Stephen Cowan 🇬🇧🇺🇦
@stephencowan.bsky.social
Leader of the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. Labour Councillor for Grove🌹
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My thoughts are with those who lost their lives, those who were injured and with their loved ones following the vile terror attack at the Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester today - on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
We stand in solidarity with Britain’s Jewish community.
We stand in solidarity with Britain’s Jewish community.
October 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
My thoughts are with those who lost their lives, those who were injured and with their loved ones following the vile terror attack at the Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester today - on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
We stand in solidarity with Britain’s Jewish community.
We stand in solidarity with Britain’s Jewish community.
Britain’s newest embassy in Hammersmith
Palestinian Embassy opens | Fred remembered by W12 neighbours | Best primary schools | Nomad Books birthday offer | Fulham pop-up art gallery | O2 Empire gets sound upgrade | Flu vaccines | Sloppy Che...
Weekly Briefing from Cllr Stephen Cowan, Leader of Hammersmith & Fulham
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September 28, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Britain’s newest embassy in Hammersmith
With Putin’s war still raging in Ukraine and Russian incursions into NATO airspace, our armed forces remind us that our free and democratic way of life has always been contested and will always need to be defended share.google/YPpVMSpzOC79...
Defending our freedoms | Homes for Ukraine | Prince Harry visits White City | ALDI opens in Fulham | Open House Festival | Great River Race | People's Question Time | WIN free Lyric tickets
Weekly Briefing from Cllr Stephen Cowan, Leader of Hammersmith & Fulham
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September 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
With Putin’s war still raging in Ukraine and Russian incursions into NATO airspace, our armed forces remind us that our free and democratic way of life has always been contested and will always need to be defended share.google/YPpVMSpzOC79...
So Inspirational
July 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
So Inspirational
The headline says it all.
Thank you to @local.gov.uk for their work independently assessing @hflabour.bsky.social run @hfcouncil.bsky.social’s finances
Great work @rowanree.bsky.social and the team www.mylondon.news/news/west-lo...
Thank you to @local.gov.uk for their work independently assessing @hflabour.bsky.social run @hfcouncil.bsky.social’s finances
Great work @rowanree.bsky.social and the team www.mylondon.news/news/west-lo...
Council that hands out free homecare and breakfasts hailed for its finances
Hammersmith and Fulham Council was praised for its financial leadership at a time when a number of councils are on the brink of declaring bankruptcy
www.mylondon.news
July 12, 2025 at 6:39 AM
The headline says it all.
Thank you to @local.gov.uk for their work independently assessing @hflabour.bsky.social run @hfcouncil.bsky.social’s finances
Great work @rowanree.bsky.social and the team www.mylondon.news/news/west-lo...
Thank you to @local.gov.uk for their work independently assessing @hflabour.bsky.social run @hfcouncil.bsky.social’s finances
Great work @rowanree.bsky.social and the team www.mylondon.news/news/west-lo...
Grateful to have such an amazing Upstream London Advisory Board which met today. Since launching our industrial strategy in 2017, Hammersmith & Fulham has:
🚀 Won £6billion of growth investment
🚀 Curated over 13,000 STEM³ jobs
🚀 Produced more spin-out start-ups than anywhere else in the UK.
🚀 Won £6billion of growth investment
🚀 Curated over 13,000 STEM³ jobs
🚀 Produced more spin-out start-ups than anywhere else in the UK.
Octopus founder Greg Jackson joins board of growth advisory body
Body brings together academia, business and local government to work on plans to deliver that all important growth in H&F
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April 30, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Grateful to have such an amazing Upstream London Advisory Board which met today. Since launching our industrial strategy in 2017, Hammersmith & Fulham has:
🚀 Won £6billion of growth investment
🚀 Curated over 13,000 STEM³ jobs
🚀 Produced more spin-out start-ups than anywhere else in the UK.
🚀 Won £6billion of growth investment
🚀 Curated over 13,000 STEM³ jobs
🚀 Produced more spin-out start-ups than anywhere else in the UK.
Very sad to learn of the death of Pope Francis. I admired him greatly. His emphasis on care for the marginalised and compassion for all defined his leadership.
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www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
Pope Francis dies at 88, the Vatican says
The pontiff had recently had a lengthy stay in a Rome hospital suffering from double pneumonia. #EuropeNews
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April 21, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Very sad to learn of the death of Pope Francis. I admired him greatly. His emphasis on care for the marginalised and compassion for all defined his leadership.
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
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A new youth mobility scheme with the EU would boost economic growth and provide exciting opportunities for young people.
At a time of so much global uncertainty deepening our partnership with EU partners is a win-win for our growth and prosperity.
www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump...
At a time of so much global uncertainty deepening our partnership with EU partners is a win-win for our growth and prosperity.
www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump...
Sadiq Khan: Here’s one thing to get us closer to Europe – and a post-Trump bump
A new youth mobility scheme will bring the UK and the EU some much needed connection – and a shot in the arm for business, too, writes London Mayor Sadiq Khan
www.independent.co.uk
April 17, 2025 at 7:03 AM
A new youth mobility scheme with the EU would boost economic growth and provide exciting opportunities for young people.
At a time of so much global uncertainty deepening our partnership with EU partners is a win-win for our growth and prosperity.
www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump...
At a time of so much global uncertainty deepening our partnership with EU partners is a win-win for our growth and prosperity.
www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump...
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New research shows that Islamophobic and racist abuse has surged online.
Here's just a snapshot my team has put together of the kinds of messages I receive on a daily basis.
I highlight this because I'm worried about the impact on young people. A thread 🧵
Here's just a snapshot my team has put together of the kinds of messages I receive on a daily basis.
I highlight this because I'm worried about the impact on young people. A thread 🧵
April 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
New research shows that Islamophobic and racist abuse has surged online.
Here's just a snapshot my team has put together of the kinds of messages I receive on a daily basis.
I highlight this because I'm worried about the impact on young people. A thread 🧵
Here's just a snapshot my team has put together of the kinds of messages I receive on a daily basis.
I highlight this because I'm worried about the impact on young people. A thread 🧵
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Blimey. One of Nigel Farage's biggest donors, and the owner of 55 Tufton Street, is helping the Russian military effort www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/w...
March 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Blimey. One of Nigel Farage's biggest donors, and the owner of 55 Tufton Street, is helping the Russian military effort www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/w...
Here’s the Better Places podcast interviewing, er, me.
It was a pleasure to chat with Nick Dines about how H&F Labour has worked with our partners to transform our borough into an inclusive global economic hotspot in the new industries that are quickly reshaping the modern world.
It was a pleasure to chat with Nick Dines about how H&F Labour has worked with our partners to transform our borough into an inclusive global economic hotspot in the new industries that are quickly reshaping the modern world.
Cllr Stephen Cowan: Hammersmith and Fulham’s Industrial Strategy
Podcast Episode · Better Places · 26/03/2025 · 48m
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March 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Here’s the Better Places podcast interviewing, er, me.
It was a pleasure to chat with Nick Dines about how H&F Labour has worked with our partners to transform our borough into an inclusive global economic hotspot in the new industries that are quickly reshaping the modern world.
It was a pleasure to chat with Nick Dines about how H&F Labour has worked with our partners to transform our borough into an inclusive global economic hotspot in the new industries that are quickly reshaping the modern world.
The Islamophobic abuse that our Mayor @SadiqKhan faces simply because of his faith and identity will never be tolerated.
Upset to learn that this has doubled in the last year. Urgent action is needed to target and stop such unacceptable behaviour.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Upset to learn that this has doubled in the last year. Urgent action is needed to target and stop such unacceptable behaviour.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Islamophobic posts about Sadiq Khan more than double in a year, analysis shows
Most Islamophobic content referring to London mayor, a prominent voice against online abuse, was on X
www.theguardian.com
March 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The Islamophobic abuse that our Mayor @SadiqKhan faces simply because of his faith and identity will never be tolerated.
Upset to learn that this has doubled in the last year. Urgent action is needed to target and stop such unacceptable behaviour.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Upset to learn that this has doubled in the last year. Urgent action is needed to target and stop such unacceptable behaviour.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Here, the @financialtimes.com considers how H&F Labour is leading one of the first councils in Britain to deploy sophisticated AI technologies to crack down on crime. www.ft.com/content/29af...
London expands CCTV network in ‘tech race against crime’
Councils rush to tool up with AI cameras as police grapple with surge in street crime
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March 18, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Here, the @financialtimes.com considers how H&F Labour is leading one of the first councils in Britain to deploy sophisticated AI technologies to crack down on crime. www.ft.com/content/29af...
@jimrobbins.bsky.social hit the ground running when he was elected to lead Swindon’s renaissance in 2023.
Testament to that is this amazing Parliamentary event launching Heart of Swindon. More on that inspirational vision here: www.swindon.gov.uk/download/dow...
Testament to that is this amazing Parliamentary event launching Heart of Swindon. More on that inspirational vision here: www.swindon.gov.uk/download/dow...
March 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
@jimrobbins.bsky.social hit the ground running when he was elected to lead Swindon’s renaissance in 2023.
Testament to that is this amazing Parliamentary event launching Heart of Swindon. More on that inspirational vision here: www.swindon.gov.uk/download/dow...
Testament to that is this amazing Parliamentary event launching Heart of Swindon. More on that inspirational vision here: www.swindon.gov.uk/download/dow...
Here’s an article on how the combination of ‘entrepreneurial municipal government’ and world-leading academia offers opportunities for placed-based tech-led economic growth across the UK.
labourlist.org/2025/02/grow...
labourlist.org/2025/02/grow...
GDP: ‘The PM’s tech-led growth plan is vital. But councils can innovate too’ – LabourList
The front row of tech titans at the Trump inauguration was, among many other things, a sign of US technological supremacy - one of the…
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February 13, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Here’s an article on how the combination of ‘entrepreneurial municipal government’ and world-leading academia offers opportunities for placed-based tech-led economic growth across the UK.
labourlist.org/2025/02/grow...
labourlist.org/2025/02/grow...
Trailing green transport initiatives
“The Labour-led, green-focused council has been key in getting it off the ground.”
“The Labour-led, green-focused council has been key in getting it off the ground.”
‘Is that thing legal?’: trialling the Yo-Go on Britain’s most dangerous roundabout
A London council is introducing electric buggies to cut emissions on its roads, but are they a practical solution?
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Trailing green transport initiatives
“The Labour-led, green-focused council has been key in getting it off the ground.”
“The Labour-led, green-focused council has been key in getting it off the ground.”
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The far-right are sowing fear and division across the globe.
Progressives must act by tackling online hate, challenging extremist rhetoric, and proving democracy can deliver for all.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Progressives must act by tackling online hate, challenging extremist rhetoric, and proving democracy can deliver for all.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This is my three-point plan for standing up to the far right and the billionaire bullies | Sadiq Khan
Putting pressure on social media companies to tackle hate and misinformation is a start, but there’s more that the centre left can do, writes Sadiq Khan
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2025 at 8:28 AM
The far-right are sowing fear and division across the globe.
Progressives must act by tackling online hate, challenging extremist rhetoric, and proving democracy can deliver for all.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Progressives must act by tackling online hate, challenging extremist rhetoric, and proving democracy can deliver for all.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thank you BBC for this fine article about the £6billion inclusive economic growth curated by H&F Labour’s Upstream London, industrial strategy www.bbc.com/news/article...
White City: Billions of pounds invested into Upstream project
How a pub chat led to an area in west London being transformed into a technology and business quarter.
www.bbc.com
January 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Thank you BBC for this fine article about the £6billion inclusive economic growth curated by H&F Labour’s Upstream London, industrial strategy www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Personal care is free in Scotland but all of England is means-tested. All of England? Not quite. One London borough also does it and they’re just completed their 10 year anniversary. So how is it going? www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Is this the way to fix social care in England?
As yet another review is launched, a single council is offering an alternative to rationing support for the most needy
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Personal care is free in Scotland but all of England is means-tested. All of England? Not quite. One London borough also does it and they’re just completed their 10 year anniversary. So how is it going? www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Today’s Observer reporting on the 10th year of H&F Labour’s free adult social care policy:
“But she is lucky enough to live in a London borough where she doesn’t need to choose. Hammersmith and Fulham is the only English council where, as in Scotland, personal care is free to anyone who needs it.”
“But she is lucky enough to live in a London borough where she doesn’t need to choose. Hammersmith and Fulham is the only English council where, as in Scotland, personal care is free to anyone who needs it.”
Is this the way to fix social care in England?
As yet another review is launched, a single council is offering an alternative to rationing support for the most needy
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Today’s Observer reporting on the 10th year of H&F Labour’s free adult social care policy:
“But she is lucky enough to live in a London borough where she doesn’t need to choose. Hammersmith and Fulham is the only English council where, as in Scotland, personal care is free to anyone who needs it.”
“But she is lucky enough to live in a London borough where she doesn’t need to choose. Hammersmith and Fulham is the only English council where, as in Scotland, personal care is free to anyone who needs it.”
It’s 3 weeks since the second chapter of #UpstreamLondon launched. Building on the £6bn of investment and 13,000 STEM³ jobs curated by our 2017 industrial strategy, It looks to shape a future that improves peoples' lives better than ever before. #InclusiveGrowth
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkPD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkPD...
H&F leader Cllr Stephen Cowan launches next phase of Upstream London industrial strategy
YouTube video by Hammersmith & Fulham Council
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December 20, 2024 at 11:15 AM
It’s 3 weeks since the second chapter of #UpstreamLondon launched. Building on the £6bn of investment and 13,000 STEM³ jobs curated by our 2017 industrial strategy, It looks to shape a future that improves peoples' lives better than ever before. #InclusiveGrowth
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkPD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkPD...
Our vision ten years ago was to create an inclusive global economic hotspot in the ‘long cycle’ industries of the future. This video sets out how far we’ve come: youtu.be/8b6kH-xYqq4?... #EconomicGrowth #PathwayBond #UpstreamLondon #WestTechCorridor Thank you to all who contributed to our film.
Upstream London: Training the workforce of tomorrow, today
YouTube video by Hammersmith & Fulham Council
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November 29, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Our vision ten years ago was to create an inclusive global economic hotspot in the ‘long cycle’ industries of the future. This video sets out how far we’ve come: youtu.be/8b6kH-xYqq4?... #EconomicGrowth #PathwayBond #UpstreamLondon #WestTechCorridor Thank you to all who contributed to our film.
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Great to be at the launch of the Hammersmith & Fulham Industrial
Strategy - Upstream London. Hearing from the inspirational @stephencowan.bsky.social and Baroness Taylor of Stevenage setting out the ambition! Plenty of lessons for Swindon to learn… delighted to be a partner.
Strategy - Upstream London. Hearing from the inspirational @stephencowan.bsky.social and Baroness Taylor of Stevenage setting out the ambition! Plenty of lessons for Swindon to learn… delighted to be a partner.
November 28, 2024 at 11:30 AM
Great to be at the launch of the Hammersmith & Fulham Industrial
Strategy - Upstream London. Hearing from the inspirational @stephencowan.bsky.social and Baroness Taylor of Stevenage setting out the ambition! Plenty of lessons for Swindon to learn… delighted to be a partner.
Strategy - Upstream London. Hearing from the inspirational @stephencowan.bsky.social and Baroness Taylor of Stevenage setting out the ambition! Plenty of lessons for Swindon to learn… delighted to be a partner.
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📷 It’s launch day #UpstreamLondon 📷
We're delighted to launch Upstream London, the next phase of our mission to create inclusive ECONOMIC growth for all.
With H&F Leader @stephencowan.bsky.social, MHCLG minister Baroness Taylor, and President of Imperial College London Hugh Brady.
We're delighted to launch Upstream London, the next phase of our mission to create inclusive ECONOMIC growth for all.
With H&F Leader @stephencowan.bsky.social, MHCLG minister Baroness Taylor, and President of Imperial College London Hugh Brady.
November 28, 2024 at 1:50 PM
📷 It’s launch day #UpstreamLondon 📷
We're delighted to launch Upstream London, the next phase of our mission to create inclusive ECONOMIC growth for all.
With H&F Leader @stephencowan.bsky.social, MHCLG minister Baroness Taylor, and President of Imperial College London Hugh Brady.
We're delighted to launch Upstream London, the next phase of our mission to create inclusive ECONOMIC growth for all.
With H&F Leader @stephencowan.bsky.social, MHCLG minister Baroness Taylor, and President of Imperial College London Hugh Brady.
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