Last week, I visited Leicester’s fantastic interactive education centre, the Warning Zone. The Warning Zone is a charity which aims to equip young people with valuable life skills using realistic settings and scenarios. My first stop was visiting the ‘e-safety’ area, which uses games to teach children about how they […]
Every week I try and visit one of our local schools, because I believe giving children the best possible education is the key to our future success. On Friday 15th January I visited King Richard III Infant School , where I took part in their assembly, congratulated the students on […]
I recently met with Verity Hancock, the Principal of Leicester College to discuss the impact of the latest round of Government spending cuts. Leicester College is one of the largest colleges in the UK, offering a wide range of courses from Apprenticeships and A levels to Higher National Diplomas. I have […]
At the end of last year I held a further public meeting to discuss the noise, smells, traffic, dust, rats and flies affecting Wastecycle’s residential neighbours in Abbey. We were joined by the Environment Agency, Police, representatives from the Council’s Highways team and Wastecycle. Wastecycle have pledged to continue to […]
Liz wrote her latest Leicester Mercury column on the importance of staying in the EU
DMU Square Mile, Leicestershire Centre for Integrated Living and The Real Junk Food Project teamed up to put on a fantastic Christmas spread for isolated elderly people last Friday. It was a brilliant event which provided 100 people with a free meal and the opportunity to socialise and be merry! […]
Last week I held a community meeting with residents in Braunstone Frith to discuss proposals for a communal bike storage area. The meeting gave residents the opportunity to put forward their views directly to the local Council about what would best meet their needs. Some of the local residents also […]
On Friday 11 December, I met with Leicester Students’ Union President, Rachel Holland and Deputy President of De Montfort Students’ Union, Amie Chapman. As representatives for their fellow students, Rachel and Amie wanted to update me on the work they’re doing on Voter Registration, Maintenance Grants and to discuss the […]
Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service has proposed removing a fire engine from Western Fire Station in January 2016. I wanted to see for myself how this would impact the station and the service it offers to my constituents. I had a tour of the station and then I met with […]
Whilst I welcomed the announcement by the Chancellor that there will be not cuts in police budgets for the next five years, there is still a huge strain on Leicestershire Police. I am grateful to Andy Elliott from Leicestershire Police, for taking the time to meet with me to discuss […]
To mark World AIDS Day, I signed the ‘Halve It Pledge’ with by fellow Leicester MPs Jon Ashworth and Keith Vaz, the City Council and HIV charities. Leicester has the 6th highest rate of late diagnosis of HIV in the country and the ‘Halve It Pledge’ commits the City to […]
I was delighted to receive an invitation to visit Falcons Primary School. The school opened in October 2014 to Reception and Year One and this September, it expanded its intake up to Year 3. I spent time talking to the Headteacher, Jasbir Mann and the Board of Governors about the […]
