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Letter: social care workers’ pay and working conditions

Helen Whately MP Minister of Care Department for Health and Social Care 39 Victoria Street London SW1H 0EU Sent via email Tuesday, 19 January 2021 Dear Helen, Re. Pay and working conditions for social care workers The covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the immense debt of…

Speaking Up: Free School Meals and Remote Learning

Yesterday evening I took place in the Opposition Day Debate on Free School Meals and Remote Learning. We have all seen the shocking images of free school meal food boxes and know about the high number of students who cannot access studies because they don’t have suitable devices. In my…

Letter: planned cut to Universal Credit

The Rt. Hon. Boris Johnson MP Prime Minister 10 Downing Street Westminster London SW1A 2AA Sent via email Wednesday, 13 January 2021 Dear Prime Minister, Re Universal Credit Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, many families already struggling have found themselves out of work, furloughed or with…

Letter: Remote learning and Ofsted

The Rt. Hon. Gavin Williamson MP Secretary of State for Education Department of Education 20 Great Smith Street Westminster London SW1P 3BT Sent via email Friday, 08 January 2021 Our ref: 20210108JC Dear Gavin, Re. Provision of remote learning I want to raise my concern at parts of the Statement…

Solidarity to British Gas Workers on Strike

I have sent a message of solidarity to striking British Gas workers and members of the GMB Union who are calling for the awful ‘fire and rehire’ tactic to be taken off the table. This is wrong and I will work with my Labour colleagues in Parliament to bring an…

Letter: Clarity for BTEC Students

Plain Text Version: Dear Gavin (Education Secretary), BTEC Qualifications Since it was announced that schools and colleges would be closing during the coronavirus lockdown, I have been contacted by many students, parents and local colleges who are concerned by the lack of information they have received from the Government regarding…

Letter: Digital Divide in Education

Plain Text Version: Dear Nick (Minister of State for School Standards), Remote Learning and the digital divide As schools once again close their doors and move to online learning, I am concerned by the lack of progress made in ensuring all pupils have the necessary IT equipment and broadband…

Statement on Lockdown in England

Throughout the UK, cases of coronavirus have risen to deeply concerning levels. The new, more easily transmissible, strain of the virus has contributed to this increase in cases and has increased the speed of transmission to an alarming pace. In Sheffield, the latest available data shows a 28% increase in…

My view on the Brexit Trade Deal

The trade and cooperation deal negotiated by Boris Johnson is in no way the success he claims it to be. Instead, it is the thinnest of deals, negotiated at the last minute in order to prevent the calamitous no deal that the Prime Minister was driving us towards. It leaves…

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