"He didn't seek high office - he just wanted to be a good MP and help change people's lives for the better. I am sure some government departments became exasperated. "He rarely took 'no' for an answer if he felt more could be done to help someone. "He loved people and worked tirelessly to help anyone," Lady Amess said following a small ceremony attended by the Amess family, Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle and Suella Braverman. Today, Sir David's widow, Julia, said it had been her husband's childhood dream to be an MP "and now that ambition, which became a reality for 38 years, had been immortalised just a couple of seats from where he sat in the Chamber". Sir David, 69, was stabbed to death in October 2021 while meeting with his Southend West constituents.Īli Harbi Ali was found guilty of his murder and given a whole-life sentence. She says she is aware of the "devastating impact" flooding can have on local communities.Ī plaque in memory of Sir David Amess has been unveiled by his wife today in the House of Commons. "Significant river flooding impacts remain probable in parts of south Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire." "Whilst the storm has now passed over the course of the week rainfall will continue to fall into river networks and the overall flood risk for England and Wales is currently medium," she adds. Ms Pow says "at its peak" over 300 flood warnings were issued by the environment agency. She says meeting in advance of the storm allowed the environment agency and local responders to "increase the readiness of flood defences". "Cross government meetings have been taking place daily since last Wednesday and will continue to do so this week," she says. Ms Pow says in advance of the storm the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and the cabinet office convened the national flood response centre. She says her "thoughts and sympathies" are with all of those affected by the storm and with those who have lost their lives. "Of course the police are operationally independent, but the home secretary has raised this with them."Įnvironment minister Rebecca Pow is now issuing a statement on the UK's flood response to Storm Babet. Calls for jihad and Muslim armies to rise up are not only a threat to the Jewish community but also a threat to our democratic values. Responding to the comments, Mr Sunak said: "Hateful extremism has no place in our society. ![]() "What has made it worse is the apparent refusal of the Metropolitan Police to do anything about it other than to stand to one side and then issue a self-justificatory tweet that frankly was an insult to the intelligence of anybody who read it." ![]() The comments came amid some controversy after the Metropolitan Police said people who chanted "jihad" at a demonstration would not be charged a crime.Įarlier, Conservative MP Gareth Bacon told the Commons: "British Jews are increasingly feeling unsafe in their own country. Sir Mark Rowley, the commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, has called for a "redrawing" of laws to do with terrorism and hate crime in the age of social media. We have been reporting today on the handling of protesters chanting "jihad" in the UK.
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