I warmly welcome this historic appointment of Dame Sarah Mullally as the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury and the first women to be appointed to this role. Dame Sarah has been a trailblazer for women in the Church, since serving her first curacy in Battersea in 2001. This is an historic…

I am proud to announce that I will be running Small Business Awards for 2025 to celebrate the work of Battersea’s small businesses. Battersea is home to hundreds of amazing small businesses, with small and microbusinesses making up 98.9% of Wandsworth’s firms. That’s why it’s so important we shine a…

I welcome the Government’s recognition of Palestinian Statehood as a significant and long overdue step, formally recognising the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination. As the author of the Balfour Declaration and the former Mandatory Power in Palestine, UK recognition gives Palestinian statehood the historical importance and strength in change needed…