Families in Leicester West are set to benefit from greater support on their doorstep, thanks to Labour’s Best Start Family Hubs. Labour’s Best Start Family Hubs will act as a one stop shop for parents seeking a range ofsupport, including on difficulty breastfeeding, housing issues or children’s early developmentand language, […]
This month, I visited the Voco Hotel in Leicester, where I met students working hard on their supported internships. They are helped by brilliant coaches and compassionate employers, who see their value and recognise their contribution. I am so proud of all of the young people in this video, and […]
Labour is lifting 100,000 children out of poverty by expanding access to free school meals. Child poverty is a scar on our society – the Tories let numbers grow by 900,000 in government. It’s the moral mission of this Labour government to drive those numbers down, that’s why we set […]
Today, De Montfort University have announced that they have been chosen by the United Nations to lead a network of Universities aiming to build better cities and communities across the world. This means they will lead a team from across the globe finding solutions issues like affordable housing, air pollution, […]
On Friday, Liz’s MP representative, Sarah Russell and the constituency team visited Inglehurst Junior School who have been focused on letter writing. A Year 6 pupil wrote to Liz to express their concerns about issues that meant a lot to them, including local wildlife, litter and economic growth. Liz’s team […]
Last week I visited Barley Croft Primary School, in Beaumont Leys, where they held their Christmas Assembly. Pupils and staff at the school also said goodbye to their headteacher, Kevin Lacey, after 14 years at the school. During his time as Head, Kevin has led the school to great success […]
As the Christmas holidays approach, I am very concerned that the Government have failed to learn lessons from the previous years about coronavirus in schools. I spoke on Politics Live yesterday about what needs to be done. Right now, only 44% of 12-15 year-olds have received a first dose of […]
Choosing the winner of my annual Christmas Card competition is one of the highlights of my year and last week I announced this year’s winner is Danny Casey, aged 4, from Braunstone Frith Primary School. Hundreds of school children from across Leicester West competed to design my Christmas card […]
Yesterday I made a speech in Parliament on Space Park Leicester and the wider space sector. This is a subject close to my heart as there is huge potential for space science and technology to create high skilled jobs of the future, grow our economy, tackle climate change and […]
Last week I had one of my favourite ever visits, to Space Park Leicester where I met with Professor Suzie Imber who ran a workshop teaching pupils from Queensmead Academy in Braunstone about physics with rocket experiments. The space sector has huge potential to create high skill, high quality jobs […]
Last week I met with pupils at Braunstone Frith Primary School who’ve been gathering evidence to support their campaign to tackle traffic problems on Tatlow Road. We also met with the local Councillors, and an officer from Leicester City Council to explore what options are available, and what would work. […]
Last week I visited Sunflowers Neighbourhood Nursery in Braunstone to celebrate Children in Need day with them! The work they do to give children the best start in life, whether they are seedlings (0 – 2 year olds), sprouts (2 – 3 years) or flowers (3 – 5 years) is […]