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The big event in Parliament this week was the Budget and I challenged the Chancellor for its complete lack of vision. There was little in it for supporting people into affordable homes, it failed to properly grapple with the transition to a net zero carbon economy, and there was no long term plan…

Today's Budget lacked any vision for:

• Supporting people into affordable homes

• Properly tackling net zero

• Finding a long-term plan for social care

• Addressing the problems with IR35, self-employment, zero-hour contracts, and other forms of working

See my full speech here.

If you, or anyone you know, needs to use the Foodbank, please note that vouchers must be acquired through referral agencies. Many of these organisations have moved their services online. A full list of organisations which can issue vouchers can be found on the Hackney Foodbank website, and contact information for their…

The Government announced a further £3.5 billion to help with the removal of cladding for buildings over 18m. This is a welcome step, but it does not go far enough to protect all leaseholders impacted by the cladding scandal. There also remains a lot of unanswered questions surrounding how the…

This week the Government failed to protect leaseholders from bankrupting cladding costs in the Fire Safety Bill. The cladding scandal is the biggest consumer and fire safety failure in a generation. I challenged the Government on this in my speech at the debate (see the video here and the transcript here).

The…