Rushanara Ali, Mp For Bethnal Green And Bow

Mental health services for children and young people are in crisis.

The people involved with Extinction Rebellion have confronted the government with the uncomfortable truth that time is running out to protect the planet.

Many people in east London are shocked and outraged on hearing that the free TV licence for over-75s is being scrapped.

After Grenfell, the government said it would make all high-rise flats safe. But two years later, there are thousands of people, including here in east London, living in flats with flammable cladding on their building.

The rise in the number of fatal knife attacks both in London and across our country is shameful.

Since the EU referendum in 2016, this government has failed to put the country first.

The East End has lost of one its brightest flames. Max Levitas has died at the age of 103, after a long life of community service and activism. ***

The rise in anti-social behaviour has had a real detrimental impact on families and communities, with people feeling unsafe on their streets and in their own homes.

I’m deeply concerned about the corporate rent rises the government have imposed on local businesses that occupy the Network Rail arches.

As we celebrate 70 years of our National Health Service, I pay tribute to the brilliant efforts and dedication of all the staff who work tirelessly to treat and care for local people.