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I visited the Poppyfields Estate on 15 February 2025 to follow up my previous visit on 7 February 2025 with the Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Superintendent where we discussed the parking on Match Days.
Residents told me about supporters and fans parking on double yellow lines and across access kerbs on the Estate. I
The community in Walsall were outraged to learn that the Council planned to relocate the Leather Museum. This information was in the Council's Budget for 2025-2029. This decision was approved at a Cabinet meeting on 16 October 2024, apparently in contrast to a Cabinet meeting on 17 July 2024 which approved a plan to 'continue
On 12 February 2025 as Co Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing, I opened the proceedings and you can read my full speech below:
So lets go straight to the winners announced by Matt Chorley:
The three categories are:
Best Fiction or Non-Fiction by a Parliamentarian: The winner is Alan Johnson for "Wilson" and
An excellent recital was held at No 11 Downing Street on Thursday 13 February 2025 by kind permission of the Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP the Chancellor.
The setting was one of the rooms at No 11 where we heard from Soprano Natalya Romaniw, violinists, David Adams Kitty Cheung, Viola players Dunia Ershova and Barry Friend,
On 10 February 2025 the House of Commons debated the 2nd Reading of the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill.
The Border Security and Asylum Minister, Dame Angela Eagle DBE highlighted in November that, during the first half of 2024, small boat crossings reached their highest point on record, with over 200,000 cases stuck in the
On 7 February 2025 I invited Simon Foster, Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for the West Midlands and Phil Dolby, Chief Superintendent, to discuss crime in Walsall and Bloxwich. We made 2 visits to areas which have seen issues with ASB and drugs.
Many constituents have been concerned with reports of murders, violent crimes, antisocial behaviour
On 7 February 2025 I invited Simon Foster, Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for the West Midlands to the Poppyfields estate, which includes Grand Junction Way, Duchess Road, Britannia Road, Patriots Close and Royal Scot Road. Constituents had told me of their concerns about burglaries, street lighting and the parking on Match days at the
On 5 February 2025 I and 66 other MPs and Lords, co-signed a letter by Dr Rosena Allin-Khan MP to David Lammy, the Foreign Secretary.
The letter condemned President Trump's comments on 4 February 2025, announcing plans to take over Gaza, forcibly resettling the Gazan population in the process. In the wake of the establishment of