View from Westminster: Back in the House of Commons to hear more Tory broken promises 17 Sep 2021 View from Westminster: Back in the House of Commons to hear more Tory broken promises
It was great to have Southwark stand in for Lagos today as the Foreign Affairs Committee met with British Nigerians 16 Sep 2021 It was great to have Southwark stand in for Lagos today as the Foreign Affairs…
Labour voted not to reduce the help provided under Universal Credit today. 15 Sep 2021 Labour voted not to reduce the help provided under Universal Credit today. The Tories plan…
900,000 more people expected to need foodbanks as a result of the imminent Government cut to #UniversalCredit. 14 Sep 2021 Yesterday I got the #DWP Minister for Welfare Delivery to agree to meet โฆthe All…
Keir Starmer listens to Bermondsey 13 Sep 2021 It was great to welcome the leader of the Labour Party โ Keir Starmer and…
We are far more united and have far more in common than that which divides us 09 Sep 2021 ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐…
The Government is putting peopleโs tax up but also cutting Universal Credit for thousands of people in work 08 Sep 2021 The Government is putting peopleโs tax up but also cutting Universal Credit for thousands of…
The Elections Bill 07 Sep 2021 Less than two years ago the Tories won an 80 seat majority. But their manifesto…
Britain is Less Safe 02 Sep 2021 Yesterday the Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab, was summoned to the Foreign Affairs Select Committee to…
‘Global Britain’ an empty slogan as the Tory Government cuts troop numbers and aid too, betraying manifesto commitments. 01 Sep 2021 The weakness of UK Ministers and our current international isolation has been brutally exposed in…
Letโs fix our war memorial 25 Aug 2021 A century ago in October 1921 the West Lane war memorial was unveiled on the…
Last night a despicable act of vandalism took place at the West Lane war memorial on the Bermondsey/Rotherhithe border. 24 Aug 2021 Last night a despicable act of vandalism took place at the West Lane war memorial…
Since the Taliban regained their toxic stranglehold of Afghanistan last week, I and my team have been trying to help nearly 50 local people get their families to safety 23 Aug 2021 Since the Taliban regained their toxic stranglehold of Afghanistan last week, I and my team…
Visit to Spring Community Hub 20 Aug 2021 Lovely to visit Spring Community Hub to see the summer activities and hear about their…
Global Britain Turns Two Blind Eyes 17 Aug 2021 When the UK helped topple the Taliban and the extremists they shielded as part of…
I wrote to the Secretary of State for Business to highlight some of the issues they were facing and to call on the Government to fix the national lorry driver shortage which is holding up business. 16 Aug 2021 I have held meetings with many local businesses ranging from small family-owned firms to huge…
I asked a Foreign Office Minister today how it looked to global partners when our heroic England football players call out the hypocrisy and latent racism of Ministers 13 Aug 2021 I asked a Foreign Office Minister today how it looked to global partners when our…
Rotherhithe Festival 11 Aug 2021 It was great to be at the Rotherhithe Festival last weekend to hold a โpop…
To end homelessness, we need to flip the support system on its head 30 Jul 2021 Homelessness has risen dramatically since the Tories came to power, despite their manifesto pledge to…
All-Party Parliamentary Wine and Spirits Group โ Campaign Win 27 Jul 2021 The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has announced that the campaign I have…
Parliamentary Group on Ending Homelessness report launch 20 Jul 2021 Today the Parliamentary Group on Ending Homelessness, which I co-chair, hosted a report launch attended…
The โNationality and Borders Billโ is the worst legislation Iโve ever seen 20 Jul 2021 The Government is still playing amateurish โculture warโ politics despite their humiliation by England football…
The Nationality and Borders Bill risks exposing significantly more migrants to destitution and exploitation 20 Jul 2021 The Nationality and Borders Bill will remove a large part of the social safety net…
Visit to Old Kent Road Fire Station 19 Jul 2021 It was great to meet Nick Davis, the new Fire Brigade Commander for Southwark, today…