Uncategorised - Chris Matheson MP

A Future for Heroes

British Airways is a prestigious company. It literally flies the flag for our country around the world. To work for BA is to work for one of our top employers. Sadly, BA has let our country down. At the start of the corona virus outbreak BA announced that it would…

Coronavirus

Cheshire West and Chester Council, Cheshire West Voluntary Action (CWVA) and the voluntary and community sector are all working closely together to provide an opportunity for residents to volunteer in the fight against COVID-19. As the Member of Parliament for Chester, I am working with local councillors in our city…

A fast-changing situation

The coronavirus is clearly very worrying. It has now been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation and almost every country is affected. The situation is very fast moving, changing from one day to the next. Government guidance is to wash our hands regularly or to isolate ourselves if…

Upcoming business in Parliament

Parliament returns from recess on Tuesday next week for the September sitting, At the moment we are scheduled to sit for ten days, but that could change at any time. The main issue, of course, is whether the government will be allowed to crash the UK out of the EU…

Chester MP continues his fight to keep Dale Barracks open

Chester MP, Chris Matheson, cautiously welcomed the announcement made by the Ministry of Defence this week to delay the closure of Dale barracks which he argues will give Ministers more time to change their decision. Chris continues his campaign to prevent the closure of Dale barracks in Chester, which has…

Saving Chester Post Office/Saving Chester high street

A couple of weeks ago I was contacted by the Post Office to tell me they planned to close Chester’s main Crown Post Office in St John Street. Their plan is to move it into space at WH Smith’s on Eastgate Street. It is a barmy idea that smacks of…

Supertrees/Super Steve

Steve Hughes is an industrial chemist from Chester. He is also a runner – a serious runner. Steve organises the Park Run every Saturday morning in the Countess Country Park, where up to a hundred runners of all ages and all abilities take part whether to compete against their own…

The Women’s Freedom League in Chester

Parliament, indeed the whole country, has been celebrating the 100th anniversary of women having the right to vote. In fact, in 1918 it was only women over 30 who could vote, and it took another decade, to 1928, for the age that women could vote to be equalised with that…