King’s Speech goes “further and faster to rebalance opportunities to communities like mine”
Cramlington and Killingworth MP Emma Foody spoke in support of a series of measures in the King’s Speech aimed at improving the lives of people in the North East during a debate in Parliament today (Tuesday 19 May). Emma spoke following last week’s King’s Speech.
Opening her speech, Emma said:
“In my community, for too long we have felt at best ignored, and at worst, left behind. Decisions taken in Whitehall and Westminster didn’t address the challenges that we faced. That investment didn’t reach us. Opportunities didn’t reach us. Frankly, Westminster didn’t hear us”
Addressing what had already been delivered by the Labour government since 2024, she added:
“The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill brings decisions closer to home. The changes to the Green Book give us a fair go at securing the investment we deserve. Breakfast clubs and free school meals set up children for the day to give them the best start in life. We’re starting the process of bringing buses back under public control and public services are showing signs of recovery following 14 years of austerity”.
During her speech, Emma set out the measures that the government is taking to invest in clean green energy and the opportunities that this can bring to the North East, measures to increase access to community owned energy, to tackle the scandal of leasehold and fleecehold impacting communities across Cramlington and Killingworth, and to address ticket touts.
Concluding her speech, Emma set out:
“There are many other bills in this programme that I support, that will make a real difference to people in my communities. On Housing, Education, National Security and Immigration.
“This King’s Speech is a programme to build on the change that has already been delivered. But to go further and faster, to rebalance opportunities to communities like mine with measures to improve lives at the heart of this programme. To provide the good jobs and opportunities for the future. It is now time to get on with delivering this change, and I look forward to supporting these measures”.