Letter on fire safety
Last week, billionaire developer Ballymore were forced to withdraw their application to build a tower 2.5 times the height at Grenfell Tower, with only one
January 18, 2022
Activities and Campaigns
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
May 7, 2021
Cladding Scandal Westminster Hall Debate
Those living in unsafe cladding need clarity over who bears responsibility for replacing it. They can’t go on paying for temporary interim measures.
March 11, 2021
Fire Safety Debate
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.
March 2, 2021
All Party Parliamentary Groups on Fire Safety and Leasehold & Commonhold Reform
Yesterday the All Party Parliamentary Groups on Fire Safety and Leasehold & Commonhold Reform met jointly to lobby Minister Greenhalgh. Those in unsafe and cladded
October 15, 2020
Our Housing System is Broken
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
October 4, 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
Fire Safety Bill debate
The Government has continually ignored calls for steps to ensure there is not a repeat of the Grenfell tragedy. Last week during the Fire Safety
September 14, 2020
Article on Grenfell Tower fire
Earlier this year I wrote an article that called out how Grenfell Tower fire – a tragedy that never should have happened – showed how
September 7, 2020
The impact on BAME communities
🎥 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
June 16, 2020
Covid-19 has exposed many of the deep inequalities Grenfell did
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
June 15, 2020
Speech on Fire Safety Bill,
Yesterday I spoke in the 2nd Reading of the Fire Safety Bill in Parliament about how it is utterly unacceptable that residential blocks in my
April 30, 2020