📣I am so happy to welcome our newly elected councillors Faruk Tinaz and Jasmine Martins to Hackney Labour 🌹 They ran amazing campaigns and have constantly shown how dedicated they will be to serving their wards and #Hackney residents 🌹 Congratulations!

Many congratulations to Sadiq Khan from Victoria Ward in Hackney. This result shows the Tories that Londoners do care about the environment and are prepared to take action to address climate change.

Cllr Claudia Turbet-Delof (Cllr Claudia Turbet-Delof | People before Profit) and Cllr Penny Wrout (Penny Wrout) have this morning resigned from the Labour Party. They will sit as Independent Socialist Councillors on Hackney Council. Cllr Clare Joseph (Clare Joseph) remains a Labour councillor in Victoria.

Great to be out and about in Victoria Ward today meeting residents with casework. Nice to pop into #HackneyDivest who are still going strong and having conversations with the public about the impact of our investments.

The ‘housing emergency’ is a misnomer. It should be called the ‘housing policy’ because we all know it could be ended by building social housing and banning RTB, but successive Governments have failed to do this. With a new Gov comes a new chance #BuildSocialHousing

Good to meet CEO of PeabodyLDN Ian McDermott today alongside residents. We are very pleased to be meeting with Peabody again in October to collaborate on rent setting for the future and glad we highlighted that affordability is subjective and Living Rent is unrelated to our

Great to be on Parkside Est tonight talking to residents about issues that matter to them prior to general election. Glad Meg Hillier has highlighted housing in Hackney & looking forward to a Labour Gov that invests in council housing. Our council is on track to spend £30mil on

Frampton Park Estate is hosting a street party on Saturday 15th June with bouncy castle, ball pit, face painting, reggae band and DJ! All are welcome so please pop down and meet your neighbours and local Tenants’ and Residents’ Association! ☀️ ☀️

Great to be out on the doorstep with comrades talking to Victoria residents about issues that matter to them. In response to reports of ASB and drug dealing I’ve arranged a community safety meeting with the police for Northiam Estate. When: 2nd July 6-7.30 Where: New Kingshold

The two-child benefit cap must go. It forces children into poverty and disproportionately affects single parent and ethnic minority families. largerfamilies.study/publications/n…

Council housing is the key to resolving the housing crisis. Our model resolution for the 2024 Labour Party conference. thelabourcampaignforcouncilhousing.org/2024/08/04/hou…

Great morning out with Labour colleagues on Banbury Estate talking to residents about repairs and other issues that matter to them. Picked up plenty of casework and as ever I will do my best to advocate for everyone. 🌹 Hackney Labour

Out in Victoria Ward with the brilliant housing writer Peter Apps and an NHS colleague visiting one of my housing association tenants. We have been lobbying for a long time to get local residents with disabilities appropriate housing that they can actually access. The struggle

Great to be out on this sunny morning visiting my residents on the Old Kingshold estate.. together we do our best to hold local housing associations to account. 🏡

Delighted to support campaignforcash - a grassroots group campaigning for cash acceptance! A cash free society creates a monopoly & excludes elderly, kids & ppl in poverty. You’ve until 02/12 to contribute to the Treasury Inquiry into cash acceptance! 💰committees.parliament.uk/work/8593/acce…

Thanks to everyone who came out with me to talk to residents in Victoria Ward on this cold and wet day! Here are some of my pledges to residents.. 🌹

Enjoyed talking to Socialist Health Association last night about the link between housing and health. With a record 151,000 children growing up in Temp Accom usually with no visitors, disabled people trapped in high inaccessible flats & overcrowding the norm, it is incredible to think we

My resident Malcolm, trapped in his flat for 600 days in 3 years due to faulty lift. We’ve other disabled residents in inaccessible housing - one who hasn’t been out for 2 years & misses hospital appointments. Still awaiting evacuation plans from the HA..insidehousing.co.uk/insight/when-a…

In Victoria Ward today - meeting some young HA residents on Well St common then with campaignforcash talking to businesses about the importance of cash acceptance. The lovely Toy Box on Vicky Park Rd still takes cash & has Xmas pressies for under a fiver - support if you can! 🙏

I loved meeting Clare Joseph recently - I’ve written this piece about it for the campaignforcash. I’m so glad that she’s in politics- she really cares about people and her residents clearly love her. Plus- it’s like hanging out with Julia Roberts. Her face! Gawgeous 🤩🤩