Joe Powell MP

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Plus the expansion of workers' rights, £150 off energy bills and much more that Londoners will feel directly helping their cost of living and improving their lives before local elections in May.

But I'm also optimistic about the introduction of renters' rights in London - abolishing no-fault evictions and ending fixed-term tenancies.

Brilliant Labour Councils like Westminster deserve to be re-elected on their own record of building more council housing and investing in CCTV to improve public safety.

It's time to take the next step to support Ukrainian children in the UK by introducing formal language qualifications, including bringing back the Ukrainian GCSE.

No more offering Ukrainian children a GCSE in Russian.

Learning to cook delicious and healthy meals at school is so important - so I loved seeing the collaboration between the brilliant St Clement and St James Primary School and Leiths cookery school recently, and meeting Dame Prue Leith herself to discuss the nationwide rollout of support to schools.

A very special interfaith Iftar at Al Manaar this week welcoming the new Archbishop of Canterbury to North Kensington.

As always the trustees, staff, volunteers and wider Al Manaar community were incredibly welcoming - and demonstrated the best of our community.

Ramadan Mubarak.

As we mark four years since the illegal full-scale invasion of Ukraine I have one simple message for Roman Abramovich: pay up what you owe Ukraine from the Chelsea FC sale now.

Thousands gathered in Trafalgar Square on Tuesday to mark four years since Putin’s brutal invasion of Ukraine.

I joined to express my solidarity for those fighting on the frontline of freedom and democracy in Europe.

This will help keep more money in your pocket. There’s still a long way to go, so I’ll be pushing for more support to help families with the rising cost of living.

📉 From April, the price cap will fall by £117, cutting costs for households across Kensington & Bayswater.

It’s the biggest reduction we’ve seen since last summer and will benefit millions of people across the country.

I look forward to advancing the proposals for significant democratic reform to help restore trust in our politics.

We need more transparency and accountability in public life.

I came into politics after a decade working on open government and anti-corruption around the world. I believe people want to see power closer to them, not a perception of elite capture and influence peddling.

The plan David Lammy has announced today is the right one: investment to remove caps on sitting days; modernisation of our courts using technology to increase efficiency; and structural reforms to get through cases quicker.

Victims deserve swift justice, but too often the system is letting people down with a backlog of 80,000 in the crown court, meaning many wait years for their day in court.

The status quo is not defensible.

We are cleaning up the e-bike mess. 🧹

Hundreds of people have written to me about dockless e-bikes clogging pavements.

Badly parked e-bikes like these are a real nuisance for pedestrians and cyclists, and for people with disabilities or additional mobility needs, they can block homes and streets.

Ramadan Mubarak to everyone in Kensington and Bayswater 🌙

Wishing you all peace, blessings and a meaningful month with your family and loved ones.

Under Labour, we will save 320,000 more lives by 2035 – diagnosing patients earlier, treating them sooner, and ending the lottery of life in cancer care.

It was great to catch up with Wes Streeting and @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social last week following the launch of our National Cancer Plan.

It was great to hear strong support for these vital initiatives to support Ukrainian children and families in Britain.

Excellent meeting at the Department for Education with @georgiagould.bsky.social
and the St Mary's Ukrainian School team to discuss pushing forward accreditation for Ukrainian language courses, and the introduction of the Ukrainian GCSE.

His imprisonment is the result of a sham trial, and a death sentence for an elderly man in failing health who must be freed and reunited with his family as soon as possible.

We must do everything in our power to ensure his release and bring him home.

Jimmy Lai's family - my constituents - are devastated by today's sentencing.

A huge thanks to the Year 12 students at Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle in South Ken for a lively discussion last week. Lots of interesting questions on issues such as integration and cohesion, free speech and democracy, as well as my campaign for a Ukrainian GCSE.

Thank you to the staff and pupils at Collingham Sixth Form College for such a warm welcome last week. We discussed access to affordable housing, trust in politicians, corruption, and the ever-important topic of youth engagement in politics. Thank you so much for having me.

New sanctions and a commitment to act on the IGRC are welcome, and I urged in Parliament today for coordinated efforts to break the internet and information shutdown in Iran that is covering up the atrocities and preventing people from reaching their loved ones.

I have been deeply moved to hear from Iranian residents across Kensington & Bayswater in recent weeks about the appalling attacks many of their friends and family have been victims of in Iran.

Last week, the government published the Draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill - a major step towards our manifesto commitment to bring the feudal leasehold system to an end as we know it. Here are six things to look out for in the Bill.

It was a huge honour to help open the CHUMS Community Centre on the Henry Dickens Estate recently. ✂️

CHUMS and the formidable Jill Brown do an incredible job supporting elderly and vulnerable residents across our constituency.

Great to welcome students from Barlby Primary School into Parliament! Lots of great questions about politics and what MPs do.

Transformation of one of London's busiest Tube stations takes major step forward South Kensington Tube Station will get step-free access to the District and Circle line platforms and the Piccadilly line

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