How is the Government monitoring whether their policies about school re-openings is disproportionately impacting BAME communities? In an answer to one of my Parliamentary Questions,… Read More »Parliamentary Questions on impact of school re-opening on BAME communities
No more empty commitments. No more words without action. No policy or legislation without it being proactively anti-racist. Our Socialist Campaign Group of MPs statement… Read More »Socialist Campaign Group statement on Black Lives Matter
Today in Parliament, I spoke in a debate on the effect of covid-19 on Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. My constituency, Poplar and Limehouse,… Read More »Debate on COVID-19 effect on BAME communities
Yesterday in Parliament whilst acknowledging the U-turn on free school meals, I called out the Government on why it has taken such campaigning and arguing… Read More »Free School Meals and Black Lives Matter
Thousands have written to their MPs, alarmed by the handling of this case. With Bell Ribeiro-Addy, Zarah Sultana MP and Claudia Webbe MP, I’ve called on the Government to… Read More »Shukri Abdi and her family deserve justice
🎥 Grenfell three years on and the impact of COVID19 on BAME communities ➡️ Not one service cut or policy implemented should go ahead if it unfairly… Read More »The impact on BAME communities
In my article published by Left Foot Forward, I call out the continued inaction in response the large volume of evidence that shows the increased risks… Read More »Covid-19 has exposed many of the deep inequalities Grenfell did
I am one of the sponsors of an Early Day Motion in Parliament – EDM #564 “George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter campaign” –… Read More »Early Day Motion on Geroge Floyd and Black Lives Matter
I am one of the 166 MPs calling for our government to stop selling British riot gear, teargas and rubber bullets to the US. This… Read More »Letter on weapons exports in the wake of George Floyd
There must be justice for George Floyd. As Angela Davis said: “In a racist society, it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be… Read More »Statement on George Floyd