Does your area suffer from graffiti? Have you got problems with fly-tippers and rubbish on your streets.
If so, tell me about it, and I will contact Birmingham City Council to get it cleared up.
Write to me at the House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.
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March 2006
28th March 2006 |
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| LIAM WELCOMES SUPERMARKET INVESTIGATION |
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Liam has welcomed news that the Office of Fair Trading has signalled its intention to refer grocery retailers, including Tesco, to the Competition Commission for more detailed investigation, and has published a report detailing the scale of profits showing the size of the its analysis of the market for consultation prior to a final decision in April.
Groceries - defined as food, pet food, drinks, cleaning products, toiletries and household goods - account for nearly half of all retail sales. Total grocery sales in 2005 were around £95 billion, representing around 13 per cent of all household spending in the UK.
The OFT highlights ‘features of the market which… distort competition and harm consumers.’ |
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27th March 2006 |
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| HOLIDAY DISASTER AVERTED BY RINGING GOVERNMENT ADVICE LINE |
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A couple from Yorkshire were spared from shelling out £5000 in a holiday club scam after they contacted the government funded Consumer Direct helpline for advice. They also set in motion a chain of events, which led to the company being wound up by the DTI.
Click here to read more
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23rd March 2006 |
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INVESTORS' DAY CLOSING IN |
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Liam is holding an 'Investors Day ' for voluntary groups who run activities for young people. on 30th March 2006 between 4 - 7pm at East Birmingham Trade and Labour Club on Highfield Road..
Funders already confirmed include:
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There will also be expert advice on hand from
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23rd March 2006 |
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| BRUM YOUNG HAVE IMPACT ON BROWN’S BUDGET |
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Liam today welcomed the Chancellor Gordon Brown’s proposal for a new challenge fund to reward the innovative ideas of our young people.
The announcement, made during the Chancellor’s 2006 Budget, will see innovative ideas for youth and community projects rewarded, and will mean our young people’s dreams could become a reality.
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21st March 2006 |
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The local action page has now been updated with the latest information on what Liam is doing on 8 key areas of his community plan.
You can view updates by clicking on the local action page in the right hand tool bar, or click on the issue that interests you on the 8 links below.
If you have any comments about any of the issues on the Local Action page, please email Liam.
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20th March 2006 |
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| INDEPENDENT REPORT SLAMS GAPS IN BIRMINGHAM HOUSING PLAN |
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Liam Byrne, MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill, today voiced his growing concerns about the Lib Dem/Tory administrations plans for the future of council housing in Birmingham, as an independent report identifies “critical gaps in policy and practice that need urgent closure”.
The report, by the Independent Commission of Inquiry into the Future of Council Housing in Birmingham, at the London School of Economics, suggests that the council’s current plan “denies the council additional government funding or other special resources to upgrade the decayed and unrepaired stock that blights many parts of the city and many tenants’ lives”. |
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17th March 2006 |
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| LIAM LAUNCHES LATEST YOUTH CONFERENCE
BRUM YOUNG REAP CASH BONANZA |
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| Above: Liam and the Chancellor at a youth conference in Park View School. |
Liam Byrne, MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill, today visited Saltley School & Specialist Science College in Washwood Heath for the penultimate event in the current round of youth conferences.
In the past two months Liam has visited secondary schools in the constituency to listen to young people and find out what they want to see in their area.....
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| BYRNE TAKES TENANTS FIGHT TO HOUSING MINISTER |
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Liam Byrne, MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill, this week took up the case of council tenants with Housing Minister Yvette Cooper MP at a meeting demanded by Liam to discuss Birmingham City Council’s progress in securing Decent Homes across Hodge Hill.
The meeting follows Liam’s discovery that plans submitted by the Lib Dem / Tory coalition to bring council homes up to the Government’s Decent Homes standard, could be both unrealistic and unaffordable. The Council’s plans to upgrade council homes are dependent on increasing sales of council owned property by around 20 times the rate of sales made last year.......................
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14th March 2006 |
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| COLEBOURNE PRE-SCHOOL UPDATE |
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Many local families contacted Liam last year about the potential closure of the pre school due to the re development of the Colebourne School site.
Liam wrote to Birmingham City Council and the Secretary of State on the pre-school's behalf, and lobbied hard to put pressure on the council to include the pre school in the new plans.
Liam was delighted to hear from the school headmistress Mrs Herrick, that it looks like the plans for the new school should include space for the pre school.
This is great news for the school, pre school, parents, and above all local children who will be the real winners when this exciting new school site is built.
Well done to everyone involved!
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13th March 2006 |
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| SAVE OUR VERGES CAMPAIGN |
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Above: examples of the effect illegal parking has on the grass verges. |
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Liam Byrne, MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill, today demanded the Lib Dem / Tory administration at Birmingham City Council take action on the parking crisis in Hodge Hill. The campaign follows complaints from local residents’ at Liam’s regular residents’ meetings, and in his postbag every week – about a lack of parking locally.
Last month Liam summoned council chiefs to demand that they take more action to get a grip on the parking crisis. At the meeting Council bosses confessed that they didn’t even know how many new parking spaces are needed in the ward—a task which Liam and his team are preparing to take on themselves.
The council also admitted that very little parking enforcement is taking place to keep verges safe – despite it being a civil offence – and a responsibility of local government to enforce.
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13th March 2006 |
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PUBLIC MEETING ON BROCKHURST PLAYING FIELDS
Tuesday 14th March
7:00pm
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Above: Local residents with Bromford Road resident and campaigner Gill Beddows on Brockhurst playing fields last year, after we demanded planners come down to the field to see the site for themselves. |
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A public meeting to update local residents on the continuing fight against supermarket goliath Tesco, and their plans to build on Brockhurst playing fields has been organised for 7pm on Wednesday 15th March at Beaufort Sports and Social Club.
Your local Hodge Hill Labour team will be there to update residents on progress of the application, and what we can do next to stop the Lib Dem / Tory council giving in to corporate cash. |
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13th March 2006 |
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SHARD END CRESCENT PUBLIC MEETING
15th March
7 - 8pm
Shard End Library
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Above: The Shard End Labour team, and the current shops at Shard End
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Plans for a new Shard End Crescent shopping centre will be unveiled at a public meeting this Wednesday at Shard End library. Your local Labour team will be there to hear your views on the new proposals. Cllr Margaret Byrne said
‘It’s crucial that when these plans are revealed they have the backing of local people and that the outcome of this process is the best option for the area. We must make sure that we get it right for the people of Shard End.’
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