Robert Halfon MP ➡️Working Hard for Harlow⬅️
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🇺🇦 Working Hard for Harlow & the Villages. 💪 Promoted by Robert Halfon of Harlow Study Centre, Netteswellbury Farm, Harlow, CM186BW.
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Becoming a Member of Parliament was a childhood dream so serving Harlow as MP has been the greatest privilege of my life.
I was honoured to receive the following letters from the Prime Minster,
@RishiSunak
, and the Education Secretary,
@GillianKeegan
, following my resignation 👇
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Ill couple drive 260+ miles to ensure that their small child can be looked after properly. In some quarters this is regarded as crime of the century. Is this really the kind of country we are?
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Very disappointing that an institution I much admire -
@OpenUniversity
- has chosen to participate in an advertising boycott of
@GBNEWS
- especially with presenters like
@AlStewartOBE
&
@GloriaDePiero
& their work on education. This decision is wrongheaded & should be reversed.
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My statement on why I’ve lost confidence in the Prime Minister 👇
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If
@theresa_may
is now supporting a Second Referendum, it makes it very hard for me to support the latest
#WAB
when it comes to
@HouseofCommons
. This is a betrayal of the 2016 referendum and a betrayal of everything she has been saying since she became Prime Minister:
Theresa May says that if the Commons votes for a second referendum, there would be government time for the legislation. That is the biggest concession in this package
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Harrowing Paediatricians letter in
@thetimes
urging schools to open soon 👉 warning of mental health epidemic with continued school closures 👉 Pupils "Anxiety, depression & self harm are at frightening levels...parents showing signs of psychological stress & even breakdown" 👇
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This is very disappointing from
@BorisJohnson
@10DowningStreet
. We need a long-term plan to combat child food hunger, especially given 32% of families have had a drop in income since March.
@obr_uk
predicts 336,500 more workers facing food insecurity due to rising unemployment.
So, Boris Johnson has flatly rejected
@MarcusRashford
call for free school meal help to be given to poor kids over Christmas and other holidays.
No.10 spokesman: “It’s not for schools to regularly provide food to pupils during the school holidays..."
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The Conservative case for extending free school meals. My article in
@spectator
👉 and below 👇
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Why is it that millions of adults can go to bars & nightclubs unhindered yet millions of children - thankfully at low risk from
#coronavirus
- are denied nativity plays, school parties, parents evenings, swimming lessons et al. 👉
@UsforThemUK
@SianGriffiths6
, Sunday
@thetimes
👇
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Proud of
@HarlowTories
Councillors. Won 11 seats, including 7 from Labour as well as defeating the Harlow Labour Council leader. Harlow Council now under
@HarlowTories
@Conservatives
control for only the second time in the history of our town.
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Important intervention from Chief Inspector of Schools
@amanda_spielman
@Ofstednews
👉 as to the effect on children of school closures 👉 "When we remove schools from the picture, not only does learning suffer, but risks of abuse, neglect or exploitation increases."
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An honour to welcome the Prime Minister
@BorisJohnson
to
@NHSHarlow
today, where he met with staff and patients and announced £200 million for new state-of-the-art equipment to boost cancer survival rates.
#ProtectingOurNHS
🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
A great morning meeting people at Princess Alexandra Hospital today. Amazing staff. Love
#OurNHS
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Very happy - if correct that PM
@BorisJohnson
has just announced in
@HouseofCommons
that
there will now be proxy voting for MPs affected by
#COVID19
and not able to attend chamber.
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So so sad about Sir David Amess. He embodied Essex man. Kind, thoughtful funny, compassionate and generous spirited. May he rest in peace.
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Why are deeply anti semitic slogans, language and imagery being paraded in demonstrations without any objection from the police or governing authorities
@metpoliceuk
@kitmalthouse
@SadiqKhan
@MayorofLondon
? Why is nothing being done to stop this?
These times are more than unsettling.
A staggering increase in antisemitic incidents. The disgusting calls for rape of Jewish women last week. Violence & intimidation on our streets. And banners like this - words deliberately chosen.
Here, in Britain.
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An honour to welcome the Prime Minister
@BorisJohnson
to
@NHSHarlow
yesterday, where he met with staff and patients and announced £200 million for new state-of-the-art equipment to boost cancer survival rates.
#ProtectingOurNHS
🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
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Education Secretary
@GavinWilliamson
confirmed to me that BTECs will be treated in same way as other exams.
@ofqual
should have made this clear yesterday. It needs to happen ASAP so that BTEC students are not penalised in any way.
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Please tell me
@GavinBarwell
@DLidington
that this Report of planning for a 2cnd Referendum NOT true. Wld be a complete betrayal of what
@theresa_may
said about respecting 2016
#Peoples
' referendum &moreover a betrayal of democracy, of 17millions+ GB who voted by majority 2 Leave
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My article in
@TheSun
this morning about how White working-class pupils have been neglected for decades.
This is a national scandal and we must take serious action to change it.
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It is ok for thousands to attend Wembley or Wimbledon in recent weeks - but parents social distancing - attending children's school sports days are banned 😱 This must stop. We need to give priority to children and families. See
@camillahmturner
@Telegraph
👇
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We need to get our children learning again - with clarity from
@educationgovuk
and an education routemap out of the coronavirus.
The engine of Government should be directed towards opening our schools. We face an epidemic of educational poverty and mental health otherwise.
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Many in the Jewish Community feel let down by inaction by some Universities on antisemitism - their view is that at best some Universities are turning a blind eye to extremism on campus or at worst just appeasing it.
Please read my thread below👇
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Just as children were getting back on their feet, the spectre of school closures looms again.
My article in
@TheSun
today explains why schools must not be closed to avoid the four horsemen of the education apocalypse once more galloping towards our young people👇
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I backed
@RishiSunak
previously bc I thought he was right on the economy and in helping to cut the cost of living. As Chancellor he also demonstrated a passion for skills & education to increase productivity. That's why I'm pleased to support him again! 🇬🇧🪜🌟
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Honoured to have been appointed Minister of State in
@educationgovuk
.
I'm looking forward to working with colleagues to deliver the Prime Minister's exciting education & skills agenda to ensure every student can climb the educational ladder of opportunity. 🇬🇧🪜
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We are the workers’ party and this election has shown that.
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Thrilled to be appointed as Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships & Higher Education
@EducationGovUK
, driving forward this vital agenda.
I believe the ladder of opportunity should be extended to everyone and I will work to deliver social justice through education 🪜💪
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This is really great news from
@BBC
.
They will be offering
@bbcbitesize
& other education programmes on mainstream TV for primary & secondary pupils to provide lessons & learning for pupils without the internet.This is what public service broadcasting should be about 👏👇
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Presenting my new Bill to Parliament which has been backed by both the current and former Children's Commissioners, the inspirational
@UsforThemUK
and two former Children's Ministers, to protect our pupils from the disaster of future school closures.
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I find it strange we campaign for pubs to open, but at the same time, say it's too risky for schools to open before Sept - all evidence says otherwise. If schools don't open soon in a phased way, we risk an epidemic of educational poverty, a digital divide & safeguarding crisis.
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The problem with the PM’s deal is this: how do I tell my
#Harlow
constituents who voted 68% to leave that we have no money for our libraries, hospital and community groups but we can give £39bn to the EU?
#BrexitDebate
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As on vulnerable list, a big thank you 👏 for getting 1st jab today 👉especially
@NHS
volunteers, Lister House GP Surgery,
@NHSHarlow
@nhswestessex
@DHSCgovuk
@MattHancock
@nadhimzahawi
. Unlike my esteemed colleagues, no chest to display 👉just a short-sleeve blue collar shirt 👇
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3,000 students in lockdown in Universities afar as Dundee to Exeter.
@educationgovuk
&
@CMO_England
@uksciencechief
need to give updated statement to reassure students & families.We can't have students in lockdown halls at Christmas - causing anguish for families across nation.👇
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It's been an honour to have served as Apprenticeships Minister. I'm proud we have a record 900K apprentices & to have passed the FE/TE Bill.
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Fantastic to welcome
@UsforThemUK
to Westminster today and meet the team to celebrate all the work they have done for children, especially over the past couple of years 🚸📚
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From 'bloodied knees' to the House of Commons
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The Bill I am introducing today would redefine schools and education settings as “essential infrastructure”, alongside power stations, hospitals and food retailers.
It would also bring forward a triple lock to protect our pupils from the disaster of future school closures.
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It’s pouring with rain but that won’t stop me ☔️
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Schools must be kept open and reopen as planned in January to keep our children learning and protect their mental health and wellbeing.
If the JCVI,
@sajidjavid
and the Government are to consider vaccinations for children aged 5-11 there must be 100% parental consent👇
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Given that Scotland is likely to to open some schools in next couple of weeks 👉 and given that
@PHE_uk
say Primary Schools are 'safe to open soon' 👉 surely England can lead by example and at least open Primary Schools before 8 March? 👇
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This is grim news from
@SianGriffiths6
@thesundaytimes
@thetimes
for pupils & parents. We need to get our children learning again. The engine of Government should be directed towards opening our schools. We face an epidemic of educational poverty & mental health otherwise 👇
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“We’re going to keep taxes low, raise the national living wage and cut business rates for pubs, shops and cinemas.” -
@BorisJohnson
That is true One Nation Conservatism. That is the true workers’ party. That is the
@Conservatives
.
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Pretty extraordinary and appalling for
@PayPalUK
@PayPal
to randomly close account down of
@UsforThemUK
- a voluntary group of parents fighting for children and against school closures during lockdown👇
Our co-founder on
@PayPalUK
cancelling us & retaining ££s:
“It is extremely hard not to draw the conclusion that this is a politically motivated cancellation of an organisation that in some way offends PayPal”
RT
#BoycottPayPal
if you agree it's sinister
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Scientists say 'safe' to at least open Primary Schools after half-term. Prof Robert Dingwall of Nervtag ➡️ "There isn't a case for keeping kids off until 8 March. Epidemiology Prof Woolhouse
@EdinburghUni
➡️ "there's never been a surge in cases when schools have re-opened" ⬇️
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This new book 'THE CHILDREN'S INQUIRY published by
@pinterandmartin
by
@UsforThemUK
@thatsmanderley
@lensiseethrough
& in
@DailyMailUK
@MailOnline
sets out all too clearly the devastating damage to children from school closures to most pupils during Lockdown. Well worth a read 👇
UsForThem co-founders
@thatsmanderley
and
@lensiseethrough
reveal in their new book
#THECHILDRENSINQUIRY
that in April 2020 a warning by Sage that Covid school closures would devastate pupils was IGNORED
@pinterandmartin
via
@MailOnline
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"Absolutely critical that we keep children in schools". This from respected Professor Sir Andy Pollard" in
@CommonsSTC
@HouseofCommons
👇
Professor Sir Andy Pollard today on the need to move away from mass testing of well kids in Schools👇🏽
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Last night, I voted for the Trade Bill and I just want to set the record straight on some myths that have been flying around.
“The NHS will be sold off” - completely untrue.
“We will have chlorinated chicken” - completely untrue.
👇👇👇
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A personal statement from the Rt Hon Robert Halfon MP, Member of Parliament for Harlow and the villages and the Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education. 👇
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@RokerReport
Very Good luck to you
@RokerReport
in the cup. My Apologies to all again for a mega- twattish tweet I wrote in 2014.
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If we want to succeed as a Party we should not fall into Toby Young type elephant traps.
My article for
@thesundaytimes
@timesredbox
here : and below:
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Given media speculation on schools no longer opening post Feb half-term, I've written to Speaker
@LindsayHoyle_MP
to ask for
@HouseofCommons
Urgent Question to get clarity from
@educationgovuk
& an education routemap out of coronavirus to get children learning again at school 👇
Monday’s GUARDIAN: “No guarantee schools will reopen after Easter, government warns”
#TomorrowsPapersToday
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A confirmatory referendum so called 'peoples vote' is no such thing. It is a Cheaters Vote without legitimacy, undermining political trust and our democracy.
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The four horses of the education apocalypse are galloping towards pupils: a big loss of education attainment, huge rise in mental health problems, significant safeguarding hazards and a future loss of earnings of £40,000 per pupil.
We must open schools sooner rather than later.
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If sadly Govt moving inexorably to more school closures 👉
@educationgovuk
should 1. Do risk assessment on impact on children re lost learning & mental health 2. make sure teachers & support staff are priority for Vaccines 3. Rocket boost catch-up fund.
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1/ I'm delighted that the Bill I'm introducing is backed by both the current Children's Commissioner,
@Rachel_deSouza
and the former Children's Commissioner,
@annelongfield
.
Working with the inspirational
@UsforThemUK
, this Bill would protect millions of pupils...
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"Oh Lord, give me chastity but Lord do not give it yet" - St Augustine 👇
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1/ My Urgent Question in the House of Commons about the horrific antisemitic attacks in recent days:
In a 2018 House of Commons debate on antisemitism, I said the air had grown tighter for Jews - “when you feel very hot, you undo a button on your shirt and your mouth goes dry”.
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Proof that
@Keir_Starmer
, step by step is de-Corbynising the Labour Party - showing that he is a force to be reckoned with and that no
@conservatives
can afford to be complacent about his leadership or our strong parliamentary majority👇
BREAKING: Sir Keir Starmer's spokesperson says the Labour leader has asked Rebecca Long-Bailey to step down from the shadow cabinet.
Get the latest on this story here:
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I had real concerns about mask-wearing policy for children in school, especially those with special educational needs, or who are hard of hearing and strongly welcome the announcement from
@BorisJohnson
and
@nadhimzahawi
that from tomorrow this will no longer be the case.
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Today I am introducing a new Bill which would protect millions of pupils from the disaster of future school closures with a new triple lock.
I’m not a lockdown sceptic but I am a school-down sceptic.
Read more about my Bill:
#EducationIsEssential
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This is why our
@HouseofCommons
@CommonsEd
Committee is conducting am inquiry into those pupils left behind in education, starting with white working class boys and girls. See
@DailyMailUK
@MailOnline
@MoS_Politics
👇
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Sir Keir Starmer allowing someone like Azhar Ali to stand for the Labour party is telling.
Disappointing to hear Pat McFadden back him and begs the question, has the Labour Party really changed?
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.
@MattHancock
and
@BorisJohnson
could not have been clearer...
THE NHS IS NOT AND WILL NEVER BE UP FOR SALE.
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Is this what
@10DowningStreet
meant when they talked about ending burning injustices? A McTax on working people when they buy a Milkshake at McDonald's? For goodness sake. Stop hammering people with taxes and cut the cost of living.
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University students are being conned.
If Universities are going to behave in this way, the
@officestudents
and
@educationgovuk
must take action to ensure that students get refunds on their fees.
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I Will be backing Prime Minister
@theresa_may
in this evening's
#NoConfidence
vote. The country faces great uncertainty, now is not the time to make it worse. My one ask of PM is to genuinely and passionately reboot
#socialjustice
agenda for our country.
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Over the past 18 months we have seen the devastating impact that school closures have on young people in terms of mental health, safeguarding, educational attainment and life chances.
We can never allow our schools to be closed again.
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"No data to show schools driving spread of coronavirus, but mounting evidence closures are damaging children" 👉 Also, Paper from Professor
@russellviner
@RCPCHtweets
👉 "school closures associated with considerable harms to young people's health & wellbeing" ➡️
@Telegraph
👇
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Serious stuff from Labour this week that may resonate with millions of workers -
@Conservatives
need a thoughtful response to this at conference with a true vision & passion for a
#Workers
@ToryWorkers
#socialjustice
agenda . Predictable responses just won't cut it with public.
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Congratulations
@MarcusRashford
. Much deserved👏👍 👉
Queen’s Birthday Honours 2020: Hero Marcus Rashford gets MBE after winning historic free school meals fight👇
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385,000 children sent home from school & 93,500 children have not even returned to education since schools were fully re-opened. We are in danger of creating a generation of ghost children - destroying their chances to climb the ladder of opportunity. My article in
@Telegraph
👇
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Went to London for dinner. Wish I hadn't. Scumbag football hooligans turn Covent Garden into a disgusting Cesspit
http://t.co/rodb7Bfk47
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The NUS have shown great reluctance to appear before our Committee today. Over many weeks, we have sent 6 emails, made 7 phone calls & just last night, their representative contacted us to say they were not able to attend and would not send a different representative.
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You don't have to always agree with
@piersmorgan
- but he did present pretty extraordinary must-watch TV
@GMB
that spoke to & related to people up & down the land. I hope we are not entering a TV era of vanilla broadcasters - who may never offend or challenge but never entertain.
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For the record, I'm strongly in favour of vaccinations & am glad to have had mine: but they should be encouraged by persuasion not coercion, especially when it comes to getting an education 👉This article by
@lensiseethrough
@UsforThemUK
is worth a read 👇
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The four horsemen of the school closure apocalypse 👉 big loss of education attainment, huge rise in mental health problems, significant safeguarding hazards & now analysis from respected
@TheIFS
shows school shutdown mean a future loss of earnings of £40,000 for each pupil 👇
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Pleased that 53 MPs signed my letter to
@BorisJohnson
and
@hmtreasury
about why we must cut fuel duty or VAT on fuel next week.
As I said in the Commons yesterday, we’re heading for a de-facto lockdown where people have to stay at home because they can’t afford to use their car.
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#TheChildrensInquiry
book shows the damage Covid-19 has had on children's education.
The no. of severely absent pupils has increased to 124,000 with persistent absence rising to 1.7m.
I ask
@nadhimzahawi
on what is being done to get these children back in school. 👇
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Thanks to an extraordinary professor at Great Ormond Street Hospital I managed not only to walk, but also to achieve my childhood dream of serving my local community in Parliament.
The chance that was given to me ignited my love for the NHS.
Our NHS is not for sale.
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Although I voted agnst PM deal in Jan, I am
#voting
for
@theresa_may
#Brexit
deal this eve. Changes made to
#backstop
are welcome.We can be puritanical &risk disaster of 2cnd referendum or be pragmatic- get EU deal thru with GB leaving on 29 March & therefore deliver
#Referendum
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Big thanks to Karen Bradley MP, Chair
@CommonsProcCom
who's done all possible to extend voting to Covid-19 MPs. Also special thank you to opposition member
@vickyfoxcroft
MP for all her campaigning on this. Pleased to have worked together. Good news on proxy voting for Covid MPs
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This is such good news and so important too. Thank you to all teachers, support staff and work done with
@educationgovuk
to make it happen. See
@DailyMailUK
@MailOnline
👇
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Let's not risk an epidemic of educational poverty with extended school closures👉Teachers &support staff a priority for vaccination, rocket-boost catch-up fund for disadvantaged children, a risk assessment on learning loss, mental health&safeguarding. My article
@Daily_Express
👇
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One of the core reasons I’m supporting
@RishiSunak
is his plan for education
✅British Baccalaureate
✅More support for technical & vocational education
✅Increase in Apprenticeships
#SpreadingOpportunity
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I've voted for
@BorisJohnson
because he will deliver for
#Harlow
:
✓ Cut taxes for the lower paid
✓ Increase the National Living Wage
✓ Invest in education
✓ Protect our NHS
✓ Boost our infrastructure
✓ Deliver Brexit by 31 October
✓ 20,000 more police officers
@BackBoris
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We need to get all our children learning again because of the damage that has been done to their academic attainment, mental health, safeguarding & life chances.
Parents will hope that this proposal for Union strike action & 'class struggle' is ignored 👇
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A true honour to have been re-elected as the Chair of the Education Select Committee.
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By standing up for white van men and women and focussing on the people’s priorities,
@BorisJohnson
can get back on track.
We need 'Operation Cut the Cost of Living', 'Operation Affordable Housing' and 'Operation Social Justice'.
My comments in the
@Daily_Express
👇
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8/ As a proud British Jewish MP, I never imagined that I would live at a time when myself and the Jewish community would question whether Britain is a safe place for Jews anymore.
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Sadly it looks like England has entered Guinness Book of Records for record 1.13million children out of school in last week of term. This must not continue in September. 👇
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The devastating impact of school closures and the pandemic on young people has been laid bare in the recent
@Ofstednews
report and by
@lensiseethrough
@UsforThemUK
@ExpressOGrady
in the
@Daily_Express
today.
The four horsemen of the school closure apocalypse👇
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Far from being a
#villain
#WinstonChurchill
was not only our greatest
#PrimeMinister
but a champion of
#socialreform
and the man who defeated Nazi tyranny. Also the MP for our area between 1924 to 1945, and we are proud he was our MP. Thank you
@andrealeadsom
for your support!
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Worth a read from the former Children's Laureate, Secondary School Teacher & Author of the Gruffalo, Julia Donaldson 👉"masks for children are dystopian..."👇
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I have just voted to deliver Brexit on October 31st.
🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
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