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  • Local Government Financial Settlement (England) 2026-27

    • 11/02/2026
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
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    On Wednesday 11 February 2026, I was pleased to support the Local Government Finance Settlement.  Local government provides the services people rely on every day – from social care and housing to road maintenance and tackling homelessness. This settlement will give councils the security they need to rebuild local services and strengthen our communities for

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  • Brave New World? Report on Generative AI

    • 10/02/2026
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
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    I attended a meeting on on 10 February 2026, the launch of a report, “Brave New World?” and on the panel was Independent Society of Musicians,(ISM), the Society of Authors, the Association of Illustrators, Equity and the Association of Photographers, a roundtable discussion to discuss the findings of the report, Brave New World? The panel

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  • IKEA Parliamentary Reception 2026

    • 10/02/2026
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
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    I was pleased to host the IKEA Annual Retail Reception in the Jubilee Room in the House of Commons on 10 February 2026 supported by Total Politics. MPs were invited and were able to talk to IKEA co-workers from around the country.  Welcome everyone especially those MPs with IKEA in your constituency and those who

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  • Making Amelia’s Birthday Magical – Birthday Card Record

    • 07/02/2026
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
    • Category: Local News, News
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    Walsall FC and Foundation set up a stall at the Pallett Track Stadium and when I visited the Stadium on 7 February 2026, I signed a card for Amelia Kolpa, a girl from Rowley Regis in the Black Country who has neuroblastoma, a rare cancer that starts in a type of nerve cell called a

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  • Compensation for WASPI Women

    • 06/02/2026
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
    • Category: Local News, News
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    The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) published the findings of its investigation into the way State Pension ages (SPA) were communicated to 1950s-born women in March 2024. Whilst the investigation did not concern the principle of SPA equalisation, which successive administrations have supported, but the way in which this was conveyed to those women

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