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

Mental health is often missing from public health debates even though it's critical to wellbeing.

White people love playing 'divide & rule'. We should not play their game.

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.

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

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 spend a lot of time visiting local organisations.