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Mark Garnier MP delighted with drop in crime

Mark Garnier MP welcomes another fall in crime locally over the last 12 months Latest figures from the independent Office for National Statistics show that since 2010 recorded crime in West Mercia has fallen by 18%. 

Mark Garnier MP welcomes £170 million to help young people find jobs

Funding is being targeted at 5 areas of the UK to help young people into work This funding from the new Youth Employment Initiative (YEI), which aims to help young people aged 15 to 24 years find work, will be matched by an equal amount from the European Social Fund and also by project partners, bringing the total funding to nearly £490 million. 

View From Westminster 24th April 2014

Politicians always moan about the press. In particular, they complain they don’t get enough coverage, or their opponents get too much, or the arguments are biased in one direction or another, or any other myriad version of a whinge that we in the political world can find to complain about. 

View from Westminster 17th April 2014

The ‘cost of living crises’ is something that is much talked about. But what is it? In simple terms, inflation has been rising faster than average wages most months for some time, meaning wages buy less than they used to. But whilst this simple piece of elementary maths is the basis for the cost of living crises, it does not reveal the whole picture. 

Mark Garnier MP welcomes drop in local unemployment

Mark Garnier MP is delighted with another fall in unemployment in Wyre Forest. Figures released on the 16th April by the Office for National Statistics show that yet again unemployment has continued to fall in Wyre Forest. The number of unemployed claimants in Wyre Forest in March was 1,627 which represents 3.4% of the economically active population. 

Mark Garnier MP condemns heartless vandals

Wyre Forest MP disgusted by shocking vandalism of SARA and urges Wyre Forest constituents support the charity 
Wyre Forest Severn Area Rescue (SARA) fell victim to a malicious vandal attack on the 7th April causing at least £4000 worth of damage.
 

Mark Garnier MP urges local schools to speak up on funding

Wyre Forest MP presses Wyre Forest schools to respond to “Consultation of Fairer Schools Funding in 2015” As the campaign continues for Worcestershire schoolchildren to get fairer per pupil funding, Wyre Forest MP Mark Garnier has written to all schools in Wyre Forest, pressing them to speak up with their views on school funding. The consultation will seek views on how the £350 million in 2015 to 2016 for the least fairly funded local authorities should be allocated. 

View from Westminster 10th April 2014

Planning is a contentious issue – the fact that I am writing about it for the second week running just goes to show how much it features in my mailbag. This time it is also about Areley Kings, but this week it is about a ridiculous anomaly that badly affect Stourport and Wyre Forest.