Community Update - Gill Furniss MP

May Community Update

Local Elections I want to take this opportunity to congratulate our returning councillors Talib Hussain (Burngreave), Abdul Khayum (Firth Park), Dawn Dale (Shiregreen and Brightside) and Mike Chaplin (Southey) and to congratulate Toby Mallinson in Hillsborough. I want to pay tribute to George Lindars-Hammond, who was unfortunately not re-elected. He…

March Community Update

5 Missions for a Better Britain The Tories have presided over thirteen years of short-term sticking plaster politics. This has damaged Britain and impacted people across the country. We needs a mission-driven government and only Labour can step-up and deliver. In February, Keir Starmer set out Labour’s plan to tackle…

January Community Update

A look back at 2022 Happy New Year to residents across Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough. This month’s Community Update looks backs at some of the highlights of 2022. A Turbulent Year 2022 has been another unprecedented year in politics. A year which saw the Tory Government descend into chaos, with…

December Community Update

Plain Text Version Cost of Living Crisis The cost of living crisis is hitting thousands of households across our constituency. There is help and support available to people and my website has a list of contacts and resources that people can access: www.gillfurniss.com/costofliving. There is also information about Sheffield City…

November Community Update

November Community Update Covering my work for you in Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough and Parliament over October. Bus Service Changes I have heard from a lot of constituents who are very frustrated and concerned about bus services in their area following service changes at the start of October. I share…

October Community Update

Plain text version: HM Queen Elizabeth II At the start of September, HM Queen Elizabeth II passed away and the UK entered a period of mourning. I spoke in the House of Commons the Saturday following her death to pay tribute to her service on behalf of constituents in Sheffield…

September Community Update

Welcome to my September Community Update Parliament has been in recess over the past month, which has allowed me to spend more time in the constituency. As Parliament returns this month, the country gets a new Prime Minister. I will be focused on holding them and the Government to account.

August Community Update

Welcome to my monthly update for August. Parliament is currently in recess, so I am enjoying being able to meet people and organisations in my constituency. Yorkshire Day Reception Earlier this month, I attended the Yorkshire Day reception in Parliament, celebrating our great region and the fantastic businesses that…

July Community Update

Bye, bye Boris Boris Johnson has gone, sort of. After presiding over the worst period of scandal and sleaze in a generation, abandoning his cornerstone policy to Level Up and overseeing a pathetic response to the cost of living crisis, Boris Johnson has resigned as Prime Minister. The problem is…

Community Update: May

Welcome to my community update covering my work over the past month. A plain text version and videos of questions mentioned in the update can be found further down this page.