Birmingham
and the Black Country falling behind the rest of England on key economic
indicators
Birmingham and the Black
Country (the local authority areas of Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and
Wolverhampton) are falling behind on
key economic indicators such as prosperity, productivity, employment
and skills, according to a new report.
We want Britain to be the world’s leading digital economy – and that means we need world-leading digital infrastructure.
Liam Byrne MP today described new child poverty figures as “the census that shames us.”
The new figures from the End Child Poverty Coalition reveal:
Here’s my comment piece in The Times Red Box about charging Britain's Daesh fighters: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/time-to-charge-britains-isis-fighters-with-genocide-fwlhzvxnw
Many constituents have written to me about the Grenfell fire. Most enquiries focused on fire-safety standards, the weakness of the Government's response and the need to properly assist the victims of the fire in finding new housing and professional support in overcoming the tragedy that has befallen their community.
I have prepared the following response:
Below you can read a copy of the speech I gave at Birkbeck on how we renew our entrepreneurial democracy.
Lord Sugar’s enterprise revolution could create up to 800,000 new jobs around Britain, according to new figures published by Liam Byrne MP today.
The Apprentice star has been appointed by the Government to encourage more people to start their own business all over Britain.
Britain’s enterprise economy risks going into reverse as new House of Commons library figures commissioned by Liam Byrne MP, reveals over 1 million people have left ‘entrepreneurial activity’ in the last three years.
Here are the three headlines from my research which I published today alongside the launch of my new book Dragons: Ten Entrepreneurs Who Built Britain
