Supporting families

I’m working to help your family by pressing for faster progress in local schools, more improvements in our NHS, and continued investment in children’s early years.

Speeches, Supporting families

Liz speaks in debate on epilepsy servies

Hon. Members have powerfully set out the scale of the problem with epilepsy services and highlighted three key issues. The first is misdiagnosis: around 150,000 people are wrongly diagnosed with epilepsy or are diagnosed with the wrong sort of epilepsy. The second is poor quality treatment: patients may not see […]

Homepage, Liz in the news, Supporting families

Jack and his soapbox

Yesterday’s campaign was proper old school. Jack Straw, Labour’s Candidate for Blackburn and Justice Secretary, decided he wanted to lend us a hand and promptly turned up with his soapbox in Leicester City Centre. Jack made a brief speech on Labour’s record, our manifesto, and the choice facing voters on […]

Caring for older people, Jobs, skills and training, Liz in the news, More affordable housing, Safer, greener communities, Supporting families

A better, fairer future for people in Leicester West

I know lots of people haven’t made up their minds about how to vote at the general election on May 6th, and many others might not vote at all because they’re fed up with politics and politicians. But this election matters. It’s about the future of local jobs and businesses; […]