Almost 20,000 care home residents have died with coronavirus, the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have revealed.

Speaking on the two year anniversary since the UK Government announced that it would ban conversion therapy, Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran commented "The Government must urgently protect people by making LGBTQ+ conversion therapy illegal. People should not have had to wait two years for action on this vital issue."

Layla Moran MP has responded to the latest figures showing one in four people with coronavirus are still being missed under the Test and Trace system.

Layla Moran MP has written to 11 companies who benefited from slavery named in a major academic database held by University College London (UCL) asking them to donate to BAME charities.

Marking 100 days since the UK entered lockdown, Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran said: “Over the last 100 days we have seen some of our darkest moments and we are not in the clear yet. Covid-19 is not done with us.

Layla Moran MP has responded to comments from Work and Pensions Secretary Theresa Coffey suggesting the government is refusing to extend the current ban on benefit sanctions.

Responding to Boris Johnson's speech today claiming to be setting out a "New Deal", Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran said:  “This speech appears to be in breach of the Trades Descriptions Act. FDR built the Hoover Dam but today we learned that our equivalent will be a new bridge in Sandwell.

Responding to the news that statutory sick pay will be taken away from 1st August for those shielding due to coronavirus, Liberal Democrat MP  Layla Moran has called for the benefit to continue for those still unable to return to work. 

Layla Moran has called on the government to urgently step up support for self-isolating workers, after Boris Johnson said at last week's PMQs that “nobody should be penalised for doing the right thing”.  

Layla Moran MP has reiterated her call for the government to extend its compensation scheme to all key workers who lose their lives on the Covid-19 front line, including transport workers.