MP View: Time to have a sensible, thoughtful debate on NHS and pensions Monday, 8 April, 2024 This week is the first full week of the new tax year, bringing in a 2% cut in national insurance contributions for working aged people, whilst pensioners see an 8.5% increase, to £221.20 per week. But also, this week, Labour have started to talk about their plans for the NHS. Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting is an individual I respect. He and I worked closely together on the Treasury Select... Local News
Schools Building 10th September 2010 There is no doubt that the argument against the hugely costly Building Schools for the Future programme has been won. With £3 million already spent by... Local News
Mark Garnier MP voices dismay over local job losses at Carpets of Kidderminster 24th August 2010 Mark Garnier, Member of Parliament for Wyre Forest, today offers his sympathy to those affected by last week's announcement that Carpets of Kidderminster Ltd... Local News
Oldington and Foley Park ‘Big Tidy Up’ 17th August 2010 Mark today joined Cllr Nicky Gale and a big local crowd to help tidy up Oldington and Foley Park. The morning was organised by Nicky Gale and Wyre Forest... Local News
Farfield Rat-Run 15th August 2010 Mark met with residents of Kidderminster’s Farfield, suffering as a result of their road being used as a rat-run to avoid the Chester Road South / Comberton... Local News
Traders’ Victory on Comberton Hill 2nd August 2010 Traders on Kidderminster's Comberton Hill have had their livelihoods under threat from unwelcome council plans. As part of plans to redevelop Kidderminster's... Local News
BSF – the background and the current thoughts. 1st August 2010 Readers are aware of the cancellation of the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme in Wyre Forest, but e-mails to me suggest there is still some... Local News
Mark Garnier MP welcomes £1m Big Lottery Fund bonus for Kidderminster 27th July 2010 Mark Garnier, Member of Parliament for Wyre Forest, welcomes the recent announcement that at least £1 million of Lottery good cause funding is to be channelled... Local News
Mark Garnier Elected to Treasury Select Committee 12th July 2010 Wyre Forest’s MP, Mark Garnier, is delighted to have been elected to one of the 13 seats on the hugely influential Treasury Select Committee. In a change from... Westminster News
Watch Mark Garnier MP's Maiden Speech in the House of Commons in full 3rd June 2010 Mark Garnier MP's maiden speech in the House of Commons in full. Recorded on 3rd June 2010. You can find photographs from the speech here and the full text of... Local News