Uncategorised - Clive Lewis

Casework update

Below is the ‘word cloud’ for all the emails and letters my office and I received last month. We dealt with approximately 1800 cases in June and, as you can see, the topic I received the most correspondence about was #BlackLivesMatter. There are few subjects that have ever elicited such…

Update on pubs re-opening

Tomorrow, pubs and bars are allowed to re-open and many establishments in our city will be welcoming in customers for the first time since March. I know lots of pubs/bars in Norwich have been working hard to introduce appropriate social distancing and other measures to ensure they can operate in…

#ThankYouNHS – and Happy 72nd Birthday!

We’re sending the NHS a thank you card from the nation. On 5th July it will turn 72. What better time to add your name and thank all care workers, doctors, nurses, NHS staff and key workers who put themselves on the line to protect us all. Add your name…

I sign ‘Power of Youth’ pledge

I’ve added my name to this open letter calling on the Prime Minister to hold a dedicated press conference for young people to answer their questions about Covid-19: what it means for them now and in the months to come. It also asks for under-18s to be allowed to submit…

BBC announces cuts to regional shows

Today, the BBC has announced its intention to drastically scale back its regional TV, radio and online output. While not unexpected (I previously tabled an EDM against these cuts: https://edm.parliament.uk/early-day-motion/57121/bbc-inside-out-and-politics-east), this news is still unwelcome. Regional broadcasting is a vital way of holding those in power to account, and produces…

Norwich Theatre Royal job losses

It was really upsetting to hear that Norwich Theatre Royal is having to cut 113 jobs in a desperate bid to secure its future. The theatre has seen its income reduced to effectively zero overnight and unlike its publicly funded peers, doesn’t have a cushion of existing grant funding. Theatres…

Launch of ‘Reset’ project

Over the weekend, Reset – a ground-breaking initiative co-chaired by Caroline Lucas MP and myself – was launched. Reset’s aim is to bring people and politicians together, to reflect on the crisis we’ve just been through and share what we’ve learnt. A national survey will offer the public a chance…

I co-sign APPG on Air Pollution letter

I’ve co-signed this letter calling on the Prime Minister to back a clear air strategy to reduce the risk of coronavirus – and to form a key part of an economic recovery that puts public health and the environment centre stage. The APPG (All Party Parliamentary Group) on air pollution…

Letter supporting local theatres

Today, I joined five other MPs who represent constituencies with large and successfull regional theatres in writing to the Minister for Digital and Culture to push for more support for such venues. In March, these theatres saw their income reduced to effectively zero overnight as they don’t have the cushion…

Norfolk Tories U-turn on care cuts

I welcome the news that Norfolk Tories have U-turned on the next phase of cuts to the care disabled working age adults in our county recieve – but it doesn’t detract from the fact these cruel cuts should have been scrapped long ago. The changes to the amount of money…

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