Homelessness and rough sleeping devastate lives. They have been too high for too long in our country and today this government is injecting another £84 million to tackle it, including over half a million here in Greenwich.

To accelerate housing delivery and unlock economic growth, this Labour government will build the next generation of new towns. High-quality, well-designed, sustainable, and liveable communities – we’re determined to have spades in the ground on at least three in this Parliament.

It has been both a pleasure and a privilege to work with Angela Rayner over the past two years. She’s put her heart and soul into delivering for this Labour government and leaves a legacy to be proud of.

Out on the doorstep in West Greenwich this afternoon. Thanks to all those residents who took the time to speak to us.

On site at Morris Walk and Maryon Road this afternoon to see the fantastic progress being made on the Woolwich Estates regeneration programme. Hundreds of affordable homes for local residents, including 175 council homes. #GetBritainBuilding

Great to be out in Gravesend this weekend with @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social, @laurensullivanmp.bsky.social and @janetdaby.bsky.social to support Gravesham CLP members ahead of the local elections on 1 May 🌹

Great to be out twice today in sunny East Greenwich. Strong support for Labour locally and nationally as we deliver for residents 🌹

Great to be out across Greenwich this weekend letting residents know about Labour's campaign to make work pay 🌹

Deeply saddened that yet another young life has been lost in our community today following a stabbing on Woolwich Church St. My thoughts are with the family and friends of the deceased. I urge anyone with any information to call 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 (Ref: 3795/07JAN25).

Boris Johnson, 2019: “awful lot of money & an awful lot of police time now goes into these historic offences...£60m I saw was being spaffed up a wall on some investigation into historic child abuse...what on earth is that going to do to protect the public now?” www.theguardian.com/politics/201...

Opaque and unaffordable service charges are putting leaseholders and tenants across the country under immense strain. The government are committed to improving service charge transparency and making it easier to challenge unreasonable increases. Change is on its way. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nice to have a clean slate from Twitter. Reminder that in following me you'll get a lot of Labour politics and dogs, mostly spaniels.

While we’re banning books… Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar. Be. Like. Finland.