Passenger Rail Services
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Jo Stevens
Labour Party MP for Cardiff East since (elected). An MP continuously since .
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| Party | Office | Area | Period | Began | Ended | Source |
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| Labour | MP | Cardiff East | – present | elected | — | Party history |
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| date registered | 8. Miscellaneous | Solicitor, non-practising since 8 May 2015. | — | Labour | Register record |
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Passenger Rail Services
I thank my right hon. Friend, because my Cardiff East constituents were absolutely delighted with the announcement yesterday of £30 million for Cardiff Parkway station. Mine is the only constituency in the capital city without a train station, so this will be transformational for growth, jobs and travel. Before the Senedd election, the Welsh Labour Government agreed to a funding contribution, alongside private investors, to ensure that this project is delivered. Can she please confirm whether, in the five months since that election, the minority Plaid Government have said they will honour that intergovernmental agreement?
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Rejoining the EU
Many of my constituents work in Cardiff’s three universities. Before Brexit, EU students in Wales contributed £83 million off campus, but new EU enrolments halved within a year of them losing home fee status. Does my hon. Friend agree that much closer ties to the EU are essential for making our universities attractive to EU students again?
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Cross-border Rail Links
<Question HRSContentId="{16192BEB-4E15-4517-9AEA-A9EF030AF54D}">8. <QuestionText HRSContentId="{9F154D1B-6948-45D3-9ED0-D3ED1D78C80C}"></QuestionText>I welcome the Secretary of State to his new role and wish him all the best. Earlier this year, my Cardiff East constituents were thrilled to hear of the agreement between this Labour Government, the Welsh Labour Government and private investors on funding to proceed with our long-awaited Cardiff Parkway station on the cross-border main line. The station and adjoining business park are set to unlock around 6,000 new jobs. Will the Secretary of State tell us whether the new minority Plaid Government in Wales have confirmed whether they will honour that agreement?</Question>
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Engagements
<Question HRSContentId="{5EF2D563-4687-4D57-B14F-36ED8917078F}">Q3. <QuestionText HRSContentId="{A78C2BA9-4B2A-4B60-A0AB-58D8200555AC}"></QuestionText>My Cardiff East constituents are pleased that the Government are funding extra neighbourhood policing for us, but Cardiff is the only capital city in the UK that does not have specific capital city police funding. That means that, as a matter of course, neighbourhood police are pulled away from the job that they should be doing, and need to do, for my constituents. The Prime Minister knows Cardiff well. This historic anomaly is unfair and indefensible, so will he ensure that this problem is resolved once and for all by delivering capital city police funding for Cardiff?</Question>
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Cost of Living
Let me begin by congratulating all the Welsh recipients of King’s birthday honours, which were announced over the weekend—particularly my hon. Friend the Member for Newport East (Jessica Morden). We are doing everything we can to tackle the cost of living. We are increasing wages faster than inflation, creating thousands of jobs, helping people into work, and increasing pensions and universal credit, and we are going even further to ease the pressure on families this summer, because tackling the cost of living is the core purpose of this UK Labour Government.
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Cost of Living
My hon. Friend is right. What matters for families is not just getting by, but being able to enjoy time together without worrying about the next bill. The Great British summer savings scheme is cutting VAT on, for instance, children’s meals, tickets for cinemas and theatres and other attractions, and we are cutting the cost of the weekly shop by lowering tariffs on more than 100 staple products. All of that will ease pressure on household budgets, support parents during school holidays, and back Welsh businesses.
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Cost of Living
As my hon. Friend knows from his constituency experience, poverty scars children’s lives and life chances. That is why we announced the child poverty strategy, including the removal of the two-child limit, which will benefit nearly 70,000 children right across Wales. We have also increased universal credit for 320,000 families in Wales and raised the minimum and living wages, and, as I mentioned earlier, we are slashing VAT on days out to help families not just get by but enjoy the summer, as everyone should. Meanwhile, what can Welsh families expect from the new minority Plaid Government in Wales? Well, the First Minister has announced a steering group, and has promised to come up with a plan at some point soon. That is the difference between Labour and Plaid: we act and they talk.
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Cost of Living
I have to say that it has been rather amusing to hear the new minority Plaid Cymru Welsh Government bragging about what they have done since the election. They have started a review, they have set up a steering group, they are working on a plan for another plan, they have set a target, and they are thinking about things. Meanwhile, this Government have invested £134 million in the Cardiff capital region, approved seven new youth hubs across Wales, launched the summer savings scheme to cut the cost of living, announced a new ban on social media to keep our children safe, given a pay rise to over 3,000 armed forces personnel in Wales, and expanded the Valour programme for veterans. That is the difference between us and Plaid: we are getting on with the job.
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Cost of Living
As the hon. Lady will know, red diesel has been slashed to its lowest rate for over 20 years. We have protected farming budgets, all the trade deals that we have signed have helped farmers, and we are looking at all the measures that we can introduce to tackle the cost of living and the impact of the Iran war—in which we did not want to get involved, and we decided not to get involved, despite the protestations of some parties in this House. We are making sure that the economic impact is mitigated.
2024 General Election: Cardiff East
Held . Recorded result: Lab Hold. Majority 9,097. 39,123 votes cast from an electorate of 72,876. Parties are as each candidate stood at the time.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jo Stevens | Labour | 15,833 | 40.5% |
| Rodney Berman | Liberal Democrat | 6,736 | 17.2% |
| Lee Canning | Reform UK | 4,980 | 12.7% |
| Sam Coates | Green Party | 3,916 | 10.0% |
| Beatrice Brandon | Conservative | 3,913 | 10.0% |
| Cadewyn Skelley | Plaid Cymru | 3,550 | 9.1% |
| John Williams | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 195 | 0.5% |
Parliamentary career
Seats held
| Seat | Dates |
|---|---|
| Cardiff EastElected 1 time | – present |
| Cardiff CentralElected 3 times | – |
Government posts
| Post | Dates |
|---|---|
| Secretary of State for WalesWales Office | – |
Opposition posts
| Post | Dates |
|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for WalesWales Office | – |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and SportDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport | – |
| Shadow Secretary of State for WalesWales Office | – |
| Shadow Solicitor GeneralAttorney General's Office | – |
| Shadow Minister (Justice)Ministry of Justice | – |
Committee memberships 12
| Committee | Dates |
|---|---|
| Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee | – present |
| Welsh Grand Committee | – |
| Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and Disinformation | – |
| Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee | – |
| European Statutory Instruments Committee | – |
| DCMS Sub-Committee on Disinformation | – |
| European Statutory Instruments Committee | – |
| Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee | – |
| Justice Committee | – |
| Committee of Privileges | – |
| Committee on Standards | – |
| Business, Innovation and Skills Committee | – |
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