Kira Lewis

Good #labourdoorstep 🌹session in Higham Hill today chatting to residents 👍🏾👌 with @kira.social @nathanburns.bsky.social & Katriot, Marsela and Kyalo @wflabour.bsky.social

A red graphic with white text saying that we have written to the chancellor and secretary of state for education asking them to lift the two-child benefit cap

Ahead of the Spending Review, we have written to
Rachel Reeves and Bridget Phillipson making the case for the end of the two-child benefit cap.

The cap currently impacts over 7,500 children in Waltham Forest. 👶👧👦

It was nice speaking to residents on #labourdoorstep in Higham Hill yesterday about local issues, the recent elections and feedback on how we’re doing. Taken some casework 👍🏾 with @kira.social @jeremybcohen.bsky.social @wflabour.bsky.social

From Shakespeare to Wembley, queueing to Sunday roasts—being English means many things. But at its heart, it’s about standing up for what we believe in: democracy, fairness, decency and respect.

This St George’s Day, let’s celebrate all it means to be English.

We were out on #labourdoorstep on Easter Sunday chatting to residents on Papermill Place in Higham Hill about any local issues 🌹with @kira.social @jeremybcohen.bsky.social @leonalleyne.bsky.social @jackphipps.bsky.social @stephanietalbut.bsky.social @wflabour.bsky.social

13 Bridges Challenge 2025 - CMS Strategic We are taking part on 13 Bridges Challenge in support of SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity. This 10-mile walk will cross 13 iconic bridges in London, to celebrate National Armed Forces Day and raise vit

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We are taking part on 13 Bridges Challenge in support of SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity. This 10-mile walk will cross 13 iconic bridges in London, to celebrate National Armed Forces Day and raise vital funds to support our Armed Forces Community.

ssafa.enthuse.com/pf/kira-lewis

Wishing a happy Nowruz to Londoners and everyone around the world celebrating. #NowruzMubarak

Weekend canvassing in my own ward in Higham Hill & for Mayfield by-election in Redbridge #labourdoorstep @kira.social @nathanburns.bsky.social @stephanietalbut.bsky.social @wflabour.bsky.social @jeremybcohen.bsky.social

No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policy

No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils

Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policy

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

This is bad news - Dempsey has a long history of involvement in the nastiest kind of Red-Brown 'anti-imperialist' politics, and has flirted with both antisemitism and sympathy for the far-right

Dramatic fall in London’s levels of deadly pollutants after Ulez expansion People in capital breathing much cleaner air, with significant improvements in capital’s most deprived areas

Today’s report shows that ULEZ works.

One year on, the ULEZ expansion is helping to:
🌳 Drive down levels of pollution
🌳 Take old polluting cars off our roads
🌳 Bring cleaner air to millions more Londoners.

Great 🌹 #labourdoorstep session this morning speaking to residents in Higham Hill & listening to their concerns. @kira.social @nathanburns.bsky.social @leonalleyne.bsky.social @catdeakin.bsky.social @wflabour.bsky.social

As well as checking out the art on the Sutherland Rd garages, I would hugely recommend seeing the exhibition inside the Blackhorse Workshop cafe - local young people have designed brilliant murals for our public realm improvements.

Greening + accessibility measures + art = a winning formula!

After a lovely chat with the team at Blackhorse Workshop yesterday, I spent my lunch delivering our newsletters around the Papermill estate and chatting all about our lovely new improvements along Sutherland Road!

The number one chronic disease among children is asthma. Tell me how "drill baby drill" makes that better.

Spreading the news to residents about the hard work that we’re doing in Higham Hill as your 🌹 @wflabour.bsky.social councillors in our latest newsletter! Plus getting in 10,000 steps is a bonus too 👍🏾 @kira.social

New accessible pavement around trees with cycle parking and seating

New accessible paving

Loving our new accessible pavements replacing parking, daylighting with cycle parking and informal play/seating.

Fantastic to see thanks to @labourstone.bsky.social @kira.social @shumonalirahman.bsky.social @wfcouncil

“Now, after a major restoration in partnership with the local council, the Grade II* listed building in Hoe Street is set to reopen as Soho Theatre Walthamstow”

www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/j...

#BringIt the #NLWA #ReusableRevolution Campaign has been launched in #WalthamForest! Thanx to the support of local businesses!
@wflabour.bsky.social @graciemaew.bsky.social @calvinbailey.bsky.social @miriammirwitch.bsky.social @kira.social @lgalabour.bsky.social

🚨SAVE THE DATE🚨

It’s time for the biggest Young Labour event in a decade:

Youth & Students Congress 🌹

Soon we will know if my father is alive. Even then, we cannot rest until all Israeli hostages are returned | Sharone Lifschitz Every day families like mine try to be brave, try not to despair – and pray that the fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire holds, says film-maker Sharone Lifschitz

Soon we will know if my father is alive. Even then, we cannot rest until all Israeli hostages are returned.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Rolls Royce handed £9 billion defence contract to power Britain’s nuclear submarines A deal worth around £9 billion has been struck with Rolls-Royce by the Government to help power Britain's nuclear submarines.

Another vote of confidence in the the UK and a great win for British manufacturing in constituencies such as mine.

NEW: In what will surely be one of if not his final official act in office, President Biden has pre-emptively pardoned:

-General Mark Milley
-Tony Fauci
-The January 6th committee members and the sfaff who worked for them
-The police officers who testified before the Jan. 6 Committee

@davidpintod.bsky.social and I have convened over 80 Labour MPs to fight for a better deal for leaseholders.

Many residents face rip-off service charges, poor maintenance, and bad communication from agents such as FirstPort.

If you have concerns, please get in touch.
rachel.blake.mp@parliament.uk

Sir Sadiq Khan hits target with mentoring programme supporting 100,000 young people The announcement comes one week after 14-year-old Kelyan Bokassa was stabbed to death on a 472 bus in Woolwich.

I know the difference a trusted mentor can make in a person’s life. That’s why I’m so proud that our mentoring programme has reached 100,000 young Londoners.

While we've made great progress, there is still more I want to do—working with partners to ensure young Londoners are supported.

I’ve been out delivering our updates to residents on Lancaster, Lowther and Goldsmith roads today.

I’ll be out in the ward again tomorrow delivering with @shumonalirahman.bsky.social

Let me know if you can spare an hour to help us!

Miscarriage bereavement leave called for by MPs Paid leave should be extended to parents who lose a pregnancy before 24 weeks, a report by MPs says.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... totally support the call for leave to be allowed for all those experiencing a miscarriage, although incredibly common the holistic effects mustn’t be underestimated & legal support for that is a welcome move

Director of Communications & Advocacy - The Sutton Trust Why not apply to be our Director of Communications and Advocacy to help us drive social mobility through impactful communications, campaigning and public affairs?

The @suttontrust.bsky.social is recruiting for a new Director of Communications and Advocacy - a fantastic role in a great team (I am biased 😉) - particularly at the moment, with the chance to influence the government's Opportunity Mission.

recruitment.suttontrust.com/jobs/5429940...

You might have heard that London was voted the world’s best destination for 2025—and I couldn’t agree more.

With Lunar New Year only a few weeks away, it’s one of the capital’s unmissable cultural highlights this winter. See what’s on: www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do...

The Vivienne embodied a major part of UK drag - her wit, her paint, her humour, her vocals. Watching her career rise across the years, she struck me as the natural successor to the likes of Lily Savage. What a supremely talented queen - we bow to thee. Rest well.