Local Government reorganisation will deliver better value for money for taxpayers Monday, 20 January, 2025 My background is in financial markets and investment. As a result, I tend to look at the world with a view to financial efficiency and value for money. There is no doubt about it, there is very poor efficiency and value for money in the public sector. One area that I was particularly taken by is local government. Here in Worcestershire, we have seven big councils – Worcestershire County Council -... Local News
Mark Garnier MP discusses care delivery with local diabetes champion Fred Holland 30th January 2015 Fred Holland, 78, who has been campaigning to improve diabetes care for over 40 years after his daughter, Vivienne, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes... Local News
View from Westminster 29th January 2015 29th January 2015 There are few things more contentious than planning. Time and again I am contacted by people who are worried about planning applications of various sizes - from... Westminster News
Wyre Forest has been Helped to Buy 27th January 2015 Mark Garnier MP has welcomed new figures showing that the Conservatives' Help to Buy scheme is helping families to achieve their dream of buying their own home... Local News
View from Westminster 23rd January 2015 23rd January 2015 Barely a week goes by without more good economic news. The IMF have now confirmed that Britain was the fastest growing economy of any major advanced nation in... Westminster News
Mark Garnier's Road Fuel Pricing (Equalisation) Bill 22nd January 2015 Mark Garnier MP's Private Members Bill to end rural fuel pricing anomalies, particularly for Wyre Forest residents. The text can be found here. Westminster News
Mark Garnier's Road Fuel Pricing (Equalisation) Bill 22nd January 2015 Mark Garnier MP's Private Members Bill to end rural fuel pricing anomalies, particularly for Wyre Forest residents. The text can be found here. Westminster News
Unemployment continues to fall in Wyre Forest 21st January 2015 Figures released today by the Office for National Statistics show that the number of unemployed claimants in Wyre Forest in December 2014 was 926, which... Local News
Sharp fall in over-50s unemployment in Wyre Forest 20th January 2015 Mark Garnier has welcomed the fall in the number of unemployed older people in Wyre Forest. Since the General Election in 2010, the number of people over the... Local News
Mark Garnier MP tackles rural road fuel pricing ‘dark art’ in Westminster 20th January 2015 Wyre Forest MP has successfully presented the first stage of a Bill to give powers to crackdown on dubious higher fuel prices in rural areas. Local News
