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Steve Bradley B'ham Mail 24 Jan 11
Walsall South MP Valerie Vaz has criticised the Government for failing to listen to young people over the scrapping of Education Maintenance Allowances.
Ms Vaz, who presented a petition signed by 402 Walsall College students opposing the withdrawal of the weekly grant, said: “This week I received 37 e-mails from young people, telling me their stories and urging me to save EMA…
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The Bookworm Turns 15 Nov 10
Dear Walsall MPs,
I write to appeal for your help in preventing the savage cutting back of Walsall Metropolitan Borough’s exemplary public library and heritage services.
Walsall Council is actively contemplating the closure of up to eight branch libraries and the loss of up to thirty jobs as a result, and their preliminary decisions on this matter will be made in a council cabinet meeting on 17 November. No doubt they are also considering options for making more staff redundant in museums and at the borough’s local history centre, with who knows what consequences for Walsall’s heritage…
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Valerie Vaz Advertiser 20 May 10
I want to start by thanking everyone in the Walsall South constituency for electing me as your MP. I want to serve you all and hope to meet more of you in the days to come.
In the early hours of the morning on May 7, the returning officer, the chief executive of Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council, Paul Sheahan, handed me an envelope.
In it were the instructions for my first week at the House of Commons. I managed to glean from the paperwork that I had to attend an induction week which started on May 10…