Cervical Cancer Prevention Week
This week marks Cervical Cancer Prevention Week, and at Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust they are launching our biggest campaign yet. Together, we can work towards a day where cervical cancer is a thing of the past. Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust are raising awareness of the role of HPV vaccines and cervical screening in preventing cervical […]
Retained EU Law Bill
An incredible amount of constituents have contacted me in recent days to express their concern over the Government’s intentions regarding the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill. I want to start by thanking those constituents have taken the time to write to me about this hugely important issue. I take votes on such matters […]
New Year Message from Paula
Happy New Year to everybody across Liverpool Wavertree I hope everybody across all the communities of Liverpool Wavertree had a restful festive period and a wonderful New Year. This was the first festive period in a few years where the pandemic was not front and centre of national life and for many, it would have […]
Join me at my Cost-of-Living Drop-Ins
Cost-of-Living Drop Ins Alongside partners, I am hosting several cost-of-living drop-ins across my constituency in the coming weeks and urge any constituent wanting some advice to come along. No registration is required. I am holding events at the following: – Thursday 17th November 2022 @ 5.30pm-7.30pm (Big Help Project, 212 Boaler Street, L6 6AE) – […]
Remembrance Weekend
Remembering our Fallen November is the month of remembrance, and I have attended several events in London and in the constituency. I have attended events alongside the Royal British Legion and will be attended the Remembrance Sunday service at St George’s Hall. Our soldiers made the ultimate sacrifice and their memory lives on in the […]
Paula Barker MP appointed as Shadow Minister for Homelessness and Rough Sleeping
Shadow Minister for Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Today, October 28, 2022, I am delighted to confirm that I have been appointed to the role of Shadow Minister for Homelessness and Rough Sleeping. It comes at a time when tackling this issue could not be more serious or pressing as renters struggle with the highest private […]
Paula on the Cost-of-Living Crisis
The cost-of-living crisis is causing a great deal of anxiety for many people across my Liverpool Wavertree constituency. Through my surgeries, the work my office does day in and day out and the foodbank we run in Wavertree, I know first-hand that our people are at the sharp end of an economic crisis not of […]
Paula meets with the Alzheimer’s Society
Paula learns barriers to dementia diagnosis at the Labour Party Conference I was given a unique insight into the barriers to diagnosis that people living with dementia face at the recent Labour Party Conference. As part of Alzheimer’s Society’s campaign to ensure everyone living with dementia receives a timely, accurate and helpful diagnosis, MPs at […]
Paula invites Shadow Veterans Minister to meet local organisations
Shadow Veterans Minister and Liverpool MP sit down with Lord Mayor and Liverpool Veteran organisations (Press Release) Party conference came to an end in Liverpool last Wednesday and before heading off back to her Luton South constituency, shadow minister, Rachel Hopkins MP, stopped by Liverpool Town Hall with local Wavertree MP, Paula Barker, to […]
Cervical screening
Cervical screening (smear tests) save lives, but one in three don’t go when invited. One of the biggest barriers? Work. I am encouraging employers across Liverpool to sign-up to #TimeToTest, and support their workers to look after their health! 2 September is Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month. Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust are the UK’s leading charity in this […]
