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Jul 12, 2022 7 tweets 6 min read Read on X
Day 2 of my Political Summer School has begun!

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We’re starting the day with a fantastically engaging conversation with @FloEshalomi!

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After lunch, my senior political advisor, Alfiaz Vaiya, used his experience to talk about the relationship between the House of Commons and House of Lords.

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Then @Debbie_Abrahams gave an insight into her career, especially her important work on health inequalities in the NHS, as an academic, and as an MP.

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We had a very entertaining run through the world of political communications and a varied life in politics from @KevinCraigUK of @PLMRLtd!

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We finished the day with @thisisinsider’s politics reporter, @Direthoughts, with a great look into how political journalism works.

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It’s been another excellent day of my Political Summer School 2022! Many thanks to @FloEshalomi, @Debbie_Abrahams, @KevinCraigUK and @Direthoughts for giving your time and your insight to the young people of #Battersea. Tomorrow’s going to be another exciting one! #MDCPolSchool

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Dec 12, 2022
In my capacity as a member of the Petitions Committee, today I led a debate on a popular petition to increase the State Pension.

While I don't agree with increasing the state pension to £380pw, its underlying principle of tackling pensioner poverty is clearly important. 🧵
Pensioner poverty has rapidly increased with 2mill now in deprived.

A major cause is the miserly state pension. As the cost-of-living crisis rages the impact has been exacerbated. Soaring bills dwarf the 3% rise in state pensions this year.
Women, ethnic minority and disabled pensioners are disproportionately impacted as lower lifetime earnings translate into less generous state and work pensions.

Minorities face pension poverty at twice the rate of their White counterparts.
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Jul 11, 2022
Day 1 of my Political Summer School is about to begin! Over the next five days I’m going to give a group of young people from Battersea unparalleled insight into the workings of national and local politics, with some very special guests – stay tuned!

#MDCPolSchool
We started with a talk and a quick Q&A about my journey into politics and my role now.

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Now we have the privilege of hearing from the Shadow Foreign Secretary, @DavidLammy!

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The Tories have finally responded to the UN’s 2017 damning report on the impact of its policies on disabled people.

The response falls woefully short, again ignoring UN recommendations.

Disabled people deserve better than this. Our human rights MUST be respected.
The response has ignored the UN’s recommendation to conduct an cumulative impact assessment of the Government's devastating cuts on disabled people or a review of its cruel ESA sanctions regime. (2)
As more than half of working age disabled adults in the UK say that they do not receive the social care support that they need, the funding commitment in its response is nowhere near enough to combat the scale of the social care crisis facing disabled people. (3)
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