Here are some of my new ideas as part of my plan for the West Midlands👇🏻

💻 Global tech festival

🗣️ Black Country Regeneration Commissioner

🚂 An acceleration plan to quicken the pace of delivery for transport projects

📚 40 careers advisors for the most-challenged schools

The latest ONS figures show that the West Midlands continues to have the highest rate of knife crime in England & Wales.

This can't go on.

It's time for fresh leadership to get a grip on crime and make our region safer.

Today Alex Burghart & Lord Markham signed a first of a kind Collaboration Charter between i.AI and NHSE, to support the use of AI in the NHS.

Our record on housing speaks for itself👇🏻

🎯 The only region ahead of housing targets
🤝🏻 30% affordability rate smashed
🌳 Brownfield first to protect the greenbelt

Now thanks to new powers & cash I’ve got from Government, we can triple the number of social homes being built 🏠

🔵 Conservatives announce new batch of selections are now open, including plum seats Bognor Regis & Littlehampton; Chatham & Aylesford; Maidenhead;
Mid Bedfordshire; North East Hertfordshire; and Wells & Mendip Hills.

New post: what will we do with all the churches?

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Today Pope Francis has appointed Mgr Timothy Menezes, Dean of St Chad's Cathedral and Canon Richard Walker, Vicar General, to be new Auxiliary Bishops for our #Archdiocese . Please keep them both in your #prayers . Episcopal Ordination details will be issued in due course.

After issuing 7 severe maladministration findings, we ordered Orbit Group to undertake an independent review into the main issues - one of the first uses of new powers we have made to order wider reviews into landlords.

View the full report: tinyurl.com/39u4tacr

#ukhousing

Great to spend the last two days meeting members from across all parts of hospitality and hosting round tables with them and MPs from all parties to discuss the key challenges facing the sector and opportunities for investment and growth #ServingBritain

It was wonderful to join Harry and others earlier to celebrate Paul Goodman’s enoblement. So proud of you Paul and grateful for your superb editorship of our joint baby (!!)

Wonderful to join sikh community at the annual #Vaisakhi event in Speakers house. Thanks to Rt Hon Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP Pat McFadden & Eddie Hughes MP

Vaisakhi is a time to reflect on the values on which the Khalsa Panth was founded -defence of freedom, equality, and betterment of all.

Great to catch up with friends & celebrate a belated Vaisakhi in Westminster tonight.

Thank you to hosts Pat McFadden Eddie Hughes MP & Rt Hon Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP

Scotland has a different legal system to the rest of GB.

The SNP want independence but are too lazy to do the work. They have powers to get justice for the postmasters. They should stop whining and get on with it!

Mr Yousaf has also confused Royal Mail with the Post Office🙄

JUST ANNOUNCED: Defence Spending will rise by £75bn over the next 6 years.

With the world becoming more dangerous we can’t afford not to act. That’s why we’ll invest unprecedented amounts to give our Armed Forces a game-changing advantage.

🧵Find out what this £75bn will do:

We’re taking defence spending to 2.5% of GDP.

The biggest strengthening of our national defence for a generation.

Proud Dad moment. ❤️
To run the TCS London Marathon was amazing, but to share the experience of running a first marathon with my daughter was a real privilege. 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️

From Jennifer Powers: Restricting smartphone access for children should be a moral necessity for Conservatives conservativehome.com/2024/04/23/jen…

For the Westminster watchers among you…and those following along Times Radio with Kate McCann & Adam Boulton today, here’s how our MPs and peers fared in today’s London Marathon - Alun Cairns MP keeps the top spot!

'Improving the system for responsible tenants and good faith landlords.”

Watch as Minister @jacobyoungmp discusses the Renters Reform Bill during today’s Oral Questions. The Renters Reform Bill returns on Wednesday.

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities is recruiting three Non-Executive Directors. They're particularly interested in applicants with experience in local government, devolution and large scale programmes.

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