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Hackney Community Champions are doing excellent work communicating key public health messages to family, friends, colleagues and neighbours.

Find out more and apply for grant funding here.

Deadline for this round of grants is tomorrow.

No worker removed from their frontline role should see their career suffer. This applies particularly to workers from black and minority ethnic backgrounds who were removed from frontline duties for their own safety during this pandemic.

I pressed the Minister for Equalities, Kemi Badenoch MP, on this (see above) and have…

This Government has failed to put in place a proper financial support package for those struggling to afford self-isolation. It means that only 3 in 10 people are following the instruction to self-isolate when contacted by Test and Trace. 

I'll continue pressing the Government to step up and support those…

It is vital that COVID-19 vaccination centres are accessible for everyone, including people with sight loss. 

I wrote to the Minister for Vaccine Deployment and asked him to outline how the Government is ensuring that COVID-19 vaccination centres are fully accessible. You can read his response here and click on…

I have been working hard to press the Government to ensure that every child has access to regular, nutritious, healthy food. Last month, I signed Emma Lewell-Buck MP's letter to the Minister for Children and Families to urge the Government to scale up school breakfast funding and make support to schools permanent.…