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Meg questions Department for Education on delays in the SEND review

Friday, 6 August 2021

In September 2019, the Government announced a review on support for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). The publication of this review has now been delayed for a third time.

I pressed the most senior civil servant at the Department for Education on when families…

Slow broadband speeds

Tuesday, 3 August 2021

I’m concerned that parts of Hackney still face issues with slow broadband speeds. I have been working with Openreach and urging it to address this.

In some cases, there are barriers to installing full fibre as a few private building owners are refusing to grant wayleaves (the formal agreement between…

July 2021 Monthly Report

Monday, 2 August 2021

Read my Monthly Report for July 2021 here.

Meg urges the Government to increase the supply of housing

Friday, 30 July 2021

The Government is not doing enough to increase the supply of housing. 

I'll keep pressing the Government to step up and support Hackney families living in severely overcrowded conditions.

Windrush Compensation Scheme

Tuesday, 27 July 2021

The Home Office is failing the Windrush generation all over again with the Windrush Compensation Scheme.

Some affected individuals were approaching the end of their lifetimes as this tragedy befell them. Some have died without ever seeing justice.

Read the Public Accounts Committee full report on this here and see…

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