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6,374 children across our constituency are now starting school fed and ready to learn. Free breakfast clubs are now open at: • Our Lady's Catholic Primary School • Firs Primary • Shirestone Academy • Oasis Academy, Blakenhale • Tame Valley • Audley Primary School • Brownmead Primary Academy • Heathlands Primary Academy • St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School. That's cheaper mornings for families. More flexibility for parents to get to work. And kids arriving at school fuelled

I visited Beaufort School, where a new leadership team are working incredibly hard to turn things around and the signs are already really exciting. Even better, £7 million is being invested into rebuilding and extending the school, giving pupils and staff the environment they truly deserve. This is exactly what fighting to fix it is all about, making sure every single child in every single community gets a flying start in life. I'm proud to support initiatives like this and I

This is what change looks like for our community. NHS waiting lists in Hodge Hill & Solihull North have fallen from 212,419 to 156,473; that's tens of thousands more people getting the care they need faster. But there is still so much more work to do. Fighting to fix it. And we're not stopping here.

Our post is broken. And our community is suffering for it. Missing hospital letters. Lost prescriptions. Court documents going astray. I've been hearing it on doorsteps right across the constituency. So, the Commons Business and Trade Committee, which I chair, hauled in the Royal Mail's new owner. He’s on notice. He has committed to publishing an improvement plan. I'll be watching - and reporting every step back to you. Read my column in the latest Solihull Observer:...