Last week, I spoke to Salford City Radio about my campaign to achieve justice for 1950’s women. These women have had their state pensions deferred twice by stealth, for the meanest state pension in Europe – all under the false premise of equality and longevity. For most of their lives,
Faisal Rashid, MP for Warrington South, recently attended the parliamentary launch of a report from the Disability Benefits Consortium, which considers the impact of welfare changes on disabled people. According to the new research, changes to the welfare system over the past ten years have
I recently delivered a letter to 10 Downing Street calling on the Prime Minister to end cuts to services for children and young people. Despite being the 6th largest economy in the world, 3.7 million of our children currently live in absolute poverty. This is absolutely disgraceful. Councils up
It was great to welcome Therapy Dogs Nationwide at Parliament earlier this month. This charity which is managed entirely by volunteers, focuses on bringing in Therapy Dogs which have been found to have all round benefits for people into hospitals, hospices, residential homes, prisons, care
Watch my full speech here: https://www.facebook.com/FaisalRashidMP/videos/660669511059165/ By failing to protect the free TV licence for over-75s, the Government are shamefully breaking their own 2017 manifesto pledge. Earlier this year I issued a consultation on this issue through which many
Proud to support the #Backto60 campaign on behalf of all #WASPI women impacted by this Government's unfair deferral of state pensions.
In January I wrote to 1950s-born women in Warrington South to provide an update on the action being taken to try to address the injustice that women born in the 1950s have experienced following the Government’s decision to accelerate the rise in the state pension age. In Warrington South
Faisal Rashid, MP for Warrington South, has welcomed the news that the Halliwell Jones Stadium will host three men’s group games at the 2021 Rugby League World Cup and the entire Physical Disability League World Cup. Faisal had backed Warrington’s bid to host part of the Rugby League
When children and young people take the brave step to contact mental health support, it should be available to them at any time of the day. That is why I am supporting the NSPCC’s ‘Are You There?’ campaign calling on the Government to ensure Childline services are available for every child, at
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