Emma ‘Flosses for Funding’ with children at Bushbury Hill Primary School

Emma Flosses for Funding with Bushbury Hill Primary school

Emma joined pupils from Bushbury Hill Primary School to dance ‘the floss’. The dance was part of Save Our Schools’s #FlossForFunding campaign to call for more funding for schools from the Chancellor in his budget this Monday (29 October).

Emma said: “This may be a bit of fun, but there is a serious point behind it. Schools across Wolverhampton will have lost millions in funding between 2015 and 2020 – and this is money taken directly out of resources used to teach our children.

“From speaking with Kay Mason, the headteacher at Bushbury Hill, their school is particularly hard hit, losing around £2,000 in funding per pupil. This has left it functioning with fewer teachers and teaching assistants, which is having a direct impact on the education of all pupils.

“Starving schools of funds does not add up, and is having an effect on a school’s ability to undertake building repairs, take on new staff, buy books and support students with special educational needs.

“The Prime Minister says austerity is over. The Chancellor needs to follow up his boss’s words with action to give schools a proper budget, and invest in our children’s future.”

Click here to see Emma flossing with the children at Bushbury Hill Primary School

Emma Reynolds MP celebrates role of Big Lottery Fund in Wolverhampton North East

Emma Reynolds, Labour MP for Wolverhampton North East, has attended a reception in Parliament to celebrate the good causes that the Big Lottery Fund supports.

The Big Lottery Fund is responsible for distributing 40 per cent of all funds raised for good causes (about 11 pence of every pound spent on a Lottery ticket) by the National Lottery – around £670 million last year.

Since June 2004 it has awarded over £9 billion to projects supporting health, education, environment and charitable purposes, these range from early years intervention to commemorative travel funding for World War Two veterans.

Emma said, “I was delighted to attend the reception and meet representatives of the Big Lottery Fund to learn more about the good causes it is supporting in my constituency. In the last five years alone, Wolverhampton North East has benefited from over £1.2 million of Lottery funding. This includes grants to the Fordhouses Technology Club which helps to improve older people’s knowledge of technology and a programme to provide activities for children with special needs and disabilities.

“I want to thank the Big Lottery Fund for the work it does in supporting these good causes which makes a huge difference to the lives of many people in Wolverhampton.”

Emma calls for government to provide full compensation for Windrush generation

Emma Reynolds, Labour MP for Wolverhampton North East, has called on the government to fully compensate the Windrush generation for the financial loss and distress they have suffered at the hands of the government’s hostile environment policy. This policy led to a range of injustices. Some people were denied NHS treatment, others their jobs or their access to benefits. In some of the most serious cases they were wrongfully deported or threatened with deportation. [Read more]

Emma Reynolds MP wears it pink to combat breast cancer

Emma Reynolds, Labour MP for Wolverhampton North East, is adding some pink to her usual attire to show her support for Breast Cancer Now’s ‘wear it pink’ fundraiser. [Read more]

Emma calls for investment to improve Stafford Road

Emma Reynolds, Labour MP for Wolverhampton North East, has written to the Transport Secretary Chris Grayling to raise concerns about the Stafford Road after a spate of recent accidents, including a serious collision that resulted in a fatality. In her letter Emma urged the government to include the Stafford Road in its new “Major Roads Network.” [Read more]