Mark Garnier MP and seven head teachers at Wyre Forest schools met with a senior education minister this week to make the case for funding in local schools. The meeting on Tuesday was organised by Mark Garnier in the wake of the Government’s decision to scrap the £120 million
Mark Garnier and fellow Conservatives have been in Birmingham for the Party Conference. As a newly elected MP with a special interest in financial matters and a seat on the Treasury Select Committee, Mark has been asked to speak at a number of events. As well as this, Mark is meeting with special interest groups.
Mark Garnier, Wyre Forest's MP, yesterday spent the morning working with the Bewdley based Community Transport Helpline. Community Transport Helpline is one of two Wyre Forest volunteer groups who provide transport services for people who find it difficult to use public transport.
Mark joined Spennells community leader Ian Siddall and a large group of local residents to collect litter on the Spennells estate this Saturday. The team met at the shops in Spennells and collected rubbish around the area, including the playing fields.
Mark Garnier MP is extremely pleased to hear that the Carpet Museum in Kidderminster is to be awarded a grant of £1,904,900 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). Announced today by the HLF, this is a long awaited and eagerly supported project that Mark has been championing over the years.
Mark Garnier MP for Wyre Forest today announces his pleasure that number of unemployment claimants in Wyre Forest was only 2,247. This is 388 lower than the same time last year and a substantial decrease of 17.3%.
Speaking on the Pope's arrival Mark Garnier said "I am very pleased that Britain has received its first ever Papal Visit from Benedict XVI. As the spiritual leader for six million Catholics in Britain, a number of which live in Wyre Forest, the Pope is an extremely important figure in this country and internationally.
Mark Garnier MP has today welcomed the news that Carpets of Kidderminster has reached a deal that secures a future for this local business. An agreement was signed this week with the Administrator of Carpets of Kidderminster for a management led buy-out of the business.
People accept that in order to get clean water, electricity, gas, telephones etc, we occasionally need road works. But for local traders whose shops are adjacent to the road works, the disruption may result in reduced takings.
There is no doubt that the argument against the hugely costly Building Schools for the Future programme has been won. With £3 million already spent by Worcestershire County Council in just the bureaucratic nightmare created by the Labour government, the huge cost implication for the Wyre Forest BSF programme was immense.
