Cllr Marina Sharma

🗳️#Labour on Thursday 21 August in the #Cranford by election 🗳️Hira Dhillon. He is a Cranford man and has lived in Cranford for over 50 years. He will make a great Cllr, he knows the issues & has a plan on how to tackle them! Don’t forget to bring your ID when voting. @labourhounslow.bsky.social

Ultra-processed food increases risk of early death, international study finds About 14% of premature deaths in England attributable to unhealthy food, the most among surveyed countries

We're facing a junk food crisis and it's killing us. We need to act and early. That's why in #Hounslow, with one of London's highest obesity rates, we partnered with #JamieOliver to teach parents of primary kids to cook healthy, affordable meals, and have funded cooking equipment for #schools.

New West London theatre aimed at attracting big shows moves closer Many thought Hounslow Arts Trust would run the centre in Brentford but the council will use an open tender process to select the best operator

Brentford's new arts centre moves another step closer.

JK Rowling looking smoking a cigar and holding a drink by the sea

As the rights of one of the most marginalised and victimised groups in society are ripped up, as scared and vulnerable people fear what comes next, the Billionare Who Shall Not Be Named does this.

#trans
#transrights
#TransRightsAreHumanRights

Trans women arrested on Britain’s railways to be strip-searched by male officers British Transport Police amends policy in light of supreme court’s landmark ruling on definition of a woman

I hope the people who campaigned for this are proud of themselves.

Had the pleasure of planting new trees for the 1st stage of a new forest at Blenheim Park #Feltham at the weekend. You can find out about future projects and the next stage of the planting here: energygarden.org.uk
@shansview.bsky.social @seemamalhotra-mp.bsky.social @salmanshaheen.bsky.social

🚨 BREAKING: This week, the Government introduced to Parliament three vital steps to support our shopworkers in the Crime and Policing Bill, delivering on commitments made to make our high streets safer.

Hitting the doorstep in Brentford for #Labour with our fantastic candidate @maxmosley.bsky.social (no not THE Max Mosley), @shansview.bsky.social @tombruce.bsky.social @cllrmarinasharma.bsky.social Cllr Sue Sampson and MP @ruthcadbury.bsky.social.

Look out for us in the ward over the weekend and come say hi

As chair of Transport Committee I know how important it is to bring down waiting times for driving test slots 🚗

Read my letter to the Department of Transport in full 👇

committees.parliament.uk/publications...

Hounslow National Apprenticeship Week Marketplace 2025 #SkillsForLife Join Hounslow's National Apprenticeship Week marketplace job fair for live opportunities from local and national employers.

Do you want an informal chat about jobs and #apprenticeships?

Come join the Apprenticeships Marketplace #Job fair on Thursday, 13 February at #Hounslow House (10am-3pm).

Employers attending include the West London @england.nhs.uk Trust, @londonfire.bsky.social & @marriottbonvoy.bsky.social.

Palestinians must be allowed home to Gaza, PM says - BBC News The PM responds to President Trump's plan to turn Gaza into the "Riviera of the Middle East".

Absolutely right from #KeirStarmer. Palestinians must be allowed to return home. And the international community must set its sights on the creation of a Palestinian state. National building, not ethnic cleansing.

#Gaza #Palestine #Trump #Iseal #PMQs

Deaths predicted amid the chaos of Elon Musk’s shutdown of USAid The impact of the billionaire’s declaration has been swift and brutal, with food and crucial drugs abandoned in warehouses, vital programmes closed and workers laid off

Donald Trump and Elon Musk have blood on their hands. The world will not forget. Or forgive.

#Trump #ElonMusk #USAid

Statement from the Leader of Hounslow Labour Group on the Brentford By-Elections - Hounslow Labour Cllr Shantanu Rajawat, Leader of Hounslow Council said: “The Hounslow Labour Group has always been and will always be absolutely focused on delivering a better Brentford for its residents, finishing t...

Hounslow Labour is delivering for Brentford. Read our statement on the upcoming by-elections ⬇️

www.hounslowlabour.co.uk/news/2025/01...

One of the many beautiful green spaces in one of London's greenest boroughs. #parklife #Hounslow

Art on the Underground 2025: honouring the works that saved lives Whales, a new mural and a soundscape are coming to a Tube near you

Art on the Underground is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year with four major new commissions for Stratford Underground Station, the Spring Tube Pocket Tube Map, Waterloo Station and the Brixton Mural Programme.

Look out for them later this year.

www.standard.co.uk/culture/exhi...

Wes and Stephen with Charlie and his family and team

Today Stephen Kinnock and I announce the biggest funding for hospices in a generation:

£100 million for improving buildings, kit and technology

£26 million grant for children and young people’s hospices

An early Christmas present for hospices that do a wonderful job for families.

Successive governments have failed on social care. It’s not a shortage of good ideas that’s the problem, but a shortage of good politics.

Today that changes with Louise Casey.

Britain has a social care crisis. Here’s how we’ll work together to fix it 👇🏻

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Jamie Oliver's five tips to get your kids off the sofa and into the kitchen With obesity rates soaring, Jamie Oliver shares with i his top tips for getting the kids interested in cooking

To mark the new #JamieOliver partnership with #Hounslow Council to deliver his first ever food education programme targeted at primary school kids and families to tackle #childhoodobesity, he has kindly shared his top tips to help families #cooking from scratch.

2morro 28/12/24 #Brentford East Cllr surgery will be holding our monthly #Surplusfood Mission Hall TW8 0SD 10am-12pm Bring a bag and take what you or your family need. No food goes 2 waste any left over goes 2 #TheOpenKitchen on Bath Rd Hounslow #nowastage #CommunityFirst @shansview.bsky.social

Hounslow Labour supports South Western Railway being put into public ownership by Labour Government - Hounslow Labour Hounslow Labour fully supports the recent Government announcement that South Western Railway’s services will be the first to transfer into public ownership next year. This announcement follows on from...

Happy to have seconded this motion at the last Borough Council and pleased to hear that SWT will be nationalised.

www.hounslowlabour.co.uk/news/2024/12...

Food distribution is all set up at Mission Hall, ready for our councillor Surgery
Come down if you or your family require fruits, bread, pasta, pastries and snacks.
No referral is required. Just bring your bag. #BrentfordEast

Privileged to attend two awards events this week: #newlondonawards where Hounslow were shortlisted for Frank Towell Court, and #westlondonchamber awards, celebrating the very best of West London businesses. @shansview.bsky.social

Quote from Angela Rayner praising the value of council housing in her life as a shild and single mother.

Angela Rayner speaks for millions.

I'm deeply saddened at the news of John Prescott's death. A enormous figure in the Labour movement, he made a tremendous difference for the better in the country.

A straight-talking, salt-of-the-earth politician, of a kind sadly far rarer today. We shall not see his like again.

Free school meals in all London primary schools 'boosting health of families' A report finds a massive 84% of parents believe the rollout of free school meals for primary pupils in the London have also helped or significantly improved their household budgets

Great to be here 👋🏽

Let’s start with some good news. A new report shows free school meals in London's state primaries are having a positive impact:

➡️ Improving children’s health and wellbeing
➡️ Supporting families, esp. those struggling with the cost of living

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

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Anyone with links to London (or surrounding) secondary schools may be interested in this project I'm doing with some other researchers to make philosophy accessible. Please share and shout me if any Qs