The stated intentions in the government’s Ukrainian refugee scheme are worthy but being worthy is not enough.
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The Conservatives have failed on energy and working families are paying the price.
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Today, I called on the Prime Minister to end isolation in care homes and hospitals - it’s having dire and tragic consequences on thousands of families.
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Peter Dowd MP backs the Bill for paid bereavement leave for employees.
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Yesterday I signed the Book of Solidarity in Parliament in support of the people of Ukraine.
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Today is #WorldCancerDay. You can get in touch with Macmillan Cancer for advice, support or even just a listening ear.
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This week Peter Dowd MP signed the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment, in doing so pledging his commitment to Holocaust Memorial Day and honouring those who were murdered during the Holocaust as well as paying tribute to the extraordinary Holocaust survivors who work tirelessly to educate young people today.
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Today, Peter told the Secretary of State today that the levelling-up funding is not fair, transparent or equitable. Rather than using it to tackle the deeply ingrained inequalities that exist in our country as a result of what they’ve done with 12 years of austerity, They are spending money in arears to attempt to secure their own political future whilst arears like Bootle get nothing.
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Peter Dowd MP supports the calls for a Hillsborough Law being introduced.
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Peter Dowd MP has signed up to the campaign to introduce paid leave for families who experience a miscarriage before 24 weeks.
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The Health and Care Bill which the government voted through this week represents a rushed, top-down reorganisation of our NHS. It will fail to integrate health and social care, erode local accountability, and includes plans for people with high care needs and assets under £186k paying more for their care.
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Peter Dowd MP spoke against the governments Health and Care Bill plans.
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Following the Chancellors Budget statement, Peter Dowd MP took park in the Budget Debate in the House of Commons.
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Peter Dowd MP, along with his Labour colleagues like Barry Gardiner to stop Fire and Rehire tactics being used in the workplace.
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Peter Dowd MP joins the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Osteoporosis and Bone Health in the lead up to World Osteoporosis Day to improve policy around osteoporosis.
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MPs on both sides of the chamber delivered passionate speeches in the Commons this week during a debate on proposed reforms to the criminal justice system to better deal with public disasters.
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Fire and rehire should be outlawed. Allowing working people to be bullied on to lower wages and worse terms and conditions is both morally wrong and economically damaging.
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Last week Peter was one of more than 100 cross party MPs to write to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to seek his support of a UK ban on the import and sale of animal fur.
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Wishing all our GB athletes all the best on their trip to Tokyo! The whole country is behind you and we cannot wait to watch you and the whole of Paralympics GM team achieve Tokyo2020. Particular shout out to Beth Munro who I believe is a constituent - good luck!
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This weeks ruling from the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman reinforces what we’ve known all along - the DWP failed to adequately inform millions of women that their pension age was increasing.
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