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
HOW I VOTED TO KEEP NO DEAL ON THE TABLE 14th March 2019 With the confusion over last might's votes and who was voting for what, I wanted to explain my actions, and importantly, the reasons for them. To be absolutely... Articles
Knife crime 13th March 2019 MP View 13th March 2019 Another big week for Brexit – perhaps the biggest week so far. Reading the Sunday press, and chatting through things with my colleagues... Articles
Best way to deliver Brexit 5th March 2019 Brexit rumbles on, getting ever closer to B-Day – just three weeks away. Or maybe not the end? I’m getting lots of emails about it. Last week’s meaningful vote... Articles
Politics Gone Crazy 26th February 2019 Just when you thought politics had got crazy enough, it gets even madder. The seismic events in Westminster last week demonstrate just how broken our system is... Articles
Teenagers from Shamima Begum to Climate Change 20th February 2019 There were a couple of stories, last week, about teenagers bunking off school. The first was about a 15-year-old schoolgirl, Shamima Begum, plotting with... Articles
Automotive Supply Chain 6th February 2019 There have been two important announcements this week about the UK car industry: one bad, one exciting. This is important for us here in Wyre Forest as we have... Articles
Britain Has A Chance to Punch Above its Weight 30th January 2019 Finally! The parliamentary Brexit tectonic plates have shifted just a little. A series of backbench amendments resulted in one defeat for the government, and... Westminster News
Diamond Bus Route 2 and 2A Update 20th September 2018 Mark Garnier met with the Chief Execute, Simon Dunn and Director Bob Baker of Diamond Buses on Thursday, to discuss the services within Wyre Forest and in... Local News
View from Westminster 21st June 2018 Few who have followed the case of 12 year old Billy Caldwell will not have felt angered by the action of Home Office officials, who confiscated his treatment... Local News
