Today, I called on the Government to protect the healthcare rights of patients travelling in the EU after Brexit. Without these vital protections, people who are on holiday or are visiting an EU member state for business will no longer be able to access free healthcare and will have to […]
Boris Johnson’s failing Test and Trace system means that the virus is once again out of control, with infections increasing and hospital admissions climbing. That is why we need a circuit break on the virus and a circuit break on policy, to fix the problems with test, trace […]
Last night, I spoke in a debate about some of the restrictions applied to Leicester during the local lockdown. I raised a number of serious concerns about how this whole process has been handled, the impact that Leicester’s extended lockdown has had on the lives of people in our city […]
Bringing infection rates down in Leicester and protecting public health must be our first priority. I support the lockdown, but I am concerned that the Government was too slow in giving the Council even the most basic postcode data, which is essential to tackling the problem. I hope the Government […]
I recently joined a video call with Co-operative Party members and councillors to talk about the work I’ve been doing on social care, the challenges Covid-19 has presented for local government and why the co-operative difference matters for care. Care recipients, their families, and care workers know best how to […]
I recently took part in a webinar on health and social care hosted by the Local Government Association. It was a great opportunity to hear from councillors across the country about how they have dealt with Covid-19 in local government, and what they believe is needed as we emerge from […]
This week is Shared Lives Week, an opportunity to celebrate the amazing Shared Lives carers and the lives of the people they support. Shared Lives carers open their homes and family life to support people with mental ill health, dementia, learning disabilities and people discharged from hospital. It’s a personal […]
I’ve written to the Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, urging him to put in place a recovery plan for social care, which is integral to the overall recovery strategy for our country, alongside the longer-term reforms social care desperately needs. These are some of the areas where I believe greater focus […]
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