SHARON HODGSON

Chancellor John Healey outside No.11 Downing Street last week ahead of delivering the Labour Government’s Budget.

Sharon Hodgson MP: Budget delivers hope, growth and breathing space for Sunderla...

Prime Minister Andy Burnham delivering his keynote address to the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool. Photo by Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Sharon Hodgson MP: Youth investment, social care reform and public control: a ne...

The launch of Labour's general election manifesto in June 2024, which MP Sharon Hodgson says has led to many changes for the better. Photo by Anthony Devlin/Getty Images

Sharon Hodgson MP: Two years on: the difference a Labour Government makes

Under-16s will be banned from major social media platforms as part of the government's plan to protect young people from online harm. Photo posed by model

Sharon Hodgson MP: Labour Government act to keep our children safe online

Former health secretary Alan Milburn speaks to the media on the publication of the interim Milburn Report into Young People and Work. Photo by Jeff Moore/PA Wire

Sharon Hodgson MP: Labour’s plan to reduce unemployment and empower the next gen...

Lewis Atkinson, the MP for Sunderland Central.

Why MP backed Prime Minister in Mandelson scandal vote

No longer will women and girls view being ignored and invalidated as normal as government strategy marks a new chapter for how women and girls will experience healthcare. Photo posed by models

Sharon Hodgson MP: Women and girls in Washington and Gateshead South to be put a...

Sharon Hodgson MP is excited to get stuck into her role as Minister for Public Health and Prevention. Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

Sharon Hodgson MP: Appointment as Public Health Minister is a privilege and a ro...

Tech firms will now have 48 hours to remove any intimate image that is posted on social media without consent from when it is first reported. Photo posed by model

Sharon Hodgson MP: Tech companies must act to help reduce violence against women

Northern Powerhouse Rail promises to transform the North's outdated rail network.

Sharon Hodgson MP: Northern Powerhouse Rail is a huge win for the North East and...

A 2013 garden party at Washington Old Hall - the manor house associated with George Washington.

11 reasons why Washington should be the new UK Town of Culture

MP Sharon Hodgson has backed Washington to enter the running to be crowned UK Town of Culture.

MP backs Washington to bid to be crowned UK Town of Culture

Public Health Minister Ashley Dalton's genuine and touching apology in March last year was welcome, but concrete progress has been painfully slow. Photo by John Phillips/Getty Images

Sharon Hodgson MP: Campaigners and those harmed, including my own mam, have now ...

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This is a caring Labour government

Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Ed Miliband speaking to householder in the summer about Labour's changes to the Warm Homes Discount. Photo by Christopher Furlong via Getty Images

Sharon Hodgson MP: 100,000 families in the North East to receive Labour’s Warm H...

Keir Starmer talks with Margaret Aspinall, representing family members, survivors and campaigners for the victims of the Hillsborough disaster.

Sharon Hodgson MP: Hillsborough Law – Labour promise made, Labour promise delive...
The Public Office (Accountability) Bill – The Hillsborough Law – was introduced to Parliament on September 16.
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Maya Chappell was murdered by her mother's new boyfriend, Michael Daymond.

Girl whose cousin was murdered campaigns for tougher safeguarding

The extensive damage to Vermont House has also impacted on an NHS mental health service for military veterans.

Suspected arson attack also hits mental health service for veterans

The extensive damage at Vermont House.

Man admits setting fire to MP's office and causing £500k of damage

Police have arrested a man on suspicion of arson following a fire at MP Sharon Hodgson's office.

Man arrested on suspicion of arson after Washington MP's office fire

Photographs of the aftermath of the fire at Vermont House where Washington MP Sharon Hodgson's office is located.

8 shocking photos after fire and vandalism at office of Washington MP

The fire damage to Vermont House with inset MP Sharon Hodgson.

I will not be deterred - MP Sharon Hodgson responds to overnight fire

Labour's electoral reform will see 16 and 17-year-olds heading to the ballot box at future elections.

Sharon Hodgson MP: Labour announce historical electoral reform to strengthen UK ...

Youngster enjoying breakfast club grub.

Sharon Hodgson: 'From health to economy, it's been a flying start for Labour'

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer during a visit to a school following the Government's announcement that over half a million more children are to get free school meals. Photo by Isabel Infantes/PA Wire

Sharon Hodgson MP: Hundreds of thousands more children to be fed with Labour ext...

Dentist stock image.

Sharon Hodgson MP: Labour is repairing NHS dentistry and making it fit and worka...

HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Queen Elizabeth will not be fitted with 30mm guns, despite designs being set up for the Royal Navy aircraft carriers.

SHARON HODGSON MP: Spring Statement showed this Labour government’s commitment t...
Our Prime Minister has said it before and I will echo him now: none of the policy commitments we make or pursue mean anything if we can not uphold the first duty of any government, that is to keep its country safe.
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Breakfast clubs are shown to improve attainment – specifically numeracy and literacy rates.

Sharon Hodgson MP: Labour’s breakfast clubs go further than ever to support chil...

Allergy School is a new programme of awareness and training resources developed by The Natasha Allergy Research Foundation and offered free of charge to schools.

Sharon Hodgson MP: Putting children with food allergies at the heart of the Chil...

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Sharon Hodgson MP appointed Trade Envoy to Japan

The official opening of the Japan Automatic Transmission Company (JATCO) plant.

Sharon Hodgson MP: We are helping to create and support hundreds of jobs in the ...

Sharon Hodgson MP is "thrilled" about the opening of the new £50m JATCO plant.

MP Sharon Hodgson 'thrilled' with opening of new £50m JATCO plant

Sharon Hodgson, second from the right, with First Do No Harm MPs and campaigners.

Sharon Hodgson MP: MPs call for action to implement all nine Baroness Cumberlege...

The Impact on Urban Health report on the London Mayor's primary free school meals scheme proves we must expand the policy to the rest of the country.

Sharon Hodgson MP: Primary free school meals scheme proves we must expand the po...

Alison Rudkin, whose son, 13-year-old Gregg McGuire, was tragically killed by reckless driver Kayn Galer in August 2022.

Awareness Week in memory of young boy tragically killed by reckless driver

Chancellor Rachel Reeves set out the government’s key spending plans in her first Budget. Photo by Ben Whitley/PA Wire

Sharon Hodgson MP: Mineworker justice, millions for NHS and making those with th...

Sharon Hodgson MP and William delivering 14,000 signatures to 10 Downing Street.

Washington MP leads toddler delivery of 14,000 strong petition to Downing Stree

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women globally – representing as much as a quarter of all cancers that occur in women every year.

Sharon Hodgson MP: Saving lives requires work but this Labour Government has alr...

Climate Action Sunderland's event is in Washington on Saturday, November 9.

Climate Action Sunderland's day of events

MPs clockwise from top left: Bridget Phillipson, Sharon Hodgson, Luke Akehurst, Grahame Morris and Lewis Atkinson.

MPs asked how they will vote on assisted dying bill

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

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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?

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