Dodged her responsibility - child sexual grooming gangs. Thursday, 9 January, 2025 Another week, another extraordinary failure of the government. This time, its child sexual grooming gangs. As an opposition backbencher Labour MP Jess Phillips was a strong advocate for justice for victims, for women’s right, and for perpetrators of appalling acts to be jailed for a very long time. Few will ever forget the grim news of prolific sexual grooming gangs in Rochdale and the subsequent... Articles
£20 million for Kidderminster 3rd June 2024 We have done really well, here in Wyre Forest, from government assistance. Frankly, quite right too. I have argued for many years that Kidderminster, in... Local News
Businesses support Labour? 29th May 2024 Interesting reading in the Times today. 120 business leaders have written to the Times to give their support to an in-coming Labour government. But read on... Opinions
Mickey Mouse Degrees? 29th May 2024 This week’s announcement about so called mickey mouse degrees is, for me, ironic. I had written a column for this week’s Kidderminster Shuttle about exactly... Local News
A Bold New Model for National Service 28th May 2024 National Service. You know you’re onto a winner when your opponents mischaracterise your ideas. “Dad’s Army for teenagers” I think was how Sir Kier described it... Articles
MP View: Intelligent debate is crowded out by shrill Tweets 20th May 2024 You can tell an election is coming up. Kier Starmer has announced his 6 priorities for the next Labour government. There will be a lot of opportunities for... Local News
MP View: Elphicke shows need to think again about by-elections for defecting MPs 15th May 2024 Last week saw the surprise defection of the MP for Dover. Natalie Elphicke had been elected as the MP back in 2019, as the Conservative candidate. After... Local News
MP View: Why Conservatives are delivering for pensioners 8th May 2024 I get a lot of emails. They cover a variety of topics, but recently, many from pensioners worried about tax. I couldn’t understand why this had come about... Local News
MP View: Now is right time to have a proper debate over assisted dying 30th April 2024 This week, we held a general debate on assisted dying. This has always been an emotive issue and it came due to 200,000 people signing the petition set up by... Local News
Letter to Malvern Hills District Planning - Snipes 16th April 2024 Mark has submitted a response to the public consultation on the proposed full planning application for the Snipes development. The full letter can be found... Local News
