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Newcastle’s MP Paul Farrelly to stand down at the next election

Newcastle-under-Lyme’s Labour MP Paul Farrelly has announced his decision to stand down at the next general election, after 18 years of representing his home town in Parliament.

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Newcastle MP challenges Staffordshire’s new Education Secretary over Special Needs

Newcastle-under-Lyme’s Labour MP Paul Farrelly has called on new Education Secretary Gavin Williamson - himself a Staffordshire MP – to personally sort out the crisis in special needs schooling and ‘discriminatory differences’ in performance across the County.

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Newcastle MP accuses Government of pre-election gimmicks over town centre funding

Newcastle’s Labour MP Paul Farrelly has warned that a Government U-turn, giving the Borough £150,000 to bid for funding to improve the High Street, is no more than pre-election manoeuvring, with no guarantee that any meaningful money will actually materialise.

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Newcastle’s MP calls for action on ‘crippling’ student living costs as top priority after universities review

Newcastle’s Labour MP Paul Farrelly has urged the Government to move swiftly to improve support for students and families facing ruinous living costs, as it finally published its year-long review into the future of higher and further education.

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Newcastle MP hosts the Childhood Eye Cancer Trust for their very first Parliamentary event

Newcastle’s MP Paul Farrelly recently hosted the Childhood Eye Cancer Trust to help raise greater awareness of retinoblastoma, a rare form of eye cancer.

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Newcastle’s MP calls for Brexit Rethink and People’s Vote

This week, Paul contributed to the debate over different options for our future relationship with the European Union, reiterating his position that withdrawal, certainly with ‘no deal’, is an enormous act of self-harm to our country.

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Newcastle’s MP urges NHS to secure a full future for Bradwell Community Hospital

Newcastle’s MP Paul Farrelly has urged local NHS chiefs to commit to providing a full range of health services at Bradwell, including re-opening wards to rehabilitate patients after they leave the area’s main Royal Stoke University Hospital.

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Newcastle’s MP urges fair care and treatment for eating disorder patients in North Staffs

Newcastle’s MP Paul Farrelly has urged our local NHS to put to an end, finally, the ‘postcode lottery’ that unfairly discriminates against anorexia and other eating disorder patients in North Staffordshire, compared with sufferers in other parts of the County.

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Newcastle’s MP calls for road safety review following tragic road accident at Betley

Newcastle’s MP, Paul Farrelly, has called for an urgent review of road safety on the A531 road through Betley following a tragic accident in which a young rap artist died on his way to a performance at the Keele University Students’ Union.

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DCMS Committee slates Facebook, Fake News and Foreign Election Interference

The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee has published its final report on Disinformation and ‘fake news’.

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