Press Releases

During the King’s Speech debate, I spoke and raised the issue of energy and climate change, public services and empowered local government, and keeping us all safe through the criminal justice system. There was not a single word in the Gracious Speech about public services, there was nothing about how to deal with the present

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

I welcome the report from the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) 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

I am concerned that the latest CQC inspection report, published on 15 September 2023, continues to rate the Manor Hospital as ‘Requires Improvement’ following a Section 29a Warning Notice issued in October 2022 regarding the safe management of medicines. The Inspection on 20 June 2023 focused on the medicine core services and the report states

During the Budget Debate on 21 March 2023 I raised the lack of support for local authorities which is affecting our communities. In the Budget there were no measures to invest in people. In Conservative controlled Walsall, we have an abandoned town hall with no one there. The former police station on Green Lane is