The East West community centre does amazing work supporting older people in Leicester, from lunch clubs to meals on wheels and tackling loneliness and isolation. It’s vital that charities like this continue to get support so more people benefit in future. Earlier today I went to meet the trustees to […]
Thank you to the trustees of Beaumont Leys Muslims for meeting me to discuss the work they are doing to support the community in Home Farm and across the city.
This week I met with residents of Burgess House who raised serious concerns about fire safety, security and service charges in their building. I will be discussing this with other residents and raising with MTVH the housing association. If you have similar problems please email me at liz.kendall.mp {at} parliament(.)uk
It was brilliant to visit Inglehurst Junior School for a tour of the school and to see the new fence that I helped secure from the City Council. During the visit I was delighted to to join pupils who were burying a Coronation time capsule in the grounds! And there […]
On Friday I was delighted to join parents, pupils and staff from St Mary’s Fields Primary along with ‘Living Streets’ for their #WalkToSchoolWeek. What a great way to start the day! You can read more about from the Leicester Mercury below. Congratulations to all involved!
Thousands of people took to the streets for the Nagar Kirtan parade to mark Vaisakhi in Leicester. There was an incredible turnout for Nagar Kirtan today, starting at Guru Nanak Gurdwara in Leicester West. The event saw Leicester’s Sikh community make the journey between two of the city’s main Gurdwaras, […]
I was delighted to be invited to speak at the ADASS Spring Seminar this week. When I think about everything councils have faced – the repeated Government cuts to council budgets, the horrors of Covid19, the endless restructuring of the NHS and u-turns on social care reform – I sometimes […]
We already know that the Conservatives have completely failed to deliver their flagship policy of a cap on care costs, but over Easter we learned that they have broken the rest of their promises on social care too. The £500 million promised for the care workforce has been cut […]
On Thursday, I was the Labour spokesperson on the morning media round, having interviews with BBC Breakfast, Good Morning Britain, ITV News, Sky News (clip 1) (clip 2) LBC News and Times Radio. You can watch clips from of the interviews back at the links above. During the media round, […]
It was a super sunny day in Swindon with Labour’s fantastic Parliamentary and Council candidates talking about the difference that Labour makes. I loved meeting residents and volunteers at Pinetrees Community Centre lunch club… thank you for such a warm welcome!
On Tuesday, I was delighted to be a guest on BBC’s Politics Live. On the programme, the panel discussed a number of issues including prepayment energy meters, a divided Scottish National Party, Labour’s childcare pledges, supporting foster carers, and low traffic neighbourhoods. If you missed the programme and want to […]
I was proud to be at the launch of Leicester Labour’s manifesto for a fairer, safer, happier city with our fantastic council candidates and mayor. The local elections are on 4th May! Labour in Leicester’s manifesto includes our three main pledges for a fairer, safer, happier city which you can […]
