John Spellar, the Labour MP for Warley, has been a vocal critic of public bodies failing to but British, and recently hit out at the Home Office for awarding the contract for the UK's new Brexit passports to a French company. He said: "It is outrageous that while Transport for London is sourcing new bikes from ...

Black Country MP John Spellar is furious that new post-Brexit British passports will be manufactured in France. Share; Comments. By. Jonathan Walker. 10:47, 22 MAR 2018; Updated 12:42, 22 MAR 2018. News. Enter your postcode to see news and information near you Community updates, Crime Statistics, Local News ...

MP John Spellar has previously introduced a bill before parliament addressing the agent of change issue. His bill is currently on hold while the consultation takes place on the National Planning Policy Framework, with which local authorities are legally bound to comply. He said the councils considering ...

... still not clear who is responsible for the nerve agent attack in Salisbury - and suggested "Russian mafia-like groups" could be involved. West Midlands MPs signing the Commons motion include Ian Austin, Labour MP for Dudley North; Adrian Bailey, Labour MP for West Bromwich West, and John Spellar, ...

Labour MP John Spellar has supported a parliamentary motion on the issue and says such a move would allow staff to attend memorial events on November 11. A series of commemorations have been organised throughout 2018 to mark the final year of the First World War, with more than 800,000 British ...

The report was described in Parliament as “absolutely damning” by Labour MP Lucy Powell, while John Spellar MP denounced the “outrageous dogma-driven choice” of Mr Young as an example of a “self-perpetuating quangocracy that looks after the great and good” – a reference to efforts by Jo Johnson, ...

Speaking at Music Venue Trust's fourth Venues Day event at Ministry of Sound in London, Dugher said the the umbrella organisation had partnered with Labour MP John Spellar to push in parliament a radical plan to enshrine the agent-of-change principle – which would require property developers to take ...