Liz told delegates at a health conference that GP’s understood that they had to extend access, you can read further coverage here.
Liz recently visited the site of a new affordable housing development to view the progress of a partnership development that will result in 28 new affordable homes for local people. You can read more here and here.
I recently visited Park’s Primary School, to see the work they do as part of their ‘Aspirations Week’. The teachers had put on a brilliant range of activities, for children of all ages. For example, there was a ‘Vets clinic’ for the youngest pupils, using toy animals. The older pupils […]
HMRC have released a report stating that 48% of private care firms for the elderly have paid below the minimum wage, you can read Liz’s comments here.
Liz has uncovered worrying statistics that patient choice is going backwards under the current government, you can read Liz’s remarks here.
You can read Liz’s response to the Care Quality Commission report that says more than half a million elderly people are being admitted to hospital with conditions which could have been avoided here and here.
My constituent Jayne Linney recently came to Parliament to present a petition urging the House of Commons Work and Pensions Select Committee to hold Iain Duncan-Smith to account for his persistent misuse of statistics about disability benefit claimants. An online petition organised by Jayne has gathered more than 105,000 signatures, and I presented it […]
Liz presented a petition on behalf of her constituent Jayne Linney with over 100,00 signatures, calling on Iain Duncan Smith to account for his use of statistics. You can read more on The Mirror website here.
We desperately need more good quality, affordable housing in Leicester West. So I was delighted to visit a new development of 28 new homes on Crawford Close that’s being built by Westleigh and the East Midlands Housing Group. The development includes 11 two bedroom houses, which are in really short […]
I’m sure you know that Children in Need took place on Friday 15th November. There were lots of great events across Leicester, and I played my part by joining staff from The Caravan Company in pushing a caravan around the Oval in Abbey Park. Children in Need raises money for […]
I recently went to the Mark Group to meet some of their newest employees, who were recruited following my latest Jobs Fair in Beaumont Leys. They told me that they’d been trying to find the right role and that my Jobs Fair had given them the break they really needed. […]
In her regular Leicester Mercury column, Liz talks about how important valuable work experience is to young people. You can read Liz’s column here.
