@Conservatives will continue to stand behind families, children and the most vulnerable throughout this pandemic

We have invested more than £400 million so far to support remote education, including purchasing 1.3 million laptops and tablets for those most in need
@Conservatives The Government has eliminated barriers to remote learning for our poorest students by working with the country’s leading mobile operators to deliver free internet access...
@Conservatives ...This is on top of the more than 54,000 4G routers that have been delivered to schools and colleges to support families without internet access
@Conservatives The minimum standards for remote learning have been strengthened and the Government has introduced a £1 billion Covid catch-up plan to help schools support children who have fallen behind
@Conservatives Every child eligible for a free school meal will continue to benefit from a healthy and nutritious meal while schools are closed, either through schools providing lunch parcels or through our national voucher scheme which launched today
@Conservatives @BucksCouncil was allocated £967,503.82 as part of the £170 million Covid Winter Grant Scheme to support those hardest-hit families most in need with the cost of food, energy, water bills and other essentials over the winter, including over the February half-term
@Conservatives @BucksCouncil @Conservatives have also expanded our Holiday Activities & Food Programme until Christmas 2021

All children eligible for free school meals are able to join a holiday-time programme that provides food and activities during the Easter and Summer holidays as well as Christmas 2021

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18 Jan
The Government’s approach throughout this pandemic has been to support families through a range of measures worth over £280 billion

This has included the furlough scheme, catch up funding for schools, a £500 million Hardship Fund and a £7 billion increase to welfare
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has kept over 9 million people in their jobs and a £500 lump sum support payment can be claimed by people on low incomes who cannot work from home and have lost income as a result of self-isolation in England
Local authorities make these payments; for those in Wycombe, contact @BucksCouncil

buckinghamshire.gov.uk/coronavirus/co…
Read 8 tweets
15 Jan
Covid is a serious disease and our hospitals in Bucks are under real pressure.

One can accept this while opposing lockdowns and restrictions

Hear from Dr Mitra Shahidi from @BucksHealthcare on the pressures facing our hospitals. 👇
@BucksHealthcare Cases and hospitalisations are at serious levels across Wycombe and Bucks.

We must all ensure we comply with the restrictions.

The quicker pressure eases, the quicker Covid restrictions will be lifted.

coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/cases?…

coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/health…
@BucksHealthcare There are reasons to be positive.

We have vaccinated 3 million people and we are the fourth country in the world for vaccinations per capita.

Yesterday, high street pharmacies across the country began to deliver vaccines.
Read 5 tweets
13 Jan
💬 Now that the President of Azad Kashmir has accused India of genocide, Govt must take allegations of human rights abuses in Kashmir seriously.

Disappointed I can’t speak in today’s debate as I am now self-isolating with Covid symptoms awaiting results of an NHS test 🏥
In an article published by @BBCWorld on 16 May 2019, they write “there’s a real concern that those who wield power in today’s India are embracing a culture of impunity”

bbc.co.uk/news/world-asi…
@BBCWorld The same article from @BBCWorld reported in January 2018 an “eight-year-old Muslim girl…in Indian administered Kashmir…was drugged and repeatedly gang-raped and tortured before she was murdered”

bbc.co.uk/news/world-asi…
Read 10 tweets
12 Jan
Govt confirms that 88% of COVID-19 fatalities will be accounted for once the top 4 JCVI groups have been vaccinated 💉

Positive news ☑️

But Govt now needs to publish full details about how and by when people’s freedoms will return as the vaccinations roll out 👇 #Road2Recovery
I am thrilled further Covid-19 vaccination sites in #Wycombe, which I referred to in my question this morning, have been announced.

All GP Led vaccination sites will be operating by 25 January.
The sites which will administer the vaccine are:

-Millbarn Medical Centre
-Highfield Surgery
-Marlow Medical Centre
-Cherrymead Surgery
-The Simpson Centre
-Bourne End & Wooburn Green Medical Centre
-Tower House Surgery
-Desborough Surgery
-Kingswood Surgery
-Priory Surgery
Read 7 tweets
8 Jan
A thread which details the Government’s welfare response during the coronavirus outbreak 👇
Claimants of Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit now receive around £20 more a week and the amount available to support private renters has increased
Changes were made to Statutory Sick Pay, sickness and carer benefits in order to help people follow public health guidelines
Read 12 tweets
30 Dec 20
Listening to grumpy MPs in the Commons today, you might incorrectly think the UK-EU agreement didn’t cover much.

Find the agreements here:

gov.uk/government/pub…

The contents follow below to illustrate scope.
PART ONE: COMMON AND INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS
Title I: General provisions
Title II: Principles of interpretation and definitions
Title III: Institutional framework
PART TWO: TRADE, TRANSPORT, FISHERIES AND OTHER ARRANGEMENTS
HEADING ONE: TRADE
Title I: Trade in goods
Title II: Services and investment
Title III: Digital trade
Title IV: Capital movements, payments, transfers and temporary safeguard measures
Title V: Intellectual property
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