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  • Government Guidance on Options Available to Displaced Care Workers

    • 04/12/2025
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
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    UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) have shared the following Guidance published 4 December 2025:  The Government published the Immigration White Paper ‘Restoring Control over the Immigration System on 12 May, which announced the intention to end overseas recruitment for social care visas. We have taken this action following significant concerns over many thousands of displaced

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  • The Stolen Children of Ukraine Letter to Minister

    • 04/12/2025
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
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    My colleague Joanna Baxter MP coordinated a letter to the Minister, Stephen Doughty  about the The Stolen Children of Ukraine  on 4 December 2025. The letter urges the Government to reaffirm its commitment to the Geneva Convention and to the protection of Ukrainian children who have been abducted and harmed by Russia’s illegal invasion.  A

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  • Pension Schemes Bill: Third Reading

    • 03/12/2025
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
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    The Pensions Bill returned to the Commons for the Third Reading on 3 December 2025. The Bill aims to strengthen pension investment by increasing the amount available to private-sector pension schemes. The Bill will also enable reforms to investment management in the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) in England and Wales. There were 4 clauses

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  • The Mercian Regiment Reception

    • 02/12/2025
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
    • Category: Local News, News
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    I was delighted to attend the Mercian Regiment Reception on 2 December 2025 In the Churchill Room.  The Mercian Regiment is an infantry regiment of the British Army, recruited from the five countries that formed the ancient kingdom of Mercia. It was formed on 1st September 2007 by the amalgamation of three existing regiments. The

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  • Budget 2025 Resolutions

    • 02/12/2025
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
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    The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves MP, delivered the Budget on 26 November 2025. The Government aims to cut the cost of living by tackling inflation, lowering energy bills, and implementing a one-year freeze on regulated train fares and prescriptions charges; cut the NHS waiting list in England by delivering more appointments and creating

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