She Plays to Win (SPTW) are a Chess Club that is designed to promote women and girls' involvement in playing chess. It was a pleasure to play a match against some of them as part of my membership of the UK Parliamentary Chess Club.

I am very pleased to share that Wolverhampton City Council has been selected to receive £1.5 million as part of the Government's Pride in Place Impact Fund.

The West Midlands is a region with the ambition, talent and potential to lead the UK’s next chapter of growth. The WMCA's new West Midlands Growth Plan sets out how they will do that.

At the start of the year, I met with some Youth MPs in preparation for their House of Commons debate.

I was honoured to join a ministerial delegation from India to New Cross Hospital recently. We explored exciting opportunities in medical education and life sciences research with real potential to boost innovation, investment, and jobs here in Wolverhampton.

Glad to have been able to visit New Cross Hospital with my parliamentary neighbour, the Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP, to meet with Joe Chadwick-Bell, Chair and Chief Executive of The Royal Wolverhampton and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust Group,

This Labour Government has secured £150 billion pounds in investment. ✅ Investing in jobs ✅ Investing in Britain ✅ Investing in you

It was a real privilege to deliver a presentation on Leadership to a class of apprentices from Juniper Training recently. My message to them was that leadership is about influence, not authority. Building trust and respect in any role is key to getting things done collaboratively!

This Labour Government has delivered over 5 million extra NHS appointments.

This Labour Government is committed to delivering the biggest increase to social and affordable housing in a generation.

This morning, more than 30 Labour MPs from the West Midlands and Merseyside have written to Peter Kyle, Secretary of State for Business and Trade, calling for government support for companies and workers in the Jaguar Land Rover supply chain during the shutdown Read our letter below.

Today is an historic moment. The Government is proud to introduce the Hillsborough Law- landmark legislation to ensure truth, candour and justice after tragedy. 🌹 #HillsboroughLaw

A pleasure to be involved in the University of Wolverhampton's Beyond Futures Festival of Research and Innovation last week, in a panel on 'Inclusive Communities'. Policymakers need to collaborate with partners across the region to drive evidence-based decision-making and foster impactful change.

Now that the United Nations has concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, perhaps there will now be further, stronger international action against the Israeli Government.

The University of Wolverhampton's Research & Enterprise Festival and Awards were an amazing display of the excellent research being produced by Students and Academics in Wolverhampton.

Sara is a second-year student at the University of Chicago. When she emailed my office asking if she could interview me for an article on caste discrimination, I was happy to help.

Join me in standing with @samaritans.bsky.social this #WorldSuicidePreventionDay 💚 Suicide is not inevitable. You can interrupt someone’s suicidal thoughts. You could save a life. Find out how you can help 👉 samaritans.org/WSPD

Great to visit the Tettenhall Gardening Club for their Gardening Awards. The club has been going for 110 years, and there was an impressive variety of fruit and vegetables on display!

A real starstruck moment meeting famous Lioness Lucy Bronze! Today I pledged my support for grassroots football. Thanks to the Premier League, FA and Department for Culture, Media and Sport, the Football Foundation has given communities great places to play over 25 years.

I have spoken previously in Parliament about the need for us to take further action to end the appalling and horrific situation in Gaza. International co-ordinated action now is crucial.

It was a real pleasure to attend the 'Recovery is for Everyone' Exhibition this afternoon, hosted by the Good Shepherd and SUIT. Recovery is not linear and it is not easy. But it is possible.

It was a great pleasure to attend and speak at the Painting in Penn Exhibition at St Bartholomew's Church last week. A Helen D’Souza painting that I bought at the 2024 Painting Exhibition is proudly hanging in my constituency office!

Families and other relevant stakeholders in Wolverhampton West joined me for a SEND Roundtable last week. We discussed how we can build a better SEND system, going back to first principles & thinking about how we can ensure every child achieves and thrives.

The UK government is testing the Emergency Alerts system on Sunday 7 September 2025 at 3pm. Your mobile phone or tablet will vibrate and make a loud siren-like sound, even if it’s set on silent. The alert message will confirm this is a test and that you do not need to take any further action.

From today, working families with children aged nine months to four years can now access up to 30 hours of childcare a week during term time. This will save families £7,500 on average.

After six weeks of Summer Recess, Parliament is sitting again. This means I am returning to my normal duties in Westminster, representing the voices of constituents. My office remains open to help everyone in Wolverhampton West. You can email the office using [email protected]

Punjab United was founded in 1966 by first-generation migrants from India who fell in love with England's passion for football. They are still going almost 60 years later, and need facilities to call their own. I am happy to help and my office will be supporting them with this aim as best it can.

Over the summer recess, I have enjoyed having the time to visit community groups across the constituency. Recently, I was in Blakenhall with Councillor Sally Green to discuss the concerns of the area, with police and residents.

The James Brindley Foundation has the ambition to bring about positive social change by addressing youth violence. The Foundation was set up by the Brindley Family after James tragically lost his life through a fatal stabbing.

Before I became an MP, I was a personal injury and clinical negligence solicitor for 33 years.

My favourite kind of visit is a spontaneous one! While grabbing some lunch from the Pomegranate Cafe, I bumped into two officers from West Midlands Police in the middle of one of their 'Cuppa with a Copper' drop-ins.

It was lovely to attend the Aqsa mosque in Wolverhampton for Friday prayers last week, meet members of the congregation and to have a chat afterwards.

Very pleased to have been invited to the Way Youth Zone to attend and speak at the Black Country Chamber of Commerce's Business Networking Breakfast.

Great to meet with Wolverhampton City of Sanctuary to discuss how we can help refugees and asylum seekers in genuine need of support in Wolverhampton West.

Thank you to Dementia UK for inviting me to meet with an Admiral Nurse in my constituency office.

Ek Niwas Universal Divine Temple is a multi-faith place of worship in Blakenhall. Councillor Sally Green and I were thoroughly impressed with how beautiful the temple is and how inclusive they are to people from all faiths and religions. I would wholeheartedly recommend a visit.

I welcome the news that an additional weapon surrender bin has been installed at St Joseph's Church on Coalway Road in Merry Hill. Thank you to all involved in enacting this.

Really pleased to have made it to the Ukrainian Independence Day Celebration, where songs were sung and some really good chats were had. Thank you Louise Mallard for the invitation.

Fantastic to have Richard Parker, West Midlands Mayor, in Wolverhampton West this week on a trip to the Way Youth Zone. Cornerstone VR were present on the day to demonstrate their virtual reality headsets to staff and young people at the Wolverhampton West-based youth centre.

I am deeply saddened to hear the news of the passing of the University of Wolverhampton's Chancellor, The Rt Hon Lord Paul of Marylebone, PC.

Humjoli is a self-help, drop-in social group for South Asian women over 50. Thank you to organisers Davinder and Parmjeet for inviting me to their weekly social at Dunstall Hill Community Centre, where I had the chance to meet with Wolverhampton West residents and listen to their concerns.

I had a lovely time visiting the City of Wolverhampton College's Paget Road campus this week. The campus means a lot to me, as this is where I completed my A Levels, to gain access to a Law degree, and where I taught law part-time, early on in my career.

Congratulations to everyone in Wolverhampton West receiving their GCSE results today! You should be proud of the hard work and dedication that brought you to this point. Well done to each and every one of you!

Great to meet with Rita and Cherry again from Bilston & District Soroptimists. Meeting with constituents who want to make an impact on their community is always a positive experience.

A follow-up statement to the one I made yesterday on the incident outside Wolverhampton Railway Station.

Over the weekend, I had the privilege of attending the Susan Vickers Foundation’s inaugural exhibition, What Makes Us Happy, at Wolverhampton Art Gallery.

It was an honour to hold 'From Roots to Representation: South Asian Voices in Politics' at the Molineux last week, as part of South Asian Heritage Month.

A statement on the attack outside Wolverhampton Railway Station last week.

A moving service of Remembrance for the 80th anniversary of VJ Day on Friday, commemorating the end of the Second World War, honouring those who fought for us and died for us, so that we could enjoy the freedoms of today, and good to chat to veterans afterwards in the Civic Centre.