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In the Autumn Statement on 22 November 2023, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt MP said he would cut the main 12% rate of employee national insurance contributions by two percentage points to 10% as of 6 January 2024. Despite this, the UK continues to face the largest fall in real living standards since

I met the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby at the Advent Event in Parliament on Monday 18 December 2023 at the Advent Event held in Parliament. Both the Archbishop and Sir Keir Starmer spoke about the Advent message and the call for peace in the world.  

I welcomed Politics students from E-ACT West Walsall Academy on a tour of Parliament on Monday 18 December 2023. I gave the students a tour of the Houses of Parliament and talked to them about the British political system, the UK Constitution, the structures of Parliament and how MPs hold the Government to account. The

Several pharmacy students in Walsall South wrote to me saying they do not have access to the NHS Learning Support Fund (LSF) which is a training grant of £5,000 per academic year for students on a select list of pre-registration undergraduate or postgraduate courses. Students in pharmacy courses are not included in the list of

The Government published a white paper titled ‘International development in a contested world: ending extreme poverty and tackling climate change’ on 20 November 2023 setting out this Government’s approach to international development to 2030. The white paper says the Government is “increasing the number of UK development diplomats”. At Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Questions