Let’s end food poverty for good
1.3 million children are dependent on free school meals. That is 1.3 million children in…
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Love local business – Rediscover York’s shops safely
With shops able to open their doors in York today, after 3 months of closure…
It’s three years
The victims of Grenfell paid a heavy price, the cost can never be repaid, but…
Rachael backs York City FC promotion bid
Rachael Maskell, MP for York Central and Shadow DCMS Minister has waded into the dispute…
Supporting York’s all electric bus city funding bid
Rachael Maskell MP supports the funding bid for York to be the UK’s first all-electric…
Rachael speaks up for retail staff on Sunday trading
Rachael Maskell MP is speaking up for retail staff as the Government propose to relax…
Don’t lecture me on participating
As the Leader of the House, Jacob Rees-Mogg filibustered for 35 minutes of a two…
York MP calls for rise in Carers Allowance at the start of National Carers Week
Clapping for carers may have officially ended, but each year 6.5m people in the UK…
Black Lives Matter – Statement from Rachael Maskell MP
When Martin Luther King led the marches across the US in the 1960s, he did…
Rachael Maskell questions PM over inequality
Rachael Maskell MP, was the first MP called at Prime Minister’s Questions today, 3 June…
MP questions Government over increase in discrimination
Rachael Maskell MP has asked the Government a number of questions about the growing discrimination…
Spotlight on kindness in our community
The coming together to serve one another goes to the core of our values as…
MPs return to House of Commons
Rachael Maskell MP for York Central has worked tirelessly over the last 10 weeks in…
Charities must play a more central role in shaping society
Rachael Maskell MP, and Shadow Minister for the Voluntary and Community Sector, in celebrating Volunteers…
MP marks 50th anniversary of Equal Pay Act
On the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act 1970, York Central MP Rachael Maskell…
More transparency is needed in care homes
Labour MP, Rachael Maskell and Deputy Leader of the Labour Group of Councillors, Anna Perrett,…
Details of Mr Cummings case should be published
Many constituents have written to Rachael Maskell MP for York Central, to share their personal…
Why York Needs a ‘Citizens Assembly’ – Rachael’s Press Column
York – this is your city. Where you live and work. Where you raise your…
Rachael Maskell MP backs call from Teaching Unions
York Central MP Rachael Maskell supports the unions’ call to see the evidence for why…
We can’t compromise on safety
The MP for York Central has calls for greater evidence to substantiate the Prime Minister’s…
MP recalls the scale of challenge from COVID-19 in York
York Central MP, Rachael Maskell reports that she has opened 2068 cases on behalf of…
Responding to Government’s plan for loneliness during lockdown
Rachael Maskell, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Voluntary Sector has responded to the Government’s plan to…
Urgent dental care hubs finally open in York
Residents with painful toothaches can finally get an examination and treatment in York, following the…
Fight For The Living; Remember The Dead
Each year, 28 April marks Workers’ Memorial Day, a day when we are asked to…
New Covid-19 testing centre open today
Rachael Maskell, MP for York Central, has welcomed the opening of a new COVID-19 test…
Shadow Minister holds weekly surgeries for Charities and the Voluntary Sector
Rachael Maskell MP has announced she will be holding weekly surgeries for voluntary and community…
Calling on community to help protect frontline workers
In a call for action, York Central MP Rachael Maskell is urging businesses that are…
We must deal with the challenge of lives turned upside down – Rachael’s Press Column
Within five weeks every aspect of our lives have been turned upside down. York is…
Rachael welcomes the opening of Foss Park Hospital
Rachael Maskell, MP for York Central welcomes the opening of Foss Park Hospital, on Haxby…
Breaking hearts and breaking the law
Today, a Government Minister has confirmed that City of York Council cannot deny people the…