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• Boundary Commission Wales Revised Boundary Proposals

  October 17, 2017

    Commenting on the Boundary Commission Wales’ latest proposals for parliamentary constituency boundaries, Stephen Kinnock, Member of Parliament for Aberavon, said: “It is good to see that the Boundary Commission Wales has listened to our representations about splitting the Aberavon and Port Talbot wards, and that they have included both areas in the same constituency in their latest proposals. The Commission has clearly acknowledged the strength of feeling and the level of local opposition to their original proposals, for which it should be commended.

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• Aberavon WASPI Women

  October 16, 2017

  We had a great morning in Cwmavon Library with women born in the 1950s. They have been unfairly hit by changes to the state pension age without due notification. 

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• Commons Diary October 2017

  October 13, 2017

  'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us...’ I couldn’t help thinking of the spell-binding opening lines of Dickens’ masterpiece as I watched the slow-motion car crash that was the Prime Minister’s speech at her party conference. What a contrast with the collective high-five that had taken place in Brighton just a few days before, and with the Tory tub-thumping that we saw in the run-up to the General Election. 

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• Letter to Sam Gyimah - Covenant

  October 11, 2017

  I have written to Sam Gyimah MP, Minister for Prisons, about the covenant on the land the Ministry of Justice have selected to build a new prison. The covenant states that the land should be used 'as an industrial park'. You can read my letter below:

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• EU Negotiations Update

  October 10, 2017

  After the conference recess Theresa May updated the House of Commons on Brexit negotiations. I was able to ask her about the transition deal:

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• Healing the divides

  October 09, 2017

   (Photo Credit: The Times News Syndication) Progress, Written by Stephen Kinnock and Joe Jervis Labour’s next big social democratic project must be to unite our fractured nation Britain has so much going for it – economically, democratically and culturally. Yet as a country we find ourselves more divided and polarised than at any time since the second world war. Young versus old, graduate versus non-graduate, city versus town – these have become the faultlines upon which modern Britain is built.

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• LEAD Programme Aberavon

  October 06, 2017

  I had the pleasure and privilege of participating in a workshop with a group of 12-14 year olds, as part of a project called LEAD – leadership, enterprise, activism and development. 

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• Job Advert: Parliamentary Employed Intern

  October 03, 2017

  Stephen Kinnock MP is looking to employ an intern for his busy Parliamentary Office, on a fixed term 6 month contract. More information below.

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• Job Advert: Administrative Officer

  October 03, 2017

  Stephen Kinnock MP is looking to employ an Administrative Officer for his busy constituency office in Aberavon. Further details below.

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• Letter to Sam Gyimah, Minister for Prisons

  September 29, 2017

  You can read below my letter to Sam Gyimah MP, Minister for Prisons:

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