Feeding Leicester is the programme to end hunger in the city and I have chaired this work for the last four and a half years. At our last meeting we heard from local hospitals who are having to provide free and low-cost food to patients, visitors and staff, and from […]
After 13 years, the Conservative legacy is criminals being let off while victims are let down. Everyone has a right to feel safe and secure in their homes and in their community. But the Conservatives are soft on crime, with millions of victims paying the price. Communities feel under threat, […]
For twelve years the Tories have been letting down young people like those at Leicester College with a decade of decline in opportunities. I was delighted to visit the college to mark National Apprenticeships Week by meeting a brilliant group of talented engineering apprentices, ambitious for their futures. The young […]
Here is my joint statement with Jonathan Ashworth MP following the resignation of Mike Veale as interim Chief Executive at the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. Whilst we welcome Mr Veale’s resignation, serious questions remain as to why he was ever appointed in […]
The Guardian reported this week the shocking account of a dementia home care agency spending as little as three and a half minutes on care visits and filing records claiming far more care was given. The appalling care received by Susan yet again highlights the scale of problems facing social […]
On Holocaust Memorial Day we remember the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, the millions more persecuted by the Nazis and in more recent genocides. This week in Parliament I signed the Book of Commitment alongside MPs and Peers of all political parties. We learn from the past to […]
The cost of living is soaring with energy bills rocketing. The Tories point to the pandemic and the war in Ukraine to explain the cost-of-living crisis. But we are forecast to have the lowest growth of the 38 countries in the OECD over the next two years, behind even Italy […]
2.6 million unpaid family carers have to give up work because they can’t get the help they need to look after their loved ones. That’s bad for them and our economy. Families lose their incomes, businesses lose their talents and the Government loses their taxes. Where on earth is the […]
What a lovely morning it was at St. Anne’s Parish Church coffee morning (even if I had a tea in attempt to reduce coffee intake!) It was wonderful to chat with residents with warm smiles and company all round. Thanks for having me!
It was brilliant to visit New College in Leicester today to discuss the huge challenges facing our hard working teachers. I was pleased to have the chance to speak with a number of teaching staff to hear first-hand about their concerns surrounding education including the strikes, cost of living and […]
We have all seen the pressure facing the NHS in recent weeks with our hospitals facing extreme pressure. But I was really concerned to hear the Chief Executive of one hospital speaking about the support and care available at his Trust. I think patients across the country will be terrified hearing […]
Ministers will never deal with the record waits for NHS treatment until they stop older people being stuck in hospital because they cannot get decent social care in the community or at home. Yet after 13 years of the Conservative Government there are now 540k people waiting to have their […]
