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Campaigning for Glenfield

With only weeks to go before a final decision is due on the future of children’s heart surgery services, I am doing everything I can to keep up the pressure in our campaign to save Glenfield. I have been pressing the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt to release crucial information from […]

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Are we ‘ready for ageing?’

On Thursday 14th March, an important committee in the House of Lords published a report called ‘Ready for Ageing?’ The report rightly says our ageing population raises huge challenges for Government, public services, businesses and society as a whole. I particularly welcome the report’s call for radical reform of the NHS and social […]

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Backing local jobs

  I’m determined to do everything I can to help local residents find work. That’s why I held a Jobs and Opportunities Fair on 14th February at New Parks Community Centre. More than twenty employers and training providers came along and more than 460 local residents attended. I will be […]

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Liz’s speech to Reform conference

On Tuesday 12th February I gave a speech at a conference hosted by Reform on “Building the new NHS”, in which I spoke about ensuring patients and the public are at the heart of NHS and social care services.   You can read my speech here: Liz Kendall MP’s speech […]

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Backing local businesses

I recently held the first meeting of a new Leicester West Business Forum, which I’ve set up to hear directly from businesses in my constituency about the challenges they face and the action they need to help them grow and thrive. 30 local businesses came along to the meeting, which […]