While the Government pours its energies into reputation management to save the Prime Minster, and the country is distracted and...
Bedford and Kempston MP, Mohammad Yasin has been forced to defend not signing a letter denouncing the decision to readmit Chris Williamson to the Labour Party. In a tweet last week...
Boris Johnson will set out his plan to 'live safely with Covid' on Monday which, reports suggest, will see the end of all remaining Covid rules in England, including dropping the legal requirement...
AUGUST: Stalled discussions over the merger between Bedford Hospital and the Luton & Dunstable were revived at the start of August by a promise of...
Monthly column: The culture of flagrant use of taxpayers’ money on Government Ministers’ expenses must end
Monthly Column
Parliament is currently in recess which always gives me the opportunity to visit as many people as possible in Bedford and Kempston in the week I don’t have to be in Westminster. The cost-of-living crisis...
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...
MARCH: On Friday we woke to the terrible news that 50 innocent lives had been taken in New Zealand’s worst terrorist attack on two mosques...
At the end of this month 11,690 Universal Credit claimants in Bedford, 40% of whom are working, will have their Universal Credit uplift removed. The £20 a week cut is often the difference...
I’ve been campaigning in Mid Bedfordshire ahead of one of the most captivating by-elections I can remember, which is taking place on 19 October. I’ve had some great conversations but the big...
It’s good to see the Armed Forces Day flag flying from Borough Hall in anticipation of Armed Forces Day on Saturday (25 June). I’m looking forward to the first in-person event in a few years...
Mohammad Yasin attends Bedford RMT picket lines same day as Sam Tarry sacked by Keir Starmer
Fay Barrett
Mohammad Yasin visited striking RMT worker picket lines in Bedford yesterday, the same day that Labour front bencher Sam Tarry was sacked by Keir Starmer for attending a London protest...
Coronavirus has claimed nearly 650,000 jobs since March. Sectors that were already struggling, like retail and hospitality, have little resilience to...