Miatta Fahnbulleh

Funding for English youth clubs aims to keep children off smartphones Keir Starmer says £88m package will help tackle trend of young people becoming ‘disconnected from their communities’

This is a really welcome step.

After years of cuts, investment in young people is starting to return.

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The energy, people, ideas and leadership are already here - young people are showing us that every day.

Our job is to back them with the spaces, support and trust they deserve.

In our session with the Southwark Youth Parliament, the focus was clear: safety, youth poverty, mental health, access to opportunity. They weren’t just naming problems - they were offering ideas. What’s missing is the resource and trust to act on them.

We also visited St Giles Trust in Camberwell - a charity supporting young people affected by violence, poverty and county lines. Their peer-led model, and work with the VRU, shows what’s possible when support is rooted in lived experience and real trust.

Through Elevated Minds, sixth-formers from St Thomas the Apostle College joined us in Parliament.
They spoke about the gap between how young people are perceived and how they actually live. About policing, identity, mental health and where they feel they belong.

At the Damilola Taylor Youth Centre, Janet Daby, Minister for Children and Families, saw the MyEnds programme in action: boxing, football, mentoring - all youth-led. The centre is trusted and full every week. But demand is outpacing capacity.

This summer I’ve been out across the community - at youth centres, in Parliament, and in roundtables - hearing directly from young people.

The Young Futures Summer Series is our way of listening, learning, and starting to build something better with them.

Some kids in Peckham are spending their summer climbing back over school fences — just to use a pitch. The only space left is the place they should be having a break from.

We need youth clubs that are open, local and funded.

My Young Futures campaign is about just that 🧵

That win showed the power of coming together - different backgrounds, one team, one goal.

Girls in Peckham saw people like them on that pitch. We need to make sure they’ve got the pitches, the kit, the coaching.

Talent is everywhere - and so should opportunity be.

It’s hard to put into words what the spirit of Peckham feels like- but Russell Newell’s photos do just that.

Raw, tender, political.

The fabric of a community stitched through light, shadow, friendship and fight.

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There’s nothing more powerful than a young person discovering what they love.

This summer, Holiday Hope is giving thousands across London the space to create, move, express themselves, and just be kids.

More here 👉🏿 tinyurl.com/yc6wuuwb

Promise made. Promise delivered ✅

16 and 17-year-olds will be able to vote in the next general election 🎉

They work, pay tax, shoulder real responsibility—now they have power at the ballot box.

A long-overdue step to strengthen and modernise our democracy.

#VotesAt16

This is vulnerable, powerful and deeply human - how we talk about poverty shapes how we fight it.

Cold homes are political. Warm homes are a choice.

Labour is choosing to act - and we’re just getting started.

This is about fairness. No one should dread the cold nights drawing in or have to choose between heating and eating. Everyone deserves a warm, secure home they can afford to live in.

In Maltby, Rotherham, families are already saving up to £400 a year after energy-efficiency upgrades. It’s not just good policy- it’s life-changing. And this is just the beginning.

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In Wakefield, 5,000+ households will get free home upgrades- from solar panels to insulation. It’s part of a £70m programme led by the West Yorkshire Mayor and backed by the government. That’s Labour in power, delivering.

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Tired of cold, draughty homes draining your hard-earned wages?

Labour’s Warm Homes Plan will upgrade millions of the homes that need it most- cutting bills and keeping families warm 🧵

The expansion of the Warm Home Discount will mean three million more families will receive support for their energy bills at a time that we know people desperately need it.

Under the Conservatives, the energy crisis pushed families to the brink.

So no, we won’t take lectures from them now.

Tackling youth violence and creating opportunity must start with communities.

Brilliant to have Janet Daby in Peckham to see the award-winning #MyEnds programme- backed by the Mayor’s Violence Reduction Unit.

From sports to mentoring, it shows what’s possible when we invest in our young people 💥

We’re driving down bills, breathing life into our communities with cleaner air, and securing our energy for the long term- so people feel the change today and future generations can thrive.

That’s the country we are building.

Ed Miliband to tell MPs who reject net zero policies they are betraying future generations Exclusive: Energy secretary’s ‘radical truth-telling’ comes as Reform plans net zero bonfire and Tories also ditch targets

Clinging to fossil fuels is like bailing water from a sinking ship.

Delay, denial or distraction from clean power is to fail our children.

Most Brits back it- because it cuts bills and puts Britain back on the world stage as climate leaders. Let’s get moving.

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Clean power- built by working people, owned by us all.

It’s that simple.

Notting Hill Carnival SAVED and will go ahead next month after security funding boost Street festival gets bailout from City Hall and two councils but there’s dismay that Government has declined to help

Notting Hill Carnival was born from London’s Black and Caribbean communities- resistance through music and joy.

Thanks to @london.gov.uk, it goes ahead: louder, safer, prouder.

When the usual suspects take aim, they always fail.

Carnival is going nowhere.

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The Devolution Bill is on its way - giving communities the power to protect, shape, and transform the places they call home. That’s how we build a stronger, fairer country.

✅ Early intervention works

I'm delighted that Best Start Family Hubs will build on Sure Start’s legacy with:

👶 Stay-and-play groups
🧠 Parenting & mental health support
🍼 Infant feeding & language help
🏠 Housing & debt advice
🤝 One front door for family services

What children in Peckham deserve.

Peckham MP Miatta Fahnbulleh's rollercoaster year Just days after being elected Miatta Fahnbulleh MP was asked to become a junior "net-zero" minister.

Great to speak to BBC News about my first rollercoaster year as the MP for Peckham ❤️ www.bbc.com/news/article...

Every single day, we are working relentlessly to rebuild and renew our communities for good.