May has gone but problems with the DWP continue
May has gone but Johnson inherits the same problems. Today on the Work and Pensions…
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APPG Foodbanks meeting: HRW report launch
I chair the Parliamentary Group on Foodbanks and today hosted the launch of a report…
Boris Johnson is unfit to lead our country
Boris Johnson is not fit to lead our country. He has promised yet more Brexit…
APPG Counter Extremism meeting: a worrying rise in Islamophobic attitudes
I co-chair the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Countering Extremism and today in Parliament we held…
Domestic Abuse Bill
I was pleased to secure an agreement from the Home Office Minister yesterday to meet…
Hosting DBC report launch
Today in Parliament I hosted the launch of the Disability Benefits Consortium’s (DBC) report on…
Universal credit urgent question
Universal Credit has damaged thousands of people’s lives in Southwark. We now know it is…
Challenging the PM on knife crime
I asked the Prime Minister yesterday why she is overseeing a ‘Government of paralysis’ failing…
Pursuing justice for the St John family
Yesterday in Parliament I raised a case on behalf of Sharon St John, who lives…
Raising the Windrush Scandal with Jeremy Hunt
Many local people in Southwark have been affected by the Government’s appalling treatment of the…
Southwark Schools Athletics Tournament
It was great to participate for part of this brilliant day’s activities at Southwark Athletics…
Police funding
We have a national knife crime crisis but the Home Secretary didn’t bother to turn…
Westminster Hall debate on domestic abuse and homelessness
I led a debate today on Domestic Abuse and Homelessness. The evidence of the overlap…
London Bridge & Borough Market terror attack, two years on
It is two years since the cowardly terror attack on innocents enjoying a night out…
#ASafeHome campaign launch
Nearly 2,000 people fleeing domestic abuse every year are at risk of becoming homeless because…
DWP’s universal failure
Yesterday in Parliament I hosted a performance of the play ‘The Vortex’ based on the…
Swan Lane Pier
Too often people feel Planning decisions are taken without proper engagement of all people affected.…
Govt not delivering its promises on PrEP
In January the Secretary of State promised to expand access to the trial of the…
Campaigning for victims of domestic abuse
After 9 years of council cuts, the Government is imposing a new legal duty to…
Another campaign win!
I have been campaigning against the punitive sanctions faced by thousands of disabled people ever…
Four years as your MP
It is four years since I was elected to serve our community in the 2015…
Foodbank statistics
The reliance on foodbanks created by Cameron, Clegg and May since 2010 continues with the…
Ending no fault evictions
The Government has received positive headlines for appearing to be ending ‘no fault’ evictions in…
Nexus Health Group
Nexus Health Group runs 8 GP practices in Southwark but has been placed in special…
Tory Party Chaos
The Tories’ main policy is to damage our economy. They are running scared of the…