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Byrne demands action on failing healthcare for homeless people as statistics reveal Birmingham tops the list of homeless deaths
Byrne demands action on failing healthcare for homeless people as statistics reveal Birmingham tops the list of homeless deaths Liam Byrne has today written to the head of the Care Quality Commission to demand transformation of care for homeless people as new statistics reveal Birmingham tops table for deaths of homeless people. New ONS statistics […]
Winter of Compassion
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Winter of Compassion campaign launched to end West Midlands hunger
Liam Byrne MP has today launched a new ‘Winter of Compassion’ campaign to help Midlands’ residents raise food donations for their local foodbanks. The Birmingham MP was forced to develop new techniques for raising a tonne of food a month for his own Hodge Hill constituency foodbanks after uncovering a surge in Universal Credit […]
Addiction treatment budgets cut again while alcohol A&E cases soar
Embargo: 0001 Monday 11th February Addiction treatment budgets cut again while alcohol A&E cases soar Byrne releases annual audit ahead of Children of Alcoholics week. Budgets for alcohol and drug treatment services are falling nationwide – with further cuts still to come – despite soaring numbers of A&E admissions due to alcohol misuse. The data was […]
Free travel for ‘WASPI women’ to be delivered after intervention by Labour Council Leaders
Free travel will be delivered for ‘WASPI women’ in the West Midlands after Labour Leaders have intervened to provide funding from their budgets. The move will be officially unveiled in the upcoming WMCA budget and will be a major boost to reduce living costs. Cllr Ian Ward, Leader of Birmingham City Council and Cllr Roger […]
Research: Homelessness Dossier: The Stories Behind the Statistics
MY STATEMENT ON THE NO OUTSIDERS PROGRAMME AT PARKFIELD COMMUNITY SCHOOL
The No Outsiders programme has for 4 years, taught children that everyone is welcome. It’s been pioneered by one of the greatest schools in the country, at the heart of our community in Birmingham. As the dad of three children, I know that sex and relationship education is always a subject in which parents rightfully […]
Deliver Free Travel for ‘WASPI women’ now, demands Labour
Immediate Release Deliver Free Travel for ‘WASPI women’ now, demands Labour Cllr Ian Ward, Jack Dromey and Liam Byrne unite to deliver call ahead of West Midlands Combined Authority budget. Birmingham City Council and Labour MPs have today called on Metro Mayor Andy Street to guarantee free bus passes for WASPI women affected by the […]
Winter of Compassion Cookie Review
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AI World Society Distinguished Lecture
A Bill of Digital Rights: The Case for a 34th Amendment AI World Society Distinguished Lecture The Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP Wednesday 12th December 2018 Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation and House of Commons Governor Dukakis, Mr President and Minister Taro Kono, friends and colleagues. Let me apologise at once for speaking […]