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Jo Gideon MP wins Newcomer MP of the Year Award

Friday, 15 December, 2023

I am delighted to have won the Patchwork Foundation Newcomer MP of the Year Award this evening. My motto is "Putting People before Politics" and that's why this award is an honour that I will treasure forever. One of the joys of my role as a Member of Parliament is enabling large conversations that build resilience and empower communities, ensuring that the voices of the most vulnerable are at the...

📰 Stoke Sentinel Personally Speaking: 'Plastic pollution is too big a burden to ignore' 📰

Stoke Sentinel Personally Speaking Column

Anyone who has participated in a litter pick will have seen first-hand the volume of plastic packaging that blight the streets in every town and city, the...

Written Question

Written Question: Question for Ministry of Justice

28th March 2023

Question from Jo Gideon MP To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he plans to take at the meeting of international justice ministers on 20 March...

Written Question: Question for Department for Education

Written Question: Question for Department for Education

20th March 2023

Question from Jo Gideon MP To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to International Women's Day on 8 March 2023, what progress the...

Written Question: Question for Department of Health and Social Care

Written Question: Question for Department of Health and Social Care

Question from Jo Gideon MP To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to halve child obesity by 2030; and...

Personally Speaking: "Emulate Bank of Dave to help our community"

Personally Speaking: "Emulate Bank of Dave to help our community"

I have had many conversations about financial inclusion since becoming the Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent Central and continue to explore the...

Written Question: Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Written Question: Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Question from Jo Gideon MP To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to...

legal age of marriage in England and Wales will rise to 18

Legal age of marriage in England and Wales will rise to 18

27th February 2023

Today, the legal age of marriage in England and Wales will rise to 18, protecting vulnerable children from the damaging impact of forced marriages. Forced...

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Government should seek to grow Bank of Dave-style community finances, says MP

Government should seek to grow Bank of Dave-style community finances, says Jo Gideon MP

26th February 2023

Conservative MP Jo Gideon was speaking in the Commons shortly before the chamber gave its backing to a Private Member's Bill intended to provide greater...

recent announcement by the Conservative Government

Jo Gideon MP welcomes recent announcement by the Conservative Government regarding new football regulations

25th February 2023

I am pleased to welcome the recent announcement by the Conservative Government regarding new regulations that aim to transform the current system. These...