Chris Evans MP was brought up in the Rhondda valleys and educated at Porth County Comprehensive, Pontypridd College and Trinity College, Carmarthen. A former trade union official with the Union of Finance Staff, he was elected as the MP for Islwyn in May 2010.

Time to get serious about fuel poverty

Identifying all those in fuel poverty is nearly impossible. If we are serious about alleviating this most pernicious of hardships, we need radical new steps to take control of the cost of supply

A fairer financial system starts on the doorstep

The UK is alone in Europe in its refusal to guarantee legal access to affordable credit. Without reforms to address financial exclusion, a new international banking system will continue to fail society’s most vulnerable