Today saw a new low for Labour in our county.

First they refused to carry out an internal review into the transfer of Covid positive patients into our care homes. We have the highest death rate in care homes in the whole country.

Then they refused to carry out an independent review into the impact of covid on our care homes. Families have lost hundreds of relatives in our care homes.

And then, they submitted and voted on a motion completely undermining the efforts of our health services in our county with a vote of no confidence in our test and trace system, with not a single recommendation of how to improve it.

Do not listen to Labour: Testing is essential to getting this pandemic under control.

I urge everyone if they feel ill and think they may have Covid symptoms to get a test. We have a serious problem right now in our area and we must all do all we can to make sure we get the case numbers down. We must not allow Labour to undermine our health professionals and NHS.

I raised concerns about our area in the public meeting today directly with the Director of Public Health and with Mamie and Amanda continue to push for more direct action in our area including far better communication from authorities and action on the ground.