The UK government is in urgent talks with the EU over joining its vaccine scheme, the Financial Times [£] has reported. Layla Moran has written to health secretary Matt Hancock urging him to join the EU vaccines scheme.

Responding to Health Secretary Matt Hancock's refusal to commit to a pay rise for NHS workers in an interview with Andrew Marr on Sunday, Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran commented: “Nurses and care workers on the frontline against Covid-19 need more than a round of applause, they need a decent wage. It cannot be right that some of those we rely on the most at this time of crisis are being paid the least.

Responding to the government's announcement of the package to support the UK's struggling theatres, music venues, and museums, Layla Moran said:  "This announcement was long overdue, but it's good the government have finally listened to calls to set up a fund to rescue the struggling arts sector."

On National Meadows Day (4th July 2020), Layla Moran has called for Oxfordshire “to lead the way in the fight against the nature emergency.” It comes after the MP visited one of Britain’s last wildflower meadows at the Long Mead Local Wildlife site last weekend.

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.