Ahead of the recall of Parliament tomorrow, I want to update local people about my view on IS and the current situation in the Middle East. Like many British people, I opposed the US/UK invasion of Iraq in 2003. I believe that some of the chaos we now see in that part of the world today is, at least partly, a legacy of that action. But I do not believe that affects the urgency of the situation in …
Just a short note to keep you up to date with where things are up to with The North Worcestershire Golf Course issue. Last Friday (19th September) I attended a public meeting with Bloor Homes which was organised by the Council's Longbridge Ward Committee. @b31Voices tweeted regular reports from the meeting as it was taking place but I thought It may also be helpful for me to do a round-up of what …
Thanks to businesses and residents in Kings Norton for the comments you have sent to me about the planning applications from Sainsburys and the Coop to build new stores next to or near Kings Norton Green.
I know many Northfield residents will have been worried by this article which has appeared in the Birmingham Mail. So I wanted to write to update local people about the action I and Chair of Birmingham’s Northfield District Committee, Labour Councillor Brett O’Reilly, have taken in response. We have called for an investigation into the issue of the Spectrum Swimming Club and …
Lots of local people continue to contact me about the future of Northfield's leisure facilities. For the latest update please read this article on B31 Voices about the City Council's Cabinet Meeting on the 15 September 2014 - at which the future of the pool and leisure centre was discussed. After the recent local consultation and residents meeting chaired by Labour Councillor and Northfield …
As Labour’s Shadow Transport Minister and MP for Birmingham Northfield, I am pleased to be hosting: Dinner with Mary Creagh MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Transport Thursday 20th November, 7.00. for 7.30pm Edgbaston Priory Club, Sir Harry’s Road, Birmingham, B15 2UZ Mary Creagh was first elected Member of Parliament for Wakefield in May 2005. She had previously served for a number of …
I was Labour Member of Parliament for Birmingham Northfield between 1992 and 2019 and a former Shadow Transport Minister. I now chair Healthwatch in Birmingham and Solihull, and the West Midlands Board of Remembering Srebrenica. I also work as a public affairs consultant. I am an effective community advocate and stakeholder alliance builder with a passion for human rights. I am a trustee of the Balfour Project charity and of Citizens Advice Birmingham, and a former Chair of Medical Aid for Palestinians.