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Hackney Council is facing a funding gap of up to £19 million. I know other councils in the UK are in a much worse position, with some (not Hackney) technically bankrupt. 

Councils are a vital provider of frontline services. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government promised to pay…

Freelancers in the creative industries, the self-employed on short-term PAYE contracts, and sole directors of personal service companies have been left with no work, no income and no support.

I raised this issue in the House of Commons and the Chancellor seemed ignorant of the facts. Hard working people are…

Hackney teachers and schools achieved a miracle when they transformed, in a matter of days, to teach and support students virtually. But the Government is letting them down by hinting at a physical return without any proper guidance or plans to keep students and teachers safe.

Parliament is still working…

I know too many people are still living in tower blocks with unsafe cladding. 

As of March 2020, 46 per cent of social housing blocks and nearly 90 per cent of private residential blocks still needed work to remove dangerous cladding.

Some are mortgage prisoners, unable to sell or rent…

The COVID-19 pandemic is unprecedented and it’s meant we all had to pull together to pull through.  

But I’m too aware that some large corporations are not pulling their weight. That is why I am backing the Co-operative Party's campaign for Fair Tax Bailouts. This would mean that every…