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St Albans MP calls on the Education Minister to intervene to guarantee extra school places at Beaumont School
Daisy Cooper, MP for St Albans, has written to the Secretary of State for Education, asking for her urgent intervention to facilitate an arrangement that allows Beaumont to offer the 240 places they are prepared to provide this coming academic year Daisy Cooper, MP for St Albans, said: ”There is a mounting storm of anger […]
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Daisy Cooper asks Government to update outdated Treasury rules to protect city centre GP surgeries
On Tuesday the 5 March, Daisy Cooper asked the Government AGAIN to look at their outdated Treasury rules that could price out GP practices from city centres. The Minister and local health board have a different take on what the rules mean Daisy Cooper asked for an urgent meeting to figure it out so patients […]
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Daisy Cooper MP celebrates World Book Day
World Book Day’s evidence shows that reading for pleasure is the single biggest indicator of a child’s future success – more than their family circumstances, their parents’ educational background or their income. Daisy Cooper said ‘I was delighted to pick up these fab children’s books from the World Book Day event in Parliament and drop […]
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Daisy Cooper MP at Fight the Freight Campaign
Daisy Cooper MP attended Sunday’s packed out community meeting organised by the “Fight the Freight” campaign. The campaign have been granted a day in court to test the lawfulness of Hertfordshire County Council’s land sale – BUT this will cost money. If you want to learn more about the campaign or donate to their cause, […]
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BOOK YOUR TICKETS NOW for an inspirational International Women’s Day event!
Our FREE event at The Barn @ The Horn St Albans on Thurs 7 March will feature three inspirational local residents Tickets are completely FREE, and open to everybody. Tickets are selling fast, so please book now to avoid disappointment
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Update: Blood test booking system at St Albans hospital
After writing to St Albans hospital about residents’ concerns, I received a reply from the hospital setting out some improvements. I have written back again about my remaining concerns. In short: Walk-in appointments are available for urgent requests and since my writing the criteria for urgent blood tests has now been communicated to GPs and […]
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Daisy Cooper MP meets with US Secretary John Kerry at all-party parliamentary climate group
Really interesting discussion with US Secretary John Kerry yesterday in my role as a Vice-Chair of the all-party parliamentary climate group. He’s the US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate and was in London as part of his final visit to Europe ahead of leaving his post as US climate envoy and joining the campaign to […]
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Daisy Cooper joins official ‘unveiling’ of Betty Entwistle’s blue plaque
It was lovely to join the official ‘unveiling’ of a blue plaque on the outside of the Saint & Sinner in St Peter’s Street to commemorate Betty Entwistle, the first female Town Clerk in England who went on to be CEO at St Albans City and District Council. She was a trailblazer here in St […]
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Ceasefire vote update
Hundreds of St Albans residents have written to me to say how horrified they are that around 1.4 million Palestinians in Rafah are struggling to survive and now face the threat of an imminent military offensive by the Israel Defence Force. On the 21 February, the public looked to Parliament to display grown up politics, […]
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Daisy Cooper MP raises concerns over new blood test booking system
I’m acutely aware that the new blood test booking system at St Albans City hospital has caused huge problems for local residents (and I’ve experienced it myself). The main problem is how long we all now have to wait: it’s days or weeks rather than same-day, which we could all do before when it was […]
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