Local News
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Parliament Week 2025
- 01/12/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
No CommentsI was delighted to receive two awards, recognising Walsall and Bloxwich holding 69 activities to mark UK Parliament Week. Walsall and Bloxwich were top of the West Midlands Region, and second in the UK (just behind Mr Speaker’s constituency.) UK Parliament Week, held this year from 24-30 November 2025 gives young people opportunities to engage with
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World AIDS Day
- 01/12/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
World AIDS Day on 1 December 2025 is a global commitment to reflect on progress, challenges, and commitments in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Key messages for World AIDS Day 2025 is a call for global renewal to funding commitments, scale up prevention innovations and address structural barriers to care. England met UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets again
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Waitrose in Parliament
- 25/11/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
Waitrose held a drop in at Parliament on Tuesday 25 November 2025 to ask the Government about animal welfare labelling to be mandatory across all supermarkets so shoppers, regardless of where they shop can make choices that match their values. The Government plans to release an Animal Welfare Strategy soon and Waitrose would like
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Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: Consideration of Lords Amendments
- 19/11/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
The Bill returned to the House of Commons on 19 November 2025 after passing its third reading in the House of Lords on 17 November 2025. The Bill aims to transform the cross-system response to the threats against UK border security and strengthen the operation of the border security, asylum and immigration systems. There was
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Press Release: Valerie writes to Public Bodies to Support Walsall Leather Museum
- 18/11/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, Press Releases
Walsall Council Cabinet decided on 24 September 2025 to sell Walsall Leather Museum to Walsall College. Despite it being ‘called-in’, the Council confirmed their decision on 14 October 2025 against the wishes of constituents. I have written to the National Trust, Historic England, and Arts Council England, urging them to intervene and save Walsall Leather
