SHARON HODGSON

The National Education Union's (NEU) campaign for free school meals for all primary age children gets the backing of staff, children and governors at Lambton Primary School.

Children write to PM as headteacher and MP back free meals campaign

Around 4.3 million - 30% - children across the UK were living in poverty in 2022-23.

SHARON HODGSON MP: Child poverty limits opportunities and livelihoods: how Labou...

Sharon Hodgson MP now wants to be Commons Deputy Speaker.

MP running to become Deputy Speaker in House of Commons

Sharon Hodgson MP

Veteran MP Sharon Hodgson says country is 'crying out for change'

The date has been set

'Bring it on!' - MPs prepare for General Election after date set

Taylor Swift will begin the European leg of the Eras Tour in May 2024.

£72,000 Taylor Swift tickets among examples as MP demands more action

Kim McGuinness, Labour's candidate for the North East Mayoral election.

SHARON HODGSON MP: Local elections 2024 - voting for the first North East Mayor ...

The leasehold process has left many feeling trapped and cheated of ownership of their own homes.

SHARON HODGSON MP: Can we trust the Government to tackle leasehold injustice?

A CGI of the planned Crown Works film studios on the banks of the Wear in Sunderland.

SHARON HODGSON MP: Lights! Camera! Tory inaction!

A new report shows that more than one in three children in Sunderland are living in poverty.

One in three Sunderland children living in poverty

Washington and Sunderland West MP Sharon Hodgson.

SHARON HODGSON MP: Government defeat in Commons vote a sign that Labour are deli...

(Left to right) Sergeant Robert Lowery, Alison Rudkin, Daniel Dunbar and MP Sharon Hodgson ahead of their meeting with the Secretary of State for Justice, Alex Chalk.

Grieving mother meets Minister in quest for fairer sentencing

Washington Village War Memorial

SHARON HODGSON: Remembrance is a time to reflect on how we respect our veterans

A photo issued by the Local Government Association showing damage to a school built with RAAC. Credit: LGA

SHARON HODGSON MP: Crumbling schools in a concrete crisis of the Tories’ own cre...

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson was under investigation by the Commons Select Committee of Privileges over allegations of lying to the House.

Are we expecting another Prime Minister by Christmas?

Mental health services are on their knees under Tories, says Sharon.

SHARON HODGSON: It's high time Government was held accountable for the crisis in...
Mental health awareness week, running from the 15th to the 21st of May, is an important opportunity to highlight the crisis of mental health provision in this country.
Sharon Hodgson

The Government is destroying the NHS, says Sharon.

SHARON HODGSON: Our NHS Dentistry is at breaking point thanks to the Conservativ...

A row has broken out over the introduction of voter photo ID for the upcoming local elections. Local politicians have been airing their views including Washington and Sunderland West MP Sharon Hodgson, leader of the Sunderland Conservatives Anthony Mullen, and Lib Dem councillors Niall Hodson and Paul Edgeworth.

Row erupts over voter photo ID requirement ahead of local elections

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is under fire for his handling of workers' rights.

SHARON HODGSON MP: Tories are bulldozing workers' rights

Rare Disease Day provided the opportunity for us to shine a light on conditions that are lesser known but carry with them complex symptoms and a need for highly specialised treatments.

SHARON HODGSON MP: Rare Disease Day provided opportunity to shine light on lesse...

“When will the Prime Minister (pictured) crack down on the culture of cronyism and corruption his party have let fester? The answer is - he won’t.”

SHARON HODGSON: This is not what integrity, professionalism and accountability l...

SHARON HODGSON: Patients are paying the price for 13 years of Conservative misma...

Keir Starmer set out his plan for a future where businesses and workers work in tandem towards a fairer, greener and more dynamic future.

SHARON HODGSON: Our communities desperately need stability, something which succ...

The Boundary Commission's latest review could have a huge impact on who voters vote for and where in the future.

Last chance for input on Sunderland constituencies review

Sunderland Central MP Julie Elliott

Sunderland MPs vow not to take up offer of claiming Christmas party on expenses

(from left) Catherine Massarella, Nexus Head of Network Development; Liz Twist, MP for Blaydon; North East Local Enterprise Partnership chair Lucy Winskill OBE; John Marshall, chair of the North East of England Chamber of Commerce; Transport North East managing director Tobyn Hughes; Sedgefield MP Paul Howell; Coun Martin Gannon; Sharon Hodgson MP; Northern Powerhouse Partnership Deputy Director Sarah Mulholland and CBI deputy director Matt Bratton with the Victoria Viaduct which carries the Leamside Line

New Washington Metro Loop 'worth £90 million a year to North East economy'

SHARON HODGSON: Sunak promised professionalism; his premiership so far is 'a pro...
In another example of the merry-go-round that is Tory government these days, Rishi Sunak, after jumping ship as Chancellor three months ago and personally putting the last nail in the coffin of Boris Johnson’s stint as Prime Minister, has returned to Downing Street as the latest captain of the sleaze and scandal-ridden sinking ship that is this Tory government.
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Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng. Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

SHARON HODGSON: ‘Tories are making life harder for people every day they are in ...

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng delivered his "mini-budget" to the House of Commons, prompting a slump in the value of the pound. (Jessica Taylor/UK Parliament via AP)

Pound slumps as government spending plans savaged

Sharon Hodgson MP

Sunderland MPs condemn 'zombie Government' as energy bills are set to soar

Nissan is a major employer on Wearside.

Nissan jobs to be redeployed following end of Renault deal in 2024

Sharon Hodgson MP opening the store

Costa Coffee celebrates opening of 300th drive thru store

'Some people have been quick to say that politicians are all the same, but Keir Starmer is proving them wrong. He is a man of integrity and honesty.' Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

SHARON HODGSON: After all the sleaze, the scandals and the failure, it’s time fo...

“Record numbers of people are waiting for care and they are waiting longer than ever before.”

SHARON HODGSON: We will sort out backlog and put patients at core of NHS

MP Sharon Hodgson with children from Castletown Primary School holding some of the letters they had wrote.

Children create community postbox and write to MP as part of jubilee project

When central government fails to provide proper funding for bus services, companies are forced to cut back on vital bus routes because they are unviable to run.

SHARON HODGSON: Lack of funds for bus services makes a mockery of levelling up

Prince Charles during the 2022 State Opening of Parliament

MPs slam government 'failure' to tackle cost of living crisis

Send them a message on May 5 by voting for Labour.

SHARON HODGSON: The Tories are not overseeing a cost of living crisis; they are ...

Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak will receive fines in relation to lockdown gatherings held at Downing Street, it has been announced. Pictures: Getty Images.

Sunderland MPs call for Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak to resign

Durham House is due to close in December

Sharon Hodgson petitions against civil service jobs leaving Washington

Durham House is an iconic local landmark and place of work. The decision to close its doors is utterly ill thought through.

SHARON HODGSON: Office closure makes it clear levelling up rhetoric is hollow

In the North East, one in four school-aged children living in poverty aren’t entitled to free school meals under the current threshold.

SHARON HODGSON: A child’s access to healthy food should not be quibbled over

(left to right) Chief medical officer Sir Chris Whitty, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance during a media briefing in Downing Street, London, to outline the Government's new long-term Covid-19 plan. Picture date: Monday February 21, 2022. PA Photo. See PA story HEALTH Coronavirus . Photo credit should read: Tolga Akmen/PA Wire

Sunderland MPs slam end of Covid self-isolation rules and universal free testing

Delegates before the debate

Case for reopening Leamside Line goes to Parliament

Sharon Hodgson, MP for Washington and Sunderland West.

Fresh push to reopen Leamside Line

Whether you feed your children or keep them warm is a decision that no one should ever have to make.

SHARON HODGSON: We would bring down the cost of living to give families security

Sunderland

‘Sunderland deserves better’ – MPs brand levelling up an ‘empty slogan’

Sharon Hodgson MP.

Sunderland MP concerned scrapping Plan B rules ignores ‘sky high’ Covid

Judging by the Government’s track record, the NHS could be waiting quite a while yet for support.

SHARON HODGSON: Tories play fast and loose with your safety but want yet more

nearly 90% of all vaccines have gone to the G20 countries and only 10% have been made available to the other 170 countries.

SHARON HODGSON: We must work internationally to stop the spread of Covid-19

BRIDGET PHILLIPSON: Rail line could have brought new jobs and growth to our area

Ex-Tory MP Owen Paterson was found guilty by the Independent Commissioner for Parliamentary Standards of lobbying officials and Ministers on behalf of the firms he was a paid consultant for.

Sharon Hodgson: 'This has been Tory sleaze and they will never learn'

Our country needs protection from climate change and Labour will always protect the country.

SHARON HODGSON: On climate change, we need Britain to lead by example

Ordinary people, only recently recovering from the pandemic, now face an unaffordable tax.

SHARON HODGSON: National Insurance rise is not the way to fund social care

Karen Seafield pictured on her holiday in Ibiza and photos she took of the island during her break.

Sunderland woman urges rethink after post-holiday isolation alert