Alison Seabeck

MP delighted with successful litter pick

Alison Seabeck, MP for Plymouth Moor View, was delighted that so many residents and volunteers turned up in Barne Barton for a mass litter pick on Saturday.

The local MP decided to organise the session following an earlier street surgery in the area in which the issue of litter was mentioned by a number of local residents.

Alison Seabeck MP said: "I felt we could try and do...

Gender pay gap on the rise

New analysis of official figures by Labour shows women in the South West are being paid just 80p for every pound a man earns.

The revelation comes as Equal Pay Day - the day that women across the UK effectively start working for free due to the gender pay gap - comes three days earlier this year because the pay gap is back on the rise under this Government. That means women will work...

MP's Pedometer Challenge

Alison Seabeck, MP for Plymouth Moor View, attended the Silver Star Diabetes Health Challenge, at the House of Commons last week. At the event Ms Seabeck took the quick and easy diabetes test to help raise awareness of the need for the public to test for the condition. Ms Seabeck met special guest Hugh Quarshie, who plays Dr. Ric Griffin in BBC’s Holby City and was joining in with raising...

MP joins fight against breast cancer

Alison Seabeck, MP for Plymouth Moor View, has joined the fight against breast cancer and will be taking part in Breast Cancer Campaign’s flagship fundraiser, wear it pink day.

The theme of wear it pink this year is to ‘look good, do good’ in support of breast cancer research. On Friday 24th October people across the country will come together to find fun and stylish ways to wear pink...

Cheeky Little Campers inspire next generation

Year four children at Shakespeare Primary School in Plymouth, met Alison Seabeck MP to explain how they made their fun video on how to pitch a Vango tent

MPs from the South West are meeting pupils in primary schools who have taken part in the ‘Cheeky Little Campers’ campaign to find out what they’ve learnt whilst making pitching videos and trying camping in their new Vango tent....

MP meets people affected by Climate Change

Alison Seabeck, MP for Plymouth Moor View, met Christian Aid partners from the Philippines and Bolivia, to hear first-hand what it is like to live with the reality of climate change and how it is affecting the world’s poor most acutely.

Ms Seabeck met Voltaire Alferez, who runs a group of organisations campaigning on climate change in the Philippines, and Elizabeth Peredo, Director of...

MP hosts insightful discussion with young people

With the UN celebrating the international ‘Day of the Girl’ on Saturday (11th) it was somewhat appropriate that on Friday Alison Seabeck, MP for Plymouth Moor View, hosted an event with young people from across the Plymouth, to discuss body image and how the sexualisation of society affects affect us as individuals.

This was the 3rd event hosted by Ms Seabeck, in partnership with the...

MP warns of air pollution risk to health

Alison Seabeck MP has welcomed Labour’s commitment to protect people’s right to breathe clean air. Ms Seabeck has spoken out against the government’s inaction on air quality and welcomed the announcement that a Labour government will deliver a national framework for Low Emissions Zones.

Ms Seabeck said: “Air pollution causes 96 early deaths each year in Plymouth and 29,000 nationally...

Alison Seabeck MP calls on Government to take action to save bees

Alison Seabeck, MP for Plymouth Moor View, joined Friends of the Earth’s Bee Cause campaigners on 23rd September to support calls for the Government to improve its plan to protect bees and other vital pollinating insects, due to be published later this autumn.

The use of toxic pesticides and the loss of habitat are major factors causing the drop in bee populations. 97% of the UK’s...

Plymouth researchers take lead on dementia

Researchers in Exeter and Plymouth have been brought together in an exciting new venture to defeat dementia.

In the lead up to World Alzheimer’s Day, the UK’s leading dementia research charity has announced new investment in a Research Network across the UK, bringing scientists together to tackle this devastating condition.

Alzheimer’s Research UK will support 15 Network...

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