Making our streets cleaner and safer
Looking after neighbourhoods across Halesowen and Rowley Regis is vital for many reasons. Crime and anti-social behaviour can make people’s lives a misery and can significantly hinder businesses.
I am clear that tackling issues like pot holes, metal theft, littering and graffiti are major concerns for local people. I am working with businesses, local authorities and communities themselves to enhance the local area – through mechanisms such as neighbourhood cleanups.
- 5th March 2012
Twenty-eight local supporters and volunteers – ranging from toddlers to pensioners – dodged the showers and hailstorms for a spring clean in Hurst Green Park in Halesowen.
The clean-up, which was organised by Halesowen and Rowley Regis MP James Morris and Conservative candidate Mike Wood, was intended to clear the park of rubbish to make it a nicer, cleaner place for local families to enjoy.
The event was the latest in a series of community litter picks, following on from the clean-up that they organised in Hope Street Park earlier this year.
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- 22nd February 2012Published in:Telegraph Online
Our dependence on digital technology brings with it new challenges in protecting the United Kingdom and our allies’ interests and security. Ensuring our digital networks are secure from espionage and attack is vital not just for our national security, but for our economy. Private companies’ intellectual property is often targeted by hackers, with the private sector being the largest economic victim of crime and economic espionage through cyberspace. read more »
- 10th January 2012
Action to bring buildings in Halesowen High Street up to scratch has been promised by the buildings’ landlords.
The buildings, which house businesses including The Carpet Shop and Rainbow Café, have been slammed as an “eyesore” and “a blight on the High Street” by Halesowen shoppers.
Halesowen & Rowley Regis MP James Morris wrote to the owners of the buildings after being contacted by a number of local residents about the peeling paint along the tops of the shop fronts. read more »
- 28th April 2011
James Morris calls for a Parliamentary debate on the performance of the retail sector. read more »
- 12th April 2011
James Morris, MP for Halesowen and Rowley Regis, has offered his backing to new funding to repair roads in and around Halesowen and Rowley Regis. read more »
- 31st March 2011
James Morris has called for a debate on antisocial behaviour and in particular the proposals put forward by Baroness Newlove to give communities more control over the problem. read more »
- 29th March 2011
James Morris, MP for Halesowen and Rowley Regis, held a neighbourhood cleanup with local residents last week in Halesowen. read more »
- 16th November 2010
James Morris calls for better inter-agency working to tackle the changing policing needs of the West Midlands with problems such as antisocial behaviour often being more related to health inequalities and deprivation, for example. read more »
