Kitts Green Youngsters Have Their Say

Liam Byrne will today bring together young people from across Kitts Green to plan priorities for the future.

The session at the Prince of Wales sponsored building, The Pump, is part of a long campaign by the Hodge Hill MP to make Hodge Hill the best place in Birmingham to be a young person.

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New Learn Direct Centre Opened

Today Liam Byrne Member of Parliament for Hodge Hill opened a new Learn Direct Study Centre in Ward End. The centre is the third to be run by Midland Community Education and Training and will offer NVQs in Health and Social Care and Customer Service alongside literacy and numeracy qualifications.

Liam Byrne stated ‘In this area of above average unemployment it is vital that local people have the opportunity to learn and update their skills so that they are equipped for modern employment opportunities.'

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Liam Byrne MP today welcomed a breakthrough in his local campaign for new health centres after Birmingham City Council formally awarded the NHS the crucial land next to the Leyland Club on Alum Rock Road .

The Hodge Hill MP, backed by hundreds of local residents and businesses, has been campaigning for two years for a brand new health centre to serve a community that suffers some of the worst health in the UK . Infant mortality rates in the area are amongst the highest in the country.

The huge 1.7 acre site will let the NHS develop a new centre for local doctors next door to what was once the ruined Leyland Club. The NHS plans to move key hospital services to the centre including a host of diagnostic and screening services, such as breast screening, so local residents do not have to travel as far as the hospital.

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