Today protests are taking place nationwide on the building safety scandal. I joined protests on the Isle of Dogs. The message to the government and… Read More »Protests highlighting building safety scandal
Following the fire at New Providence Wharf, I wrote to the Secretary of State for Housing. Residents need immediate protection. The government are continuing to… Read More »Letter on fire at New Providence Wharf
My statement on the fire this morning at New Providence Wharf in my constituency: For years now, constituents at New Providence Wharf, where there are… Read More »Fire at New Providence Wharf
Those living in unsafe cladding need clarity over who bears responsibility for replacing it. They can’t go on paying for temporary interim measures.
The cladding scandal has gone on for far too long. The government needs to stop passing the buck, and do the right thing by constituents.
The Government needs to stop passing the buck and front up to the mistakes which have led to the cladding scandal. Nobody should have to… Read More »Cladding Scandal Speech
Residents across my constituency have seen their properties valued at £0 as they do not have an EWS1 certificate. The huge increase in unemployment as… Read More »EWS1 Certificates
Yesterday the All Party Parliamentary Groups on Fire Safety and Leasehold & Commonhold Reform met jointly to lobby Minister Greenhalgh. Those in unsafe and cladded… Read More »All Party Parliamentary Groups on Fire Safety and Leasehold & Commonhold Reform
I’m delighted to join Labour Outlook as a monthly columnist. Here’s my first piece on how we lose thousands of homes through permitted developments which… Read More »Our Housing System is Broken