Last Friday I visited LOROS, a fantastic local charity that provides care to terminally ill adults, their families and carers. LOROS have recently announced exciting plans to build a new Clinical Skills Centre, so they can train more local NHS and social care staff, and to extend their Day Therapy Unit, so they can provide care and support for […]
Developers have recently submitted plans to demolish part of the popular John O Gaunt pub on Somerset Avenue to make room for six new houses. I wanted to make sure the views of my constituents were heard and wrote to over 600 households. Of the 117 responses I received, the […]
Yesterday I wrote to all schools in my constituency encouraging them to enter the Speaker’s School Council Awards.
Today I have pledged my support for Leicestershire Police’s CEASE campaign which aims to eradicate child abuse and sexual exploitation in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. The CEASE campaign has four key aims: To raise public awareness of child sexual exploitation To educate people how they can spot the signs […]
On Friday 5thFebruary I held a “patch walk” with local residents outside Braunstone Frith Primary School to take a look at the traffic and parking problems in the area. We were joined by the Head of Highways at Leicester City Council, the police and the school’s headteacher, Mrs Smith. Local […]
On Wednesday 3 February, I held a debate in Parliament on the Government’s cuts to local council funding which are hitting the poorest areas hardest. In Leicester, the City Council has suffered grant cuts of 37% in real terms since 2010. The council has already had to make annual savings […]
On Friday 29 January, I went to Glebelands Primary School to support their refugee awareness day. Mrs Sinhal, who teaches at the school, recently launched ‘Leicester Schools Welcome Refugees’, a project which aims to teach children about what its like to be a child refugee. The school has already donated […]
I recently visited Bethany Court, an amazing supported housing scheme which helps get mums who have suffered from domestic violence and other problems get back on track. The scheme supports 12 mums and their children, providing one to one support, including on how to manage their budgets, find work and […]
I regularly meet with Simon Cole, the Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police, to discuss what more we can do to tackle crime in Leicester West and ensure our local police get the support they deserve. Keeping all our communities safe is a top priority for me as a local MP, […]
As a member of the House of Commons Select Committee for Communities and Local Government I’ve been questioning the Government about the lack of funding for social care. The growing funding gap means that many elderly and disabled people are not getting the care they need and their families are […]
The Government wants to abolish student grants, and I’m really concerned that this will mean students from the lowest income families will be saddled with huge debts. That’s why on 19 January I voted to try to save these grants. Sadly, Labour MPs were outnumbered, but I will continue to […]
As part of the work I have been doing on the proposed cuts to Leicestershire Fire & Rescue Service, I am very pleased to learn that plans, which would have seen the closure of Central Station, will be reconsidered. Western Fire Station is already set to lose one of its engines […]
