Anniversary of Battle of Cable Street
On this day in 1936, the British Union of Fascists led by Oswald Mosely and his Blackshirts tried to march through the largely Jewish East
October 4, 2020
Activities and Campaigns
SEND, academisation of local schools
Poplar and Limehouse schools and early intervention services continue to face significant cuts. Parents of children with additional needs are already struggling to have their
October 2, 2020
End our cladding scandal
The building safety crisis was caused by slashed regulation from successive governments. I am calling on this to be reversed to ensure homes are remediated
September 28, 2020
Online and remote learning for universities
Online and remote learning should be the universities’ default position to contain coronavirus, with rotas and secure measures explored for subjects which require practicals. The
September 28, 2020
Why I Opposed the Overseas Operations Bill
A war crime doesn’t stop being a war crime after five years. We should be holding our Armed Forces to the highest standards, not creating
September 24, 2020
Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill
Today in Parliament the Government are trying to legislate to prevents acts of torture and other serious crimes by the UK army from being prosecuted
September 23, 2020
Question to Prime Minister on COVID-19 testing
Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities have been hit hardest by COVID-19. The Bangladeshi community has suffered the highest number of excess deaths from the
September 22, 2020
Stop renter evictions protest
The evictions ban has ended and thousands of renters are faced with the real threat of homelessness. I joined Somerford Grove renters outside billionaire landlord
September 21, 2020
Transformative Economics Post COVID
Households with low incomes are more likely to be overcrowded or have damp problems than higher income households, because they cannot afford to move to
September 19, 2020
Air pollution and inequality
Access to nature is not equally distributed across our society. The Government’s clean air policies should be accompanied by an equalities report to ensure that
September 18, 2020
Largest annual rise in unemployment for eight years
The employment figures published today by the Office for National Statistics today, shows the largest annual rise in unemployment for eight years, the largest fall
September 15, 2020
Opposition Debate – Results
Students continue to be ignored by the government, and those studying for BTECs still have questions unanswered despite the exams fiasco happening over a month
September 15, 2020