After the period of mourning, attention turns once again to the hardships facing many people in Britain today. The Prime Minister and her new Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, say tax cuts are the answer but I have my doubts. His decision to reverse National Insurance increases without any additional plans to support the NHS can onlyContinue reading Chancellor’s ‘fiscal event’ is a non-event for the struggling
The Labour MP for Selly Oak, Steve McCabe MP was in parliament today to hear the newly appointed Prime Minister, Liz Truss, address the House of Commons for the first time on energy prices during her first Prime Minister’s Questions today. Liz Truss is expected to announce her response to soaring energy bills tomorrow, which SellyContinue reading Steve McCabe Comments on New PM’s Cost of Living Plan
News last week that Labour had taken a 15-point poll lead, biggest since 2013, may have surprised some but there’s a simple explanation. People have spent the hot summer relieved at not having to think how they’ll cope when winter comes. Later this week Ofgem, the regulator supposed to help consumers, will announce a secondContinue reading Government feeling heat
WHAT’S the fascination with outsourcing that makes so many managers and consultants offer it as the solution when they’re asked to make improvements or find savings? Public is not always best but there’s no guarantee private is either. There have been some spectacular government failures with prisons, probation, and tagging of offenders. In Birmingham weContinue reading Peril of failed outsourcing
Steve McCabe MP has recently visited Speciality Minerals in Lifford Lane. It follows some local complaints about noise from the site. The actual site has been there since 1898 and Steve first visited back in the early 1990s when he was a councillor for the Brandwood Ward. There have been some lurid stories on social media aboutContinue reading Steve McCabe MP visits Speciality Minerals
Steve McCabe MP visited the local constituency fire station in Billesley recently, to check in with staff during this summer of intense heatwaves and the cost-of-living crisis. Steve had an informative chat with the station staff who stressed that not only are the recent scorching temperatures affecting the risk of fire and hazard, but theContinue reading Steve McCabe MP visits local fire station
Many families have got in touch with Steve in recent weeks and months about the cost of living, this has led to families across the constituency facing hardship. Steve’s team have put together some resources to help you if you and your family are struggling: Birmingham Household Support Fund April 22 to September 2022 SupportContinue reading Cost of Living Help and Support
AFTER 12 glorious days, in which Birmingham showed the world just what we can do, the Commonwealth Games have come to an end with a closing ceremony just as enjoyable as the spectacular opening. We weren’t the first choice to host the Games and only stepped in after it became apparent that Durban couldn’t deliver.Continue reading A PERFECT SHOWCASE
This week I travelled to Manchester, I still prefer Birmingham, to deliver a keynote speech at a conference on Looked After Children. They are children for whom the state has assumed responsibility because they can no longer live with their parent or parents. Nearly 500,000 children are in the care system at any one timeContinue reading Birmingham youngsters deserve better
Steve McCabe MP (Birmingham Selly Oak) yesterday, Monday 27 June welcomed Veterans’ from across Birmingham and the West Midlands to Swanshurst Girls School in Billesley for the 13th Annual Veterans’ Day. The annual Veteran’s Day has not been held since 2019 due to COVID-19 but this year made a triumphant return. Steve welcomed Veterans from World War Two, the Korean War, Suez Canal and more recent conflicts to Swanshurst Girls School in Billesley. Veterans’ Day isContinue reading Annual Veterans Day at Swanshurst School Makes Triumphant Return
