My Week Archive

Snap General Election Prime Minister’s U-Turn Backfires Despite claiming on several occasions that there would be no early election, Theresa May changed her mind, and on the 18th April called a General Election for the 8th June. The Tories fought the election on the premise … [Read more...]

St. David’s Day in London Shadow Secretary of State for Wales welcomes First Minister On Wednesday 1st March I was proud and honoured to attend the St. David’s Day Reception at Lancaster House hosted by the First Minister of Wales Carwyn Jones. I was joined by my Shadow … [Read more...]

A New Year, a New Appointment… Neath MP takes a seat in Labour’s Shadow Cabinet On Thursday 9th February Christina was delighted to be appointed as Shadow Secretary of State for Wales. All her life she has been passionate about Wales and the … [Read more...]

  Happy New Year! I’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their continued support and wish you all a prosperous, healthy 2017. Christmas and the New Year were a busy time once again, and I was very fortunate to attend a number of festive events across the constituency including the Craft Fair at Neath Town Council’s newly refurbished cafe, the … [Read more...]

1st December – Leaving the EU: Regional Economic Effects. My constituency is one of the most deprived areas in Europe. The last round of regional EU funding for Neath and Port Talbot launched 485 small and medium-sized enterprises, … [Read more...]

In the Chamber On 1st November I spoke in the chamber on the justice system and women, I stated the continued cuts to legal aid funding mean that there is a rising number of litigants in person. Many women have to face their abusive partner in court, with no assistance on how to navigate the complexities of the law. More needs to be done to protect women … [Read more...]

October 2016 On the weekend of the 1st and 2nd of October, the parkrun movement celebrated its 12th anniversary. I was delighted to meet the team of volunteers and runners. Gnoll parkrun is one of more than 900 Parkruns that take place every weekend around the world. Each parkrun is coordinated entirely by volunteers from the local community, and open to anyone who wants … [Read more...]

It was great to attend Pant-y-Ffordd Carnival with NPT Mayor Cllr Sheila Penry and Leader of NPT Ali Thomas, so many fantastic stalls. Attended British Red Cross event [Read more...]

Christina Rees – My News August 2016 I Attended Melin Junior school along with Cllr Sheila Penry and Cllr Sandra Miller to visit the new Food and Fun School Holiday Enrichment Programme. (SHEP) The SHEP initiative Is a multi-agency programme, developed by the Food Cardiff partnership, to provide healthy meals, … [Read more...]

Westminster Days: Today July 4th, I supported Cancer research parliament day, Cancer research is basic research into cancer to identify causes and develop strategies for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and cure. Cancer research ranges from epidemiology, molecular bioscience to the … [Read more...]