Andy McDonald

The govt is taking action to protect British manufacturing through help with their energy bills - good news for the chemicals industry on Teesside. ✅Acting to get energy costs down ✅Backing...

I'm extremely concerned about potential NHS staff cuts locally and their impact. At South Tees Trust, it is wasteful PFI costs driving deficits. I’m speaking with Chief Exec and unions, and will...

I reintroduced the Status of Workers Bill as an amendment to the Employment Rights Bill. This issue must be addressed and that it is time to act, not simply to consult further. https://t.co/2nfbhW...

Today I urged Ministers to go further and faster on delivering a single status of worker. It was at the heart of the New Deal for Working People. If you work for someone else, you should enjoy t...

The Government should withdraw Lords amendment 312. If they do not, Members should be clear that this is not a minor or technical issue to be nodded through. We must defend the civil liberties t...

It has reportedly been argued even without a clear statutory footing, such expansive interpretations of cumulative disruption are already influencing operational decisions on protests. https://t.co...

This measure has not come to us in the ordinary way. It has not been introduced as a Government clause in this House, which would make it subject to full debate, amendment and Division. It has b...

We are being asked to take a concept that was rejected in this House and the other place. And which was unsuccessfully imposed through regulations that were struck down by the courts. https://t.co...

These measures revive, in substance, provisions that were previously rejected in the House of Lords, with opposition from Labour, Liberal Democrat and Cross-Bench peers in 2023. https://t.co/q71kfM...

Gina Romero, the United Nations special rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, expressed horror about the fact that the United Kingdom Government were at the l...

We have in recent years seen a steady expansion of public order powers, through the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 and the Public Order Act 2023. At each stage, concerns were raise...

Change comes when that expression is repeated, sustained, and cumulative—when it builds pressure over time until it cannot be ignored. That was as true for the suffragettes as it was for those in...

Protest is not some inconvenience to be managed. It is part of the lifeblood of the labour movement, and of every movement that has ever expanded rights, protections or dignity in this country. ...

There now needs to be a full and candid acceptance of the errors and appalling business decisions made, together with a deliverable plan for correction. If that can’t be achieved internally then g...

Given the continued audit and governance issues at TVCA and Lord Houchen's Mayoral Development Corporations, this is the correct decision. 1/2. https://t.co/UAPdkoZTDz

I have tabled a motion to the Crime and Policing Bill to reject the govts new 'cumulative disruption' protest-curbing powers. The Conservatives tried and failed to establish these powers in 2023. ...

You can read the motion and initial signatories - which MPs can add their own names too - here: Payment of employment tribunal awards https://t.co/rpUBKsqn1W

I’ve tabled a motion on improving enforcement of Employment Tribunal awards. @TBIJ found around 75% workers using the tribunal penalty enforcement scheme never receive their award. Let's ensure...

It is incongruous and offensive to charge constituents for the opportunity to speak to their MP. https://t.co/SHIma4mhw7

Trump's reckless willingness to talk in such terms of the death of a whole civilisation, as with his reference to the Stone Age, must be understood as a threat to civilians and civilians infrastruc...