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Dear Constituent,
Welcome to my December email newsletter. I know this year has been incredibly difficult for many families, and will continue to be very challenging, especially given the new variant of Covid, but the rollout of vaccines and community testing, which are gathering pace…
Read MoreAmber Valley, along with the rest of Derbyshire and most of the East Midlands will move into Tier 3 restrictions next Wednesday 2nd December after the end of the national lockdown. It is disappointing that the highest level of restrictions will apply but this had been inevitable given the level of cases in recent weeks.
The last week of data shows a very welcome reduction with the new cases falling by over a third showing that the lockdown has been effective. [...]
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Dear Constituent,
I hope you’re keeping safe and well. Please find my latest newsletter, with news of what’s been happening in Parliament and what’s coming up with Brexit. I’m also holding another zoom residents’ meeting, on Friday 27th November – please get in touch for the details if you would like to join.
Invitation to Zoom residents’ meeting – 7.30pm, Friday 27th November 2020:
Thank you to everyone who has joined my virtual residents’ meetings so far. My next [...]
Read MoreToday in Parliament I voted for the 4 week lockdown starting tonight (at 0.01am on the 5th November 2020).
I hoped that there would be no need for another lockdown and that the social distancing and local tier measures would be sufficient to keep the virus under control without all the negative consequences that flow from lockdown. In recent weeks the numbers of cases had started to increase rapidly – in Amber Valley cases have been running close to the national [...]
Read MoreMany constituents have contacted me regarding last week’s vote in relation to free school meals, so I wanted to set out my views on this issue and what happened last week. Contrary to what some people have been saying, I have not voted to take free school meals from children. Supporting vulnerable children, families and individuals has been at the heart of all I have done at this challenging time.
I am fully committed to free school meals, and this government [...]
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