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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

I visited Old Church C of E Primary on Friday 3 March to present the school with the books which I collected from the Publishers Association and we placed them in the School Library which is a wonderful converted Bus. On World Book Day every child in Walsall South is given a £1 book token

Rt Hon Valerie Vaz MP said:

I received a response from the Minister to my letter to the Secretary of State for Transport (Rt Hon Mark Harper MP) raising the issue of access to Bescot Stadium Station and the Minister responded to say that the nomination period for the next round of stations to receive Access for All funding has now closed,  there is no existing centrally funded schemes available and to contact the Mayor of West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) and West Midlands Trains (WMT).

Following complaints from constituents, I asked the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions he has had with local authorities on returning to town halls and other office facilities following the covid-19 pandemic.