Liz writes for the Leicester Mercury on how Labour will deal with the cost of living crisis. You can read the column here.
Liz visits Agnes House care home on Hinckley Road to see project that helps elderly people keep their minds active. You can read more here.
I voted against the bedroom tax because it’s deeply unfair. I’ve seen firsthand the huge distress and financial hardship it causes to some of the most vulnerable people in our city. Many of the 2,400 people currently affected in Leicester are genuinely sick and disabled. Moving is not an option for […]
Liz helped judge the Leicester hospitals’ ‘Caring at its Best’ awards. You can read more about the awards and last week’s awards ceremony here.
British Gas is a big local employer, as well as an important national company, and I recently visited their Energy Academy in Leicester to meet with young people who’ve successfully completed the BG apprenticeship scheme. The apprentices told me how the two-year training programme has given them a range of […]
Just because you’re getting older doesn’t mean you have to stop learning. That’s the ethos behind Learning for the Fourth Age – a brilliant social enterprise in Leicester that uses volunteers to provide learning opportunities for older people in social care. I joined in with one of their recent painting […]
On Friday 13th September I spoke at the East Midlands CARE association conference in Leicester. The ageing population is one of the biggest challenges we face as a country and a society, and its particularly important here in the East Midlands because we have the most rapidly ageing population of […]
At the end of August Sian Green from Leicester West was hit by a New York taxi and had her foot amputated. Liz sent her sincere sympathies to Sian and her family, and offered to do all she can do to help them following this tragedy. You can read more […]
On 29th August Parliament was recalled for an emergency debate on Syria. Liz voted against the Government motion to take action against the Syrian regime. You can read more about this issue here.
On 19th August Liz joined the Summers Community Cafe event in Braunstone. You can read more about the event here.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and earlier this week I joined an event to help raise money for breast cancer research, and increase awareness of this devastating disease. Every year in the UK around 50,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer, and almost 1 in 4 of them […]
On 10th September I attended an Alzheimer’s Society event in Parliament where I joined other MPs in pledging to take action to help raise awareness of dementia in my constituency. It is estimated that there are as many as 1600 people living in Leicester who suffer from dementia, but haven’t […]
