Constituents - Paul Blomfield

Leaseholders Together rally

Last week I joined constituents, and other leaseholders caught up in the devastating building safety scandal from across the UK, at the Leaseholders Together rally outside Parliament. It was great to see so many people, supported by MPs and Peers from across political parties, but it’s shocking that the Government are still failing homeowners on problems not of their making. Those…

Meeting Sheffield hospitality businesses standing up to sexual harassment

Last week, I visited four hospitality businesses that have pledged zero tolerance of sexual harassment of staff and customers by signing up to the campaign that I launched with The Star, Know the Line, UNIGHT, Sheffield Chamber of Commerce, SCR Hospitality, Sheffield BID, Sheffield TUC, South Yorkshire Police and others in May. Businesses that sign…

Commons Speaker John Bercow joined me in praising Wybourn School

I had a great day at Wybourn Community Primary and Nursery School for their school council elections. The way that the students organised themselves into parties around issues that mattered to them and then prepared and debated their manifestoes was an extraordinary lesson in democracy at its best. I was so impressed by the approach of the…

Raising the voices of young carers in Parliament

Yesterday I took the voices of Sheffield Young Carers to Parliament. I secured a debate, which I led, sharing their experiences and setting out their views on how young carers across the country could be better supported. I pressed the Minister for schools to have a designated ‘young carers lead’…

Visit to Parliament: Monday 1st April 2019

Westminster and the Houses of Parliament are the centre of Government in the UK. It’s also where I work Mondays—Thursdays! But it’s your Parliament too and I am committed to creating opportunities for constituents to explore and learn more about this special place. So, following the success of previous visits,…