News - Conor McGinn MP

support for on line learning for all our childeren

Myself, Marie Rimmer, council leader David Baines and Cllr Kate Groucutt have called on the Secretary of State for Education to ensure local children can get online to access educational resources and learn from home effectively. Our local teachers, schools and colleges, as well as parents and carers in St…

LetsVaccinateBritain

Alongside the Daily Mirror and the TUC, Labour has today launched LetsVaccinateBritain – our new campaign to sign up thousands of NHS volunteers. With efforts already underway in St Helens at Saints’ stadium, there is light at the end of the tunnel for our community and the whole country. Now…

Support for British Gas workers

Solidarity to British Gas workers out on strike today in the North West and nationwide in face of attempts to ‘fire and rehire’ them on worse terms. In December, I made representations to the company on behalf of local British Gas workers and their union, the GMB, and I stand…

BTEC, vocational and technical exams

Many young people, parents, teachers and staff from St Helens further education settings have contacted me today to express real concerns about BTEC, vocational and technical exams due to take place this week. With schools closed, our country in lockdown and communities facing perilous infection rates, halting BTEC examinations must…

Third Lockdown

The weeks ahead are going to be very difficult. We have already shown here in St Helens Borough and across the country that we can pull together. We must do it again now to get control of this virus and roll the vaccine out. Stay at home, protect our NHS,…

Everyone needs a safe place to stay

No one should have to spend Christmas sleeping rough – not least during a dangerous pandemic. Yet, the scourge of rough sleeping has shamefully risen in every region under the Tories, rocketing by nearly 250% since 2010 in the North West alone – making our area the very worst hit.…

Apprenticeships

It’s shocking to see apprenticeship starts in St Helens North drop by nearly half over the last five years. Unacceptably, it means we’ve seen a sharper fall here than in the rest of England – and the North West too. As skills, training and opportunities become key to fighting this…

Coalfield communities

As chair of Parliament’s all-party group on coalfield communities, I spoke about the proud heritage & identity of our towns & villages, the challenges our areas still face & the investment we need in places like St Helens Borough to prosper. My full speech is available here https://hansard.parliament.uk/…/FutureOfCoalInTheUK…

The Tote

I was delighted to join leaders & staff the Tote, based in Wigan, for a Q&A about my role as an MP, my love for horse racing & sport, and the challenges facing the industry. It was great to see so much passion and insight on display from attendees –…

Catch-up with early years providers

It was good to catch-up with early years providers from St Helens Borough to thank them for their vital work during this pandemic and discuss the sector’s top priorities & challenges. As both the local MP & the parent of two young children, I know the value of services offered…

Bessbrook and Rainford Rangers FC

I am delighted that my friend Brian Sloan from Brookvale YBFC was recently given a prestigious award by UEFA for his role in grassroots youth football. Brian is from Bessbrook, where I grew up, and he and Brookvale developed a link many years ago with Merseyside Schools FA through Rainford…

My support for a two-state solution

I spoke during a recent debate in Parliament on foreign affairs to affirm my support for a two-state solution in Israel and Palestine built on equality, justice, opportunity & partnership – not occupation and annexation, or violence and threats. While the international community cannot itself deliver all those things, it…

The need to tackle Islamophobia

Islamophobia is one of the highest reported hate crimes and a growing number of Muslims report and experience discrimination, especially Muslim women who are overwhelmingly on the receiving end of such hate crime. There should be zero tolerance for any form of hate crime. I will continue to work locally…

A Green Economic Recovery

Labour is showing bold, ambitious & decisive leadership in our call for a Green Economic Recovery that is proudly built here in Britain & the North West. For over a decade, the Tories have made poor use of our country & region’s rich industrial knowledge & heritage, with their rhetoric…

NHS 111 First goes live

Our incredible NHS & key workers across St Helens Borough have pulled out all the stops to keep us safe this winter, and residents can keep playing their part too. As NHS 111 First goes live on Merseyside, residents are encouraged to first contact NHS 111 if you think you…

Minister meets with St Helens Town Board

It was good to have the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government accept my invite to hear our borough’s vision for future growth at last week’s St Helens Towns Board meeting. Our Town Deal Board brings together public, private & community partners across St Helens, and is…

Daniel Fox Foundation

In the House of Commons this week, I had the opportunity to pay tribute to the tenacious & tireless work of the St Helens-based Daniel Fox Foundation. They make a huge contribution to the fight against knife crime on Merseyside & it is encouraging to hear support from Government for…

Cash is a vital payment method for businesses and residents in St Helens North

Tory Government has broken promise on TV licences

support for local businesses

#KeepShopsSafe

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