London Assembly Articles

I was thinking about what I could contribute to the debate this morning in the context of ‘What can local government teach the Labour party?’ and I thought I would take us back to 2006. Ten years ago, at the youthful age of 25, in May 2006, I was a bleary-eyed, newly...

Anybody who has ever come canvassing in City and East (Tower Hamlets, Newham, Barking and Dagenham, and City of London) discovers one thing almost immediately: the acute shortage in housing and how this shortage affects almost every other aspect in these boroughs....

In March of last year I was appointed by the mayor of Lewisham, as one of the one of the borough’s elected councillors, to be the mental health champion for Lewisham. My role is to promote mental health awareness across all business of the council. I ensured that the...

Today marks the launch of the cross-party campaign for Britain to remain in Europe. Events in the headlines show just how vital this is – the tragedy in Ankara on Saturday, the escalation in the Middle East, the thousands of refugees seeking sanctuary in Europe, the...