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The world’s most vulnerable need help more than ever – Labour needs to restore international aid spending

COMMENT: A staged return to a restored and fit-for-purpose aid budget should be part of Andy Burnham’s long-term vision writes Labour MP Fleur Anderson. But, the world's challenges are too large to be met by increased donor funding; we need to also use Britian’s influence

The Independent UK

London council rejects funding bid to keep Hammersmith Bridge open to pedestrians

Wandsworth Council wrote to Hammersmith and Fulham Council stating it could not support the bid for essential repairs to the bridge as it fell short of what residents and businesses wanted to see

Evening Standard

Alarming charts that reveal a planet in peril – as experts warn record-breaking heatwaves are just the start

From record-breaking heatwaves and worsening droughts to deadly wildfires, experts say this record-breaking summer means the case for net zero has never been clearer

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Petition after managers who invested £150,000 in London pub are told to leave

A petition calling on Star Pubs, part of Heineken UK, to allow the managers of the much-loved Park Tavern in Southfields to remain at the venue has gained more than a thousand signatures

Evening Standard

Labour MPs call for Andy Burnham to restore aid spending target set by Brown

Thinktank urges prospective prime minister to reclaim UK’s role as an international leader on development

The Guardian - UK

Hammersmith Bridge will not reopen to vehicles as there is no funding available, council report suggests

Hammersmith & Fulham Council is recommending a ‘phased repair’ of the bridge, prioritising access for cyclists and pedestrians

Evening Standard

Met Police praised for sticking with hunt for the 'Putney Pusher' over nine years

Putney Labour MP Fleur Anderson said she hoped that the arrest of a suspect in the case would give the victim ‘reassurance’

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South London pub to host controversial former Kasabian frontman despite backlash

Tom Meighan was convicted of assaulting his partner in July 2020 after an attack in April that year

Evening Standard

Olly Robbins and Mandelson’s vetting: what did he do, why – and who knew?

Starmer says ministers were in the dark, but friends of former top civil servant suggest it was a case of them looking the other way

The Guardian - UK

Troubled waters: Will Hammersmith Bridge ever reopen?

London’s ‘disgrace’ has been closed since 2019 and at £250m to fix, it’s a political football no one is taking ownership of, reports Sarah Haque

Evening Standard

Hammersmith Bridge reopening boosted as minister gives strongest signal yet of key funding

Roads minister Simon Lightwood told the London Standard that the project was a ‘compelling candidate’ to be financed through a new £1 billion Infrastructure Fund

Evening Standard

Military-style Thames crossing should be built so Hammersmith Bridge can be repaired, say Tories

Conservative councillors are proposing a temporary structure across the river just north of the existing bridge

Evening Standard

Six London Labour MPs break rank to back rejoining Customs Union after Brexit blow to Britain

They include Dame Meg Hillier, Diane Abbott, Fleur Anderson, Marsha De Cordova, Dawn Butler and Bell Ribeiro-Addy

Evening Standard

Date when plastic in wet wipes will finally be banned is confirmed

The ban was introduced as a private members bill by MP Fleur Anderson, as way of removing plastic from wet wipes, making them more biodegradable and reducing long-lasting pollution

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Voices: The UK used to proudly lead the world on international aid – now we don’t save lives that we should

COMMENT: The £150m cut to the UK’s contribution to the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria is a mistake, writes MP Fleur Anderson. But the upcoming Budget is a chance to change course

The Independent UK

UK’s £150m cut to worldwide fund fighting deadly diseases will force ‘impossible life-or-death decisions’

The cut from £1bn to £850m pledged to the Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria – risking 250,000 lives – was revealed by The Independent last week

Evening Standard

District Line to Wimbledon 'not fit for purpose' after years of disruption, warns MP

The District Line has become so unreliable in south west London that one resident was forced to move out of the area as they could not get to work

The Independent UK

South Western Railway unveils ‘platform hoover’ trains to tackle ‘extreme’ Waterloo overcrowding

Putney MP Fleur Anderson has campaigned on the risks posed by busy rail services

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Evening Standard

Waterloo woe: £1bn fleet of ‘platform hoover’ trains to be rolled out to help tackle ‘extreme overcrowding'

The ‘platform hoover’ trains have over 50% more capacity than the exisiting trains running through south west London

Evening Standard

UK ministers confident post-Brexit trade friction will be eased by deal

The movement of trade between Northern Ireland and Great Britain was one of the main discussions at the East-West Council on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Post-Brexit rules makes buying plants ‘impossible’ in Northern Ireland, MPs say

Debate hears one garden centre finds it easier to import plants from Japan than Scotland due to Windsor Framework protocol.

The Independent UK

‘They’re putting 4G on the Moon but I can’t even get signal in Putney’

Residents of one estate in west London have been spotted dangling out of windows in order to get signal. Now, as it emerges a mobile network has been deployed on the Moon, Bryony Gooch reports on the frustration of living in the capital but never having any service

Evening Standard

Hammersmith Bridge could stay closed to vehicles until 2035, MP warns

Putney MP Fleur Anderson has urged residents to write to the Department for Transport about the impact the closure is still having on their daily lives

Evening Standard

Stormont Executive ‘could be £100m short to deal with national insurance rise’

Finance Minister Caoimhe Archibald sounded the alarm while appearing before the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee.

Evening Standard

Stormont powersharing ‘no longer reflects progress of our society’, says MP

Alliance MP Sorcha Eastwood said powersharing continues to define Northern Ireland politics in ‘purely binary terms’ at the expense of ‘stability’.

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