More resources for policing needed in Spring Statement 13 Mar 2019 I hope the Government listens and uses today’s Spring Statement from the Chancellor, Philip Hammond,…
Voting to Dump May’s Downgrade (again) 12 Mar 2019 I still oppose Brexit. I still oppose May’s downgrade. I will be voting against her…
Commonwealth Day 11 Mar 2019 It was great to have Surrey Square Primary School and Southwark Citizens in Parliament today…
International Women’s Day 08 Mar 2019 Today is International Women’s Day (IWD), a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and…
Urgent question on social security and employment support 06 Mar 2019 The DWP spends hundreds of millions of pounds on assessment processes for PIP and ESA…
Challenging the Govt on the Welfare Freeze 05 Mar 2019 I’m on the Work and Pensions select committee and this morning we visited Charles Dickens…
Meeting secured with the Home Secretary on knife crime 04 Mar 2019 Today, the Prime Minister called for more action on tackling knife crime after nine years…
Venezuelan refugees in Colombia 26 Feb 2019 In Venezuela, the corrupt, authoritarian regime of Maduro has forced millions of people to flee as…
ESA backpayments Urgent Question 25 Feb 2019 A Minister told me in the Commons that Department for Work Pensions (DWP) ‘Presenting Officers’…
Antisocial behaviour 25 Feb 2019 I have been dealing with some horrific antisocial behaviour across Bermondsey, Rotherhithe and Walworth. It…
Unequal pay for women 20 Feb 2019 Almost 50 years ago a Labour Government introduced the Equal Pay Act, but it has…
Challenging the Govt on the Hostile Environment 14 Feb 2019 Since 2010 the Government have cut councils’ budgets by 49% but passed extra costs onto local…
Changing the law on terror insurance 14 Feb 2019 After the terror attack in June 2017 at London Bridge and Borough Market I campaigned…
Reopening Albion Primary School! 12 Feb 2019 Southwark parents, governors, teachers and families all fought together to try and prevent Government cuts…
Rough sleeping continues to rise in London 31 Jan 2019 Today the Government published its figures for rough sleeper numbers in England and Wales in…
Letter to MHCLG on No Recourse to Public Funds 30 Jan 2019 On Monday I asked about the Government’s hostile environment which now means London councils paying…
No Recourse to Public Funds funding 28 Jan 2019 Today in the Commons I asked the Government why Southwark council was forced to spend £6.5…
My letter to the DWP on Universal Credit 22 Jan 2019 Despite inaccurate claims to the opposite, the Government will force 1.6 million people onto its…
Letter to the Equalities Minister on PrEP availability 21 Jan 2019 Southwark has a higher prevalence of HIV than the national average for a mixture of…
I will be voting to dump the downgrade this evening 15 Jan 2019 Today Parliament is voting on May’s plans – which are a massive downgrade for the UK, for…
Homelessness: a national shame 10 Jan 2019 Since 2010, the number of people sleeping rough has more than doubled sadly, a crisis…
Foodbank event Saturday 12.01.19 09 Jan 2019 Come along this Saturday, 1-3pm to hear from the Southwark foodbank & learn how you…
The colossal failure of Universal Credit 09 Jan 2019 5 years after Universal Credit was first imposed in Southwark and Ministers are now testing…
Groundhog May 18 Dec 2018 Yesterday, the Prime Minister came to the House of Commons and said the same things…