View from Westminster: Back in the House of Commons to hear more Tory broken promises
View from Westminster: Back in the House of Commons to hear more Tory broken promises
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It was great to have Southwark stand in for Lagos today as the Foreign Affairs Committee met with British Nigerians
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.
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.
Yesterday I got the #DWP Minister for Welfare Delivery to agree to meet โฆthe All…
Keir Starmer listens to Bermondsey
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
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
The Government is putting peopleโs tax up but also cutting Universal Credit for thousands of…
The Elections Bill
Less than two years ago the Tories won an 80 seat majority. But their manifesto…
Britain is Less Safe
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.
The weakness of UK Ministers and our current international isolation has been brutally exposed in…
Letโs fix our war memorial
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.
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
Since the Taliban regained their toxic stranglehold of Afghanistan last week, I and my team…
Visit to Spring Community Hub
Lovely to visit Spring Community Hub to see the summer activities and hear about their…
Southwark Labour’s Statement on the Situation in Afghanistan
Global Britain Turns Two Blind Eyes
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.
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
I asked a Foreign Office Minister today how it looked to global partners when our…
Rotherhithe Festival
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
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
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has announced that the campaign I have…
Parliamentary Group on Ending Homelessness report launch
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
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
The Nationality and Borders Bill will remove a large part of the social safety net…
Visit to Old Kent Road Fire Station
It was great to meet Nick Davis, the new Fire Brigade Commander for Southwark, today…