Local media asked me to comment on a new local police initiative which is combating youth violence and criminal activity. I commended local police but warned that more needs to be done. I said: “It is heartening to know that people in Norwich are now safer, including on nights out…

This week I made the decision to not vote to support the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. There are elements of the bill that are good and which I agree with. But as it stands, the bill is not one which I can support. I particularly have concerns about the impact…

I have joined a growing number of MPs from across parties to call on the UK Government to uphold its obligation to secure the immediate release of those who were on board the Madleen, and to act decisively to uphold international law against the Israeli Government’s repeated violations of it,…

On the 4th of June, Jeremy Corbyn presented the Gaza (Independent Public Inquiry) Bill to Parliament. Having passed the First Reading, the Second Reading is scheduled for the 4th of July. I joined nearly 30 MPs to support the progression of the Bill and call on the government to ensure…

I have joined nearly 100 Parliamentarians to call on the Prime Minister about the Israeli Government’s violence against Palestinians. In our letter, we highlight that: As a State Party to the Genocide Convention (1948), the Geneva Conventions (1949), and the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969), the UK…

This week more than 20 trade union bosses urged the Prime Minister to tackle the climate and nature crises, ahead of the Spending Review. In a letter delivered to Downing Street this week, representatives of 24 trade unions say the Prime Minister must set out a plan to “protect livelihoods,…

I visited the REST Community Wellbeing Hub in Norwich for one of their regular coffee mornings and I was impressed by just how vital spaces like this are to the life and welfare of our city. Located in the heart of Norwich, REST (which stands for Recover, Eat, Support, Talk)…

The collapse of KKR’s planned rescue of Thames Water has exposed something even murkier than the sewage flowing into our rivers: the ideological bankruptcy at the heart of Britain’s privatised water model. Read my article for Byline Times here.

This Guardian asked me for my views on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. This is what I said: “I don’t think people have made the connection about Brexit. What we, the Labour government, are doing with Brexit is using it in such a poor way” “We’ve already seen it with…

I recently met with the Norwich branch of National Association of Probation Officers (NAPO). They told me about how their members feel undervalued and overworked, and how recent changes in sentencing and the easing of the prison crisis has exacerbated this. Probation staff feel ‘unseen’ by the public and politicians.…