Stopping daily coronavirus tests data shows ministers "covering up for their own failures"
Responding to the news the government won't be publishing daily data on the number of people tested for coronavirus, Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran said: “First the government cancelled the daily press conferences, now they’ve stopped publishing the numbers of people who’ve actually been tested for coronavirus.
PM's care home comments: MPs calls on Boris Johnson to apologise
Layla Moran has joined senior MPs including Caroline Lucas and Clive Lewis to urge the Prime Minister to apologise for his comments on care homes.
EU vaccines scheme: Govt must put people's lives before politics
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.
Nurses and care workers need more than round of applause, they need a decent wage
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.
Read moreBailout for theatres and music venues is long overdue
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, Layla Moran calls for more biodiversity projects “in the fight against the nature emergency”
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.
20,000 care home deaths show urgent reforms needed ahead of potential second wave
Almost 20,000 care home residents have died with coronavirus, the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have revealed.
Two years is too long for action on LGBTQ+ conversion therapy ban
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 urges firms to with historical links to slavery to donate to BAME charities
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.