Tulse Hill stabbing victim named as Filipe Oliveira – male who ran off along Christchurch Road sought… Second stabbing 75 minutes after fatal Tulse Hill incident…

Detectives investigating the fatal stabbing in Tulse Hill on Saturday afternoon have named the victim and described a man they wish to trace. Police were called at around 17:55 hrs on Saturday, 15 April to reports of a stabbing in Norwood Road SE27. Officers responded with ambulance colleagues. They found a man in the communal …

Rape crisis / Strip searching of children – MPs quiz ministers

Lewisham West and Penge MP Ellie Reeves has quizzed a minister on delays in rape trials - and, along with Dulwich and West Norwood MP Helen Hayes, raised the issue of strip searching of children with another: Ellie Reeves Shadow Minister (Justice) The Rape Crisis report, published yesterday, found that rape survivors are waiting 839 days …

Primary teacher still living in temporary accommodation with her two children FOUR years after no-fault eviction – Ellie Reeves raises case in Parliament

"She was placed in  just one room in a dilapidated hostel. "Unable to afford soaring rents and with council waiting lists at a record high, she is still there." ************************************************************************ A primary school teacher is still living in temporary accommodation with her two children FOUR years after being made homeless following a no-fault eviction. Lewisham …

Exactly who does our economy work for? – that is the question MP Ellie Reeves asks (and answers) during Commons debate on Budget

Exactly who does our economy work for? That was the question Lewisham West and Penge MP Ellie Reeves put to the Commons as MPs debated the Budget. "If the past 13 years are anything to go by, it is certainly not ordinary working people. "We are seeing: wages flatlining; inflation soaring; mortgages rising; a generation …

“The reason we are paying sky-high bills is that Putin invaded a democratic neighbour, which pushed up energy bills. “This Government have stood by the public by paying half of everyone’s energy bills. “Judge us by our record. “We will say more shortly” Grant Shapps tells Helen Hayes…. as another tells MP Ellie Reeves why the prison population is expected to rise

The reason that we are paying sky-high bills is that Putin invaded a democratic neighbour, which pushed up energy bills, Secretary of State for energy Grant Shapps has told MP Helen Hayes. "This Government have stood by the public by paying half of everyone’s energy bills. "Judge us by our record. "We will say more …

MP Ellie Reeves quizzes ministers on tackling Violence Against Women and Girls – and on reoffending levels

Lewisham West and Penge MP Ellie Reeves has quizzed Government ministers in the Commons on tackling VAWG (Violence Against Women and Girls) and on reoffending levels during debatges in the House of Commons: Ellie Reeves Shadow Minister (Justice) Two years on from the Government’s end-to-end rape review, rape allegations leading to a charge or summons stand …

Ellie Reeves quizzes minister on taxing non -doms – but does she get a proper answer to her question? – as the area’s three MPs quiz ministers on Women’s health issues… Domestic Abuse: Serial Perpetrators… Life imprisonment re-offenders… Airport assistance for disabled people

The area's three MPs have quizzed Government ministers in the Commons on a wide variety of subjects - including taxing non-doms. In a debate on tax system fairness Ellie Reeves Shadow Minister (Justice) asked what recent steps have been taken to ensure fairness in the application of the tax system. Victoria Atkins The Financial Secretary to the …

Violence against women and girls at “epidemic level” says MP. The most recently published annual data shows that 177 women were murdered by men, 70,000 women reported being raped…and almost 2.5 million women were victims of domestic abuse. “Far too often, women are not safe at home, at work and on our streets”

 MP Ellie Reeves has highlighted the huge number of attacks on females during a Westminster Hall debate* on sentencing for violence against women and girls. Calling for minimum seven-year sentences for rape, the Lewisham West and Penge MP said that  for crimes such as stalking and harassment, all too often offenders received sentences that did …

Political diary: In which Steve Reed quizzes a minister on appointing Covid inquiry panel members.. Ellie Reeves MP quizzes a minister on gender pay gap… and Helen Hayes MP extracts answers on dentistry services and oral cancers

COVID INQUIRY PANEL MEMBERS Steve Reed Shadow Secretary of State for Justice To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister plans to meet with the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice to discuss appointing panel members to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry. Hansard source(Citation: HC Deb, 26 January 2023, cW)   Alex Burghart The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office Appointments to an inquiry panel are …

Dane Court Sydenham: MP Ellie Reeves raises issues in Commons – Michael Gove says he hopes original developers “will hear clearly exactly the eloquent plea” she makes on cladding

MP Ellie Reeves has raised the issue of cladding on part of the four-storey Dane Court in Sydenham during a House of Commons debate on building safety. The Lewisham West and Penge MP asked if the original developers Crest Nicholson would now be obliged to remove the cladding. Responding, Secretary of State for Levelling Up …