Find out what I’ve been saying and doing in the media.
I recently took part in a “speed mentoring” event organised by the WOW (Women of the World) festival. This brought together 250 11-18 year old girls with women in senior positions from different walks of life including engineering, sport, business, arts and the media, and politics. Supporting children to be […]
Yesterday I visited Leicester’s new Sexual Assault Referral Centre, also known as Juniper Lodge, to find out more about the work it does. More than 60 victims were referred to the centre last month and one in three women experience physical or sexual violence, often from an intimate partner. It can happen […]
My latest Leicester Mercury column is about our fight to save the children’s heart surgery unit at Glenfield. You can read it here: http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/why-we-must-save-glenfield-hospital-s-children-s-heart-unit-by-liz-kendall/story-29538169-detail/story.html
I today called on the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt to intervene in the decision by the NHS to close the region’s only children’s heart surgery unit at Leicester’s Glenfield Hospital. You can watch my interview with ITV here: http://www.itv.com/news/central/update/2016-07-11/leicester-mp-liz-kendall-fights-to-keep-heart-surgery-unit-in-region/
Today, NHS England announced that they want to close Glenfield’s children’s heart surgery unit. This makes absolutely no sense when Glenfield has some of the best clinical outcomes of any unit in the country. The decision will also put at risk our world leading ECMO service, which is the largest […]
I today wrote to the Secretary of State for Health outlining my strong opposition to the proposed closure of the children’s heart unit at Glenfield Hospital. You can read my letter here: liz-kendalls-letter-to-jeremy-hunt-re-glenfield
I know thousands of Labour party members and supporters feel bewildered and horrified about what has happened, and frightened about the future. With a Tory leadership contest and another Scottish independence referendum on the cards, and the markets in meltdown, they want to know how we’ve ended up here, and […]
My latest article for the Leicester Mercury is about why staying in the EU will benefit Leicester. You can read it here
My latest article for the Leicester Mercury is about how we can better support people in Leicester caring for older family members. You can read it here.
The referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union is the biggest decision we face in a generation. It will define the future of our country: our economy, the jobs and investment we attract, our safety and influence in the world. More than anyone, it is Britain’s young people who will be affected by the […]
I spoke to BBC Radio Leicester about the changes workers at Samworth Brothers in Leicestershire are facing, which could see their pay cut. People have been promised a pay rise, with the increase in the minimum wage, but what appears to be happening is that cuts to bonuses, bank holiday […]
On 14 April Liz joined Michael Portillo and Andrew Neil on the sofa for ‘This Week’, commenting on the political issues of the week. You can watch the programme here
