Does your area suffer from graffiti? Have you got problems with fly-tippers and rubbish on your streets.
If so, tell me about it, and I will contact Birmingham City Council to get it cleared up.
Write to me at the House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.
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July 2007
23 July 2007 |
| Liam’s campaign victorious as deal sealed for Bromford health centre |
Liam Byrne MP has today announced a breakthrough in his battle to get a giant new health centre for the Bromford and Firs estate in Hodge Hill.
Following the Hodge Hill MP’s campaign with local residents, the city council has agreed to sell crucial land on Roughlea Road to the NHS so the health centre can be developed.
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18 July 2007 |
| Liam bids for community payback for Hodge Hill |
Liam Byrne MP is bidding to bring a community justice programme to Hodge Hill. The Hodge Hill MP met with city judges to discuss new plans to make sure criminals put something back into the community they have offended in.
The scheme, pioneered in Liverpool and in Salford, is unique as the local community helps set ways for offenders to pay back the community.
If the Hodge Hill MP’s discussions are successful, it would mean those who have committed a crime in Hodge Hill would have sentences that included an element of ‘payback’ to Hodge Hill residents and the area they live in.
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16 July 2007 |
| Byrne backs councillors’ demands to deal with derelict building |
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Liam Byrne MP has today backed demands from Councillors Anita Ward and Gill Beddows for action on the former children’s home on Reynoldstown Road in Hodge Hill.
Cllrs Ward and Beddows met with Cllr Les Lawrence, Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Families, to reiterate the disgust of local residents that the building, which closed in 2004 and has been left empty ever since, remains undealt with.
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9 July 2007 |
| Liam welcomes health centre victory for Bromford |
Liam today urged Birmingham City Council to ‘seal the deal’ on a new super health centre for the Bromford & Firs.
The Hodge Hill MP met with council chiefs and representatives from the NHS to confirm a draft agreement for the site - this now goes to Cllr John Lines, Cabinet Member for Housing, for final approval.
A long campaign has been fought by Liam Byrne for new health centres across the district.
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2 July 2007 |
Liam was last week appointed by Prime Minister Gordon Brown to the new government role of Minister for the West Midlands.
Liam said:
“I am delighted to have been appointed the Minister for the West Midlands. It’s going to be about standing up for the area in parliament and making sure things are getting done. In many ways I’m going to be the minister for knocking heads together.”
He added:
“It’s a great region and I’m going to be responsible for making sure we get our fair share, that the billions of investment the area is receiving is spent well. We need to cut red tape whilst building more affordable homes, improving transport and safeguarding jobs and our local industries. I’m relishing the role.” |
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