Plans have been submitted for a new £361,000 park - including a children's play area, an outdoor gym and a multi-use games area. This is very good news for the ward! I'll keep you updated with the project's progress.

Together with almost 140 Labour colleagues, including every Labour select committee chair, I've written to the Foreign Secretary calling for a ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements. We are deeply concerned by the sharp rise in violent settler attacks on Palestinians, and by the relentless settlement expansion that is forcing families off their land. The Israeli government itself says this is designed to make a two-state solution impossible. The UK can act now, as it already has with...

Here in Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North, I meet talented young people every week who want nothing more than a chance to show what they can do. That is why I am so pleased Labour is accelerating our Youth Guarantee, with a £2.5bn investment in youth employment and 300,000 new work experience placements to help the next generation gain real, hands-on skills and move into lasting work. Every young person in our community deserves a genuine route into good work. That is how we build a...