May 19, 2026 | Emma in Parliament, Healthy Start Scheme, Latest News, Uncategorized
Healthy Start value was increased by 10% in April. It’s been a long campaign. I am continuing to work with Sustain: The Alliance For Better Food And Farming, The Food Foundation, Feeding Britain and the Department of Health and Social Care as we push for maximum take...
Apr 18, 2024 | Healthy Start Scheme, Latest News
Last year, I coordinated a letter calling for all eligible families not receiving Healthy Start payments to be informed of the scheme. This came alongside my Private Members Bill calling for auto-enrolment of families on the scheme to reach the 190,000 low-income...
Nov 21, 2023 | Healthy Start Scheme, Latest News
A Healthy Start for all: how cutting the red tape on Healthy Start will help babies, children and families blossom. A report by Emma Lewell-Buck MP. With families on very low incomes struggling to afford essential goods and services, a new frontier in welfare reform...
Nov 2, 2023 | Healthy Start Scheme, Latest News
Today, 34 cross-party MPs supported my letter to the Health Secretary calling for his Department to urgently contact the households of 171,000 pregnant mothers, babies and young children currently missing out on the Healthy Start scheme. I am pleased Labour,...
Aug 16, 2023 | Healthy Start Scheme, Latest News
After presenting my Healthy Start Scheme Bill, I wrote to the Healthy Secretary, Steven Barclay, with a co-signed letter from backers of my Bill urging the Government to auto-enrol those already eligible for NHS Healthy Start onto the scheme. Around 200,000 low-income...
Jun 15, 2023 | Healthy Start Scheme, Latest News
Yesterday, my Healthy Start Scheme Bill received its first reading in the House of Commons. The Bill seeks to auto-enrol the 200,000 eligible pregnant women, babies and young children who are currently missing out on the NHS scheme that provides them with a pre-paid...
