The watering down of workers' rights, standards and environmental protections was at the heart of my concerns over Brexit. Just weeks after our final ties with the EU were severed and my concerns are already being realised...
Bedford & Kempston MP asks Trade Minister for small business support through Brexit transition
Erica Roffe
Mohammad Yasin, the MP for Bedford and Kempston, today raised the issue of the impact of Brexit on business. He quizzed the Minister of State for Trade Policy, Greg Hands MP, about how small businesses are struggling to cope with...
“After huge personal sacrifice by Bedfordians there is light at the end of the tunnel” says MP
Monthly Column
It’s sad that we end this darkest of years in Tier 3 restrictions after so many months of huge personal sacrifice and disruption to our way of life...
In his monthly column, Mohammad Yasin MP aruges that Universal Credit is not fit for purpose, saying it has failed countless of his constituents...
News this week from the media and entertainment industry union, BECTU, that nearly 7,500 theatre and live events workers have been made redundant as...
“We will have a test track and trace operation that will be world-beating, in place by 1 June” promised the Prime Minister on 20 May...
After a weekend of growing outrage and pressure from A-level students, teachers and the Labour Party, the inevitability of the Government U turn was...
Coronavirus has claimed nearly 650,000 jobs since March. Sectors that were already struggling, like retail and hospitality, have little resilience to...
On 10 May the Prime Minister announced that Reception, Year 1 and Year 6 would be the first to return to school on 1 June.Teachers’ unions, backed by the...
‘The Government response is an epic failure of political management’ says Bedford & Kempston’s Mohammad Yasin MP
Monthly Column
I want the government to succeed in fighting the biggest crisis in peacetime history, to save lives and protect livelihoods.
As an Opposition MP, it felt important to provide constructive support to the Government, only challenging...
We are living through a global emergency. Governments throughout the world are struggling to deal with this public health crisis – the like of which has...
The Government’s latest surge of BBC bullying started last year when the Government reneged on its manifesto commitment to pay for free TV licences for all over-75s, leaving the BBC to pay.
Now only those aged...