Dear Friend, 

The Tories' crippling cost of living crisis

This Tory-made cost of living crisis is crippling many in Cardiff North. Soaring bills, stagnant wages and an imminent tax hike mean that the numbers simply don't add up.

An 80 year old constituent wrote to me asking me to 'shout and scream' at this Government, as his energy bills are set to rise to £3,000 a year. He just wants the Government to listen and to do something about it. Instead, this Conservative Government has turned its back. 

Handing out dodgy loans and hammering families as they're forced to pay it back for years to come. Refusing to back Labour's plan to cut VAT on home energy bills and tax the huge profits of oil and gas companies and making families bear the brunt with a tax hike instead.

Meanwhile our Welsh Labour Government has doubled the winter fuel payment scheme and is battling the UK Government's broken promises on Wales receiving £175 million in new money to help tackle the cost of living crisis.

The importance of Labour in power at every level of government has never been more vital. Delivering for local communities and standing up against the Tories' decisions that are hitting the pockets of hard-working families. 

I hope you'll join us as we campaign to elect our Welsh Labour candidates right across Cardiff North and show our communities the difference Labour in power makes.

With very best wishes,

Anna

In Welsh Questions last week, I asked the Minister what I am supposed to tell my constituents whose energy bills will cripple them. He told me that taxation wasn't the answer. But what he really meant was he wasn't prepared to tax the huge profits of oil and gas companies, who're seeing their highest profits in 8 years, but instead would lump that tax hike onto the British public instead.

Shameful. 

It is now almost 5 years since I was first elected as your Labour MP for Cardiff North. Voters have twice elected me with a healthy majority in what was long considered a marginal swing seat. It has been an immense privilege to represent you on the issues that matter to you most, standing up against this Conservative Government and standing in solidarity with local members and activists on important campaigns.

We know there is more to be done to turn the tide on this unprincipled Tory Government in Westminster. That is why I have taken the decision to seek re-selection as the Cardiff North candidate for the Labour Party at the next General Election. 

No one deserves to feel like a shadow of their former self. This really can happen to anyone. I speak to survivors day in and day out as Shadow Victims Minister, that's why I felt it was so important to speak out about my own experiences. I hope that speaking my truth can given others the courage to take the first step too.