YESTERDAY, along with my colleague Kerry McCarthy MP, I attended a meeting between Jeremy Hunt – the Secretary of State for Health – and the family of Layla Rose Ermenekli from Limeside in Oldham. The meeting was called to discuss the Government’s failure to provide Meningitis vaccine to all children.
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Congratulations to Limehurst Primary School
Early this week I was proud to welcome one of our local schools at the British Council in London. Limehurst Primary School in Oldham West & Royton has been awarded the British Council’s prestigious International School Award in recognition of its work to bring the world into the classroom.
Budget 2017: backtracking on 7 years of Tory damage, but missing the path to repairing our public services
DURING HIS budget speech today the Chancellor called the Tories the Government of the future. There were certainly a lot of superficial giveaways designed to make us feel good and massage the chronic problems our country faces, but they failed even to boost the energy of backbench Tories.
Roundtable discussion on Votes at 16 with the Manchester Metropolitan University and students from The Loreto College.
MY FINAL visit in support of Parliament week was attending
Gallery Oldham’s Parliament Education Project with some of Oldham’s finest!
MY SECOND Visit to support Parliament week was an enjoyable morning with young pupils from St Agnes and Mayfield Primary School.
Supporting Parliament Week 2017!
Oldham Hulme Grammar School Parliament Week Event . My first visit as part of Parliament week was attending the fantastic Oldham Hulme Grammar School. I was impressed with the week-long activities the school held such as Mock referendums, promoting Local Council and Youth Council Elections and discussing how democracy works in the UK. It is alwaysContinue reading “Supporting Parliament Week 2017!”
An Inspirational show of appreciation for The Blessed John Henry Newman RC College Year of 2017!
After a long week in Parliament it was a pleasure to have been invited to The Blessed John Henry Newman RC College Presentation evening celebrating the fantastic achievements of the Year 11 students. The atmosphere in the school, the vibe in the hall where excited students, the proud staff and parents had congregated waiting forContinue reading “An Inspirational show of appreciation for The Blessed John Henry Newman RC College Year of 2017!”
Giving our young people a voice in politics
LAST THURSDAY I was presented with the National Youth Voice Star Awards for my lead role in the campaign to lower the voting age. It is a real honour to receive this award, and an even greater honour to have been nominated by our hard working Oldham Youth Council.
