Andy Burnham, our new Prime Minister, has hit the ground running making a stack of new announcements which have brought a bounce and hope back to politics for many. · Committing to end rough sleeping – because everyone should have a safe home · Building many more council homes to help address the housing crisis, provide affordable rents, support local jobs, and create long-term assets for councils. · A cap on bus fares outside London at £2, cutting f

Two weeks is a long time in politics! As we know the Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, announced he would be resigning - with a new Prime Minister set to enter office later this month (assuming that we don’t have a leadership contest) I had hoped that Keir would remain in office but he has listened to voices across our party, the cabinet and the country and decided to step down. I believe in doing so he has put the stability of our country first. I believe that as Prime Minister

Ruth Cadbury MP has written to the City Minister Rachel Blake asking the Government to lift or modify the £450,000 LISA Cap. The full text of the letter can be seen below. ''Dear Rachel, I am writing to you in regard to the Lifetime ISA (LISA) and the Government’s recently launched consultation. I welcome that the Government are committed to reviewing the LISA as I believe that there is a strong case for reforming it in order to benefit young people who are seeking to get on

‘‘Keir Starmer is a man of decency and integrity, and I am sad to see his announcement today that he will be resigning as Prime Minister once a successor has been elected as leader of the Labour Party. Keir has put the stability of our country first and avoided what could have been a divisive leadership election. I wish Keir, his wife Victoria and his children well. The sacrifice they have all gone through for this job should not be forgotten. I know that constituents will ha

THE NATIONAL PICTURE Following the English council, Scottish Assembly and Welsh Senedd elections, I joined over 100 Labour MPs in a letter to Keir Starmer saying he should remain as Prime Minister. The election results were clearly poor for the Labour Party, and I felt that our party needs to listen and take serious efforts to fix the problems behind these poor results. But I felt it was not the right time to change Prime Minister because the events in Iran, the war in U

Over the past day a number of people have emailed and messaged me to ask about my thoughts on the Prime Minister.I support Keir remaining as Prime Minister and I was one of the 100 MPs who signed a letter which said this. The local election results both across London and across England were clearly poor for the Labour Party. It is important that we reflect on this, listen and take serious efforts to fix the problems that were behind these poor results. However, I do not belie

I am running a Westminster Insight Day to bring local young people to Parliament to learn more about our politics and democracy. I previously ran one over the February half term and received overwhelmingly positive feedback - 100% of attendees said that they would recommend the Insight Day to a friend. The day will give young people an opportunity to learn about Parliament as well as contribute to my work as an MP and gain first-hand experience of Westminster politics. Please

International Women’s Day enabled us to celebrate and be grateful for the contribution to local and to national life of so many amazing women. With Seema Malhotra MP, I hosted an event in Hounslow where we recognised the achievements of around 40 local Women. And, in Westminster, the Speaker hosted the annual 100 Women in Westminster celebration. War in Iran: I welcomed the Prime Minister's announcement confirming that the UK is not going to get dragged into the wider c

''The events that we have witnessed across Iran, and the Middle East have been extremely concerning and I know that constituents will have been watching the news with worries and fears for the future, and what this conflict brings. As many of you will have read and seen on Saturday morning the United States and Israel took military action against Iran and Iran responded to US and Israeli attacks with the bombing of targets in Israel and the Gulf States, along with further att

''Today marks four years since Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine. The people of Ukraine have continued to stand in resistance to Russia’s tyranny and the attempts to illegally seize Ukrainian territory. I know that today will be a particularly tough time for the Ukrainian families who have made West London their home and whose lives were changed overnight four years ago. The bravery of the Ukrainian people has been an inspiration and is a reminder why it is right for the

Ruth Cadbury MP has written to the Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper in regard to funding for the BBC World Service. The text of Ruth's letter can be seen here. Dear Yvette, I am writing to you in regard to the BBC World Service. I understand that the funding arrangement with the Foreign Office runs out in seven weeks and is also part of the ongoing negotiation about the BBC’s charter. I am very concerned that the World Service risks losing its funding from the FCDO at a time w

Ruth Cadbury MP has welcomed the news that the Government will introduce further reforms to protect ‘leaseholders’ (those who own a flat on a long lease). The new reforms introduced by the Government will cap the ‘ground rent’ that leaseholders can be charged at £250 a year. Previously rising levels of ground rent had made it difficult for leaseholders to sell. Additional reforms also mean that ground rent will ultimately be reduced to a ‘peppercorn’ or zero rate after 40 y

Ruth Cadbury MP has welcomed the Government’s landmark Employment Rights Bill passing into law. This newly passed legislation introduces key new measures to bring workers’ rights into the 21st century, including ending exploitative zero-hours contracts; establishing day-one rights for paternity, parental and bereavement leave; strengthening statutory sick pay; and establishing a new Fair Work Agency. This government’s new measures mean that sick pay and paternity leave chan

Ruth Cadbury MP has welcomed the announcement by the UK Government that it will be rejoining the Erasmus Scheme, which will let 100,000 people from across the UK study in the EU. As a result of Brexit the UK had to withdraw from the Erasmus Scheme which deprived young people in Hounslow and Richmond of the chance to study and learn in Europe. Speaking in the House of Commons Ruth praised the Government for rejoining Erasmus and pointed out that this would also benefit youn