Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP
@bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social
Socialist. Feminist. Anti-Racist. Trade unionist. Labour MP for Clapham & Brixton Hill 🌹
This week, I once again pressed the government to amend the Road Traffic Act to include cats.
Every day, hundreds of cats are hit on our roads.
A quick change to the law would compel drivers to report collisions, giving owners closure around accidents and saving feline lives.
Every day, hundreds of cats are hit on our roads.
A quick change to the law would compel drivers to report collisions, giving owners closure around accidents and saving feline lives.
January 25, 2026 at 5:07 PM
This week, I once again pressed the government to amend the Road Traffic Act to include cats.
Every day, hundreds of cats are hit on our roads.
A quick change to the law would compel drivers to report collisions, giving owners closure around accidents and saving feline lives.
Every day, hundreds of cats are hit on our roads.
A quick change to the law would compel drivers to report collisions, giving owners closure around accidents and saving feline lives.
17,000 people gave blood at Brixton Blood Donor Centre during its first year.
Fantastic progress! We still urgently need more Black donors to come forwards and give blood to treat rising sickle cell cases.
Please consider making an appointment!
Fantastic progress! We still urgently need more Black donors to come forwards and give blood to treat rising sickle cell cases.
Please consider making an appointment!
Year of success for Brixton blood donor centre
Brixton donor centre manger Rexford Osei-Bonsu outside the centre in the Bon Marché building on Brixton Road Brixton’s blood donor centre next to Marks and Spencer is celebrating its first birthday…
brixtonblog.com
January 24, 2026 at 8:57 AM
17,000 people gave blood at Brixton Blood Donor Centre during its first year.
Fantastic progress! We still urgently need more Black donors to come forwards and give blood to treat rising sickle cell cases.
Please consider making an appointment!
Fantastic progress! We still urgently need more Black donors to come forwards and give blood to treat rising sickle cell cases.
Please consider making an appointment!
There is still a significant gap in the government's Warm Homes Plan, published this week, around upgrades to privately rented homes.
We must ensure that landlords who receive public money to upgrade their properties cannot cash in by hiking rents and kicking tenants out of their homes.
We must ensure that landlords who receive public money to upgrade their properties cannot cash in by hiking rents and kicking tenants out of their homes.
January 23, 2026 at 5:07 PM
There is still a significant gap in the government's Warm Homes Plan, published this week, around upgrades to privately rented homes.
We must ensure that landlords who receive public money to upgrade their properties cannot cash in by hiking rents and kicking tenants out of their homes.
We must ensure that landlords who receive public money to upgrade their properties cannot cash in by hiking rents and kicking tenants out of their homes.
Good to join Deputy London Mayor Kaya Comer-Schwartz on a visit to the Beth Centre in Stockwell, which supports women impacted by the criminal justice system in our area.
Great to meet staff and service users to better understand what a trauma-informed approach to rehabilitation looks like.
Great to meet staff and service users to better understand what a trauma-informed approach to rehabilitation looks like.
January 23, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Good to join Deputy London Mayor Kaya Comer-Schwartz on a visit to the Beth Centre in Stockwell, which supports women impacted by the criminal justice system in our area.
Great to meet staff and service users to better understand what a trauma-informed approach to rehabilitation looks like.
Great to meet staff and service users to better understand what a trauma-informed approach to rehabilitation looks like.
Many small businesses in my constituency have told me how the abrupt removal of Covid support measures cut them off before they had a hope of recovery.
In any future crisis, we must ensure that similar lifelines do not end with such a cliff-edge.
In any future crisis, we must ensure that similar lifelines do not end with such a cliff-edge.
January 23, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Many small businesses in my constituency have told me how the abrupt removal of Covid support measures cut them off before they had a hope of recovery.
In any future crisis, we must ensure that similar lifelines do not end with such a cliff-edge.
In any future crisis, we must ensure that similar lifelines do not end with such a cliff-edge.
Pleased to add my name to this cross-party letter calling on the government to deliver compensation to the WASPI women.
Ministers have rightly acknowledged the injustice they suffered and apologised.
They must now act to remedy it.
Ministers have rightly acknowledged the injustice they suffered and apologised.
They must now act to remedy it.
January 22, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Pleased to add my name to this cross-party letter calling on the government to deliver compensation to the WASPI women.
Ministers have rightly acknowledged the injustice they suffered and apologised.
They must now act to remedy it.
Ministers have rightly acknowledged the injustice they suffered and apologised.
They must now act to remedy it.
Very concerned by the Syrian government's mounting campaign against Kurds in the country, killing many and displacing 155,000 civilians.
These are the people who led the fight against ISIS. Our government must do all it can to prevent further displacement and loss of life.
These are the people who led the fight against ISIS. Our government must do all it can to prevent further displacement and loss of life.
January 22, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Very concerned by the Syrian government's mounting campaign against Kurds in the country, killing many and displacing 155,000 civilians.
These are the people who led the fight against ISIS. Our government must do all it can to prevent further displacement and loss of life.
These are the people who led the fight against ISIS. Our government must do all it can to prevent further displacement and loss of life.
The confirmed membership of Trump's new organisation is a roll call of war criminals, tyrants and human rights abusers.
Britain should play no part in this blatant attempt to undermine international norms, multilateral diplomacy and the UN.
Britain should play no part in this blatant attempt to undermine international norms, multilateral diplomacy and the UN.
January 22, 2026 at 11:58 AM
The confirmed membership of Trump's new organisation is a roll call of war criminals, tyrants and human rights abusers.
Britain should play no part in this blatant attempt to undermine international norms, multilateral diplomacy and the UN.
Britain should play no part in this blatant attempt to undermine international norms, multilateral diplomacy and the UN.
The National Maternity & Neonatal Investigation is calling on women & families across England to share their experiences of maternity care.
Please consider contributing to help drive much-needed improvements to the system.
Open until 17 March 2026: matneoinv.org.uk/call-for-evidence
Please consider contributing to help drive much-needed improvements to the system.
Open until 17 March 2026: matneoinv.org.uk/call-for-evidence
January 21, 2026 at 8:57 AM
The National Maternity & Neonatal Investigation is calling on women & families across England to share their experiences of maternity care.
Please consider contributing to help drive much-needed improvements to the system.
Open until 17 March 2026: matneoinv.org.uk/call-for-evidence
Please consider contributing to help drive much-needed improvements to the system.
Open until 17 March 2026: matneoinv.org.uk/call-for-evidence
Thames Water's creditors want permission to pollute for the next 15 years.
Instead of allowing them to put shareholders' interests before their customers and the environment, the company should be placed into special administration.
We need public ownership now.
Instead of allowing them to put shareholders' interests before their customers and the environment, the company should be placed into special administration.
We need public ownership now.
January 20, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Thames Water's creditors want permission to pollute for the next 15 years.
Instead of allowing them to put shareholders' interests before their customers and the environment, the company should be placed into special administration.
We need public ownership now.
Instead of allowing them to put shareholders' interests before their customers and the environment, the company should be placed into special administration.
We need public ownership now.
At £1,214, the UK child citizenship fee remains one of the highest in Europe.
Many kids with the right to citizenship miss out because their families cannot afford it.
It was great to meet with Lambeth Citizens to discuss our ongoing campaign to reduce these fees.
Many kids with the right to citizenship miss out because their families cannot afford it.
It was great to meet with Lambeth Citizens to discuss our ongoing campaign to reduce these fees.
January 19, 2026 at 2:51 PM
At £1,214, the UK child citizenship fee remains one of the highest in Europe.
Many kids with the right to citizenship miss out because their families cannot afford it.
It was great to meet with Lambeth Citizens to discuss our ongoing campaign to reduce these fees.
Many kids with the right to citizenship miss out because their families cannot afford it.
It was great to meet with Lambeth Citizens to discuss our ongoing campaign to reduce these fees.
The last government failed sickle cell patients.
Now the Sickle Cell Day Unit at the Royal London Hospital faces trial closure.
This week, I asked ministers to deliver a national strategy for specialised sickle cell treatment.
Now the Sickle Cell Day Unit at the Royal London Hospital faces trial closure.
This week, I asked ministers to deliver a national strategy for specialised sickle cell treatment.
January 16, 2026 at 11:51 AM
The last government failed sickle cell patients.
Now the Sickle Cell Day Unit at the Royal London Hospital faces trial closure.
This week, I asked ministers to deliver a national strategy for specialised sickle cell treatment.
Now the Sickle Cell Day Unit at the Royal London Hospital faces trial closure.
This week, I asked ministers to deliver a national strategy for specialised sickle cell treatment.
Great to be on the picket line at Lambeth College this morning with @ucu.org.uk members as they push for fair pay and action on unmanageable workloads.
Further education has long been neglected, with staff seeing some of the worst pay cuts in the education sector.
Further education has long been neglected, with staff seeing some of the worst pay cuts in the education sector.
January 15, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Great to be on the picket line at Lambeth College this morning with @ucu.org.uk members as they push for fair pay and action on unmanageable workloads.
Further education has long been neglected, with staff seeing some of the worst pay cuts in the education sector.
Further education has long been neglected, with staff seeing some of the worst pay cuts in the education sector.
I've written to Notting Hill Genesis Housing Association and Crabtree about heating and hot water issues at Darcus Howe Apartments, ongoing since December.
This situation is totally unacceptable. They must restore heating for residents without further delay.
This situation is totally unacceptable. They must restore heating for residents without further delay.
January 12, 2026 at 5:07 PM
I've written to Notting Hill Genesis Housing Association and Crabtree about heating and hot water issues at Darcus Howe Apartments, ongoing since December.
This situation is totally unacceptable. They must restore heating for residents without further delay.
This situation is totally unacceptable. They must restore heating for residents without further delay.
As we move into 2026, Jamaica is slipping off the agenda — but the impact of Hurricane Melissa remains.
Nearly 4,640 have signed the petition for UK support.
Each One Bring One: share, sign, and help keep Jamaica on the agenda.
Nearly 4,640 have signed the petition for UK support.
Each One Bring One: share, sign, and help keep Jamaica on the agenda.
Sign the Petition
Britains £7m emergency aid for Jamaica and the wider Caribbean is a joke.
www.change.org
January 7, 2026 at 3:47 PM
As we move into 2026, Jamaica is slipping off the agenda — but the impact of Hurricane Melissa remains.
Nearly 4,640 have signed the petition for UK support.
Each One Bring One: share, sign, and help keep Jamaica on the agenda.
Nearly 4,640 have signed the petition for UK support.
Each One Bring One: share, sign, and help keep Jamaica on the agenda.
Concerning to hear the Stockwell Delivery Office on Wynne Road will be open for just a few hours each day.
Stockwell residents deserve a better service than this, and I have written to Royal Mail to demand an explanation for these poor opening hours.
Stockwell residents deserve a better service than this, and I have written to Royal Mail to demand an explanation for these poor opening hours.
Stockwell Royal Mail Delivery Office open for just two hours a day.
www.brixtonbuzz.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Concerning to hear the Stockwell Delivery Office on Wynne Road will be open for just a few hours each day.
Stockwell residents deserve a better service than this, and I have written to Royal Mail to demand an explanation for these poor opening hours.
Stockwell residents deserve a better service than this, and I have written to Royal Mail to demand an explanation for these poor opening hours.
With sickle cell anaemia now the fastest growing genetic condition in the country, we need more capacity, not less.
Closing the Sickle Cell Day Unit means delayed care, worse health outcomes, and more pressure on the NHS.
Please sign and share the petition below.
Closing the Sickle Cell Day Unit means delayed care, worse health outcomes, and more pressure on the NHS.
Please sign and share the petition below.
Sign the Petition
Prevent closure of the Sickle Cell Day Unit
www.change.org
January 6, 2026 at 2:03 PM
With sickle cell anaemia now the fastest growing genetic condition in the country, we need more capacity, not less.
Closing the Sickle Cell Day Unit means delayed care, worse health outcomes, and more pressure on the NHS.
Please sign and share the petition below.
Closing the Sickle Cell Day Unit means delayed care, worse health outcomes, and more pressure on the NHS.
Please sign and share the petition below.
The attack on Venezuela and the kidnap of its President was a blatant breach of international law.
Threats towards Colombia and Greenland show the US is willing to violate it again.
The UK must call it for what it is. Staying silent only invites other leaders to follow suit.
Threats towards Colombia and Greenland show the US is willing to violate it again.
The UK must call it for what it is. Staying silent only invites other leaders to follow suit.
January 6, 2026 at 12:07 PM
The attack on Venezuela and the kidnap of its President was a blatant breach of international law.
Threats towards Colombia and Greenland show the US is willing to violate it again.
The UK must call it for what it is. Staying silent only invites other leaders to follow suit.
Threats towards Colombia and Greenland show the US is willing to violate it again.
The UK must call it for what it is. Staying silent only invites other leaders to follow suit.
Joy to the world! Wishing a Merry Christmas to everyone in Clapham & Brixton Hill and beyond.
Thank you to everyone who works for our community year-round, especially those working in our public services over the festive season.
Thank you to everyone who works for our community year-round, especially those working in our public services over the festive season.
December 25, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Joy to the world! Wishing a Merry Christmas to everyone in Clapham & Brixton Hill and beyond.
Thank you to everyone who works for our community year-round, especially those working in our public services over the festive season.
Thank you to everyone who works for our community year-round, especially those working in our public services over the festive season.
Getting into the festive spirit earlier this month at the St Mary’s RC Primary Christmas Fair.
Great to celebrate with staff, students and parents from the school community.
Thank you to the PSA and school staff for all the work that went into putting it on.
📸 Jonathan Sinou
Great to celebrate with staff, students and parents from the school community.
Thank you to the PSA and school staff for all the work that went into putting it on.
📸 Jonathan Sinou
December 23, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Getting into the festive spirit earlier this month at the St Mary’s RC Primary Christmas Fair.
Great to celebrate with staff, students and parents from the school community.
Thank you to the PSA and school staff for all the work that went into putting it on.
📸 Jonathan Sinou
Great to celebrate with staff, students and parents from the school community.
Thank you to the PSA and school staff for all the work that went into putting it on.
📸 Jonathan Sinou
Ahead of Christmas, I paid a visit to Royal Mail's Brixton Delivery Office to meet some of the postal workers who make Christmas happen 🎁 📮
Thanks for all you do to deliver for local residents, especially over the incredibly busy festive period 🙏🏾
Thanks for all you do to deliver for local residents, especially over the incredibly busy festive period 🙏🏾
December 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Ahead of Christmas, I paid a visit to Royal Mail's Brixton Delivery Office to meet some of the postal workers who make Christmas happen 🎁 📮
Thanks for all you do to deliver for local residents, especially over the incredibly busy festive period 🙏🏾
Thanks for all you do to deliver for local residents, especially over the incredibly busy festive period 🙏🏾
Thank you to everyone who donated sleeping bags this month.
We've now delivered these to Ace of Clubs, who were grateful to receive them.
Unfortunately, there is an ongoing need for sleeping bags for rough sleepers. If you have one to donate, please do take it to them.
We've now delivered these to Ace of Clubs, who were grateful to receive them.
Unfortunately, there is an ongoing need for sleeping bags for rough sleepers. If you have one to donate, please do take it to them.
December 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Thank you to everyone who donated sleeping bags this month.
We've now delivered these to Ace of Clubs, who were grateful to receive them.
Unfortunately, there is an ongoing need for sleeping bags for rough sleepers. If you have one to donate, please do take it to them.
We've now delivered these to Ace of Clubs, who were grateful to receive them.
Unfortunately, there is an ongoing need for sleeping bags for rough sleepers. If you have one to donate, please do take it to them.
I recently visited City Heights Academy for an interview with student leaders from Years 7–10.
They asked wide‑ranging, probing questions on everything from the economy and migration to mental health, climate breakdown and how young people can drive change.
They asked wide‑ranging, probing questions on everything from the economy and migration to mental health, climate breakdown and how young people can drive change.
December 19, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I recently visited City Heights Academy for an interview with student leaders from Years 7–10.
They asked wide‑ranging, probing questions on everything from the economy and migration to mental health, climate breakdown and how young people can drive change.
They asked wide‑ranging, probing questions on everything from the economy and migration to mental health, climate breakdown and how young people can drive change.
Announcing the winner of this year's Christmas Card Competition 🏆
Thank you again to all the young artists who entered and made it so tricky to pick a winner!
Congratulations to Nico, 9, from Corpus Christ Primary, whose festive drawing of Brixton Road is my official 2025 Christmas Card.
Thank you again to all the young artists who entered and made it so tricky to pick a winner!
Congratulations to Nico, 9, from Corpus Christ Primary, whose festive drawing of Brixton Road is my official 2025 Christmas Card.
December 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Announcing the winner of this year's Christmas Card Competition 🏆
Thank you again to all the young artists who entered and made it so tricky to pick a winner!
Congratulations to Nico, 9, from Corpus Christ Primary, whose festive drawing of Brixton Road is my official 2025 Christmas Card.
Thank you again to all the young artists who entered and made it so tricky to pick a winner!
Congratulations to Nico, 9, from Corpus Christ Primary, whose festive drawing of Brixton Road is my official 2025 Christmas Card.
Thank you to the team at Anthony Nolan for showing me around the labs to find out more about stem cell donor matches and discuss recruitment challenges.
With declining sign‑ups since COVID, especially among minority ethnic donors, boosting uptake is vital.
With declining sign‑ups since COVID, especially among minority ethnic donors, boosting uptake is vital.
December 18, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Thank you to the team at Anthony Nolan for showing me around the labs to find out more about stem cell donor matches and discuss recruitment challenges.
With declining sign‑ups since COVID, especially among minority ethnic donors, boosting uptake is vital.
With declining sign‑ups since COVID, especially among minority ethnic donors, boosting uptake is vital.