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Our demands for the new PM

Throughout this summer people have been stepping up across our region to help others and support their neighbourhood. As inflation soars...

Feeding Families - the frontline in the fight against poverty

Feeding Families are fighting poverty head on- so I'm running my first (and last) ever Great North Run for them. Feeding Families are on...

A fresh start for Britain

As Boris Johnson clung on to power and the Tories turned a blind eye to the nation's cost of living crisis, our Labour Party was setting...

To end poverty, we must devolve real power to those who experience it

Poverty in England is entrenched and it is entrenched because the people who experience it have no power to end it. That’s the simple...

How my violence Reduction Unit is standing by families and cutting crime

Poverty, deprivation and crime go hand in hand. We all know criminals thrive when people are denied opportunity and we know that when...

Honouring crime-fighting local heroes

I was honoured to be standing alongside a brave Newcastle mum who has received a top recognition for her work teaching kids about knife...

Women have been let down and we need to better at every level

The number of violent attacks against women and girls is increasing each year, and we need a plan to deal with it. Figures for the...

Operation Payback - money taken from criminals and handed back to communities

Sometimes people ask me: “what has fighting poverty got to do with fighting crime?" The truth is, if you live in a deprived area, you are...

Fighting Poverty, Fighting Crime

I'm proud to be the first Police Commissioner to put fighting the effects of poverty on the same footing as fighting crime. When it comes...

Together we can reclaim our ambition

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