2023 November
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Supporting the GMB campaign for Equal Pay
- 06/11/2023
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
No CommentsI 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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Valerie Vaz MP meets with representatives of Network Rail, WMCA and presented a petition in Parliament on Bescot Stadium Station
- 02/11/2023
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Press Releases
I am meeting with Network Rail Central Route Director Denise Wetton, and representatives from the West Midlands Combined Authority together with campaigners from Walsall FC Trust on Friday 3 November at 1:30 pm at Bescot Stadium Station to discuss disabled access to enable people to access the Station. I presented a petition in the House
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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