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Thank you!

19. May 2010

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Thank you!

Alan was delighted to be re-elected as MP for Hull West & Hessle in the 2010 General Election

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This General Election will shape our future - Vote Labour

12. April 2010

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This General Election will shape our future - Vote Labour

 This General Election will shape our future and we all have a choice to make.   Hull has been transformed since 1997. The number of pupils gaining 5 good GSCEs has gone from just 20% to over 65%; the number of patients waiting over 13 weeks for treatment has fallen by 90%; 20 new Children’s Centres [...]

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Parliamentary Newsletter - Hull West & Hessle

23. December 2009

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Click here to read Alan’s  Christmas Newsletter

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Trawlermen’s Compensation Scheme - reopened

14. August 2009

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The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills have re-opened the Trawlermens Compensation Scheme. The scheme is now open for applications until 30 April 2010. Please contact my consituency office on johnsona@parliament.uk with your address if you would like to be sent an application form. Or alternatively, call the Trawlermen Helpline on 0845 604 3477 where [...]

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Spring Newsletters, West Hull & Hessle

15. April 2009

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Spring Newsletters, West Hull & Hessle

To download electronic versions of Alan Johnson’s Spring Parliamentary Reports, please use the below links: Newsletter for West Hull Newsletter for Hessle

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Real Help for the Unemployed

20. March 2009

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Real Help for the Unemployed

This week’s figures show the human impact of the global recession and the redundancies made at the beginning of the year. Behind the statistics is really bad news for individuals and their families and that is exactly why as unemployment rises the government is increasing the help it gives people losing their jobs. The government is not [...]

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Boost for Local Schools

6. March 2009

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Boost for Local Schools

Every school in Hull West & Hessle will benefit as nearly £2 million of funding is brought forward from next year to this year - a total of over £6 million of spending this year. The funding will go direct to headteachers and schools can choose how to spend the money as they see fit, from [...]

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Real Help for Families and Businesses

19. February 2009

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Real Help for Families and Businesses

I know that the international financial crisis is having a real impact on individuals, families and businesses in West Hull & Hessle. We shouldn’t repeat the mistakes of the past when people were left to cope on their own. So I welcome the launch of a new guide to finding help with homes, jobs and [...]

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David Cameron’s Chilling Cuts

20. January 2009

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The Conservative’s are against the extra support that Labour is offering pensioners during the winter, with increases in the Winter Fuel Payment, an extra £60 on top of the Christmas bonus of £10 as well as an extra £100 million pounds allocated to the Government’s Warm Front scheme which helps insulate homes for pensioners. At a [...]

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Happy New Year

13. January 2009

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I would like to wish everyone in Hull West & Hessle a very happy New Year! Hull achieved many great things last year and I have been lucky enough to see some of them first hand. Just a few of the highlights have been opening Tilbury and Priory Children’s Centres, receiving a presentation from the Children’s University [...]

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