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  • Visit to Nationwide Walsall Town Centre #onthehighstreet

    • 23/05/2025
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
    • Category: Local News, News
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    It was great to visit the Nationwide Building Society as part of their 70 years on the High Street in Walsall Town Centre. I met Sandra Wilkinson senior branch manager, Donna Hodgetts, Area Director Midlands and the Branch manager Bal Kaur.  Nationwide in Walsall serve over 20,000 in Walsall and Bloxwich that is nearly a third

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  • Automatic Voter Registration Drop in

    • 20/05/2025
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
    • Category: Local News, News
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    Unlock Democracy held a drop in on 20 May 2025 to draw attention to people who are not on the electoral register.  The event raised awareness of the need for automatic voter registration with experts presenting a detailed breakdown of regional data across England and Wales. The Electoral Commission estimate that over 6 million eligible

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  • CAFOD Roundtable on Climate and Ecological Justice

    • 20/05/2025
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
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    The Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD) held a roundtable celebrating the legacy of the late Pope Francis, Laudato Si and the new Pope Leo XIV on 20 May 2025 which I attended.  The roundtable enabled a discussion about the links between climate and debt given that 93% of the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries are

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  • APPG Gardening & Horticulture visit to Chelsea Flower Show

    • 20/05/2025
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
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    As the Co chair of the Gardening and Horticulture APPG I attended the Chelsea Flower Show.  This annual event is well attended and popular.  The Royal Horticultural Society RHS puts together different gardens Show, Sanctuary All about plant and balcony and container gardens. This year the BBC Gardeners World presenter Monty Don designed a garden for

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  • Joint Statement from the leaders of the United Kingdom, France and Canada on the situation in Gaza and the West Bank

    • 19/05/2025
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
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    This statement was made by the leaders of the United Kingdom, France and Canada on the situation in Gaza and the West Bank: We strongly oppose the expansion of Israel’s military operations in Gaza. The level of human suffering in Gaza is intolerable. Yesterday’s announcement that Israel will allow a basic quantity of food into

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