication to the…
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Easington MP, Grahame Morris has backed the growing campaign for the Government to scrap the 1 per cent cap on public sector pay in the upcoming Budget. As the Commons returned from summer recess, Grahame met with frontline nurses as part of the Royal College of Nursing’s lobby of Parliament. On Wednesday 6 September, nursing…
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Easington MP Grahame Morris calls for action to tackle tax dodgers – tough on tax dodgers, tough on the havens of tax dodgers! After years of Tory inaction and failure to tackle tax avoidance and evasion, Government proposals purporting to close tax loopholes in the upcoming Finance Bill do not go far enough – having…
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Politics is about choices. For Horden, we have witnessed a succession of bad choices. The failure by Accent to invest in their housing stock allowed their properties in the numbered streets to fall into a state of disrepair. The decision by the Homes and Communities Agency to ignore the wishes of the community and allow…
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Grahame Morris, the MP for Easington is encouraging organisations to take part in free training that poverty charity Turn2us is offering. The training is on its Benefits Calculator and Grants Search tools that are based on the Turn2us website – Turn2us.org.uk. The training will teach how to use these online tools and how to access other…
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The number of incidents of ‘boy racers’ causing anti-social behaviour at ASDA in Peterlee has reduced significantly, thanks to an initiative between ASDA and Durham Constabulary. A barrier was erected at the entrance to the car park, and is routinely used every night, to stop people from driving into the car park and driving dangerously.…
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