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Thanks to Kings College and South London and Maudsley South London NHS Foundation Trusts
Having previously had the chance to thank Guy’s and St Thomas’, I have written to…
Westminster Hall Debate – Winter Homelessness Support
Earlier today, Jacob Rees-Mogg said that UNICEF ‘should be ashamed’ for providing food to hungry children in our community
Earlier today, Jacob Rees-Mogg said that UNICEF ‘should be ashamed’ for providing food to hungry…
Evidence session about the abuses being committed in the Xinjiang region of China.
Re-elected chair of the reconstituted All Party Parliamentary Group on Ending the Need for Food Banks
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.
Meeting with Department for Work and Pensions Minister – Will Quince
Good to meet with Department for Work and Pensions Minister – Will Quince today to…
Time is running out for Johnson
Update – Bakerloo Line Extension
Local child poverty in national news
The Independent has covered the contrast between the recent debate in Westminster about child hunger…
World Aids Day
Rise in private renters needing help
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
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
Busy week
Filming a contribution for Gary Jenkins of St James’ Bermondsey was just part of a…
Equal Pay Day
Today, 20th November, marks ‘Equal Pay Day’. Despite 50 years since Labour’s Equal Pay Act…
Westminster Hall debate on asylum seekers and permission to work in the UK
Labour’s response to the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s report into antisemitism in the Party
Are cuts to our international support were at all helpful at this stage?
Parking bays reinstated in Kennington Park Road after opposition
People living on Kennington Park Road discovered in October that the parking bays outside their…
View from Westminster
Unsafe Toys Online
The British Toy and Hobby Association (BTHA) are based in Southwark and I’ve campaigned with…
Abolishing the Department for International Development (DfID).
This afternoon I questioned Government officials on the process for abolishing the Department for International…
Free School Meals U-turn
Yesterday the Government was forced to announce some extra help for families this winter to…