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Yesterday, I was pleased to launch a new forum for African, African-Caribbean and Asian Women in Politics in the House of Commons.

This group, ably led by Cllr Kate Anolue, aims to support women keen to get involved in politics. It will offer advice, training and mentoring in an effort…

Cutting the jargon, increasing engagement and online voting.

These were all key recommendation of our report, Open Up, released last week.

The report is the culmination of a year's work for me and the commission. We spoke to people up and down the country, held hundreds of meetings and received…

This week Meg signed the Book of Commitment and pledged her commitment to Holocaust Memorial Day.

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Over the past few weeks we have seen A&E times spiralling, people struggling to secure GP appointments and more and more operations cancelled.

Simply, this Government's failing our National Health Service.

I put this to the Prime Minister last week. You can read the full transcript by clicking here.

I am proud to champion the needs and achievements of Shoreditch businesses. I am continually pressing for better broadband coverage and speeds, championing immigration and calling for skills and training for the techtrepreneurs of the future.

But as well as representing the tech hub of the UK, an area that…