On 30th January, I was delighted to welcome Year 3, 4,5 and 6 pupils from Glebelands Primary School to Parliament. I really enjoyed answering their questions and speaking to them about what it is like to be an MP. It’s always great to welcome students and staff from Leicester West […]
I was determined to ensure the views of young people from across Leicester West were heard loud and clear in a new report by the Science and Technology Committee looking into the impacts of social media on young people’s health. As a member of the Committee, I have spoken to […]
I had an amazing time on Friday visiting Holmfield Day Care Centre’s Reminiscence Village. The village is mocked up as a 1940s/50s high street and offers people living with dementia a passage back through time. There are over 2,500 people living with Dementia in Leicester, projects like this can make […]
Today I visited Money Matters in Leicester to find out more about how they are supporting people living in Leicester West who are facing hardship after moving onto Universal Credit. They told me about clients who find it difficult to complete the forms, delays in people receiving their first payments […]
On 15th January I voted against Theresa May’s Brexit Withdrawal Agreement. The agreement isn’t what people were promised in the Referendum, it is a worse deal than we have now, and would mean the uncertainty we face about our future relationship with the EU will go on for years to come. […]
On 8 January Labour secured an Urgent Question in Parliament following reports that the Government has delayed a vote on moving 3 million people currently claiming benefits including Housing Benefit, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance – known as ‘legacy’ benefits – onto Universal Credit, and has instead decided […]
NHS England published its long term plan on 7 January. I have long campaigned for many of its goals, including tackling health inequalities, shifting the focus of care towards prevention and early intervention, joining up NHS services with social care, making better use of technology, improving the involvement of patients, […]
Leicester has seen an increase in serious and violent crime of 12.5% since 2015, more than double the national average. The number of knife offences recorded by Leicestershire Police since 2010 has risen by 63%, more than three times that seen across England and Wales. However, Leicestershire Police hasn’t received […]
A no deal Brexit would be catastrophic for Leicester and the UK, seeing businesses that rely on exporting to the EU hit by new tariffs and delays at the border, meaning costs would rise and jobs would be put at risk. On 7 January, I wrote to Theresa May, alongside […]
The Prime Minister is trying to intimidate MPs into supporting her Withdrawal Agreement by delaying the vote and running down the clock, meaning we’re at even greater risk of crashing out of Europe without a deal. Theresa May is not acting in the national interest but only in her personal […]
Thanks to matron Vicky Osborne and Deputy Head of Nursing Julie Lankester for showing me around Ward 17 at Glenfield Hopsital on Friday. I also really enjoyed chatting to some of the patients of this high dependency care unit for people with breathing problems. They all told me of the […]
On Friday I spent a lovely afternoon at award winning Allexton Nursery. It was wonderful to join the children for their Christmas Party day and I’d like to wish a very happy Christmas to all the children, parents and especially the staff who work so hard to give children the […]
