I'm pleased to announce the launch of my Independent Shop Awards 2016.

As I’ve written here before, the Prime Minister asked me last year to be his Apprenticeships Adviser. I hope I will be forgiven, but I wish to write about the apprenticeship agenda again.

I'm glad to announce that the consultation on Warwickshire County Council’s proposals to alleviate the traffic problems on the Birmingham Road will be launched on Friday 22nd January 2016.

Last week was a difficult one for Labour, to say the least. Before Christmas, rumours started flying around Westminster and in the media that the Labour leader was going to axe those who had loudly and constantly disagreed with him.

In 2016 we will all be marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death on the 23rd April.

As part of the efforts to increase housebuilding, particularly on brownfield land, the Government have today announced plans to directly commission affordable homes to be built on public land at 5 sites. This approach hasn't been taken since the Government of Margaret Thatcher.

The Members of Parliament for Bromsgrove, Redditch and Stratford-on-Avon have secured discussions with the Health Secretary and Chief Executive of NHS Improvement to hear at first-hand about plans for transformation of Worcestershire Acute Trust.