Weekly updates - Olivia Blake

Olivia’s weekly roundup: 12th February

😷 This week the Public Accounts Committee, of which I am a member, published a report into government provision of PPE during the pandemic. It is vital the government learn from errors highlighted in the report, so no frontline worker is made to put their life on the line again.…

Olivia’s weekly roundup: 5th February

✊🏾 ✊ This week I held my first Climate Assembly with the people of Hallam. More than 100 people came along to discuss their vision for green transport in Hallam. Huge thanks to everyone who came and contributed ideas. I’m already looking forward to the next Assembly on the 4th…

Olivia’s weekly roundup: 29th January

🌎 This week I launched a project with my constituents to create a Hallam Citizens’ Climate Manifesto, to decide what action we want to see come out of the UN climate talks COP26, and what steps we want to take locally to implement a post-covid green recovery. Find out more…

Olivia’s weekly roundup: 22nd Jan

🖊 This week the government once again refused to cancel the cut to Universal Credit planned for April this year. I wrote to Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey to ask her to urgently re-think this plan so that 700,000 more people, including 300,000 children, aren’t pushed into poverty overnight.…

Olivia’s weekly roundup: 15th Jan

🐝 This week, many of you have written to me to share your concerns about the government’s plan to lift the ban on neonicotinoids. I fully support these concerns and along with my labour colleagues will be campaigning to stop this. The Labour Shadow Environment Secretary has asked for an…

Olivia’s weekly roundup: 8th Jan

Thank you to my constituents who have gotten in touch with me this week to raise concerns about the serious gaps in Covid support, or the inconsistencies in the new lockdown restrictions. I have been working hard to share these concerns and hold the government to account over their Covid…

Olivia’s weekly roundup: 18th December

😊 This week I welcomed changes to NHS rules so that pregnant women can have one person with them at all times during maternity appointments, labour and after birth. I have been campaigning on this issue ever since my constituents raised it with me earlier this year, and I have…

Olivia’s weekly roundup: 11th December

🏠 A few weeks ago, I questioned the government over their failed Starter Homes programme – which saw none of the 200,000 promised homes delivered. This week our Public Accounts Committee report was published, calling on the government to ditch the false promises and set out clear, staged, funded plans…

Olivia’s weekly roundup: 4th December

🌎 This week I questioned government officials over their long-term environmental goals, and specifically their long overdue strategy for restoring our peatlands. Peatland restoration is a natural solution to the climate emergency, helping to lock carbon into the ground. I will continue to hold the government to account until a…

Olivia’s weekly roundup: 20th Nov

🔥 This week I secured a Westminster Hall debate on moorland burning – calling on the government to #BanTheBurn completely, so we can reach net-zero and tackle the climate emergency, halt biodiversity loss, and protect our communities from flooding. You can read more about this campaign and listen to my…

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