My forebears refused to cut the sugar cane for plantation owners, and I am recognisably a product of that background.

My London constituency in Hackney has one of the highest levels of gun crime in the country. But the problem is no longer confined to inner city areas. Gun crime has spread to communities all over Britain.

I don't think you can have pain and soul-searching doing the right thing for your child.

Tackling childhood obesity is key.

It is time Britain put its trust back into the Labour Party. I believe I am the candidate that can make this happen precisely because I am not associated with the past.

In politics, the people I most despise are those who have no values.

Families are struggling against a tide of junk information on junk food.