top of page


St Charles Academy Visit Parliament
It's always a pleasure meeting pupils from Hull North and Cottingham in Parliament! I recently met St Charles Academy and took part in Q...

Diana Johnson
May 291 min read
Â


April 2025 Monthly Newsletter
This report is a brief account of my work during April in Parliament and in the Constituency. I have also included broader developments...

Diana Johnson
May 2811 min read
Â


Friday Visits in Hull North and Cottingham
I had another busy Friday in the constituency last week! First, a visit to Swift Group in Co ttingham to see their amazing caravans and...

Diana Johnson
May 161 min read
Â


Crime and Policing Bill Passes Committee Stage
Yesterday morning the committee stage of the Crime and Policing Bill was completed . A huge thank you to all MPs who have spent the last...

Diana Johnson
May 141 min read
Â


Hull's Role in WW2
As part of the Nation's commemoration for VE Day, I recently wrote to the National Archives asking for access to embargoed 1942 research...

Diana Johnson
May 71 min read
Â


Non-contact Sexual Offences in the Crime and Policing Bill
Libby Squire’s murder in Hull in 2019 shocked the nation. In the years since I’ve supported Lisa Squire's campaign to toughen the law on...

Diana Johnson
Apr 281 min read
Â


Monthly Newsletter
As challenging as it is contending with the state of the country inherited last July, the Labour Government continued to make progress...

Diana Johnson
Apr 2412 min read
Â


Breakfast Clubs Launched in Seven Hull North and Cottingham Schools
On Monday the 22nd of April, Breakfast Clubs opened in seven schools in Hull North and Cottingham as part of Labour's Pilot Scheme. These...

Diana Johnson
Apr 231 min read
Â


Three School Based Nurseries Announced for Hull
It is great new that three Schools in Hull North and Cottingham are among the first to recieve funding to provide school- based...

Diana Johnson
Apr 91 min read
Â


Government announces funding to build Willowfield School
Along with fellow Hull MPs, I’ve been talking to the Department for Education about Special Educational Needs provision in Hull....

Diana Johnson
Apr 11 min read
Â


Future Humber Roundtable Event
It was a pleasure to speak at the Future Humber roundtable event on Friday at Hull Truck Theatre. I outlined the key role of the Humber...

Diana Johnson
Mar 261 min read
Â


Wyke College Women's History Month Celebrations
As part of International Women's Day and Women's History Month, I recently visited Wyke College and spoke to students about what it is...

Diana Johnson
Mar 191 min read
Â


Women in Westminster the 100
Honoured to be named again this year by the House Magazine as one of the 100 most influential Women in Westminster for 2025. It 's a...

Diana Johnson
Mar 141 min read
Â


Crime and Policing Bill Second Reading
On Monday evening, the Government’s new Crime and Policing Bill received its Second Reading in the House of Commons and, as Policing...

Diana Johnson
Mar 122 min read
Â


Preventing the anti-social use of off-road bikes
I recently spoke in a Westminster Hall Debate and heard contributions from colleagues about the negative effects that the anti-social use...

Diana Johnson
Mar 61 min read
Â


Breakfast Clubs Launch in Hull North and Cottingham
Seven Hull North and Cottingham schools have been chosen for the free breakfast club pilot scheme - starting the Labour Government’s...

Diana Johnson
Feb 251 min read
Â


Remembering the Valentine's Day Rail Crash in Hull
February the 14th 2025, marked exactly 98 years since the rail crash outside Hull Paragon Station that happened early on Valentine’s Day...

Diana Johnson
Feb 191 min read
Â


Retail Crime and ASB Meeting at Co-op Cottingham
On Friday the 7th of February , I met with Humberside Police, shop-owners and councillors at Cottingham's Co-op to discuss retail crime...

Diana Johnson
Feb 111 min read
Â


Police Funding Settlement 2025/ 26
As part of my Role as Minister for Policing, I presented the Police Funding Settlement for 2025/26 to MPs. This is £1.1bn funding uplift...

Diana Johnson
Feb 51 min read
Â


Holocaust Memorial Day
As part of Holocaust Memorial Day a nd the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, I signed the Holocaust Educational...

Diana Johnson
Jan 271 min read
Â
bottom of page