Learning Disability Week
Today I attended Mencap’s Learning Disability Week event in Parliament. Too many people with learning…
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Meeting with Galleywall Primary School’s Junior Travel Ambassadors
Had a visit from some of Galleywall Primary School’s fantastic Junior Travel Ambassadors today to…
Meeting with Algerian Prayer Community
Great to meet the famous Nunu of Old Kent Road, with Saidat and other key…
World Blood Donor Day
Always a privilege to meet real-life heroes – regular blood donors – in Parliament today…
Meeting with Chevening Scholars
Good to meet constituent Abdul today, born in Afghanistan and a Chevening scholar here in…
Fighting for the rights of People with Disabilities
The current system for applying for help from Government as a disabled person is costly,…
Barristers’ Strikes
Today, as part of their wider strike action, I met this group to discuss their…
Protecting Our Bus Services
This morning I visited the biggest bus driver training centre in the country – in…
Questioning Truss on Equal HIV Access
In Johnson’s collapsed Government, the Foreign Secretary is also the Minister for Equality and I…
Foreign Affairs Committee Meetings in Washington
Last week I was in the United States for a range of meetings in Washington…
Freedom in Hong Kong
I hosted an ‘Index on Censorship’ and ‘Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong’ event in…
Riverside School Students Visit Westminster
Great to see Riverside school students in Westminster last week – they had a tour…
Visit to Surrey Square Primary School
It was amazing to see the kids learning to plant and grow this morning…
Discussing British-Taiwanese Relations
Good to discuss British-Taiwanese relations in Parliament today with Kelly Wu-Chiao Hsieh, the Taiwan Ambassador-equivalent…
Stopping Antisocial Behaviour and Crime in Doddington Grove
People on Doddington Grove asked me to meet to hear their battle against crime and…
Fighting Child Poverty
The Tory Government claims to care about ‘levelling up’ but is abandoning London despite our…
Helping the Homeless Find Housing
Great to meet ‘Only a Pavement Away’ today in Parliament to discuss helping homeless people…
Platinum Jubilee Celebrations
A huge thank you to all in our community who helped mark the amazing contribution…
Walking Hadrian’s Wall for the British Heart Foundation
It’s a year since we lost our dad so my sister Alex and I are…
The Gray Report is Released
The Gray report is finally out. Johnson has tried to airbrush his responsibility for the…
Seven Years since Labour Re-Won Bermondsey & Old Southwark
Seven years ago, winning Bermondsey and Old Southwark back finally! Had hoped to be in…
Visit to St George’s Primary
Brilliant to visit St George’s primary school today in SE1 to discuss how I help…
Remembering Jimi Olubunmi-Adewole
Too often young people are demonised in our media, but one year ago a young…
Metropolitan Police Investigation into Rule Breaking in Downing Street
On 3rd December I asked the Metropolitan Police to investigate covid rule breaking in Downing…
Schools Visit to Parliament
Great to see St Jude’s Church of England Primary in Parliament today now visits are…