Parliament

As we embark on a new year we reflect on the highs and lows of the year behind us.

2020 had too many lows – too many deaths and periods of illness from Covid, and too many redundancies and lost opportunities for economic growth. 

Staffordshire Police Force is set to receive an additional £11.4 million in its funding next year, thanks to the Conservative Government’s increase to police budgets.

Stoke-on-Trent Central MP, Jo Gideon asks the government for reassurance that technology firms will be required to build software into their platforms to crackdown on online child exploitation and Count Line Drug dealing. 

The UK Government secured the first major free trade deal as an independent trading nation with Japan.

During a debate on the next round of funding as part of the government's Towns Fund, Jo Gideon the Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent Central made the case for the unique circumstances of Stoke-on-Trent's six towns to recognised by the criteria established for the next round of funding. 

Jo Gideon, the Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent Central joined a panel discussion chaired by Will Tanner, Director of Onward on ‘Building Connectivity: How best to harness digital infrastructure to level up the country‘. Also on the panel were: 

Stoke-on-Trent Central MP, Jo Gideon recently spoke out in favour of proposed changes to the Animal Welfare Bill, which would see maximum sentences for anyone abusing animals increased from six months to five years imprisonment. 

Commenting in support of the Bill, Jo Gideon MP said: