Earlier today, Jacob Rees-Mogg said that UNICEF ‘should be ashamed’ for providing food to hungry children in our community 17 Dec 2020 Earlier today, Jacob Rees-Mogg said that UNICEF ‘should be ashamed’ for providing food to hungry…
Re-elected chair of the reconstituted All Party Parliamentary Group on Ending the Need for Food Banks 15 Dec 2020 Pleased to be re-elected chair of the reconstituted All Party Parliamentary Group on Ending the…
Multiple schools who have had cases in Southwark tell me they’ve never been contacted by the Government’s tracing system. 14 Dec 2020
Meeting with Department for Work and Pensions Minister – Will Quince 09 Dec 2020 Good to meet with Department for Work and Pensions Minister – Will Quince today to…
Local child poverty in national news 02 Dec 2020 The Independent has covered the contrast between the recent debate in Westminster about child hunger…
Rise in private renters needing help 30 Nov 2020 A report from Generation Rent has revealed that our community has the highest increase in…
Chancellor clapped Covid frontline workers, but claps don’t pay the bills 25 Nov 2020 The UK has had the hardest 2020. We have the worst covid death rate in…
Reduce pressure on schools and ensure all children have equal access to all Government help 23 Nov 2020
Busy week 21 Nov 2020 Filming a contribution for Gary Jenkins of St James’ Bermondsey was just part of a…
Equal Pay Day 20 Nov 2020 Today, 20th November, marks ‘Equal Pay Day’. Despite 50 years since Labour’s Equal Pay Act…
Labour’s response to the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s report into antisemitism in the Party 18 Nov 2020
Parking bays reinstated in Kennington Park Road after opposition 16 Nov 2020 People living on Kennington Park Road discovered in October that the parking bays outside their…
Unsafe Toys Online 12 Nov 2020 The British Toy and Hobby Association (BTHA) are based in Southwark and I’ve campaigned with…
Abolishing the Department for International Development (DfID). 10 Nov 2020 This afternoon I questioned Government officials on the process for abolishing the Department for International…
Free School Meals U-turn 10 Nov 2020 Yesterday the Government was forced to announce some extra help for families this winter to…
Canada Water Safety Meeting 03 Nov 2020 There have been a series of incidents in and around Canada Water station recently. It…
Response of the UK Government to the killing of protesters in Lagos, Nigeria 26 Oct 2020 I am proud to serve a community in Southwark which has such strong ties to…
Free School Meals Debate 22 Oct 2020 Yesterday the Tories voted to deny help to children going hungry. They used their majority…