Layla Moran has said news that suggestions for green travel schemes in Abingdon or the Vale of White Horse were excluded from Oxfordshire County Council’s Active Travel Fund tranche 2 bid to Whitehall is “very disappointing”.  Layla has called on everyone in the community to sign the local Lib Dems’ petition to make their voices heard. 

Layla Moran MP has joined cross-party efforts led by Liberal Democrat MP Sarah Olney demanding the Government provide more funding to the events and enterprise sector, an industry particularly struggling due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Layla Moran, Lib Dem MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, has said she’s “delighted” to be taking part in UK Parliament Week, as she prepares to virtually visit classrooms and after-school clubs in her constituency this week. 

Responding to the Prime Minister’s statement on a second national lockdown at Saturday's Downing Street press conference, Lib Dem MP for Oxford West and Abingdon Layla Moran said: “We must break the cycle of ‘boom and bust’ lockdowns. The Government’s approach to the pandemic has already led us to a worst-of-both-worlds situation in which we have among the highest number of deaths and worst economic outlook anywhere."

Layla Moran, Lib Dem MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, has responded to the announcement that Oxford will move to Tier 2 coronavirus restrictions. 

Layla Moran MP has today called on veterans to take advantage of the new Veterans Railcard, which offers those eligible 1/3 off rail travel. The new railcard, which will offer a discount to the 830,000 veterans who are not already entitled to reductions, will begin discounting rail fares from the 5^th November.

Layla Moran MP has responded to leading Lib Dem and Green councillors on the Vale of White Horse and South Oxfordshire District Councils calling on the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to move Oxfordshire to Tier 2 status.

Layla Moran, Lib Dem MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, said it was “an honour” to join staff and school children at Hill End Education Centre last Friday (16th October) to celebrate their centenary, and called on the Government to “give the sector the support it badly needs before we lose it forever.”

Layla Moran MP has called on the Government to accept “common sense amendments” made by the House of Lords to the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill, ahead of votes in the Commons tonight.

In a Westminster Hall debate on China’s treatment of the Uyghurs on Monday evening (12th October), Layla Moran, Lib Dem MP for Oxford West and Abingdon and Lib Dem Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, named and shamed companies whose supply chains are allegedly connected to the human rights abuses.