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Targeted COVID testing in parts of Dalston and Shoreditch

Friday, 14 May 2021

Two COVID-19 variants of concern (one first identified in India and the other first identified in South Africa) have been found in parts of Shoreditch and Dalston. 

If you live or work in these parts and are over the age of 16, please get a COVID-19 PCR test even if…

ID Cards

Wednesday, 12 May 2021

The Government needs a coherent approach to ID cards – not just an approach that stops the poorest from voting.

See my full speech on this here.

Nominate a Hackney nurse for the RCN nursing awards 2021

Monday, 10 May 2021

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN), the membership organisation for nurses and midwives, has extended the deadline for the RCN Nursing Awards 2021.

The RCN Nursing Awards 2021 are your chance to help a nurse, midwife, health visitor, or nursing support worker get the recognition he/she deserves. 

You now have until the 24 May…

Meg presses the Government over the Uighur genocide

Tuesday, 4 May 2021

I pressed the Government over the appalling reports of human rights abuses against the Uighurs and other minorities in China. See the Government’s response here.

The Government insists that genocide can only be determined by the International Criminal Court (ICC). However the ICC can only make a determination of genocide if…

Meg's Weekly Round-Up: Friday 30 April

Friday, 30 April 2021

Busy week in the lead up to prorogation. There was good news with the Domestic Abuse Bill becoming law. But the bad news is that the Government, once again, rejected proposals to protect leaseholders from cladding costs.

Also this week, the Electoral Commissionn announced an investigation into Conservative Party over the funding…

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