Cllr Marina Sharma
@cllrmarinasharma.bsky.social
Labour Party Councillor for Brentford East London Borough of Hounslow. Views and opinions are my own. 💚💙🌹Casework [email protected]
Promoted by Ted Wall on behalf of Hounslow Labour at 367 Chiswick High Road
Promoted by Ted Wall on behalf of Hounslow Labour at 367 Chiswick High Road
🗳️#Labour on Thursday 21 August in the #Cranford by election 🗳️Hira Dhillon. He is a Cranford man and has lived in Cranford for over 50 years. He will make a great Cllr, he knows the issues & has a plan on how to tackle them! Don’t forget to bring your ID when voting. @labourhounslow.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 8:52 PM
🗳️#Labour on Thursday 21 August in the #Cranford by election 🗳️Hira Dhillon. He is a Cranford man and has lived in Cranford for over 50 years. He will make a great Cllr, he knows the issues & has a plan on how to tackle them! Don’t forget to bring your ID when voting. @labourhounslow.bsky.social
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We're facing a junk food crisis and it's killing us. We need to act and early. That's why in #Hounslow, with one of London's highest obesity rates, we partnered with #JamieOliver to teach parents of primary kids to cook healthy, affordable meals, and have funded cooking equipment for #schools.
Ultra-processed food increases risk of early death, international study finds
About 14% of premature deaths in England attributable to unhealthy food, the most among surveyed countries
www.theguardian.com
April 28, 2025 at 8:45 AM
We're facing a junk food crisis and it's killing us. We need to act and early. That's why in #Hounslow, with one of London's highest obesity rates, we partnered with #JamieOliver to teach parents of primary kids to cook healthy, affordable meals, and have funded cooking equipment for #schools.
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Brentford's new arts centre moves another step closer.
New West London theatre aimed at attracting big shows moves closer
Many thought Hounslow Arts Trust would run the centre in Brentford but the council will use an open tender process to select the best operator
www.mylondon.news
May 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Brentford's new arts centre moves another step closer.
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As the rights of one of the most marginalised and victimised groups in society are ripped up, as scared and vulnerable people fear what comes next, the Billionare Who Shall Not Be Named does this.
#trans
#transrights
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
#trans
#transrights
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
April 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
As the rights of one of the most marginalised and victimised groups in society are ripped up, as scared and vulnerable people fear what comes next, the Billionare Who Shall Not Be Named does this.
#trans
#transrights
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
#trans
#transrights
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
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I hope the people who campaigned for this are proud of themselves.
Trans women arrested on Britain’s railways to be strip-searched by male officers
British Transport Police amends policy in light of supreme court’s landmark ruling on definition of a woman
www.theguardian.com
April 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I hope the people who campaigned for this are proud of themselves.
Had the pleasure of planting new trees for the 1st stage of a new forest at Blenheim Park #Feltham at the weekend. You can find out about future projects and the next stage of the planting here: energygarden.org.uk
@shansview.bsky.social @seemamalhotra-mp.bsky.social @salmanshaheen.bsky.social
@shansview.bsky.social @seemamalhotra-mp.bsky.social @salmanshaheen.bsky.social
April 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Had the pleasure of planting new trees for the 1st stage of a new forest at Blenheim Park #Feltham at the weekend. You can find out about future projects and the next stage of the planting here: energygarden.org.uk
@shansview.bsky.social @seemamalhotra-mp.bsky.social @salmanshaheen.bsky.social
@shansview.bsky.social @seemamalhotra-mp.bsky.social @salmanshaheen.bsky.social
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🚨 BREAKING: This week, the Government introduced to Parliament three vital steps to support our shopworkers in the Crime and Policing Bill, delivering on commitments made to make our high streets safer.
February 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
🚨 BREAKING: This week, the Government introduced to Parliament three vital steps to support our shopworkers in the Crime and Policing Bill, delivering on commitments made to make our high streets safer.
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Hitting the doorstep in Brentford for #Labour with our fantastic candidate @maxmosley.bsky.social (no not THE Max Mosley), @shansview.bsky.social @tombruce.bsky.social @cllrmarinasharma.bsky.social Cllr Sue Sampson and MP @ruthcadbury.bsky.social.
February 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Hitting the doorstep in Brentford for #Labour with our fantastic candidate @maxmosley.bsky.social (no not THE Max Mosley), @shansview.bsky.social @tombruce.bsky.social @cllrmarinasharma.bsky.social Cllr Sue Sampson and MP @ruthcadbury.bsky.social.
Look out for us in the ward over the weekend and come say hi
We're delighted to announce that Max Mosley will be our new Brentford East candidate. He's a senior economist and Bees season ticket holder. Max and the team be out in Brentford East over the weekend speaking to residents
February 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Look out for us in the ward over the weekend and come say hi
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As chair of Transport Committee I know how important it is to bring down waiting times for driving test slots 🚗
Read my letter to the Department of Transport in full 👇
committees.parliament.uk/publications...
Read my letter to the Department of Transport in full 👇
committees.parliament.uk/publications...
committees.parliament.uk
February 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
As chair of Transport Committee I know how important it is to bring down waiting times for driving test slots 🚗
Read my letter to the Department of Transport in full 👇
committees.parliament.uk/publications...
Read my letter to the Department of Transport in full 👇
committees.parliament.uk/publications...
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Do you want an informal chat about jobs and #apprenticeships?
Come join the Apprenticeships Marketplace #Job fair on Thursday, 13 February at #Hounslow House (10am-3pm).
Employers attending include the West London @england.nhs.uk Trust, @londonfire.bsky.social & @marriottbonvoy.bsky.social.
Come join the Apprenticeships Marketplace #Job fair on Thursday, 13 February at #Hounslow House (10am-3pm).
Employers attending include the West London @england.nhs.uk Trust, @londonfire.bsky.social & @marriottbonvoy.bsky.social.
Hounslow National Apprenticeship Week Marketplace 2025 #SkillsForLife
Join Hounslow's National Apprenticeship Week marketplace job fair for live opportunities from local and national employers.
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February 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Do you want an informal chat about jobs and #apprenticeships?
Come join the Apprenticeships Marketplace #Job fair on Thursday, 13 February at #Hounslow House (10am-3pm).
Employers attending include the West London @england.nhs.uk Trust, @londonfire.bsky.social & @marriottbonvoy.bsky.social.
Come join the Apprenticeships Marketplace #Job fair on Thursday, 13 February at #Hounslow House (10am-3pm).
Employers attending include the West London @england.nhs.uk Trust, @londonfire.bsky.social & @marriottbonvoy.bsky.social.
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Absolutely right from #KeirStarmer. Palestinians must be allowed to return home. And the international community must set its sights on the creation of a Palestinian state. National building, not ethnic cleansing.
#Gaza #Palestine #Trump #Iseal #PMQs
#Gaza #Palestine #Trump #Iseal #PMQs
Palestinians must be allowed home to Gaza, PM says - BBC News
The PM responds to President Trump's plan to turn Gaza into the "Riviera of the Middle East".
www.bbc.co.uk
February 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Absolutely right from #KeirStarmer. Palestinians must be allowed to return home. And the international community must set its sights on the creation of a Palestinian state. National building, not ethnic cleansing.
#Gaza #Palestine #Trump #Iseal #PMQs
#Gaza #Palestine #Trump #Iseal #PMQs
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Donald Trump and Elon Musk have blood on their hands. The world will not forget. Or forgive.
#Trump #ElonMusk #USAid
#Trump #ElonMusk #USAid
Deaths predicted amid the chaos of Elon Musk’s shutdown of USAid
The impact of the billionaire’s declaration has been swift and brutal, with food and crucial drugs abandoned in warehouses, vital programmes closed and workers laid off
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Hounslow Labour is delivering for Brentford. Read our statement on the upcoming by-elections ⬇️
www.hounslowlabour.co.uk/news/2025/01...
www.hounslowlabour.co.uk/news/2025/01...
Statement from the Leader of Hounslow Labour Group on the Brentford By-Elections - Hounslow Labour
Cllr Shantanu Rajawat, Leader of Hounslow Council said: “The Hounslow Labour Group has always been and will always be absolutely focused on delivering a better Brentford for its residents, finishing t...
www.hounslowlabour.co.uk
January 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Hounslow Labour is delivering for Brentford. Read our statement on the upcoming by-elections ⬇️
www.hounslowlabour.co.uk/news/2025/01...
www.hounslowlabour.co.uk/news/2025/01...
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Join us for a Walk and Talk in Lampton Park. We’ll explore the ways in which we could all help to make the park safer, and better serve everyone.
Meet us at the main gates on the Lampton Road entrance, Wed 22 Jan, a little before 5pm. Bring a torch, if you can.
Meet us at the main gates on the Lampton Road entrance, Wed 22 Jan, a little before 5pm. Bring a torch, if you can.
January 19, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Art on the Underground is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year with four major new commissions for Stratford Underground Station, the Spring Tube Pocket Tube Map, Waterloo Station and the Brixton Mural Programme.
Look out for them later this year.
www.standard.co.uk/culture/exhi...
Look out for them later this year.
www.standard.co.uk/culture/exhi...
Art on the Underground 2025: honouring the works that saved lives
Whales, a new mural and a soundscape are coming to a Tube near you
www.standard.co.uk
January 12, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Art on the Underground is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year with four major new commissions for Stratford Underground Station, the Spring Tube Pocket Tube Map, Waterloo Station and the Brixton Mural Programme.
Look out for them later this year.
www.standard.co.uk/culture/exhi...
Look out for them later this year.
www.standard.co.uk/culture/exhi...
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Today Stephen Kinnock and I announce the biggest funding for hospices in a generation:
£100 million for improving buildings, kit and technology
£26 million grant for children and young people’s hospices
An early Christmas present for hospices that do a wonderful job for families.
£100 million for improving buildings, kit and technology
£26 million grant for children and young people’s hospices
An early Christmas present for hospices that do a wonderful job for families.
December 19, 2024 at 10:50 AM
Today Stephen Kinnock and I announce the biggest funding for hospices in a generation:
£100 million for improving buildings, kit and technology
£26 million grant for children and young people’s hospices
An early Christmas present for hospices that do a wonderful job for families.
£100 million for improving buildings, kit and technology
£26 million grant for children and young people’s hospices
An early Christmas present for hospices that do a wonderful job for families.
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Successive governments have failed on social care. It’s not a shortage of good ideas that’s the problem, but a shortage of good politics.
Today that changes with Louise Casey.
Britain has a social care crisis. Here’s how we’ll work together to fix it 👇🏻
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Today that changes with Louise Casey.
Britain has a social care crisis. Here’s how we’ll work together to fix it 👇🏻
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
January 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Successive governments have failed on social care. It’s not a shortage of good ideas that’s the problem, but a shortage of good politics.
Today that changes with Louise Casey.
Britain has a social care crisis. Here’s how we’ll work together to fix it 👇🏻
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Today that changes with Louise Casey.
Britain has a social care crisis. Here’s how we’ll work together to fix it 👇🏻
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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To mark the new #JamieOliver partnership with #Hounslow Council to deliver his first ever food education programme targeted at primary school kids and families to tackle #childhoodobesity, he has kindly shared his top tips to help families #cooking from scratch.
Jamie Oliver's five tips to get your kids off the sofa and into the kitchen
With obesity rates soaring, Jamie Oliver shares with i his top tips for getting the kids interested in cooking
inews.co.uk
December 30, 2024 at 3:10 PM
To mark the new #JamieOliver partnership with #Hounslow Council to deliver his first ever food education programme targeted at primary school kids and families to tackle #childhoodobesity, he has kindly shared his top tips to help families #cooking from scratch.
2morro 28/12/24 #Brentford East Cllr surgery will be holding our monthly #Surplusfood Mission Hall TW8 0SD 10am-12pm Bring a bag and take what you or your family need. No food goes 2 waste any left over goes 2 #TheOpenKitchen on Bath Rd Hounslow #nowastage #CommunityFirst @shansview.bsky.social
December 27, 2024 at 5:49 PM
2morro 28/12/24 #Brentford East Cllr surgery will be holding our monthly #Surplusfood Mission Hall TW8 0SD 10am-12pm Bring a bag and take what you or your family need. No food goes 2 waste any left over goes 2 #TheOpenKitchen on Bath Rd Hounslow #nowastage #CommunityFirst @shansview.bsky.social
Happy to have seconded this motion at the last Borough Council and pleased to hear that SWT will be nationalised.
www.hounslowlabour.co.uk/news/2024/12...
www.hounslowlabour.co.uk/news/2024/12...
Hounslow Labour supports South Western Railway being put into public ownership by Labour Government - Hounslow Labour
Hounslow Labour fully supports the recent Government announcement that South Western Railway’s services will be the first to transfer into public ownership next year. This announcement follows on from...
www.hounslowlabour.co.uk
December 9, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Happy to have seconded this motion at the last Borough Council and pleased to hear that SWT will be nationalised.
www.hounslowlabour.co.uk/news/2024/12...
www.hounslowlabour.co.uk/news/2024/12...
Food distribution is all set up at Mission Hall, ready for our councillor Surgery
Come down if you or your family require fruits, bread, pasta, pastries and snacks.
No referral is required. Just bring your bag. #BrentfordEast
Come down if you or your family require fruits, bread, pasta, pastries and snacks.
No referral is required. Just bring your bag. #BrentfordEast
November 30, 2024 at 11:03 AM
Food distribution is all set up at Mission Hall, ready for our councillor Surgery
Come down if you or your family require fruits, bread, pasta, pastries and snacks.
No referral is required. Just bring your bag. #BrentfordEast
Come down if you or your family require fruits, bread, pasta, pastries and snacks.
No referral is required. Just bring your bag. #BrentfordEast
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Privileged to attend two awards events this week: #newlondonawards where Hounslow were shortlisted for Frank Towell Court, and #westlondonchamber awards, celebrating the very best of West London businesses. @shansview.bsky.social
November 23, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Privileged to attend two awards events this week: #newlondonawards where Hounslow were shortlisted for Frank Towell Court, and #westlondonchamber awards, celebrating the very best of West London businesses. @shansview.bsky.social
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Angela Rayner speaks for millions.
November 22, 2024 at 12:19 PM
Angela Rayner speaks for millions.