LONDON-As an ex-children’s services manager, I know all too well how our care system has failed vulnerable children in this country. This was disclosed here by Preet Kaur Gill MP in a press release issued here today. Preeti Gill said that It’s great that our government has introduced a landmark children’s bill to Parliament, which will put in place a package of support to drive high and rising standards throughout our education and care systems so that every child can achieve and thrive. The bill will introduce new registers to identify children who are not in school and pave the way for a unique identifier number for children across services given the shocking cases of children failed by a disjointed system. Many of us remember the Arthur Ladino-Hughes case. Thousands of pupils will also benefit from a £740 million cash injection to enable more students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) to achieve and thrive in mainstream schools with more specialist facilities. You can read more about our bill here.
Housing and Homelessness
While talking about Housing and Homelessness she said that they are fueling growth by reforming planning laws and making the dream of home ownership a reality by building 1.5 million homes. You can read more about our National Planning Policy Framework here. I have campaigned on housing and homelessness since I was elected in 2017. Over the years, I have helped hundreds of homeless constituents with their housing situation, as well as supporting local food banks, baby banks, mobile kitchens and food collections to support homeless families and rough sleepers in our constituency. That is why I was thrilled that the Government announced £17.7 million in funding to help tackle homelessness in Birmingham, as part of a government announcement of a record nearly £1 billion for councils to help break the cycle next year. The package includes £5 million for pilots to reduce emergency accommodation in areas with the highest use of B&Bs, including Birmingham. You can read more about our plans here.
Environment
Touching the very important issue of the society she said that Under the Conservatives in 2023, raw toxic sewage was being pumped for 360 hours into our waterways in Edgbaston constituency – a 69% increase from 2022. That is a disgrace, and the reason why our Labor government has introduced immediate action to end the shocking behavior of water companies and their bosses. Our Water (Special Measures) Bill will give regulators new powers to take tougher and faster action to crack down on water companies damaging the environment and failing their customers. These new powers given to regulators include banning bonuses and imposing tougher penalties for law-breaking, including imprisonment for water bosses. You can read more about our landmark bill here. We have also set out a clean power plan, which will enable us to deliver an energy system that can bring down bills for households and businesses for good. This will protect households in Birmingham, Edgbaston from the rollercoaster of fossil fuel markets and high energy prices. It will also unblock the grid, speed up planning decisions and build more renewables to make Britain energy secure with clean power by 2030