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This week offered a pretty special moment for me. I was sad my mum was not here to witness our success, however. I often think about my mum. We sadly lost her in 2015 at the tender age of 60. It was cruel that she was taken so young. She…
Tower Hamlets, two years ago, became one of the first councils in London to declare a climate emergency and set ambitious targets to become a net zero council by 2025 and a net zero borough by 2050. We have delivered in many areas but there…
Many have already explained the need for Labour to increase ethnic minority representations across key positions in our party, often highlighting a desire to improve decision-making by better reflecting our communities. But despite building…
For a big proportion of London's inner-city residents, the main issue remains the division between the rich and the poor. Although many are working, families are still struggling to meet the cost of living in London where 35% of children…
Marsha de Cordova has described a report published by the race and ethnic disparities commission this morning as a "divisive polemic" that "cherry picks statistics" and "downplays" institutional racism across society. Commenting on the…
Labour is set to address Islamophobia and anti-Black racism by introducing new codes of conduct and bringing in new training courses, while also making progress on the establishment of a new BAME structure. At a meeting of the national…
In her report on the impact of Covid-19, Baroness Doreen Lawrence wrote that Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people have been "over-exposed, under-protected, stigmatised and overlooked during this pandemic – and this has been…
David Lammy has described figures showing that more than half of all young people in custody are from a Black, Asian or ethnic minority background a "national scandal" and said the government must "finally act like Black lives matter"…
It’s tough to come to terms with the whirlwind that has been 2020. But it has been over half a year since the tragic murder of George Floyd, and over half a year since that video was released of that knee on his neck. Over 190 days of…
Labour’s new ruling body met for the first time this week, following internal party contests that concluded earlier this month and gave rise to a fresh national executive committee. With the election of a new NEC chair and 13 members…
In light of Black History Month last month and the recent events surrounding the Black Lives Matter movement, the individual – and more importantly collective – responsibility to challenge all forms of systematic prejudice should be…
I am standing for to be a local party representative on the Labour Party's national executive committee (NEC) as a Muslim woman and school governor originally from Oxford, now living in London. Having lived in a socially deprived area, I…
