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Happy 73rd birthday, NHS!

Last weekend, I joined Ealing Save Our NHS to celebrate the 73rd birthday of our marvellous health service. The NHS is compassion in action, care with a human face and solidarity writ large. Over the last 18 months, it has had to work for us like never before. We owe…

Rupa Huq MP: Protect Acton. Save lives. Take the vaccine. 💉

18 or over? Walk up and get your jab TODAY at the vaccine bus or centre at St Mary’s Church Hall in Acton like I did. – Thursday 1 July – 10am – 3pm You don’t need an appointment or an NHS number. Protect Acton. Save lives. Take the vaccine.

Another day. Another broken promise.

So many U-turns from Boris Johnson, the man who wrote two columns on EU membership (for and against). He must be getting dizzy. This week he ditched his fondness for an amnesty for undocumented migrants. Will the real Boris Johnson please stand up?

Rupa Huq MP visits revamped Ealing Broadway Station

Earlier this week I had a very exciting behind the scenes look at the revamped Acton Main Line and Ealing Broadway Crossrail stations. Thank you to MTR and TfL for showing me around.

Rupa Huq MP remembers the murder of George Floyd one year on

As I said during a speech to mark one year since the murder of George Floyd, his death cannot be in vain. The murder of George has to be a turning point, in the US, in the UK, and around the world. #GeorgeFloyd #BlackLivesMatter

Rupa Huq MP says: Vote for Grace Quansah in Hanger Hill on 6 May!

The outstanding Ealing activist Grace Quansah has been selected as Labour’s candidate in the Hanger Hill by-election on the 6th of May. I fully endorse Grace’s candidacy: a well-known community leader with 21 years of experience of grassroots activism, Grace will fight tirelessly for all Hanger Hill residents, including marginalised…

Rupa Huq MP speaks out for a third time against Perceval House redevelopment

Ealing’s skyline is set to change forever…

Rupa Huq MP says: Stop the Perceval House redevelopment!

Third time in a month application to plonk 7 assorted inappropriate ugly high rise mostly private sale flat blocks +retail and offices for a population the size of a small town where Ealing’s current council offices &car park is returns 31st. Have your say: https://pam.ealing.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=neighbourComments&keyVal=QFCTIOJM09L00&fbclid=IwAR35W_naYhC2SYD1uD6DiVziQn2RfIYPgHvOkDhVvsmcaDzdG8UA5V_Rpmg

Rupa Huq MP second speech against the Perceval House redevelopment plan

I am gutted by the decision to approve the #PercevalHouse redevelopment plan last night. With over 2000 objections raised, it’s clear that Ealing does not want more monster developments that fail to provide adequate levels of genuinely affordable family housing. The application must be halted to allow for a comprehensive,…

Rupa Huq MP speaks out against the Perceval House redevelopment

A first for me: I spoke at Ealing Council’s Planning Committee meeting last night. Relieved that they have deferred the decision to demolish Perceval House and replace it with high-rise flats as development raises multiple questions. Ealing certainly needs more genuinely affordable housing for working families – over 10,000 families…

Rupa Huq MP visits St John’s Church Covid-19 vaccination centre

I was honoured to meet the brilliant team at St John’s Church in West Ealing, which is currently being used as a Covid-19 vaccination centre. The community effort behind the vaccine rollout has been truly outstanding. Let’s keep it up. Many thanks to Mark Melluish, Mattock Lane Pharmacy, and Mo…

Rupa Huq MP’s Covid-19 vaccine appeal

With more than 12 million people vaccinated in the UK, locals including Konnie Huq, Charlie Brooker, James from The Vamps plus Mayor Abdullah Gulaid and local community and faith figures have teamed up to encourage people everywhere to take the #COVID19Vaccine. Please share widely and take heed.

Rupa Huq MP debates at Cambridge Union

Late last month I visited my alma mater to debate at the #CambridgeUnion. I spoke in favour of the motion “This House believes the end is nigh for American supremacy”, which my side won with a convincing 60-16 majority in the socially distanced chamber. How things have changed since Trump…

Save the UK aviation sector!

A statement from Dr Rupa Huq MP on the future of the UK aviation sector. “With the twin shocks of Brexit and Coronavirus, our aviation sector has been sending out a mayday call since March, with UK connectivity and competitiveness in the balance — but it’s fallen on deaf ears.…

#GavinWilliamsonResign

Gavin Williamson has a track record of incompetence, but reached new levels of recklessness earlier this month with the A-Level results chaos. An Ofqual chief and a top civil servant have both stepped down after hundreds of thousands of students were downgraded. So I have one question for you Gavin:…

Black Lives Matter protest in Acton Park

Hopefully a change is gonna come, because a change is darn well needed. Last weekend, I spoke at a Black Lives Matter protest in Acton Park about where we go forward after the tragic death of George Floyd. Thank you to west London Black Lives Matter and west London Stand…