Mark Garnier MP recently met with West Mercia Police chief constable David Shaw and newly elected Police and Crime Commissioner Bill Longmore to discuss the Police and Crime Plan for 2013.
The Office for National Statistics today published the latest jobs figures confirming that unemployment in the UK has continued to fall, whilst those in work now stands at a record level.
The Office of the Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) today announced new reforms to the energy market. These reforms are in line with the Government's Energy Bill which is currently in parliament.
Wyre Forest MP Mark Garnier met today with representatives of the National Farmers' Union in Worcestershire. High on the topics for discussions is the ongoing horse meat scandal.
The new Scrap Metal Dealers Bill has passed its final reading in the House of Commons this week and is expected to come into effect by Easter, once it receives Royal Assent.
In recent months the concept of North Worcestershire as an integrated economic area, has begun to take shape, with the: three local authorities merging their regeneration resources; being part of the Greater Birmingham/Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership; the proposals of Lord Heseltine for economic growth; new priorities for NHS Commissioning.
