📣 It's National Apprenticeship Week! #NAW2026 There are so many fantastic apprenticeship schemes that deliver fantastic opportunities for young people & bring enormous benefit to businesses & the economy. 👩‍💻Go to the Department for Education's website to find out more.

The Govt's decision to put inclusion bases in every secondary school is a vital next step in turning the SEND system around, ensuring that children will get the SEND support they need alongside the right educational environment for them.

Really pleased to see the Chancellor argue for closer integration with the EU. In an increasingly unstable world, it is more important than ever that we create deeper alignment with our closest neighbours, for our shared security, prosperity & peace. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

🚨NEW: Wandsworth Council is freezing your council tax for the 4th year in a row This will put more money in your pocket & allow Wandsworth Council to invest in what matters to you

Another packed surgery, supporting residents with a range of issues from housing to climate change. 📩If you live in #Battersea & have an issue, get in touch: [email protected]

New accessible toilets are now open at Morden station, with more to come across the network as part of our £15m investment. Toilet access matters and can shape whether people travel. We’re committed to improving toilet provision across Tube stations.

Ahead of the publication of the Schools White Paper, it's critical that young people's voices are heard & used to improve the SEND education system. I was delighted to bring together visually impaired & blind young people with Minister Gould at my roundtable recently www.aop.org.uk/ot/news/2026...

This Government is investing £92 million into a Places of Worship Fund, ensuring churches have the right support for repairs & restorations, and allowing Churches to continue to serve communities across the country.

🐶🐱The Renters Rights Act means that renters will bring fairness to renters, who will now be able to keep their beloved pets with them when they move. Having worked with Battersea Dogs & Cats Home on this issue, I know what this will mean to renters across the country. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A historic moment to watch the new Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally be reintroduced to the House of Lords

Great to host #NAWRA in Parliament to celebrate their 50th anniversary of helping people to access high-quality welfare rights advice. Welfare rights advice is grossly oversubscribed & under resourced, making it critical that we introduce a statutory duty to provide welfare advice

On #WorldCancerDay, this Govt is taking action - committing to ensuring 75% of patients diagnosed from 2035 will be cancer-free or living well after five years. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

🚨NEW: Children with cancer will have their travel costs paid for, with a new Government support package worth up to £10 million a year This small step will make a huge difference to families who are facing unimaginably difficult & stressful situations. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A warm home shouldn’t be a privilege. This Govt is making it a basic guarantee - delivering the biggest home upgrade plan in British history.   The Warm Homes plan will more than double the amount of heat demand met via heat networks, making key efficiency savings & lowering costs & much more!

Reforming the Disability Confident Scheme is welcome - but without culture change it will still fall short. 🖋️Read my piece for @labourlist.bsky.social on how we can close the disability employment gap with real, meaningful work. Link in bio

👏 A positive response on the doorstep from #Battersea residents - with many pleased about the change recent leasehold reforms will bring to their lives

We know we can achieve far more when we work together, across the globe, than when we strive alone. That's why I asked the Minister how the Foreign Office plans to ensure that disabled people across the globe will continue to be able to access life-changing programmes.

Just finished up writing my responses to some of Falconbrook School's Y3 students, who sent me some lovely letters about what living & learning in Battersea means to them ❤️

[1/2] Putting young people’s voices at the heart of the SEND system is vital to create change that reflects real, lived experience.

Honoured to attend the Confirmation of Election of Bishop Sarah Mullally as the next Archbishop of Canterbury at the glorious St Paul's. Also fab to see some familiar faces from St Peter's Church #Battersea in attendance too

Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, when we remember the six million Jewish men, women and children murdered during the Holocaust. It is vital we recommit ourselves to standing up to division & bigotry wherever it occurs, ensuring that the horrors of the Holocaust are never repeated

Stronger rights for working Londoners are coming in April 2026. ☑️ Sick pay from day one. ☑️ Extended parental leave. ☑️ New workplace protections. Check your rights on our Employment Rights Hub now.

More must be done to keep children safe online & protect their health, wellbeing & development. I welcome the Govt's new consultation & I encourage all #Battersea residents to complete my survey via the link in my bio.

Great news that arts venues, museums, libraries and heritage buildings are set to be boosted by major new funding from the government. Organisations mentioned - from Natural History Museum to the BFI - are cultural powerhouses. It’s vital they’re supported and protected.

Baroness Amos, Chair of the independent National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation, is asking women & families to share their experiences of maternity and neonatal care in England. Have your say on this important topic 👉 www.matneoinv.org.uk/call-for-evi...

Beavers are back in London 🦫 Here's how (and why) we did it ⬇️

Great to meet with the folks at USPG to hear more about their reparative justice work around the globe - building relationships, fostering leadership & unlocking potential.

The Govt is due to publish its SEND white paper - it's vital we get this right. That's why I'm pushing for better SEND support in mainstream education settings, including for children with visual impairments, having raised this with Minister Gould and in the House. Catch up ⬇️

Many #Battersea residents have got in touch to share their concerns about under-16s social media use and screentime. I know how important it is to get this right. If you live in #Battersea, please complete my survey to share your views on this important topic. Link in bio.

The situation in Palestine is devastating - and I will continue to push for full accountability for the Israeli Govt for war crimes. I'm pleased that the Church continues to support Christian, Palestinian families during this time.

Our local members & volunteers are the best of us, they dedicate their time to make positive change a reality. That's why I was delighted to welcome #Battersea members - new & old - into the fold at my Parliamentary reception ahead of critical local elections this May.

I welcome the Govt’s crackdown on pavement parking, which takes a devolved approach & puts the power closer to the communities it affects. Having introduced my own bill on pavement parking last year, I know this action will improve safety & allow everyone to access our public streets & spaces.

#Battersea is delivering more than 200 new social homes at Battersea Power Station, showing the real difference Labour in London is making to people's lives.

“We need to be really mindful of those that seek to, in my view, appropriate Christianity, our beliefs, values, and also our symbols, particularly where they seek to sow division." The Second Church Estates Commissioner, @marshadecordova.bsky.social, talks to Madeleine Davies

Last year London had the lowest homicide rate since records began. This shows that our capital city is getting safer everyday but we must and will do more.

Also in the paper: • Madeleine Davies speaks to the Second Church Estates Commissioner @marshadecordova.bsky.social • Doctors need help to attend to the spiritual side of health, writes Ishbel Orla Whitehead 🩺 • Nicholas Cranfield sees “Edwin Austin Abbey” at the National Gallery

I believe the Church of England can do better because I see the amazing ways local Churches serve our communities everyday. Read my interview with @churchtimes.bsky.social online & in print. Link in bio.

#Battersea is home to hundreds of local hospitality businesses, including many brilliant pubs. Many of them fear the combined impact of relief reductions & rateable valuation revaluations on their ability to serve our economy & community. I've written to the Chancellor to urge her to look again.

While a new year begins, my dedication to supporting the people of #Battersea remains as strong as ever. I was pleased to assist this constituent, who was having problems with their Personal Independence Payments, impacting their quality of life. ❓Live in #Battersea & have an issue? Get in touch

As temperatures remain below freezing, we’ve activated SWEP to help ensure anyone sleeping rough has shelter. If you’re worried about someone sleeping rough, contact Streetlink via their website. Streetlink can help connect them to local support services. streetlink.org.uk

The No.19 bus route is a highly-valued route for my #Battersea constituents & in 2019, we worked hard to fight threats to cutting it. I've written to the Mayor of London to ensure that residents continue to be served by a bus route that covers the area from Battersea Bridge to central London.

🍾 Happy New Year #Battersea! We’ve achieved a lot together in 2025 but I know there’s still so much more to do. Here’s to a fantastic 2026, where we will continue to make Battersea the best place to live, work and visit

The situation in #Gaza is beyond devastating. Yet Israel is banning dozens of aid agencies from Gaza including Action aid and IRC. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

I’m delighted that Alaa Abd El-Fattah has finally arrived in the UK. The courageous campaign waged by Alaa’s mother and family has succeeded. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

✨Wishing everyone in #Battersea a very Merry Christmas ✨ I hope you all have a wonderful - and restful - day with loved ones.

Rejoining Erasmus+ is great news for young people up & down the country, and it shows this Government is serious about resetting our relationship with European partners.

🏆 Small Business Award Winners 2025 🏆 The standard was incredible this year, with so many brilliant local businesses to choose from. Huge congratulations to these outstanding #Battersea stars keeping our high streets thriving 👏

"Just like Brexit, the Tories and Reform need a scapegoat for the country’s problems. This time they are selling the deceptive promise that leaving the ECHR will magically solve the problems their policies and governments have created," writes @marshadecordova.bsky.social. https://bit.ly/4qjX6G0

☀️A sunny morning well-spent speaking to residents in #Battersea Reach. A really positive response on lots of issues, including the Employment Rights Act, green spaces & much more.

"Forged in the horrifying aftermath of the Holocaust and the Second World War, the ECHR was created in a moment when Europe vowed that such atrocities must never be repeated." Me for @bestforbritain.org: bestforbritain.substack.com/p/brexits-wi...