After 14 years of inaction, our waterways are filled with toxic sewage and customers have faced massive bill hikes, including my Leicester West constituents. A new regulator will take responsibility of water functions across Ofwat, Environment Agency, Natural England and Drinking Water Inspectorate, ending complexity that gets in the way […]
Trees bring huge environmental and ecological benefits to our city, and during the pandemic we’ve come to appreciate nature and wildlife more than ever. Leicester’s woodland has more than doubled in the past few decades – the city’s tree canopy has increased from around 40 hectares in the 1980s to […]
On Friday I met with brilliant pupils at Braunstone Frith Primary School who are campaigning to make their school safe by dealing with traffic problems on Tatlow Road. It was great to hear their concerns, and to discuss the possible solutions available, and to agree the next steps of the […]
On Friday I had a superb day being shown around the newly built Space Park Leicester where they are bringing together world class research & world leading industries to create jobs & skills of future. Space science is used in so many sectors (artificial intelligence, agriculture, cyber security, climate change) […]
Tackling climate change is one of my top priorities. Watch my video on Labour’s plans here.
It was great to meet my constituents from Leicester West at The Time is Now climate change event in London. We discussed many things that we can all do to make changes to our lives and protect the environment. One of the big issues that was raised was about the […]