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Remembrance Day 2023
- 12/11/2023
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
No CommentsI placed a wooden cross in the Constituency Garden of Remembrance in Parliament on behalf of my constituents in Walsall South. On the cross I wrote “We will remember them always” 11 November 2023 commemorates Remembrance Day marking the armistice that ended the First World War. Every year we remember all those who fell in
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Supporting the GMB campaign for Equal Pay
- 06/11/2023
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
I supported the GMB campaign for Equal Pay for Asda workers on Friday, 3 November, outside the Asda St. Matthews Superstore alongside Tom Warnett, the National GMB Political Officer. Equal pay is a priority for the GMB Union, and it is an issue that I have campaigned on for many years. That’s why women workers
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Bescot Stadium Station disabled access meeting
- 03/11/2023
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
On Friday 3 November, I organised a meeting with Network Rail, West Midlands Trains, and the Office of the Mayor of the West Midlands at Bescot Stadium Station to discuss the issue of disabled access at the Station. Denise Wetton, Central Route Director at Network Rail, a representative from West Midlands Trains, Mal Drury-Rose, Director
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Visit to Firsteel Walsall
- 03/11/2023
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
My visit to Firsteel on Friday 3 November 2023 started with a meeting as the main picture shows above with L-R Paul Jones, CEO of the Northern Automotive Alliance, Tony Grimshaw, Company Director of What More UK, Garry Ireland, Operations Director and Paul Didlick General Manager at Firsteel. I was delighted to visit Firsteel, the
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Child Trust Funds: Public Accounts Committee Report
- 01/11/2023
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
The Public Accounts Committee published a report on 23 July 2023 which uncovered that billions of pounds are sitting in the Child Trust Fund (CTF) accounts of millions of young people aged 12 to 20, young people born between 1 September 2002 and 2 January 2011, who have not claimed the money saved in their
