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A Hull MP has torn into the government’s record and told MPs how Tory cut backs had led to the Humber Bridge becoming a suicide “hotspot”.

Theresa May’s government faced no confidence vote on Wednesday evening after suffering the worst defeat in parliamentary history on its Brexit deal on Tuesday evening. It is the first government to face a no confidence vote in more than 25 years and only just survived by 19 votes.

Speaking in the Commons before the vote, Emma Hardy, Labour MP for Hull West and Hessle, said the “anger” and “desire for change” felt in communities across the country could only be solved by booting the Tories out of government.

In an impassioned speech in the House of Commons, the former teacher laid the blame for the rise of suicides at the government’s door.

She said: “This is a pivotal moment. This is about how do we give back that trust and faith to ordinary people because this feeling and this mood for change is not going to go away.

“People are exhausted, they are exhausted by austerity. I don’t think anybody in this House understands quite how draining poverty is and how the daily grind can get you down.

“I would like every member here to reflect on this statistics even if you ignore every other word I say.

“Across Yorkshire there has been a 30 per cent increase in the number of suicides. My constituency covers the Humber Bridge and it has become a hotspot for suicides with people driving from around the country to come there and take their own lives.

“What greater damning indictment of this government can there be that they have left people in such a state of despair, with a feeling that they have no future whatsoever and what answers are they being offered but nothing?”

(Image: UK Parliament/ Mark Duffy)

Ms Hardy said crime and anti-social behaviour was increasing and that people were “feeling unsafe in their homes”.

She urged MPs to vote to take down the government at the 7pm vote, saying “We have a moment now to really make a difference.

“It is within our gift to give them that change that they need, we can channel that need for change into [something] positive and a vision of hope – but only if we vote down this government and bring a Labour government that will truly deliver for everybody in our country.”

Expectations are that Mrs May will survive the no confidence vote after the DUP came out in support of the government following its Brexit defeat.

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