Steve McCabe MP is seeking a fulltime Constituency Assistant to join his busy constituency office based in Birmingham. Further details about the job and how to apply are below. Main purpose of Job: Constituency Assistant Reporting to MP and Constituency Office Manager Location: Birmingham Salary: In line with IPSA pay scales, starting £21,529 Hours:Continue reading Work for Steve McCabe mp
Budget Must be fair
MP FOR SELLY OAK WRITES… THE budget is now less than a week away. Our first national lockdown began five days after the last one and since then 120,000 people have lost their lives. This budget will be a test for the Chancellor. He’ll be worried about the public finances. Latest figures show borrowing, forContinue reading Budget Must be fair
What can the Chancellor’s budget do to help here?
The upcoming Budget on 3 March is an opportunity for the Chancellor to ease the issues families, the self-employed and business owners face. I know what I want to see, what about you? Two things have cheered me up recently – the vaccine rollout is going well and Cadbury Dairy Milk is coming home followingContinue reading What can the Chancellor’s budget do to help here?
A sweet future depends on research opportunity
It’s great that Mondelez, who now own Cadbury, have announced a further £15 million investment at Bournville in addition to the £80 million programme since 2014. It means production of Dairy Milk is coming home with workers gearing up to produce 125 million bars per year. Some like to say Dairy Milk doesn’t taste theContinue reading A sweet future depends on research opportunity
Universal Credit uplift must be extended to prevent hundreds of thousands falling into poverty
Steve McCabe MP, Birmingham-Selly Oak, is a member of the Work and Pensions Select Committee who in a report released today, recommend that the Chancellor must maintain for another year ‘at the very least’ the £20 per week increase in Universal Credit (UC) and Working Tax Credit introduced to support families during the coronavirus pandemic. The report notes that sinceContinue reading Universal Credit uplift must be extended to prevent hundreds of thousands falling into poverty
Birmingham MP warns of benefit cuts as unemployment soars
Steve McCabe MP for Birmingham Selly Oak has called the Government’s proposed plans to cut Universal Credit reckless, as unemployment rises again. Figures released today show an estimated 1.72 million people were unemployed between September and November 2020, which is the highest rate of unemployment in five years. Locally in Birmingham Selly Oak 7.4% were claiming unemployment benefits in December 2020. ThisContinue reading Birmingham MP warns of benefit cuts as unemployment soars
Birmingham MP Stands with Businesses in calls to Protect Jobs
Steve McCabe MP, Birmingham Selly Oak is calling on the Chancellor to act now to save jobs, businesses and livelihoods in Tier 3 Birmingham. Figures released today show a bleak trend of rising unemployment across the country. In Birmingham Selly Oak constituency 7.5% of the population are now claiming unemployment benefits, well above the nationalContinue reading Birmingham MP Stands with Businesses in calls to Protect Jobs
A final nail in the coffin with no-one fighting our corner
IT appears that a small group of cabinet ministers decided last week to place Birmingham in Tier 3. Without further support, that amounts to another nail in the coffin for our hospitality sector. I’m not sure I follow the reasoning that sees Birmingham in Tier 3 and London in Tier 2. If we judge itContinue reading A final nail in the coffin with no-one fighting our corner
Support Local in Selly Oak Constituency
It’s been a really tough year for local businesses so it is more important than every to shop local. Visit (or order online) your favourite local business this weekend and support Small Business Saturday. Shops Clean Kilo, 249 Mary Vale Road, Bournville, B30 1PN The Clean Kilo is the largest zero-waste supermarket in the UK,Continue reading Support Local in Selly Oak Constituency
Reverse Advent Calendar, please join my foodbank appeal
We have all been affected by coronavirus this year but it’s true to say that people will have had very different experiences. Too many people are being pushed further into poverty and as unemployment continues to rise, I am worried this is going to get worse before it gets better. The Trussell Trust Foodbank NetworkContinue reading Reverse Advent Calendar, please join my foodbank appeal