Esther McVey MP

Yesterday I met key officials in Downing Street to stress that the second phase of the £32.7 billion fast-track rail project has to go beyond Birmingham and provide a “Y” connection to both Liverpool and Manchester.

I believe it’s essential that we ALL come… Continue reading

I was delighted to have been awarded a prestigious Parliamentary award, MP of the month for my campaign to encourage girls to aim high in their careers, by the Westminster-focused magazine Total Politics.   This is

Special congratulations to all those Wirral residents rewarded in the New Years Honours list for their dedicated work in the community, business and other fields.    John Syvret, who has done a tremendous job turning round the fortunes of Cammell  Lairds, Jackie Hall who works tirelessly for the community and Dr Kingsland for services to General… Continue reading

DAVID CAMERON stood firm on Europe guarding our national interests and the public purse.

To ask for some protection for Britain’s financial services industry, which employs nearly two million people, accounts for 10 per cent of GDP, and generates over £50 billion in tax receipts annually (which equates to paying for half the NHS’s… Continue reading

I MEET regularly with the police on Wirral, also making sure I have quarterly meetings with Chief Superintendent John Martin, Wirral’s Area Commander, as well as meeting biannually in Parliament with Merseyside’s Chief Constable Jon Murphy and his deputy Bernard Lawson.

That meeting in parliament was held earlier this month and I’m delighted to… Continue reading

CHANNEL 4 AND BARCLAYS ASK YOUNG PEOPLE TO DECIDE HOW TO SPEND £100,000 TO MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE

Today, Friday November 11 2011, Channel 4 Education, in partnership with high street bank Barclays, is launching ‘The Stake’ – a competition that provides young people in the UK with the chance to decide how £100k… Continue reading