Yesterday I spoke out in support of Scottish Secretary's decision to invoke Section 35 to block the rushed and dangerous #GRRBill passed by Holyrood. I did so because it is clear it has implications for our equality act in the rest of the UK, and there are serious safeguarding concerns for children and adults. I believe it is important that all services and areas of society that need to be reserved for biological women can continue to offer these because they are desperately needed in prisons, rape shelters, hospital wards. I am deeply concerned

Multiple "former home office ministers" anonymously briefing against the Home Secretary this morning. I'm a former Home Office minister happy to go on the record to state that she is right to be honest with the British people that the asylum and immigration system is in crisis. 2/this is a global problem imported on to our shores. Potentially millions of people would qualify as asylum seekers or victims of modern slavery and be eligible for resettlement in Britain if they arrive here. As a compassionate country we need to be frank about the scale of the

Following a detailed briefing with our Acute Trust last week, I know the planning application for the operating theatre development at the Alex 🏥 has been withdrawn – and for good reason.

1/4 𝐖𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫, 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢-𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐱 - it’s just going to be delivered in a different and quicker way.

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I’ve been able to go through some of the detail of the Draft Withdrawal Agreement and will hear from the Prime Minister today in the Commons. From what I’ve seen this deal delivers on the key concerns raised by Redditch constituents, including ending free movement, Ending vast payments into the EU, and enabling us to have our own independent trade policy to make the most of trade around the world as an independent trading nation