Sarah Everard
A serving Met Police Officer abducted, raped and murdered a woman. He will now die…
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Level up? You can’t even fill up
Today, the Government is ending furlough help, next week it is cutting Universal Credit help,…
Southwark leaders tell influential House of Commons group about the challenges they face
Hearing from members of the Nigerian diaspora was invaluable, and the conversations we had will…
BBC Politics London appearance – discussing the spiralling cost of childcare
On Sunday I appeared on BBC Politics London to discuss the spiralling cost of childcare.…
BBC Politics London appearance – celebrating what Labour councils have been achieving
Yesterday I was on BBC Politics London celebrating what Labour councils have been achieving despite…
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 the All…
Keir Starmer listens to Bermondsey
It was great to welcome the leader of the Labour Party – Keir Starmer and…
We are far more united and have far more in common than that which divides us
𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀…
The Government is putting people’s tax up but also cutting Universal Credit for thousands of people in work
The Government is putting people’s 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…
Let’s 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 ‘pop…
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…