Monthly Archives: December 2009

With a bank holiday tomorrow, it’s a good chance to enjoy some of the leisure facilities which Edgbaston has to offer – a walk in the Woodgate Valley Country Park perhaps, or a trip to the Botanical Gardens. As the … Continue reading →

It was very interesting to read in yesterday’s Birmingham Mail that a FOI request by the newspaper has revealed that the UHB NHS Foundation Trust raked in £1.93 million from parking charges in 2007-08, and £1.95 million the next year. … Continue reading →

The third of my end of year round ups can be viewed on the News section of the website today and deals with how I have worked with our local police and the constituency community safety officer starting way back in … Continue reading →

Today I have published the second of my end of year round ups – this time on the subject of health. Edgbaston’s new hospital was on the drawing board when I first became a Councillor for the ward in 1999. … Continue reading →

It’s now almost six and a quarter years since Edgbaston Conservative Association first chose me to be their Parliamentary Candidate.  Eight months after that, in June 2004, a Conservative-led administration took over Birmingham after 20 years of Labour rule. A … Continue reading →

Happy Christmas! This blog will resume on Dec 27th!

Some politicians may have already gone on holiday, but the members of Birmingham’s Co-ordinating O & S Committee (which includes me) were in work today for a special meeting to discuss a Labour request for a Call in – on the … Continue reading →

Today fellow Edgbaston Councillor James Hutchings and I were invited to the Boundary House Christmas Party. Boundary House is sheltered elderly accommodation on the Priory Estate. This was the first time the party had been held in the newly refurbished community flat which … Continue reading →

Last night I read a lesson at the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at St Augustine’s of Hippo Church in Edgbaston (pictured). Amongst the other readers was the Labour MP and representatives of various local organisations. After the service, mince pies … Continue reading →

An announcement this week that the cheque will be phased out by 2018 has been greeted with alarm by many people, not least those who campaign on behalf of the elderly. Cheques have been around for thousands of years. It’s reckoned … Continue reading →