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I’ve been writing this column since the Advertiser first appeared on Walsall’s streets around 30 years ago. I must admit that my columns haven’t always been riveting and exciting and occasionally if I haven’t proofread what I’ve dictated, the odd spelling and grammatical errors have crept in. But [...]

I am today announcing to the Walsall South Constituency Labour Party that I am standing down as its candidate at the forthcoming General Election, though I shall remain an active MP until the dissolution of the House. It is a decision that I have agonised over for the last [...]

Bruce George MP, Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Skin yesterday announced his support for Julie Morgan MP’s Private Members Bill on Sunbed use. The bill aims to prevent under-18s from using sunbeds and is sponsored by a cross party group of MPs. Bruce, as chairman of the [...]

First of all let me offer my best wishes to you all for the New Year, I hope 2010 is a prosperous year for Walsall and its people. Despite many people being away over the Christmas break I continued to work during the recess and had quite a busy [...]

Bruce George, MP for Walsall, has hailed a further rise in GCSE results for local schools in Walsall following the publication of secondary school results today. However, schools across Walsall have seen big improvements in results, according to today’s figures. Over the last year (2009 compared to 2008) there has [...]

Bruce George MP today welcomed the government’s announcement of a new ambitious strategy aimed at tackling violence against women and girls. The new ‘Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy’ marks a greater focus by the government to prevent such violence from happening. As part of the strategy schools [...]

Bruce George MP is calling on members of Walsall Council’s Development Control Committee to throw out the proposal to get rid of most of George Rose Park in Herberts Park Road, Darlaston to make way for the proposed new build for the Grace Academy, Darlaston. Bruce George said: “This is the only [...]

Bruce George, former Chairman of the House of Commons Defence Committee, today welcomed the government’s decision to reinstate the funding for training in the Territorial Army. Bruce, who is currently co-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Reserve Forces, had earlier this week tabled an Early Day Motion calling [...]

Bruce George, who has long campaigned on behalf of indigenous people throughout the world, is supporting a campaign by Survival International calling on the Government to ratify the ILO Convention 169. The Convention recognises their rights to remain in possession of their lands, and to be consulted about projects [...]

Bruce is seen here with Pleck Labour Councillors Dennis Anson and Harbans Sarohi at the opening of the Walsall Manor Hospital Police Base which is situated at 28 Wilbraham Road on the hospital grounds. Regular police surgeries will be held at this venue which will enable local residents to [...]

The national media are having a field day, as they do every year, in encouraging people to believe that the twelve week parliamentary recess is little more than an incredibly extended holiday. I’ll tell you how I’m using this period. I’m not really into holidays, and when I [...]

Bruce George MP today welcomed the publication of a report by the Joint Committee on the Draft Bribery Bill, a committee which he was a member of. In its report published today, Tuesday 28 July 2009, Bruce and the other Committee members strongly welcomed the draft Bill as an [...]