This month I organised my first ‘Meet your MP’ Coffee Morning at the Moorings Sociable Club in Thamesmead. I’m always looking for new ways to engage with constituents and so I’ve decided to start a series of these coffee mornings events to meet and talk about all the issues that impact our community. From issues […]
The cost-of-living crisis remains the biggest issue facing the country right now. While the Tory leadership candidates trade insults and trash their own Government’s woeful record, I know that many families across Erith and Thamesmead are still struggling to make ends meet. On the 11th July I closed the Second Reading debate of the Windfall […]
Dear Friend, Today, I’m sending you an update of some of the work I have doing in in Erith and Thamesmead and in Parliament over the last month. As ever, if you want to get in touch please email me at abena.oppongasare.mp@parliament.uk Abena Cost of living crisis Unfortunately, we continue to be in the […]
Home Instead in Erith provide vital care to ageing residents to enable them to live happily, comfortably & independently at home. The office opened in the latter part of 2019, and most of their journey was heavily impacted by the Covid. However, they came through it and are now supporting clients across Erith and Thamesmead. […]
This year, I’ve been holding a constituency competition to design my Christmas Card for 2021. I invited students from schools across Erith and Thamesmead to take part and I was so pleased to see such a positive response. The theme for this year is: ‘Love Erith and Thamesmead: portraits of local landmarks.’ I asked pupils […]
On 18th May 2021, Abena Oppong-Asare MP spoke in the House of Commons on Affordable and Safe Housing for All. You can find the full debate here or read Abena’s contribution below: ————– It is a pleasure to speak in this debate. I welcome my hon. Friend the Member for Manchester Central (Lucy Powell) to her new […]
At the end of this incredibly challenging year, I was pleased to organise a constituency competition to design my Christmas Card for 2020. The competition was open to students and children across the constituency and the theme for this year was key workers from Erith and Thamesmead who are special to you. There were some […]
