28th February, 2020
24th October, 2019
I would like to thank all the Labour Party members for selecting me to be their candidate for Police and Crime Commissioner in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. I have already started campaigning and many thanks for all the invitations to attend events, keep them coming…. Read full article
31st July, 2019
9th July, 2019
Today I launch my campaign to become the next Labour Police and Crime Commissioner for Leicester Leicestershire & Rutland I have just been shortlisted and the successful candidate will be chosen by a vote of all Party members later this month. This is a chance… Read full article
9th June, 2019
Many thanks to the voters of Rushey Mead for electing me as one of their three councillors for the fourth consecutive time on May 2nd. It was good to meet so many people whilst out campaigning, as well as taking up so many issues and… Read full article
25th October, 2017
Disappointingly the Labour Group voted by a majority not to have any debate at the full council meeting on the cuts to the youth service. Five of us had signed a ‘call in’ notice that meant the decision to cut the service by more than… Read full article
6th September, 2017
The city mayor is proposing to cut the youth service in half by removing £923,000 of its budget. This will mean the loss of 20-30 highly experienced youth workers, the reduction of youth work session from 42 to 12 per week and one-to-one street work…. Read full article
18th May, 2017
The people of Rushey mead are not giving up and are still campaigning to keep their library from being closed by the City Council. They were joined outside Belgrave Neighbourhood Centre, by campaigners from Belgrave who fought to keep Belgrave Library open They have pointed… Read full article
6th August, 2016
This Friday 5th August I was pleased to nominate Jeremy Corbyn to be Leader of the Labour Party at the Leicester East constituency meeting. The meeting was well attended and there were many speakers in support of Jeremy and only a few for Owen Smith…. Read full article
9th June, 2016
The Bus lanes review led by Ross has been widely welcomed. We investigated how effectively the bus lanes are operating in Leicester, as there is not a consistent policy across the city. All are enforced by the police but we have some city centre camera… Read full article