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I was delighted to join local residents to celebrate the grand opening of the Gascoyne Community Centre.

Developed by Sanctuary Group, the community centre forms part of a £4.2 million transformation project of the local area, including the construction of new houses and apartments at neighbouring Crisp Court.

Some residents…

City and Hackney Clinical Commissioning Group () are currently working with partners across north east London () to develop a local five-year that sets out they will work together to deliver on key health and wellbeing priorities for the area. These include improving available services in the early years are…

Single parents, teaching assistants, taxi drivers, agency workers, and many more, are losing out on work due to delayed checks.

Speaking in the House of Commons this week, I challenged the Home Office and asked what was being done to reduce delays.

I have had 20 cases in the past…

As the UK marks the Centenary of the Battle of the Somme, the Heritage Lottery Fund has made an additional £4 million available for communities looking to explore, conserve and share local heritage of the First World War. Grants are available between £3,000 and £10,000.

Thousands of communities throughout the…

Channel 4’s Dispatches, the Great Housing Scandal, aired last night.

I discussed the Public Accounts Committee’s inquiry into the disposal of public land for new homes and the Government’s failure to deliver on housing.

The Committee will look at this issue again in the autumn and you can keep up…