Nia Griffith MP’s Weekly Column – Child Trust Fund access begins for Llanelli’s younger generation
This month, the first people to benefit from Child Trust Funds turn 18 and can access the money put aside for them for the first time. A new generation of young people will see the difference a Labour government can make to their lives. Over the next nine years, thousands Continue Reading
Nia Griffith MP’s Weekly Column – Local climate action can help to tackle global problem
An unexpected consequence of COVID-19 has been the reconnection with nature people have found in their own communities. The “anthropause” – wildlife thriving as human activity and travel reduced – has shown what can be achieved if we learn to live alongside the natural world. Whilst COVID-19 dominates the headlines, Continue Reading
Nia Griffith MP’s Weekly Column – No child should go hungry this summer
Speaking very much from the heart and from deeply personal experience, Manchester United and England footballer, Marcus Rashford has shone a spotlight over the past few days on the difficult decisions that many families will have to face this summer as they struggle to make ends meet. Holiday hunger is Continue Reading
Nia Griffith MP’s Weekly Column – Black Lives Matter
The right to peaceful, legitimate protest without the threat of violent repression is fundamental, and I have watched in horror the situation developing in the United States. The Black Lives Matter campaign for justice for the death of George Floyd and all other Black Americans who have suffered from police Continue Reading