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
View from Westminster 27th January 2017 27th January 2017 A couple of weeks ago I wrote about my concerns surrounding the management of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust. Since then I have met with the new chair... Westminster News
View from Westminster 20th January 2017 20th January 2017 After 6 months of studies, scrutiny and analysis of the interests of those concerned, the Government has now laid out its proposals for Brexit. I have started... Westminster News
View from Westminster 13th January 2017 13th January 2017 The problems at the Worcester Royal Hospital continue to get worse. The A&E department has been the subject of national media – yet again – as two patients have... Westminster News
View from Westminster 6th January 2017 6th January 2017 2017 should be an interesting year. A new US president; elections in France, Germany and the Netherlands; and, of course, we will be triggering Article 50 by... Westminster News
View from Westminster 16th December 2016 16th December 2016 I’ve always felt it is incredibly important to engage young people into politics. To that end I’ve been into schools to help with citizenship classes, with... Westminster News
View from Westminster 9th December 2016 9th December 2016 It would be no exaggeration to say that the railways are the backbone of our country. According to the Office for Rail and Road, there were 1,619,928 entries... Westminster News
View from Westminster 2nd December 2016 2nd December 2016 One of the peculiar, and misleading, arguments of the EU referendum was the suggestion that being members of the EU somehow prevented the UK from exporting to... Westminster News
Exporting Seminar Friday 9th December 30th November 2016 Whatever the size of your business, it is never too soon or too late to start exporting. Make sure your 2017 business plan is a global plan. On Friday 9th... Local News
View from Westminster 25th Novemer 2016 25th November 2016 From time to time, misunderstanding abound about how things work. This often leads to a run of letters to local MPs, and two such events have happened recently... Westminster News
