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Dr Kate Chhatwal @katechhatwal.bsky.social · 18h

Delighted to welcome Education Select Committee Chair @helenhayes.bsky.social to the launch of the 3rd cohort of @challengepartners.bsky.social pioneering #SEND Developmental Peer Review today. 1/3

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Clare Woodford @clarewoodford.bsky.social · 8d

@helenhayes.bsky.social thanks so much for visiting @thestrokeassoc.bsky.social stand at #Lab25 and supporting stroke. The UK's 1.4 million stroke survivors need as many parliamentary champions as possible👃

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LabourList @labourlist.bsky.social · 8d

Helen Hayes warns unfair apprenticeship system is failing young people
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Helen Hayes warns unfair apprenticeship system is failing young people – LabourList

A system "heavily weighted towards university" is letting down a generation of young people, chair of the education select committee Helen Hayes has warned. Speaking…

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Marie Curie Policy & Public Affairs @mariecurieppa.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you @helenhayes.bsky.social for speaking with us at #LabourConference about the issues currently faced by terminally ill people 💛

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Education Policy Institute @edupolicyinst.bsky.social · 10d

Packed room today for our discussion on curriculum and assessment reform with @helenhayes.bsky.social and @cambridgeocr.bsky.social

A panel of speakers sits at a long table in front of a packed audience during a discussion on curriculum and assessment reform. Banners for Cambridge OCR and the Education Policy Institute are visible, with a presentation slide displayed on a screen behind the panel

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Cancer Research UK Policy @crukpolicy.bsky.social · 9d

Great to connect with @helenhayes.bsky.social to discuss how we can keep driving progress on cancer outcomes. Thanks for stopping by our stand at #Lab25!

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Mark Russell (he/him) @markrusselluk.bsky.social · 9d

Really good to catch up with House of Commons Education Committee Chair @helenhayes.bsky.social

Always love Helen’s commitment to improve children’s lives, and value her support for our work @childrenssociety.bsky.social

#Lab25

Mark with Helen Hayes MP and a sign saying end child poverty

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Helen Hayes MP @helenhayes.bsky.social · 20d

I’m delighted to launch the Education Select Committee’s report ‘Solving the SEND Crisis’ today

My thanks to everyone who submitted evidence to our inquiry, committee members & our team

Our recommendations set out a blueprint for SEND reform & we hope will inform the Government’s white paper

Helen Hayes MP holding a copy of the Solving the SEND crisis report

Helen Hayes MP being interviewed by a journalist and camera operator

Helen Hayes MP on a TV screen with a backdrop of Parliament

Helen Hayes MP being interviewed by a journalist and filmed

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Helen Hayes MP @helenhayes.bsky.social · Sep 3

I’ve enjoyed visiting some of our brilliant local holiday activities & food (HAF) programmes this summer

I’m really pleased that the government has confirmed further HAF funding for the next 3 years

It is vital for tackling poverty & delivering opportunity for our children

Four people including Helen Hayes MP and the Mayor of Lambeth, one of whom is holding a large decorative fan

Helen Hayes MP with three children one of whom is kicking a ball

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Helen Hayes MP @helenhayes.bsky.social · Sep 1

Very best wishes to children, teachers, support staff & everyone getting ready to start the new school & college year this week 📚✏️📖🖌️📐🎨🎵🏐 #NewTerm

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Helen Hayes MP @helenhayes.bsky.social · Aug 14

Best of luck to everyone receiving A-level, T-level & BTEC results today 🤞

Congratulations on your achievements & all your hard work! 👏🤩🌟

Please don’t worry if you didn’t get the results you hoped for. There are many options open to you & this won’t define your future 🥰

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Helen Hayes MP @helenhayes.bsky.social · Jul 27

Amazing Lionesses, inspiring us all. Congratulations! #Euros25 #LionessesBringingItHome #LionessesRoar 🏆🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤️

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BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk · Jul 11

Thanks so much to @helenhayes.bsky.social for highlighting our #ReadingRights campaign with Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social in the House of Commons yesterday.

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Helen Hayes MP @helenhayes.bsky.social · Jul 10

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Helen Hayes MP @helenhayes.bsky.social · Jul 10

Today the Education Select Committee publishes our report on Children’s Social Care

Current outcomes for care leavers are unacceptable & that has to change

Our recommendations seek to improve the care children receive & we call for a National Offer for care leavers. #childrenssocialcare

Helen Hayes MP holding a copy of the Education Select Committee report on Children’s Social Care

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PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · Jul 10

A new education committee report has urged the government to tackle the “broken” children’s care system

Committee chair Labour's @helenhayes.bsky.social said ministers must address the “moral failure” of children falling into homelessness and unemployment after leaving care

Ministers Must Tackle 'Moral Failures' In Care Leavers System, Says Committee

A new education committee report has urged the government to tackle the “broken” children’s care system.

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Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · Jul 1

Schools minister @cmckinnellmp.bsky.social is giving evidence at the education committee on SEND

Chair @helenhayes.bsky.social asks about goal of inclusive mainstream schools and what DfE's definition is of inclusive mainstream

#edselctte

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brixtonblog.bsky.social @brixtonblog.bsky.social · Jun 13

MPs to debate Windrush Generation and scandal

Local MP Helen Hayes Labour, Dulwich and West Norwood) will on Monday (16 June) lead a debate in Parliament to mark this year’s Windrush Day. It will commemorate the 77th anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush at Tilbury Docks in 1948 and…

MPs to debate Windrush Generation and scandal

Local MP Helen Hayes Labour, Dulwich and West Norwood) will on Monday (16 June) lead a debate in Parliament to mark this year’s Windrush Day. It will commemorate the 77th anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush at Tilbury Docks in 1948 and the generation of people who came from Commonwealth countries in the decades after the war to make their home in the UK.

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Friends of West Norwood Cemetery (FOWNC) @fownc1837.bsky.social · Jun 6

Two of the Friends of West Norwood Cemetery, Sue Williams and Clare Harriott, were pleased to say hello to Helen Hayes when she attended the Open Day last Saturday.

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Helen Hayes MP @helenhayes.bsky.social · May 20

First joint meeting in this Parliament of the Education Select Committee & Work and Pensions Select Committee today as we scrutinise the Government’s work on child poverty

My thanks to all our witnesses. There is more to come in this important strand of our work

The Boothroyd Room in Portcullis House with a committee sitting

Some members of the Education Select Committee and Work and Pensions Select Committee with some of the witnesses to our evidence session on child poverty.

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Helen Hayes MP @helenhayes.bsky.social · May 7

Ten years ago TODAY voters in Dulwich & West Norwood first elected me to be your MP

It is a privilege every single day to represent our incredible communities in Parliament

Thank you 🙏

I’ll keep speaking up for our values & working for the change we need ❤️🌹

The 2015 intake of Labour MPs photographed outside Parliament in 2015

Helen Hayes MP pictured with a group of Labour campaigners in 2015 including the late John Fraser, former MP for Norwood for 33 years

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Politics.co.uk @politics.co.uk · Apr 28

Nigel Farage SEND comments ‘completely irresponsible’ and ‘totally wrong’, says Phillipson

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Nigel Farage SEND comments 'completely irresponsible' and 'totally wrong', says Phillipson - Politics.co.uk

Nigel Farage’s comments about what he called “behavioural disabilities” will have “sent a shiver down the spines of so many parents”, the education secretary has said. Bridget Phillipson rubbished the...

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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · Apr 25

‘Teachers are not routinely equipped to meet the needs of children with SEND’: @helenhayes.bsky.social writes about the evidence heard so far in the MPs' inquiry into the SEND crisis

What we’ve learned from our inquiry into the SEND crisis

MPs have heard that more teacher training and better partnership working are essential for improving our SEND support system, says the chair of the Commons Education Select Committee

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Helen Hayes MP @helenhayes.bsky.social · Apr 10

Thank you Sue Pettigrew for an extraordinary 51 years of commitment to children & families at St Michael’s Fellowship, 36 as Director

It was so moving to hear tributes to Sue from current & former staff & trustees at her retirement party yesterday

We wish you a long & happy retirement! 💐

The Ritzy Cinema with the message ‘Thanks to Sue Pettigrew for 51 years at St Michael’s Fellowship

Sue Pettigrew, Sara Rayment and Helen Hayes MP, all smiling and laughing

A large group of people standing outside the Ritzy Cinema in evening sunshine

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Helen Hayes MP @helenhayes.bsky.social · Apr 5

Great to be out speaking with residents in Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction Ward today, introducing our brilliant by-election candidate Stephen Clark.

Stephen lives in the ward and would be an excellent local councillor for his home community #LabourDoorstep 🌹🌹

Helen Hayes MP with Stephen Clark on Finsen Road

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