Wishing you and your loved ones a Happy New Year.
© Gary Manhine
My office will be shut over the Christmas period from 1pm on Friday 24 December and will re-open on Tuesday 4 January. During that time my emails and phones will not be monitored daily.
For urgent assistance, please see below for a list of services that should be able to offer assistance.
I hope you all have a safe festive period.
I've prepared a festive video as my Christmas e-card this year (see above). Please feel free to share with your friends and colleagues.
I hope you have a safe festive period.
Best wishes for Christmas and the new year.
There's a good part-time job opportunity at Hackney City Farm as an Eco Therapy Facilitator for the Common Earth group.
The group formed out of a collaboration between the Gaia Therapy Collective, a newly formed collective of politically engaged eco-therapists located at Hackney City Farm, and the farm itself.
It has been running for the past year and is for people of colour who are feeling lonely or isolated to develop healthy relationships with themselves, each other, and the wider natural world.
I recently met with the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, Helen Whately MP, to raise concerns about the impact of these proposals on small brewers. Please click the pdf link below for a government briefing on the issue, which may be of interest.
Read my Monthly Report for December 2021 here.
It is nearly one year since the Government forced through its Brexit deal, which saw Northern Ireland thrown under the bus in the name of Brexit.
I pressed the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland over his Government’s attitude to Northern Ireland.
Since my question, the UK’s chief Brexit negotiator, Lord Frost, resigned and his brief is now the responsibility of the Foreign Secretary, Liz Truss MP. It's vital the Prime Minister gets a grip and acts to ensure a sustainable solution on Northern Ireland is reached.
This week I visited St John at Hackney on Sunday to attend its annual carol service by candlelight. It was a wonderful way to usher in the Christmas season.
I pressed the Chief Executive of the NHS about the booster jab rollout.
I also asked when the Government informed the NHS about Sunday’s announcement. See the video above.
If you haven’t booked your booster, please do so now by clicking here.
You can also volunteer to help with the booster jab rollout. See here for further information.
Individual freedom cannot be at the expense of wider freedoms. We have a public health responsibility to one another in a pandemic.
With Omicron set to become the dominant variant in London, it is clear that we must take immediate action to slow its spread. That is why I voted in support of the Government's Plan B measures. These include mandatory face masks in shops and public transport, PCR testing for all international arrivals, daily rapid testing for anyone in contact with someone infected with COVID-19, and COVID passes.