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On tour: Rupa Huq with Jobcentre staff on a visit in October EALING Central and Acton MP Rupa Huq is calling for urgent action to save livelihoods after the number of benefits claimants in the constituency rose by 178% in a year.  There were 7,375 people claiming unemployment-related benefits this November, equivalent to 8.7% of the population aged 16-64*. The figure is up by 4,720 since November last year. The claimant rate in Ealing Central and Acton is higher than the national equivalent, which stands at 6.3%. Ms Huq said job losses were hitting young people particularly hard. The...

The Ealing Central & Acton MP today received confirmation of plans to roll out coronavirus testing in schools in the new year, following her challenge to the Education Secretary in the House of Commons last week.  In a meeting earlier today with other London MP’s, City Hall and Public Health England, Rupa Huq received clarification that mass covid testing is expected in Ealing secondary schools in early 2021. Huq previously pressed Education Secretary Gavin Williamson MP to “compensate” schools in the area that have struggled with Covid-19, amid reports that at least 80 percent of ...