Welcome
To the first edition of my monthly e-newsletter. I hope that you will find this regular update useful, and I always welcome your comments, thoughts and feedback. Please do not hesitate to get in touch with me and also to forward this newsletter to anyone else you think might like to see it.
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Recent Activity
Briefed by Greg Clark MP, Minister of State for Communities and Local Government, on the Government’s new Local Enterprise Partnership initiative.
Met with Inspector Smith and Councillor Blagg to consider policing matters in Bromsgrove, visited HMP Hewell and met with the West Mercia Probation Service.
Visited the Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings with Director Simon Carter to learn about its important role in preserving our heritage through rescuing historic buildings from destruction.
Attended the ceremony awarding the Freedom of the District to The Mercian Regiment and joined a private briefing in Parliament by the Chief of the Defence Staff and General Sir Richard Dannatt.
Briefed by Michael Gove MP, Secretary of State for Education, on the Government’s education reforms.
Met students from North Bromsgrove High School in Westminster, and attended and addressed Haybridge High School’s prize-giving ceremony.
Attended the inaugural meeting of the Equitable Life All Party Parliamentary Group.
Visited residents and staff at Gilbert Court, Saffron Court and Regents Court care homes, opened Pathway Care Foster Agency’s new regional support centre in Bromsgrove, visited Sunfield children’s home and attended a Primrose Hospice luncheon.
Met with representatives of the North Worcestershire School Sports Partnership, as well as the Worcestershire ME Awareness Group and the Worcestershire Association of Carers.
Was a guest speaker at the Rotary Democracy Forum in Birmingham and Policy Exchange’s “Welfare to Work” panel in London.
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Sajid in the Papers
Mercian Regiment given freedom of the district
The brave men and women of the Mercian Regiment were honoured for their courage last Thursday (January 20), when they were given the freedom of Bromsgrove district.
Friday 28 January 2011
Shop owner in bid to change the law
Baffling employment laws which blocked a kind-hearted schoolboy from going the extra mile could be changed after a heartfelt appeal from a Lickey End businesswoman.
Friday 28 January 2011
Our staff helped us cope with the winter pressures
Health bosses say they have coped better than ever before with winter pressures on hospital beds.
Friday 28 January 2011
Leading school is praised by MP
Bromsgrove MP Sajid Javid paid a visit to Sunfield School in Clent - one of the country's leading charitable residential schools for youngsters with special needs.
Friday 28 January 2011
Town MP hits out at housing benefit system
Bromsgrove taxpayers could end up subsidising those on a higher level of housing benefit - that's despite not a single household in the district getting more than the Government's proposed £400 a week cap.
Thursday 27 January 2011
Bromsgrove MP pledges support to Holocaust Memorial Day
Bromsgrove MP Sajid Javid pledged his support to Holocaust Memorial Day by signing a book of commitment in the House of Commons.
Thursday 27 January 2011
Bromsgrove councillors honour Mercian Regiment
Bromsgrove councillors honoured the courageous men and women of the Mercian Regiment at a special meeting.
Monday 24 January 2011
Station may get Easter decision
The fate of a multi-million pound scheme to build a new Bromsgrove Railway Station could be known as early as Easter, The Standard can reveal.
Friday 21 January 2011
Town hit by powercut
A powercut in Bromsgrove last Friday (January 14) affected 4,693 homes, workplaces and many town centre businesses.
Friday 21 January 2011
City should teach personal finance
CITY A.M. is today launching a campaign to increase financial literacy in the UK, and calling on City companies to provide significant financial support for an educational fund.
Wednesday 12 January 2011
MP is nominated for website honour
The editor of an influential Conservative website has nominated Bromsgrove MP Sajid Javid as his "Newcomer of the Year".
Friday 7 January 2011
Tory supporting blog names Bromsgrove MP as a top newcomer
A national political website has named Bromsgrove MP Sajid Javid as one of the newcomers of 2010.
Tuesday 4 January 2011
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