Nick Brown MP

The Northern TUC Asbestos Support Group was launched today by Nick Brown and North Tyneside MP Mary Glindon. At their base in the Wallsend People’s Centre, North Tyneside, the Asbestos Support Group will provide advice and guidance for the growing number of workers in the region suffering from asbestos related illnesses such as mesothelioma, pleural [...]

Last Friday a Bill was passed through the House of Commons which would have the effect of overturning the 2007 Law Lords decision to deny compensation for pleural plaques sufferers. To become law, the Bill must now pass through the House of Lords before the middle of November. This is by no means the battle [...]

Over the past month Nick Brown has been running a series of extra advice surgeries. Nick has held 19 events in all, in every part of the constituency. It’s been a chance to make sure that anyone who can’t make the regular weekend sessions is able to raise issues with Nick face to face. The [...]

Nick Brown has today revealed that he is to run a summer pilot campaign in his Newcastle East to increase the number of people claiming all types of benefits they are eligible for. Nick said: “The average weekly amount of Pension Credit paid to eligible pensioners in Newcastle is worth £48.25 per week. We know there [...]

This week at the House of Commons I met with representatives of pensioners groups from the North East, who had come to London as part of an Age Concern lobby. This Government has a good record on making life better for our older citizens – but there is always more that can be done. Since [...]

There was a good result for the campaign on Pleural Plaques last Friday when Parliament backed the first stage of a Private Member’s Bill which would overturn the Law Lords’ decision to deny compensation to people living with the condition. Nick has been campaigning on this ever since the Law Lords decision two years ago, and the [...]

Nick today spoke at a Parliamentary Lobby run by the GMB union to get justice for the victims of pleural plaques. Nick has repeatedly made the case within Government for the 2007 Law Lords decision that denies compensation to pleural plaques sufferers to be overturned, and earlier this month made a submission to the Government’s conultation on the issue, which you can read here.

The consultation on restoring compensation to pleural plaques victims shuts today, and you can read Nick Brown’s response in full below. Since the consultation was announced at the start of the summer, Nick has been working hard to encourage as many of his constituents as possible to take part, and at present has received over [...]

The Government today announced that it is to hold a public consultation into the House of Lords decision that people living with pleural plaques are no longer eligible for compensation. My interest in this issue goes back a long way. Before my election to Parliament I worked in Newcastle as the GMB’s legal officer. Our Union [...]

Given the choice between using a cash machine that doesn’t charge you and one that does, you would use the one that’s free. Some machines however will charge you up to £2 per transaction – the usual charge is £1.50. The logical thing to do is just use the free machines. In the city centre [...]