by Bell Ribeiro-Addy | Apr 1, 2025 | Campaigns, Parliamentary Work
It was good to attend a packed Scope briefing on the planned disability cuts. Like its predecessors, the government has been unable to produce any evidence that cutting benefits would work on its stated terms of forcing people back into work. The evidence produced...
by Bell Ribeiro-Addy | Feb 21, 2023 | Constituency Work, Streatham
I joined PINT (People in Need Today) Giving for one of their weekly food distribution sessions outside the Streatham Odeon. This service is a lifeline for the increasing numbers struggling to afford the basics in our area. I’m proud to support such vital work...
by Bell Ribeiro-Addy | Jan 16, 2023 | Constituency Work, Parliamentary Work
It was great to host Lambeth Pensioners in Parliament to discuss the issues that matter to them. More than one in six people of pensionable age live in relative poverty, with about 2 million pensioners now living in fuel poverty. This is one of the highest rates in...
by Bell Ribeiro-Addy | Nov 3, 2022 | Parliamentary Work
With the Government briefing big spending cuts, they once again failed to yet rule out real terms cuts to pensions or benefits. By repeatedly u-turning on these issues, they were only adding to mounting financial worries for retirees (especially the one quarter of...
by Bell Ribeiro-Addy | Oct 30, 2022 | Campaigns
I joined St Leonard’s in October for our party’s National Campaign Day. We ran a street stall and went out knocking on doors to talk to people about the issues that matter to them. The message coming from the doorstep was overriding anger towards the...
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