Salford’s Member of Parliament, Rebecca Long-Bailey MP, is backing GMB Union’s call to crack down on tragedy chanting. Tragedy chanting is when football fans engage in offensive chants or songs that reference fatal accidents or stadium disasters involving fans, players, or officials of rival clubs. Rebecca said, “I’m proud to back GMB’s campaign to crack down on tragedy chanting. A healthy rivalry on the pitch is … Continue reading Rebecca Long-Bailey backs pledge to crack down on tragedy chanting

Following several meetings with constituents, I have written to the planning department objecting to plans which will drastically change Regent Road retail park. These plans won’t help tackle the urgent need for social and affordable housing, won’t help with the loss of shops, existing employment and parking, and will drastically impact Salford’s skyline. You can read my letter in full below. Development ManagementTechnical ServicesSalford Civic … Continue reading Regent Retail Park

Spirit of Salford One thing has shone through over the last few weeks: the ‘Spirit of Salford’. I am truly proud of the people of Salford who are united in love, support and kindness for each other. We will always stand together as one community. In Salford, people look out for one another, we support each other, and we lift each other up — that … Continue reading August newsletter

As an MP in Salford, where 44.7% of children live in poverty with some wards closer to 60%, I urged the Government in the King’s Speech debate to scrap the two-child limit on Universal Credit. This is something many struggling families have raised with me but it’s also something that every child poverty expert has called for. Scrapping the two-child limit would lift hundreds of … Continue reading Two-child Universal Credit cap

I was honoured and humbled to continue to have the opportunity to represent the great people of Salford and as I busily packed my bag this week to begin a new term in Parliament I listened, as I regularly do, to one of the rare songs that always brings a lump to my throat, a fire in my belly and gets me ready to champion … Continue reading End Child Poverty Now