Residents’ Coffee Morning
This Wednesday 9th October I am holding a coffee morning in Vicars Cross for Chester…
Chris Matheson MP Labour MP for City of Chester
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Chris Matheson MP discusses State Pension Inequality with 1950s Women
Chris Matheson, MP for the City of Chester, held a discussion meeting with those affected…
“Menstrual products are a basic requirement”: Chester MP calls on all Chester employers to provide menstrual products for staff
The MP for Chester, Chris Matheson, made a step forward in his period dignity campaign…
Housing Drop-in Surgery
This Wednesday 14th August, Chris Matheson will be holding a special drop-in surgery for constituents…
Chris Matheson MP demands action on cystic fibrosis drugs stalemate
Chris Matheson MP has called on Theresa May to take urgent action to allow access…
Chester MP calls for greener building regulations
This week, Chris Matheson, MP for the city of Chester visited an ultra-low carbon house…
Funding Workshop Event
On Friday 28th June Chris Matheson will be hosting a funding workshop event in conjunction…
Chester MP backs Apprenticeships
Chris Matheson MP recently met Airbus apprentices from Chester in the House of Commons to…
Chester MP calls for Financial Aid and Justice for Contaminated Blood victims
Last week, hearings for the public inquiry into the Contaminated blood scandal began. Chester MP,…
Blog posts
Why we must not support PM’s ruse
Well it has been quite a couple of weeks In Parliament. The main focus has been around preventing a No-Deal Brexit, which the government is now intent on pushing through. No Deal would be catastrophic for the UK. Not just in the short term, as we face up to food…
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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…
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The Universal Right to Education
Every year, several Chester schools participate in the Send My Friend To School campaign. It is a programme that highlights the plight of children across the world who can’t access education. And the numbers are astonishing. Over 260 million children across the world are not in education. I’ll repeat that…
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Saudi Arabian arms sales
The government lost a legal case last month, when the Court of Appeal found that the UK’s arms exports to Saudi Arabia where operating illegally. Arms exports are a difficult issue. Many skilled jobs depend not just on armaments, but on IT, electronics, and of course aerospace. Indeed in the…
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Our senior citizens deserve better
The decision by BBC management to introduce means testing for free tv licenses for the over-75’s has caused consternation. So many of our older senior citizens rely on the free tv licence, which was introduced by the last Labour government. It counters social isolation amongst the elderly, and is a…
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Remembering D-Day
This week we celebrate the 75th anniversary of D-Day, when the invasion to liberate Europe from the Nazis began. Seventy-five years is a long time, but it is never too long to remember, and to give thanks. We know now that the war ended in Europe on May 7th the…
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