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UPDATED – Coronavirus Guidance for Remembrance Services
5 November 2020 The latest guidance for organisations arranging Remembrance Sunday events is available online here. Event organisers should keep the numbers of those participating to a minimum. Social distancing must be maintained at all times. Members of the public...
Update from Director of Public Health
Kevan has received an update from the County Durham Director of Public Health which is available below: Dear all, I would like to update you in relation to Covid19 data and cases. We are in the process of developing a daily dashboard which will provide further timely...
Kevan calls on Government to sort out Test and Trace and Childcare Issues
Kevan Jones MP has today written to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to raise concerns about the impact of the new restrictions in the North East. A copy of the letter is available below. Impact of Coronavirus Problems in the North East ...
Update from Director of Public Health – Stanley Empire Club
Kevan has received an update from the Director of Public Health regarding Stanley Empire Club. The full update is available below: Message sent on behalf of Amanda Healy, Director of Public Health: Public Health England have today confirmed a further four linked cases...
Tanfield Lea Post Office
Kevan Jones, Member of Parliament for North Durham has written to the Post Office to raise concerns about the future of the Post Office in Tanfield Lea following the resignation of the postmaster. Kevan had been contacted by a number of constituents about this issue,...
Medical Tribunal finds cosmetic surgeon’s behaviour was ‘thoroughly reprehensible’
Kevan Jones, Member of Parliament for North Durham has welcomed the decision of the Medical Practitioner’s Tribunals Service to erase Italian surgeon Dr Paganelli from the General Medical Council’s medical register for misconduct, which prevents him from practising in...
Kevan Calls for Greater Transparency of EPL Takeover Process
Today, The Rt Hon Kevan Jones, MP for North Durham, wrote to the Chief Executive of the Premier League to express his concern at the current levels of scrutiny applied to the takeover of Premier League clubs. This came after the withdrawal of PIF, PCP Capital Partners...
Guidance on School Transport
Kevan Jones MP has written to the Secretary of State for Education about the lack of guidance from the Department for Education regarding school transport arrangements. The letter was also signed by Mary Foy, MP for the City of Durham and by Grahame Morris, the MP for...
Kevan questions Chancellor on Coronavirus Funding for County Durham
Kevan Jones, Member of Parliament for North Durham today questioned the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak MP on the funding support provided to local authorities, such as Durham County Council. Kevan said: "At the beginning of this crisis, the Chancellor said...
Coronavirus Testing Data
Kevan Jones, Member for Parliament for North Durham has signed a joint letter to the Secretary of State for Health about the availability of testing data to Local Authorities. The letter was also signed by the Member of Parliament for the City of Durham, Mary Foy, and...