Uncategorised - Clive Lewis

Sign the petition: Save UnionLearn

A number of constituents have contacted me in recent days regarding the government’s intention to axe the Union Learning Fund, administered by Unionlearn. Unionlearn supports over 200,000 workers each year: from helping people learn basic literacy and numeracy skills, through to apprenticeships and degree level qualifications.This is a vital resource…

Time to Reset APPG

With Green Party MP Caroline Lucas, I co-chair the APPG on the Green New Deal. The Group’s Reset inquiry asked over 57,000 members of the public, including three nationally representative polls, what they wanted a post-COVID society to look like and found the public to be way ahead of ministers…

Remembrance Sunday

This year marks seventy-five years since the end of the Second World War. Whilst #RemembranceSunday will be marked differently this year, I was still able to lay a wreath and pay my respects to those servicemen and women and civilians killed in war. #LestWeForget.

New nation-wide lockdown announced

Local press asked me to comment on the prime minister’s announcement of another national lockdown. You can read what I said in the linked article. https://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/politics/norwich-mp-clive-lewis-slams-government-covid-approach-1-6910618?fbclid=IwAR15fGdzLQ1G2MQ2qUgz6DyorzYpOgrE2LMw8uwtcyeNekFnO9l_wZI7p4s

Free School Meals – how Norwich is backing the campaign

Labour-led Norwich City Council has announced it will donate £10,000 to charitable causes who are helping to feed hungry children. This is in response to the Tory government’s refusal to carry on providing free school meals for those who need them during school holidays. Once again, our local Labour council…

EHRC report statement

This morning, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) published their report into antisemitism in the Labour Party. The Party has a dedicated EHRC Report webpage (linked) with a Q&A about the report and its recommendations as well as Keir Starmer’s response. I know that a lot of Jewish people,…

Care home visits – letter to Secretary of State

Covid-19 has presented considerable challenges for care homes and the wider care sector. One issue a number of constituents have raised with me is the increasingly difficult situation with regards to visiting relatives in care homes. In the letter below, I reiterate some of these concerns to Matt Hancock, Secretary…

Update: Covid-19 in Norwich

The incidence rate of Covid-19 has been on the rise in Norwich, and this is obviously a concern to many of my constituents. I’m joining with other community leaders in Norwich to urge everyone, across all ages and areas, to continue working together to curb this rise. I know the…

Campaign for memorial to victims of slave trade

On behalf of Memorial 2007, I have recently been asking for MPs support in creating a memorial to remember the victims of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Slavery. There is currently no major memorial in Britain to commemorate the victims of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Slavery. We believe there…

I meet with UEA representatives to discuss Covid-19 crisis

I visited the University of East Anglia (UEA) to discuss Covid-19 and its effect on students and staff. I had a socially distanced tour of the campus to see first-hand the precautions being taken by the university to prevent the spread of the virus. I also met with UEA vice-chancellor,…

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