From red-light jumping to reckless pavement riding, e-bike use is putting people at risk. I’m calling on Lime, Forest and other e-bike operators to block pavement riding with GPS, enforce tougher penalties and real accountability. Residents deserve SAFER PAVEMENTS🚲

£30 million boost to youth clubs across our capital🚀 A transformational investment that will allow our community to create safe spaces for young people in Westminster.

Chag Pesach Sameach. Wishing a happy & meaningful Passover to Jewish communities across our community, and to those celebrating in the UK and around the world. May your Seder be filled with joy, community & reflection. May this festival bring you peace, renewal, & happiness.

Today, on Trans Day of Visibility, I’m thinking back to this moment in the chamber & to everyone who shared their stories with me. The fight for trans rights is about something simple: dignity. Our diversity is our strength and I will always stand with our trans community 🏳️‍⚧️

Many residents have contacted me about the impact that ongoing global events will have on their household bills. Reassuring that the Government is already supporting those facing the greatest pressure amid the ongoing cost of living and will continue to focus on the cost of living.

Proud to represent the heart of our capital, a place where we welcome visitors from all over the world no matter their background. An overnight visitor levy ensures local authorities have the means to respond to local needs and reinvest back into our local communities

Today, I raised my concerns with the Minister around the lack of transparency with donations made to individuals outside the regulatory periods. The Rycroft review is crucial for our democracy, and we must do what we can to protect our democracy from foreign interference.

Eid Mubarak to all celebrating across the Cities of London and Westminster🌙 The past month of fasting has shown the strength of the community – rooted in unity, compassion and deep care for one another.

With the Leasehold and Commonhold Reform Bill drafted, I hosted a roundtable with policy experts and MPs from up and down the country, discussing how the transition to Commonhold can empower homeowners and secure fairness - even where landlords are disengaged.

The success of our high street local businesses is restricted by rogue traders, some of whom incite hatred and division in our communities. Clamping down on these rogue traders is crucial to rebuilding our local economy and support local business to thrive📹👇

Around 6,000 homes are lost to short-lets, many of these breaching the 90-night rule without proper accountability. Great to hear the Ministers commitment to ensure data sharing is carried out effectively, giving local authorities more power to enforce regulations📹👇

My statement regarding the conflict across the Middle East www.gov.uk/government/n...

Ramadan Mubarak! I’m inviting all children across the Cities of London and Westminster to enter my Eid Card Competition. Please send in your designs by Friday 6th March to [email protected]. Do share with your family, friends and local mosque!

Four years on from the illegal invasion of Ukraine, we must continue our resolute commitment to a lasting peace in the region The service at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral reflected the resilience of the Ukrainian people for a better future. Slava Ukraini

Come Spend The Day With Me In Gorton & Denton (ft @dantomlinson.bsky.social) Vote Angeliki Stogia on Thursday 26th February🌹

My constituents have told me about the transformational changes needed for SEND provision for many children and parents across the Cities of London and Westminster. These proposals must ensure no matter their background we have school systems that unlocks every child’s full potential.

For months, I’ve worked with residents in the West End on my ‘Stop The Noise’, campaign, to see a complete ban on external noise that comes from pedicabs. These new regulations ensure pedicabs drivers no longer bring about disruptive noise to our local community📹👇

Today is Ash Wednesday, marking the beginning of Lent. Wishing Christians across the Cities of London and Westminster observing Lent a peaceful, blessed and reflective time.

As we welcome year of the Fire Horse, I'm wishing a happy and prosperous Lunar New Year to the amazing communities in the Cities of London and Westminster, across the UK, and around the World.

From today, Transport for London is introducing regulations to crack down on rogue pedicab operators Good news for residents across the Cities of London and Westminster who have endured the noise and disruption of pedicabs for far too long!

Ramadan Kareem! Wishing everyone in the Cities of London and Westminster a peaceful, meaningful and blessed month ahead.

A massive shout out to the work Westminster City Council have done since 2022 to identify and enforce regulations on properties illegally subletting. My Ten-Minute Rule Bill ensures local authorities are able to take action on those turning our homes into commodities📹👇

HIV testing is free, confidential and easy. I’m proud of the excellent health services we have here in the Cities of London and Westminster ensuring everyone has access to free treatment and adequate support. @tht.org.uk

We all deserve dignity in struggle. We all deserve dignity in love. We all deserve dignity in joy. Cities of London and Westminster is strengthened by its diversity, we must protect that and stand strong in the face of hatred and division📹👇

Last week I worked with constituents on leasehold action, meeting our resident Leasehold Action Group for the first time since the Commonhold Bill was published and meeting with residents across the Cities of London and Westminster, to hear their thoughts and concerns.

I’m looking to recruit a dynamic, proactive and process focussed Parliamentary Administrative Assistant to support me and my team in the Cities of London and Westminster. Deadline to apply is 18th February 2026⏰ Full job description here: www.w4mpjobs.org/JobDetails.a...

“Our communities are not commodities” - implementation of a short-let’s registration scheme is essential for councils enforcing regulations on illegal subletting. Watch me make the case for a robust registration scheme in my Ten Minute Rule Motion below👇📹 Homes Aren’t Hotels.

Today, I will make the case in Parliament to ensure a short-lets registration scheme allows councils to identify and take action where properties are being misused. Tune into my Ten Minute Rule Motion straight after PMQs here: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...

The sentencing of Jimmy Lai demands international cooperation with our allies to secure Jimmy’s freedom, a humanitarian response and reunite Mr Lai with his family📹👇

Jimmy Lai’s sentencing is not just imprisonment, it is a failure to uphold basic human rights law. We must see the immediate release of Mr Lai to be reunited with his family. Read my joint-statement with @joepowell.bsky.social below:

From the bustling city centre to the great British seaside the impact of illegal subletting is felt in many communities. Tune into Episode 5 of Homes Aren’t Hotels to hear @pollybillington.bsky.social share how vital it is we implement a registration scheme to tackle this issue.

As days go on of Jimmy Lai’s detention, his health deteriorates. Yesterday, I asked the Prime Minister directly whether 2026 would finally see the freedom for Jimmy Lai

The last Government struck a terrible trade deal with the EU, so this Labour Government is repairing ties & striking deals with our European partners. Today I made the case for making it easier for touring artists to access European markets.

A quick reminder about my survey on online safety & harmful content. Many of you raised serious concerns, around young people’s use of social media, including whether under-16 access should be limited. I’d really value your views. Have your say 👇 www.rachelblake.org.uk/social-media...

From Pimlico to Paddington, from the City to St Johns Wood, leaseholders have waited far too long for a system that works for them. Labour's Bill cuts their costs, gives them real control over their homes, and sets the path to end leasehold for good. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/a-hist...

On Holocaust Memorial Day, we remember the six million Jewish people killed in the Holocaust, and honour those who survived. Remembering calls on us to confront antisemitism and hate in every form.

Many of you have shared concerns about online safety, harmful content, and the impact of social media on children and young people. I’m running a survey to hear your views, including on whether social media access should be limited for under-16s.

Families with ties to those living in Iran in the Cities of London and Westminster desperately call on the Government to proscribe the IRGC. I asked the Foreign Minister why he believes it will take further time to tackle the vile state-back terror that is affecting us all.

The current system lacks the accountability necessary when children fail to receive adequate support. I asked the Secretary of State for Education whether the Schools White Paper will provide accountability for families to ensure support is provided for children with SEND.

A much-needed change after a tragic loss of life. The installation of traffic lights on the Regents Park Outer Circle is vital to protect the local community and keeping our streets safe going forward.

I had a great time last night at the Belgravia & Knightsbridge awards ceremony. A lovely way to recognise the outstanding contribution individuals have made to our local community in the past year.

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I am proud of the work Westminster City Council has done in the past year to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour in the Victoria area. I asked the Minister of Policing to join one of my walkabouts to discuss what more we can do together to create a Safer Victoria📹👇

NEW: Many people have been trying to talk London down, but the evidence tells a very different story.   Last year saw:   The lowest homicide rate since records began   The fewest homicides of those aged under 25 this century

I am proud to represent the centre of the most vibrant and diverse capital in the world. Whilst Reform talk down the capital, Labour is bringing down homicide rates and tackling crime & anti-social behaviour to better our communities in the Cities of London and Westminster.

This Labour Government reversing a cruel Conservative policy by removing the two-child benefit cap to lift hundreds of thousands of children up and down the country out of poverty. This is the right thing for the children and their families and the right thing for the economy.

The Conservative’s Brexit deal was bad for our country and the British public know it too. This Labour Government is putting in the groundwork to repair our relationship with the EU, securing food and agriculture trade deals to ease costs in our supermarkets and increase national security📹👇

I am shocked and saddened to hear the news from Knightsbridge yesterday evening. My thoughts are with the family and friends of the victim, as well as with the local residents.

Today we mark the 20th anniversary of the terrible bombings on 7 July 2005. We remember all those who lost their lives, those who were injured and their awful suffering. Their loved ones are in our thoughts.