How to fund it? I proposed using increased taxes on the gambling giants who make huge profits from online gambling.

You can read my full letter to the Chancellor below ahead of the budget. 👇 4/4

Lifting the two child limit would immediately take around 300,000 children out of poverty, and would put more money back into the pockets of struggling families.

It would be a huge boost to people who are struggling & would put money back into our local economy. 3/4

The two child limit was introduced in an act of ideological & political malice by the Conservatives in 2015.

It's simply made larger families poorer- the 'worst social policy ever' as @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social called it.

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There is, as Nick says, a very tight legislative timetable & a lot of issues for the Government to address but it really shows the need for a much bigger look at constitutional reform which could address many of these issues.

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We see this in particular with how people talk about london.

It is completely removed from the reality that my constituents see every day- despite what SM says crime is down in London, all our schools in Hounslow are rated good or above & we have a world class public transport system.

Lets look at Hounslow Borough.

Hounslow Town Centre has at least 10 bookies & adult gaming centres, while Chiswick at the other end of the borough has, from memory, around 3.

It is very obvious why gambling firms put more shops & centres in areas with higher levels of deprivation.

Whereas as someone old enough to be (but not yet) a grandmother, the babies and toddlers on my timelines are all cute and doing cute things.
Really worrying 😤

Due to the word limit I didn't have space to write in further detail about how important it is that we don't repeat the mistakes that the Biden Administration made- they failed to use their leverage over Israel & I don't want the UK Government to make the same mistake.