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
MP View: Time to have a sensible, thoughtful debate on NHS and pensions 8th April 2024 This week is the first full week of the new tax year, bringing in a 2% cut in national insurance contributions for working aged people, whilst pensioners see an... Local News
MP View: Local elections are important, so please remember to vote 2nd April 2024 In under a month’s time, we have elections. Not the expected general election scheduled for some time before the end of January next year, but Kidderminster... Local News
MP View: A reflection on the Budget 19th March 2024 Last week’s budget came and went, with lots of political point scoring. And then along came a new news item and the world moved on. Budgets are important, even... Local News
MP View: Gaza debate focussing on arcane Parliamentary procedures is not a good look 27th February 2024 I wasn’t in Parliament for last week’s debate on Gaza, but it certainly looked chaotic. The descent into ugly arguing about seemingly arcane procedures is never... Local News
MP View: Despite technical recession, inflation under control paints brighter outlook 20th February 2024 Former US president Bill Clinton famously said, “it’s the economy, stupid”. He was right. The key thing to people’s sense of confidence and well-being is the... Local News
MP View: We cannot allow asylum seekers to game the system 6th February 2024 Back in 2010, when I was a wet-behind-the-ears, newly elected MP, a church group contacted me asking for help. The husband of a local woman was due to be... Local News
MP View: Seeing the impact of Government investment in Kidderminster 29th January 2024 A few months after I was first elected, back in 2010, I met with a town planner. He had been asked to come and look at Kidderminster and he was astonished by... Local News
MP View: The green case for continued use of North Sea oil 23rd January 2024 I always like seeing my chums from Wyre Forest Extinction Rebellion. A group came by a couple of weeks ago and we had a long meeting, discussing North Sea... Local News
MP View: We owe our local sub postmasters far more than just financial compensation and restoration of justice 10th January 2024 Sometimes, TV drama sets the tone for public debate. None more so than tale of sub postmasters. What is appalling is the lack of oversight by ministers... Local News
