Lewisham Articles

We have been championing the living wage for some time now, and I am proud that Lewisham council was one of the first local authorities in the country to become an accredited living wage employer in 2012. I am pleased that other local authorities have since followed...

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...

I had mixed feelings when I saw the two latest devolution deals for the West Midlands and Liverpool city region. I was delighted that Labour leaders were getting greater powers for their communities. Yet I felt frustration that it was a Tory chancellor signing the...

The scale of the housing crisis is put into sharp focus this week as the London assembly’s housing and regeneration committee – which I’ll be giving evidence to – continues to hold Boris Johnson to account on his pledge to deliver new affordable homes. The news...