SWR is overhauling its timetables for the first time in over 20 years. Whilst timetable changes won't solve all the issues with rail services in our area, it's important to have your say. Click here for details on SWR's info event on 4 June & to share your views in my survey:

Lovely evening celebrating the poet Alexander Pope on what would have been his 338th birthday. Hosted by Radnor House School, the event included the official unveiling of a bust of Pope, which can now be seen by visitors to Pope’s Grotto. Photos @ Cathy Cooper

Are you a Twickenham constituent frustrated by SWR rail services in our area? Have your say in my survey. I’ll share the feedback with SWR as it conducts the first overhaul of its timetable in over 20 years. Read more here: tinyurl.com/3fsdfvmr

Tonight, Labour MPs must decide - which of their leadership candidates do they back on building a new UK-EU customs union to boost growth and cut bills? And will they vote with Lib Dems to make it happen?

Very much enjoyed meeting with school council members at Orleans Primary, who were up-to-speed on the latest political developments! I fielded some great questions on smartphones, sewage in our rivers & the Prime Minister.

Ministers promised genuine increase in funding for colleges. In reality, @RuT_College has received a mere 0.55% per-student uplift. Students and staff are being short-changed.

This Chancellor, and this Government have lost all credibility - we cannot risk Heathrow expansion becoming another HS2, spiralling costs, half-cancelled after 10 years - the costs are too high.

Amazing news!!! Ham & Kingston is the first-ever official bathing water site on the River Thames in London. Massive thanks to the tireless work of local campaigners who made this happen.

Heathrow expansion will cost £49 billion, and that’s being conservative. Gov’t refuses to admit that taxpayers will be forced to foot the bill - I called for transparency and accountability!

The human cost of Heathrow expansion the Government is ignoring👇️

This Government can move quickly when it wants to, yet parents, carers and children were initially told they would have to wait 3 years, and now are being left to wait up to 21 months, for action on online safety. That delay is unacceptable.

If we’re serious about growth, we’ve got to go for a customs union with the EU.

Making the case for a UK-EU Customs Union on the BBC today!

Deeply alarmed by reports that Labour MPs were being given pre-written feedback for the SEND consultation. Families deserve to have a real voice—not a managed one—at the heart of these decisions.

The Government is telling schools to plug a £4.4bn hole in teacher pay with so called “efficiency savings.” That’s just cuts by another name. If ministers genuinely value teachers, they should fund pay rises properly.

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Just been on a bus through Golders Green, my childhood home. Seeing a heavy police presence and these familiar places on the news with alarming regularity due to the mindless violence and senseless hatred against Jews living in our country, makes me sick to the core. (1/4)

Great conversations with Year 7, 10 & 11 pupils @hampton_high. Vibrant debate about cigarette and social media bans, & if the UK should rejoin the EU (a resounding yes on the latter!). Big congrats to Y7 pupil Junior, recently appointed to the Kingston & Richmond Youth Council.

Wonderful to welcome pupils from St Stephen’s primary school in Twickenham to Parliament and explain the concept of "parliamentary ping pong"!

We can’t keep waiting. Every day social media goes unregulated, our children face greater harm. @libdems.org.uk are urging the Government to set out a clear timeline for implementing social media regulation, so families know this issue isn’t being kicked down the road.

This is personal. Harmful social media has gone unchecked for too long. It’s time for big tech’s seatbelt moment— @libdems.org.uk and I will keep pushing this government to take action now, so our children get the childhood they deserve.

The Government has finally announced a ban on phones in schools. Why did they need to be dragged kicking and screaming? Just last week I made the case again on behalf of parents and headteachers.

The Government promised to put families’ voices at the heart of special needs reform, yet reports suggest otherwise. I and @libdems MPs have written to the Education Secretary to ensure they are heard, especially on changes to children's and families' rights.

Little Charlie would be walking today instead of learning to use a wheelchair if he'd been screened at birth and treated immediately for SMA Type 1. From Jesy Nelson to Charlie’s family, we all want the same thing: it's time Government agreed to screen all newborns.

No10’s account is incredible. I held Developed Vetting for nearly ten years and spent three years at the heart of the Cabinet Office. I have never heard of a Developed Vetting denial being overruled. Here’s why…🧵 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Lovely to meet Richard & volunteers from London Wildlife Trust at the beautiful Crane Park Island Nature Reserve. They are doing such wonderful work to restore our precious natural environment & wildlife. I didn’t catch sight of one of the local water voles but fantastic news they’re back!

Lovely afternoon in Bushy Park with patients & staff from the Neuro Rehab Practice for one of their regular Roll & Stroll get togethers for stroke survivors, their family & friends. It was nice to see some familiar faces and meet new ones to enjoy the outdoors (and a coffee at the Pheasantry!).

Popped by Scoop & Waffle on Hampton Hill high street to chat with owner Helen about the challenges facing small businesses. With so many struggling to stay afloat, I’ll keeping pushing the Govt for the greater investment & support our high street businesses so desperately need.

This law is an affront to decency, fairness and the rule of law. Discriminating against Palestinians contravenes Israel's obligations under international law. UK must call for the Israeli Government to revoke this discriminatory and inhumane legislation. news.sky.com/story/israel...

It was a joy to join the Youth Select Committee for the launch of their report on PSHE in secondary schools. Young people care deeply about their future, so why aren’t we helping them better prepare for it?

Local businesses in Twickenham are struggling, and this is why… Follow me for part 2 to hear about the Lib Dem plan to Save Our High Streets!

Honoured to join Justice Secretary David Lammy & others for the GG2 Leadership & Diversity Awards. Inspiring to hear about so many people doing great things in business, the community, the arts, academia and sport. Photos @ Garavi Gujarat Publication 2026

The fact the Government is only offering £1000 a year to certain students studying the “right” subjects is insulting. @libdems.org.uk would restore the £3500 a year maintenance grant for all disadvantaged students, so no one faces barriers to go to uni.

Grateful to join Princess Alice Hospice for one of their bereavement Walk & Talks in Bushy Park on a beautiful spring day. A welcoming group to connect, share experiences and find support after loss. Find out more about the walks here: tinyurl.com/3dd837xe

📢 Last chance! Today's the deadline to have your say on the consultation to grant bathing water status along the River Thames at Ham & Kingston. Read my letter here tinyurl.com/4bvwaa8t & respond to the consultation here tinyurl.com/2nn5jc5a

We have warned from the start that the UK has to avoid being dragged into another war in the Middle East. Starmer must now let Parliament vote on the terms of the agreement with the US for their use of UK bases. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce...

Victims deserve timely information about what will happen to offenders. Roksana Lecka abused babies at a Twickenham nursery and was deported just a few months into her sentence, but parents only got 6 days' notice. I asked ministers to tell victims much earlier this might happen.

One week left to have your say on the consultation to grant bathing water status along our stretch of the Thames. Make sure to have your say by 23 March here:

Sport can make a huge different to young people, both physically and mentally. I called on the Government to publish a national school sports strategy, and provide certainty of funding, to ensure every child in the country has the chance to play lots of different sport in school!

It seems everyone but the Government understands that children shouldn't be on harmful social media. This consultation misses the point. Parents want to know when and how Ministers will take action to protect our children.

As the proud Member for Parliament for the home of English rugby, I pressed the Government to do everything possible to improve access to playing fields, and to preserve Sport England’s vital role in the planning system to ensure we get more pitch space.

My recent visit to Isleworth Crown Court made clear to me again how wrong the Government is to be restricting the right to a jury trial. I urged the Justice Secretary to tackle the serious issues plaguing our courts and delaying trials, instead of attacking a fundamental right.

Yesterday Labour MPs voted against banning under-16s from harmful social media, making school uniform cheaper, giving vulnerable children enough money for therapy, and siblings separated in the care system the right to stay in contact.

Disappointed to see Labour MPs vote down @libdems.org.uk proposals to cap the cost of branded school uniform. We want to put ££ back into parents' pockets and give schools freedom to set their own uniform policy. The Government's approach risks putting up uniform prices.

Disappointed that Labour MPs voted against increasing the #ASGSF tonight. We are told tough choices need to be made, but the Department for Education spent nearly £50m on ads last year—up £15m in two years. Halving that could restore vital therapeutic support for thousands of children.

I visited London Ambulance Service with Lib Dem MPs and saw the brilliant staff working to ensure Londoners get an ambulance when they need it. More must be done to improve response times, and I'm pleased LAS is working to ensure the sickest patients do get an ambulance quickly.

I am proud that @libdems.org.uk introduced premium funding to ensure disadvantaged children - wherever they live - get more support at school. Ministers are proposing to "rebalance" funding and need to come clean as to who will lose out, and guarantee cash will always follow the child.

It’s #braintumourawarenessmonth. This week I spoke to Brain Tumour Research in Parliament about improving outcomes for everyone living with brain cancer and widening access to vital treatments.

Happy #WorldBookDay to all the children and their parents who have endured the trauma of last minute costume making. Whilst the stress isn't fun, reading certainly is. Don't forget to use your book token to discover something new!