On May 10th, Stockton North’s MP Alex Cunningham made a visit to the KP Snacks factory in Billingham. He made the visit with the future Labour parliamentary candidate for Stockton North Chris McDonald. Alex Cunningham says: “I had a…
After decades of fighting for justice, the victims of the Infected Blood Scandal and their families are finally going to receive some compensation for the hardship they have faced. No amount of compensation will ever be enough to bring…
Following the Department for Transport allocation of more than six million pounds worth of investment in the Tees Valley, the Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) fund, Alex Cunningham has made this statement: “I warmly welcome the…
“I was very proud to vote for the Age of Sale Bill in the House of Commons. Smoking is a real scourge on our society with hundreds of thousands of people dying since the turn of the century to fund the big tobacco companies’ profits. This…
Stockton North’s MP, Alex Cunningham, has blasted the Tories as “too divided and too incompetent” to get Britain working, as new analysis reveals the Tory failure to tackle health-related worklessness in Stockton North. Analysis by the…
The scale of death and destruction in Gaza over recent months has been intolerable. I share grave concerns about the protection of hospitals, and I continue to call on Israel to ensure that it protects hospitals and civilians. Sadly such…
Stockton North’s MP, Alex Cunningham, used his speech in the Budget Debate to blast the Government over their failures in health inequality and poverty in the Tees Valley and the wider North East. Alex also used his speech to again demand…
Alex Cunningham, MP for Stockton North, has today welcomed the announcement of a new Alternate Provision Free School being approved for Stockton North following a bid from Delta Academies Trust supported by Stockton Borough Council. The…
There is no guarantee that Teesside will get the promised electric arc furnace to recycle steel and the hundreds of jobs associated with it. Stockton North’s MP, Alex Cunningham, today pressed the Government in the Commons to confirm if…
Stockton North’s MP, Alex Cunningham has today called for help in identifying young people who are being recruited into drug-related crime and anti-social behaviour. In some areas of Stockton, children as young as 12 and 13 are being…
Thank you for contacting me about the vote on the war in Gaza on Wednesday 21st February. As you may know, Parliament passed Labour’s amendment calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza and for a pathway to long-term peace.…
Shocking figures revealed in a new health survey reveal that only one dental surgery out of 74 in the Tees Valley accepts new adult NHS patients. In the data collated via NHS dental practice updates, not a single surgery in the boroughs of…
A call for regular testing and monitoring of water and marine life has been made by Stockton North MP Alex Cunningham in response to the recent Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) report into the mass…
Stockton North MP Alex Cunningham and Labour’s candidate for Stockton West Joe Dancey blasted Teesside Conservative MPs for refusing to back their constituents against water company bosses paying themselves big bonuses despite discharging…
A campaign to bring the Post Office back to Billingham following the sudden closure of both the Neasham Avenue branch in January this year and its replacement in October, has been launched by Billingham Labour councillors and Stockton…
Reports of North Tees staff walking, often late at night, to Norton and further afield rather than waiting over an hour for a bus home have led Stockton North MP Alex Cunningham to repeat calls for the Tees Valley Mayor to use the 2017…
Thank you for contacting me about the current situation in the Middle East following the recent Hamas terrorist attacks and the war in Gaza. You mention Early Day Motions but sadly I am unable to sign EDMs as I am a shadow justice minister…
Billingham is set to receive £20 million in Levelling Up money as part of the third round of the Fund – an announcement welcomed by Stockton North MP Alex Cunningham as a testament to the bold vision of the Labour-led Stockton Council for…
The horrors we have seen in Israel and Gaza over the last few weeks have seen the most terrible crimes against civilians and there can be no justification for the mass slaughter of people by either Hamas or the Israeli armed forces. What…
Dozens of waste bins along the sides of the Tees have been removed as a direct result of huge Government funding cuts to the Canal and Rivers Trust (CRT) leaving thousands of visitors with nowhere to put their waste. Now Stockton North MP…
Stockton North MP Alex Cunningham has given his support to Parkinson’s UK’s calls to ensure people with Parkinson’s get their medication on time, every time, when in hospital. People with Parkinson’s rely on their time critical medication.…
Stockton North MP Alex Cunningham has accused the Conservative Government of running NHS dentistry into the ground as it emerged that 1095 people were forced to attend A&E at both North and South Tees NHS Foundation Trusts last year due to…
Conservative MPs should hang their heads in shame for failing the North East’s young people, says Stockton North MP Alex Cunningham in response to two recent damning reports. Recent research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) found…
“This is welcome news. Teesside has both an amazing industrial heritage with iron ore from the Cleveland Hills leading to the foundation of our once extensive steelmaking industry, and local workforce that is equipped with the skills and…
Stockton North MP Alex Cunningham has denounced the Conservative Government for abandoning “any pretence at an industrial strategy” following news that CF Fertilisers will permanently shut down its ammonia plant at Haverton Hill, with…
A demand for an “overdue” response to questions about ongoing ocean monitoring and sample archiving has been made by Stockton North MP Alex Cunningham to Fisheries Minister, Mark Spencer MP. Writing to the Minister on 12 May Alex, who met…
Ministers have been urged by Stockton North MP Alex Cunningham to rethink their decision to reject an application for a new secondary school to serve the Wynyard area following an increase in house building in the area – and with proposals…
Stockton North MP Alex Cunningham has called for a comprehensive review into worker safety at Teesworks following a serious incident – the third in less than four years – on 6 June that saw a seriously injured man airlifted to hospital.…
Secrecy around the 4,500-acre Teesworks site is a disease which is threatening a once in a lifetime opportunity for the people of Teesside, said Stockton North MP Alex Cunningham in Parliament this evening (7 June 2023) as he repeated…
“One child living in poverty is too many but sadly, in Stockton on Tees over 14,000 children are living in below the poverty line. That’s 32.6 per cent of children in the borough – an increase of 7.1 percentage points since 2014/15. After…