ECHO COLUMN
A Tory PM - This is not what integrity, professionalism and accountability look like.
This is not what integrity, professionalism and accountability look like.
The damage that the Conservative Party has done to our country has been immense.
While the economic shocks from Covid-19 and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could not be predicted, Britain is lagging in its recovery compared to our G7 counterparts.
ECHO COLUMN: Our communities desperately need stability, something which successive Conservative Governments have denied us for far too long.
Sunak promised professionalism; his premiership so far is 'a professional car crash'
In another example of the merry-go-round that is Tory government these days, Rishi Sunak, after jumping ship as Chancellor three months ago and personally putting the last nail in the coffin of Boris Johnson’s stint as Prime Minister, has returned to Downing Street as the latest captain of the sleaze and scandal-ridden sinking ship that is this Tory government.
ECHO COLUMN: Sunak promised professionalism; his premiership so far is 'a professional car crash'
Tories are making life harder for people every day they are in office.
The kamikaze budget will have significant repercussions for household bills, budgets and the future of the country.
ECHO COLUMN: Tories are making life harder for people every day they are in office.
Labour will sort out backlog and put patients at core of NHS.
When my constituent Adam (his name has been changed to protect his privacy) asked for an appointment with a doctor, he was made to wait three months. At the consultation he was told he needed a full hip replacement and that he would have to wait another nine months for a surgery date. Six months later, he called the hospital to ask when that date might be. The hospital told him that he would have to wait a further twelve months.
ECHO COLUMN: We will sort out backlog and put patients at core of NHS.
The announcement that Go North East will scale back bus services across the North East is utterly predictable. When central government fails to provide proper funding for bus services, companies are forced to cut back on vital bus routes because they are unviable to run. It makes a mockery of levelling up and leaves behind the communities that need public transport the most.
ECHO COLUMN: Lack of bus services makes mockery of Tory levelling-up rhetoric.
Echo Column: Office closure makes it clear levelling-up rhetoric is hollow.
ECHO COLUMN: Office closure makes it clear levelling-up rhetoric is hollow.
A child’s access to healthy food should not be quibbled over.
I wish to express my utter and complete condemnation for Vladimir Putin and his administration as it wages an invasion in Ukraine, killing innocent civilians and wounding many more. I have been working closely with colleagues to ensure that the Government offers the best route to asylum for Ukrainian refugees fleeing their homes as their brave soldiers repel the Russian invaders.
But, closer to home, this week I raised the issue of regional food inequality in Parliament.
ECHO COLUMN: A child’s access to healthy food should not be quibbled over.
You can read Sharon's latest Echo column below, or on the Sunderland Echo Website
Inflation is at the highest level that it has been in three decades, food costs are soaring, and fuel bills could increase by another 50% in the next few months. We are in a cost of living crisis.
ECHO COLUMN: Labour would bring down the cost of living to give families security
You can read Sharon's latest Echo column below, or on the Sunderland Echo Website
One hundred and fifty thousand Britons have died of coronavirus,
and this could be as high as 175,000 if the 28-day marker is not used.