My Views

November 10th, 2022
Written by John Grogan

Whilst I was an MP, I always worked closely with the trade unions. For example, with the CWU opposing plans to privatise Royal Mail; with Unison and the GMB on opposing the creation of stand-alone companies at NHS Hospitals with inferior terms and conditions; with Usdaw on their Sunday Trading Campaign; and with Unite and Community on issues concerning manufacturing. All six of these unions have nominated me for Keighley.

October 26th, 2022
Written by John Grogan
 
Clarity is needed on where the Government stands this morning on two key policy issues central to the future of the North of England. The brief Truss led administration started a review of the decision to privatise Channel 4 and also re committed itself to building in full Northern Powerhouse Rail which would mean a high-speed link across the Pennines linking Leeds, Bradford and Manchester.

From The Yorkshire Post, October 15th, 2022
Written by John Grogan

Today in Barnsley, the Yorkshire and Humber Labour Party meets for its regional conference with the General Election fast approaching. One question on most minds will be what should the next Parliament and Government of the United Kingdom do to truly level up Yorkshire and the Humber?

September 29th, 2022
Written by John Grogan
 

I was pleased to help organise and speak at a meeting at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool calling for a moratorium on all new incineration capacity. I was joined at the event by Ian Hammond from the campaign group Aire Valley Against Incineration (AVAI) which was formed to fight the proposal to build an incinerator in Keighley.

From Yorkshire Post, September 14th, 2022
Written by John Grogan

At 61 years old he was also a good bit younger than much of his overwhelmingly male audience.

That Yorkshire needed to reform and reform quickly was pretty self-evident on that Saturday morning. No longer was it acceptable that the club should just be for ‘people like us’.

May 1st, 2022
Written by John Grogan
 
This is my own list of the top ten achievements over the next 13 years.
 
The period 1997 to 2010 saw the most dramatic improvements in our public services, such as health and education, with the largest ever peacetime investment in them together with record employment levels and new employment rights for workers.

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