I was deeply saddened to learn of the death of my friend Dr Bill Smith on the 4th January. I met Bill during the fight to save the A&E at the Whittington Hospital some [...]
Violence on our streets impacts on the whole community. A family contacted me recently whose 4-year-old child had to witness the horrific aftermath of a stabbing near his [...]
When the UK became the first Parliament in the world to declare “an environment and climate emergency” last month, I felt a glimmer of hope that the urgency of the [...]
There is not one easy solution to the worrying escalation of violence we’ve seen on our streets in recent weeks. An appalling stabbing on the 134 bus towards Muswell Hill [...]
Whichever way you voted in the Brexit referendum, I struggle to believe you could be happy with where we are now. Hornsey & Wood Green secured one of the highest remain [...]
I spoke out in Parliament recently about an upsetting case I was dealing with where a vulnerable man had resorted to sleeping in a bin chamber in Noel Park. It is 2018 and we [...]
There is an old African proverb “it takes a village to raise a child” which recognises the crucial role an entire community plays in creating a safe environment where a [...]
Even as an island built on immigration, the landing of the HMT Empire Windrush was special. Filled with men and women who had been proactively invited to the UK, as [...]
When the plastic era first emerged it was celebrated as a marvel of science: our ingenuity had made something that created something virtually indestructible that does not [...]
For many, this New Year is not one of hope. For the who Rohingya Muslims who have fled Burma, just meeting basic needs is out of grasp. Families in Bangladesh are sleeping in [...]