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Jan 3, 20242 min read
Creating a Better Wandsworth in 2023: A Reflection on my Political Achievements
New Year reflections
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Aug 18, 20233 min read
Food should not be a distant prayer
I had the pleasure of being asked to write an article on food insecurity as part of my role as chair of the Women's co-operative Network....
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Feb 24, 20223 min read
Cost of Living?
I've heard this term this week more times than I care to remember, but I remember I care about it every time. But the cost of living has...
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Dec 18, 20214 min read
From food pantries to food resilience
What is dignity? Dignity is the right of a person to be valued and respected for their own sake, and to be treated ethically. Like...
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Nov 22, 20211 min read
Reflections on the past 4 years
I did a video with Cllr Rachel Onikosi. Gosh!
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Oct 24, 20212 min read
This week your councillor..
With the cost of living increasing so much for everyday things it was with great reticence that I turned on my central heating this week....
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Jul 20, 20212 min read
Healthy Start Vouchers Adjournment
Weds 21st Full Council meeting - I’d like to adjourn the council for 30 seconds to draw attention to food inequality, children’s health...
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Mar 22, 20211 min read
International Women's Day!
I felt so honoured this year to be recognised by a couple of papers and blogs for international women's day. I spoke to the Brixton Blog,...
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Jan 31, 20214 min read
Hot Dinners
It's been a fairly un contentious week in the UK. For once there have been no changes to our liberties, for quite some time. Stay at...
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Nov 16, 20201 min read
Food Justice for Wandsworth
It's been quite a month for food justice and insufficient access to food for children in the holidays. It is so important that political...
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May 17, 20202 min read
Business as usual?
It's been 7 weeks. This week: Government advice changed from 'Stay Home' to 'Stay Alert'; Schools are set to reopen on the 1st June; the...
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May 3, 20202 min read
Pager is to whatsapp as Meeting room is to....
Tube travel in post Covid world with no vaccine. So it can't really be post Covid, can it?
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Mar 27, 20202 min read
Feeling Calmer?
A day feels like 12 weeks at the moment and 12 weeks is the quarantine we're facing ahead of us and it feels like 12 months. Things move...
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Mar 4, 20202 min read
Many pills to swallow
Last week something dreadful happened. Benefit reassessments happen when the DWP decide that a persons circumstances have changed and so...
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Feb 21, 20201 min read
Expert Witness!
I had the pleasure of being invited as an expert witness on Food insecurity at City hall earlier this month, by Leonie Cooper AM. This...
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Oct 16, 20192 min read
Council Questions - October 2019
When asked to start looking at Food poverty as an issue, you'll never guess what the oposing party said
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Jul 17, 20191 min read
Council Questions - July 2019
It's July again and just before the school holidays. This is the longest period of time that some children will go without their free...
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