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I called for a debate on the Public Accounts Committee report which states that Government funding reductions, totalling nearly 50%, have placed local authorities under real strain. Funding cuts have reduced public services such as libraries, waste collection and bus services. Our high streets are dying. Marks & Spencer and Poundworld are leaving Walsall town
I met with Nin Matharu, Headteacher of King’s Hill Primary School, and Mike Fox, Chair of Governors, in Parliament on Wednesday 4 July 2018. Nin Matharu won the Pearson Teaching silver award for her incredible work at King’s Hill Primary School.
On 29 June 2018 I attended Kings Hill Primary School where students had a debate to celebrate ‘EqualiTeas’ marking 90 years since the Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act became law.
I raised with the Leader of the House, that the Government seems to be too busy fighting among themselves to fight for this country. We have the Defence Secretary at loggerheads with the Chancellor, who has had to concede to the Health Secretary, promising money that the Chancellor said he did not have. The Chief
On 27 June 2018, I met with farmers and NGOs in Parliament to celebrate sustainable farming across the UK. The Farmers’ Market was organised by the environmental coalitions Wildlife and Countryside Link and Greener UK. The coalitions include organisations such as RSPB, National Trust, WWF and RSPCA.
I voted against the construction of a third runway at Heathrow in Parliament on 25 June 2018. As Member of Parliament for Walsall South, I want to support local jobs and services and Birmingham Airport.
The Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act 1928 granted equal voting rights to men and women over the age of 21.
At Business Question on 21 June 2018, I raised with the Leader of the House the President of the United State’s policy of separating children from their parents. This Government appear to lack moral authority. They have lost their place in the world as a moral force. The Prime Minister could have telephoned the President