Great to see our pride in place programme in action in Seacroft. Brilliant to see the community working in partnership with Leeds Council to drive change in their neighbourhood. Thank you @richarburgon.bsky.social for showing me around.

Thank you to @mayorofwy.bsky.social for your warm welcome to West Yorkshire. Excited to hear your ambition for the area and the huge progress that’s been made on the ground.

Thank you to Sally Jameson MP for showing me around and being a powerful champion of her community.

The energy, people, ideas and leadership are already here - young people are showing us that every day.

Our job is to back them with the spaces, support and trust they deserve.

In our session with the Southwark Youth Parliament, the focus was clear: safety, youth poverty, mental health, access to opportunity. They weren’t just naming problems - they were offering ideas. What’s missing is the resource and trust to act on them.

We also visited St Giles Trust in Camberwell - a charity supporting young people affected by violence, poverty and county lines. Their peer-led model, and work with the VRU, shows what’s possible when support is rooted in lived experience and real trust.

Through Elevated Minds, sixth-formers from St Thomas the Apostle College joined us in Parliament.
They spoke about the gap between how young people are perceived and how they actually live. About policing, identity, mental health and where they feel they belong.