What has Taiwo Owatemi been up to today?
Taiwo Owatemi is MP for Coventry North West and a member of the Labour party.
Taiwo Owatemi has 21331 followers on Twitter.
🏳️🌈Great to hear many of my @UKLabour colleagues speak in the #50YearsofPride debate in Parliament today.
We must continue to stand up for LGBTQ+ rights in the UK and around the world.
On the 50th anniversary of #pride roll back of #LGBT rights are happening right now. Equality is not a one way street - it can and is being reversed at home and abroad.
Now is the time for us to wake from comfortable complacency to stand up for everyone in our big LGBT family.
📣 Exciting opportunity for a new Mental Health Co-ordinator at @SBitC_CCFC
Find out more and apply below! 👇🏿
https://www.ccfc.co.uk/news/2022/june/vacancy-mental-health-co-ordinator-at-sky-blues-in-the-community/
I was honoured to host a @UKLabour reception for Black, Asian and minority ethnic business leaders yesterday.
We were joined by inspiring leaders and entrepreneurs to celebrate their success.
Thanks to speakers @RachelReevesMP, @vaughangething, @Moslek_Uddin, and Serlina Boyd
Our Parliament & HealthTech Conference 2022 had the pleasure of welcoming
🔬@SyedKamall, Minister for Innovation
👩⚕️@TaiwoOwatemi MP
🩺@SamRobertsNHS, CEO of NICE
and many more UK health stakeholders as panellists and attendees💙
Watch the highlights ⬇️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahmf9T_Smbg
What a wonderful evening meeting Black, Asian and ethnic minority businesses at our @UKLabour reception tonight.
Inspiring entrepreneurs, brilliant businesses and industry leaders like these are shaping the future of the landscape with their formidable talent.
Great news! Thank you to @covparkranger and residents who have been asking for these important changes 👇
We have been to Coundon hall park erecting tree corrals, we also removed some of the kissing gates to allow more access for all @coventrycc
CYA on Tour🙌Join us and a team of wonderful change makers for a Walk and Talk this Saturday 12pm at Speakers Corner📣We'll be sharing our story of #FacebookHasNoStandards and how YOU can join us is stamping out online hate 👊 but that's not all. 6 more stops on the tour means...
Every week constituents tell me about the difficulties they face accessing GP appointments.
If the government really wants to all they can to solve this crisis, they can start by unleashing the potential of community pharmacists, who could free up to 40 million GP appointments.
🏃🏿There is now less than a month to go until the start of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games - the largest event our region has ever held!
🎟️Don’t miss out, get your tickets now: http://birmingham2022.com/tickets
#B2022
✂️Workers are facing their biggest pay cut in years, as this Tory inflation crisis spirals out of control.
It's time to demand a fair pay rise and a new deal for working people.
Join your workplace Trade Union today. 👇🏿
https://www.tuc.org.uk/join-a-union
#OnThisDay in 1969, LGBT+ people resisted a police raid at the Stonewall Inn in New York, sparking the #Pride movement.
It's so important we celebrate LGBT+ history in this country too.
My thanks to Joseph Galliano for showing me around the excellent @QueerBritain museum.
🛂Over 35,000 people waiting over ten weeks for a passport this year.
⚖️Backlog in crown courts up 25% over the past five years.
🏥Record number of patients waiting for NHS treatment.
🚗Over 740,000 waiting for driving licences.
Welcome to Boris Johnson's #BacklogBritain
📈With inflation at a 40-year high, people are experiencing the greatest squeeze on their living standards in a generation.
Workers have every right to demand better.
This is a Tory cost of living crisis - and it's their job to fix it.
NEW 🚨: Legal opinion shows Grants Shapps has “extensive” powers to step in and help resolve the rail dispute.
Under the Tories' inflation crisis, working people are facing the biggest pay cut in years.
They have every right to fight for a fair pay rise and decent conditions.
Working people must not pay the price for Tory failure. https://twitter.com/LouHaigh/status/1539250212472078337
Rail workers kept our country going during the pandemic.
They deserve fair pay and respect.
Grant Shapps should get around the table with them and resolve this dispute.
"The government's move to replace skilled and safety-critical workers on strike is deliberately inflammatory. It is also a reckless threat to public safety," writes @justinmadders as proposals for breaking strikes using agency workers are published: https://labourlist.org/2022/06/breaking-strikes-using-agency-workers-is-recklessly-gambling-with-public-safety/
🏘️Last week, I attended a meeting for residents of Nauls Mill House, following the fire that took place in the block of flats in April: https://www.itv.com/news/central/2022-04-16/people-evacuated-from-high-rise-flats-following-severe-fire-in-coventry
Thank you to everyone who was able to attend.
Please read on below for a short update👇🏿
👩🏿⚕️ People in Coventry North West tell me every week about the difficulties they have accessing GP surgeries.
This government must finally deliver a plan that lives up to the dedication of our NHS staff, providing GPs and others with the resources they need to do their job.
🎉🌈Last night I joined @LGBTLabour in Parliament to celebrate 50 years of Pride.
Fantastic to be joined by our newest LGBT+ Labour MP @simonlightwood following his fantastic victory in the Wakefield by-election!
🥪☕It was lovely catch up with Cornelia and the team at Papp's Cafe last Friday following their move into new premises on Moseley Avenue!
If you are a resident in the area, please do go along and support them - and have a delicious lunch! #SupportingLocalBusiness
🌹🥫Radford Labour Party are holding a foodbank collection for the Trussell Trust this Saturday, helping to support local residents in need during this cost of living crisis.
📍You will be able to find them outside Tesco on Jubilee Crescent 11am-1pm to drop off donations.
❓I used my most recent Women and Equalities question in Parliament to highlight the case of one of my constituents, who was told the the earliest available appointment was in October 2023.
Thank you to @live_coventry for the coverage👇🏿
https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coventry-woman-cant-appointment-until-24207165
🖼️ It was so lovely to stop by and see the 'Quilt of Love and Hope' that was displayed at Coventry Cathedral over the weekend.
The quilt is made up of patches contributed by grandparents who are estranged from their grandchildren.
Tonight we celebrated 50 years of Pride with some of our fantastic LGBT+ MPs in Parliament.
Wonderful to be joined by @simonlightwood too who was sworn in as the newest LGBT+ Labour MP just this afternoon!
🎖️A fantastic #ArmedForcesDay2022 celebration in Coventry on Saturday!
I was delighted to join Coventrians from across the city to pay tribute to our armed forces communities.
Congratulations @simonlightwood🎉
Good morning...Time to get to work!
Have you been waiting months for a passport or driving licence?
Have your travel plans been disrupted?
Still waiting for a hospital appointment or court date?
Sign our petition if you’re sick of Boris Johnson’s Backlog Britain. 📝
https://action.labour.org.uk/page/107869/petition/1?ea.tracking.id=tw-organic-post
Truly devastating news. My prayers are with everyone impacted by this horrific act.
Chilling, heartbreaking news from Oslo.
My prayers are with the victims and their families.
This is why Pride matters. Oslo Pride may not be happening today, but they will march again because hate will not win.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-61933817
This year, @THTorguk turns 40.
Read this wonderful piece below about the life of Terrance Higgins from two people who knew him best - Rupert Whitaker and Martyn Butler, co-founders of Terrance Higgins Trust. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jun/23/taught-me-love-affection-great-sex-untold-story-terrence-higgins?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
On #ArmedForcesDay, I want to thank our Armed Forces communities.
From deployments abroad in response to the invasion of Ukraine to deployments at home during the COVID pandemic, our Armed Forces are essential to our national defence, as well as our national resilience.
☕Thank you all of the local residents who came along to our Coundon Coffee afternoon today at St George's Church!
📧If you were unable to make it today but have anything you would like to make me aware of, please email taiwo.owatemi.mp@parliament.uk.
🌹It was fantastic to be able to present two of our longest-serving members @CovNWestCLP members, Malcolm Laydon and Frances Crane, with merit awards at our meeting last night.
👏Thank you to Malcolm and Frances for your service and continued commitment to our local party!
This is a devastating step backwards for women's rights in the United States.
Every woman who needs one should have the right to a safe and legal abortion.
Solidarity with every woman affected by this cruel decision. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-61928898
Frustrating and saddening news. The legal right to an abortion is absolutely essential.
To see it stripped away like this is deeply concerning. Hard-won rights always have to be fought for, every day.
THE SUPREME COURT HAS OVERTURNED ROE V. WADE, ELIMINATING THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO ABORTION.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/19-1392_6j37.pdf
Oliver has resigned because he can no longer defend the indefensible.
He’s been so busy fighting fires in the Tory Party that he never once replied to my letters.
I’d like to wish Oliver all the best for the future. I’ll be forwarding all my correspondence to his successor. https://twitter.com/OliverDowden/status/1540191893258207232
My letter of resignation to the Prime Minister.
Congratulations to @simonlightwood!
The new Labour MP for Wakefield. 🌹
This evening we were so pleased to present @UKLabour Party certificates of Merit to two of our longest serving and greatest members, Frances Crane and Malcolm Laydon, in honour of their immense contribution to both our CLP and our wider Party.
@CoventryLabour
☕I'm holding a coffee afternoon in Coundon TOMORROW to discuss crime and antisocial in the area with local residents.
Please do come along and raise any issues or problems with me!
Windrush Day marks the anniversary of the arrival of MV Empire Windrush at the Port of Tilbury, near London, on 21 June 1948. Passengers only disembarked a day later, 22 June 1948.
#RefugeeWeek2022 #Healing
BREAKING - please share. https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/police-hunt-missing-coventry-man-24294567
Since Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine in February, countless families have been displaced, with some of these people being given refuge in the UK through the Homes for Ukraine scheme.
🚨 @hopenothate are under attack by #TommyRobinson and #BritainFirst. They’re ambushing their supporters, family members, and making unfounded complaints to the police.
Can you help by chipping into their crowdfunder to deal with the security threats? 👇🏿
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hope-not-hate-under-attack?utm_source=inf&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Back+Hope&utm_content=launch
Thank you so much all involved @birminghamcg22 for the opportunity and all who came down last Sunday 🔥🔥🔥 Our 1st @fridayscoventry outdoor event and it went 🔥🔥🔥 we had food, boxing, wheelchair basketball, football, badminton and more sports activities along side raffle
On #WindrushDay2022, we honour the Windrush generation and their contribution to British society.
Labour supports their fight for justice and compensation from a hostile Conservative Government.
And we will bring in a Race Equality Act to tackle structural racism at source. https://twitter.com/UKLabour/status/1539503453180813313
The Windrush generation helped build Britain.
But the Tories' hostile environment left many homeless, jobless and without healthcare. Victims are still waiting for the justice and compensation they deserve.
Windrush descendent @DavidLammy tells their story. #WindrushDay
The Windrush generation helped build Britain.
But the Tories' hostile environment left many homeless, jobless and without healthcare. Victims are still waiting for the justice and compensation they deserve.
Windrush descendent @DavidLammy tells their story. #WindrushDay
We have a Prime Minister who wants people to believe that we are all the same, that things can’t change.
All I would say to the people of Britain is this:
Judge the Conservatives on their record and judge Labour on ours.
"It is deeply frustrating to hear about the steady erosion in the availability of community pharmacies."
APPG officer @TaiwoOwatemi highlights the impact of community pharmacy closures during today's debate in Westminster Hall.
I’m looking for a new Parliamentary Assistant to work alongside me in Westminster. Full details below👇 http://www.w4mpjobs.org/JobDetails.aspx?jobid=84683
Under the Conservatives, working people are facing a nightmare summer of travel chaos.