Sarah Teather and Brent Liberal Democrats

Brent Central MP Sarah Teather has today launced the findings of a cross-party inquiry into the impact of new family migration rules introduced last year. The report revealed that thousands of British citizens, including people in full-time employment, have been unable to bring a non-EU spouse to live with them in the UK since July 2012.

The Home Office has today announced that asylum support rates will be frozen for the upcoming year. This comes despite a recent cross-party Parliamentary inquiry finding that current rates of support are forcing some families to live on less than £5 per person each day.

The announcement means that by April next year support rates will have been unchanged for three years - despite some asylum applicants already only receiving barely half of the equivalent level of support from mainstream benefits - and they are not allowed to work.

Brent Central MP Sarah Teather has welcomed the news that the planning application to demolish The Queensbury pub in Willesden Green has been withdrawn after hundreds of local residents opposed the plans. The planning application would have replaced the popular pub, which also hosts the children's group Busy Rascals, with a ten story tower block.

Sarah Teather, Member of Parliament for Brent Central, has tabled a Parliamentary Motion calling for the closure of Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp. The prison still holds 166 inmates - many of whom have never been charged - and detainees have been on a hunger strike for over 100 days.

One of those inmates is British resident Shaker Aamer, who has been held in Guantanamo Bay without charge for over 10 years. Miss Teather is urging the British Government to work with the United States administration to ensure that Mr Aamer returns home as soon as possible.

Sarah Teather, MP for Brent Central, this week welcomed constituents to Westminster, as part of the biggest ever British campaign to tackle world hunger. The 'Enough Food for Everyone IF' campaign is a coalition of over 200 charities demanding that world leaders assembling for the G8 meeting next month in Northern Ireland take action to end world hunger.

Sarah Teather met with Sister Alexine Alexander and five of her fellow Sisters, who live in Cricklewood, when they visited Parliament on Wednesday 15th May to discuss the IF campaign. The visit was part of an event organised by CAFOD, the Catholic aid agency, for whom Sister Alexine is a campaigner.

Lib Dem MP Sarah Teather has introduced a Bill in the House of Commons that would reform the asylum support system. It includes introducing a duty which would force the Government to review support rates each year, as well as abolishing the cashless support which some asylum seekers currently receive.

Responding to George's Osborne's comments regarding the welfare system and Mick Philpott, who was sentenced to life imprisonment today after being found guilty of the manslaughter of six of his children, Sarah Teather MP said:

"I am shocked and appalled that George Osborne has stooped so low as to make a crude political point out of the tragic deaths of six young children. It's one thing for a tabloid newspaper to make unsophisticated, clumsy political arguments, quite another for the Chancellor of the Exchequer to join in.

Sarah Teather, Member of Parliament for Brent Central, today went on a 'blind walkabout' with partially sighted constituent Mark Norman. The walk was part of an RNIB campaign designed to educate MPs on the difficulties of navigating the streets of London for someone who is blind or partially sighted.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has closed the Liberal Democrat Spring Conference in Brighton by calling on members to spread the message of the Party's commitment in Government to deliver a stronger economy and a fairer society.

In his keynote Leader's speech, Nick paid tribute to the work of the Party in winning the Eastleigh by-election, beating the Conservatives into third place and squeezing Labour while campaigning on the Lib Dem record of delivering in Government.

Sarah Teather has welcomed the Government's announcement that Clinical Commissioning Groups will by law have to secure services in education, health and care plans for children and young adults with special educational needs. This will include specialist services such as physiotherapy, and speech and language therapy.