8 years as a Faraday Labour Cllr shows what happens if Labour includes the Left. Leveraging capital for theatre expansion. Free theatre tickets for primary kids. Protecting the arts with innovation amidst austerity. Oh & more homes at social rent in Faraday than ever before.

“The Labour Party has committed to achieving the biggest boost in affordable housebuilding in a generation and we are delighted to play our part in that” Cllr Helen Dennis visited 12 brand new council homes in Southwark this week, part of 3000 council homes completed or on site 🏡

Southwark Council sets out action plan for housing and infrastructure. Watch below from Cllr @HelenDennis80 and read more here orlo.uk/lYoDK

Renewing our country has to include a national plan for more & better council homes My piece for Inside Housing on our road map to do deliver those homes, from England’s largest council landlords. We look forward to delivering it with the new government insidehousing.co.uk/comment/counci…

Students from Ark Walworth Academy are co-designing the road layout outside their school! 🏫 They learn skills, we learn what young people want. And guess what? They want our clean, green and safe streets - with plenty of pedestrian crossings 🚶🏾‍♀️ and cycle parking 🚴🏾‍♀️. I agree! 😊

The Southwark Land Commission chaired by Miatta Fahnbulleh has been immensely fruitful process. On back of it we are developing: - Affordable Workspace Hubs - A new Southwark Land Partnership - 2 initial “pilot sites” in Queen’s Rd & OKRD - more Community Review Panels And much more…

hard to credit the viciousness and absurdity of the attacks on Imane Khelif. Should be a "jumping the shark" moment for proponents of the moral panic around trans people

Really good and important to see this emphasis on council housing, and coordination across local authorities to call on government to help deliver it. Any serious measures to address the housing crisis must involve investment in council housing

The way Zarah Sultana was treated by Good Morning Britain's hosts and panellists this morning was nothing short of appalling. Ask tough questions – she's used to it! – but the sneering and constant interrupting when she was trying to talk about the realities of racism and

Remember those words scrawled on the wall – "FUCK PAKIS" – whenever a pundit or a journalist tries to make out that this is all a misguided expression of legitimate concerns about immigration.

🚨POV: You’re a female Muslim politician asked to talk about your experience of racism on British morning television.

For nine months the press has deliberately misrepresented peaceful marches for palestine as hate marches, particularly painting muslims as terrorist sympathisers. That will have also fed into what is happening now.

40% of children in Peckham live in poverty. We cannot go on like this. Following the positive announcement of the Child Poverty Taskforce, I've invited the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Liz Kendall Liz Kendall, to come and hear from our community about how

Our statement on the violence we have seen this past week:

The disturbing thing is when Zarah Sultana was talking about Islamophobia she wasn’t allowed. But a white man who admits to attacking 17 South Asian women with hammers and chairs is just allowed to talk without interruption. Our experiences have to be legitimised by others.

Undaunted by less than ideal weather conditions, we're having a blast at the new electric hot plates in Burgess Park!

Our new outdoor cooking area in Burgess Park is open 🥳 Last weekend we braved the elements to give the hotplates a go. See how we got on... Has this whetted your appetite?😋 Find out more today southwark.gov.uk/parks-and-open…

£1bn spent last year by councils on temporary accommodation, up by 50%. Ending the homelessness & TA crisis must be urgent mission for the new government. It is both a moral issue & a financial catastrophe for local authorities. Angela Rayner Rushanara Ali MP 💙 bbc.com/news/articles/…