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The Mayor of the West Midlands Combined Authority launched the West Midlands Growth Project on 15 September 2025 at the House of Commons. The vision is to increase residents’ living standards across all parts of the West Midlands. This means bringing more people into good quality jobs, increasing the productivity of the region’s economy and

I was delighted to visit Bloxwich Academy Primary. I was shown around by Assistant Headmaster, Nicola Stubbs, (who I am pictured with) on 12 September 2025. The School have established a scheme to help children with reading and I was pleased to hear about the Reading Ambassadors scheme which ensures the upkeep of the libraries

The House of Commons met to consider amendments to the Bill on 10 September 2025. Buses are the country’s most popular form of public transport. Local buses accounted for 58% of ticketed public transport journeys in Great Britain in the year ending March 2023, and are an essential part of the national transport system. However,

As Co-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing, I was delighted to attend the Publishers Association’s Annual Reception in Parliament on Tuesday 9 September 2025. We heard speeches from the Publishers Association’s President and Managing Director of Academic Publishing at Cambridge University Press & Assessment, Mandy Hill; Baroness Gail Rebuck, Co-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary