Mike Wood
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Conservative MP for Kingswinford & South Staffordshire. Promoted by Mike Wood, High St, Wombourne, WV5 9DN
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A lovely cross-laying service in Kinver this morning ahead of Remembrance Sunday. Thank you to everybody who made me so welcome.
The attack on JLR last year cost billions and impacted many jobs at JLR and through their supply chains - including at the i54 site and at contractors across Kingswinford and South Staffordshire. Those affected deserve to know if it was the action of a hostile state.
Labour tells the British public to stock up on tinned food and wind-up radios to prepare for cyberattacks.View quoted post on X
Yet after the devastating attack on JLR, estimated to have cost up to £2.1 BILLION, the Government still hasn’t publicly named those responsible.
How can Britain deter hostile states if we won’t name those attacking us?
The British public deserve answers.
telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10/2…
A really good morning with Kingswinford Royal British Legion and Brockmoor Detachment of the Army Cadet Force at Kingswinford Morrisons today for the opening weekend of this year’s RBL Poppy Appeal.
Thank you to all of the shoppers who have been so generous this morning.
Thank you to all of the shoppers who have been so generous this morning.
Terrible news that Carlsberg are closing Marston’s brewery in Burton, just a few days after Molson Coors announcing the closure of Sharp’s.
Carlsberg certainly have questions to answer, but this is another result of the Government’s failure to properly support pubs and brewing.
Carlsberg certainly have questions to answer, but this is another result of the Government’s failure to properly support pubs and brewing.
🍺 PUBS UNDER PRESSURE - BREAKING NEWS 🍺View quoted post on X
Last week Cornwall was told it would lose Doom Bar's brewery. Today Burton-upon-Trent is told Marston’s is closing after brewing in the market town since 1834.
These are massive blows to those communities, where breweries have employed locals for decades.
Operating costs have shot up due to crazy energy bills, employer taxes and rates. But it’s also part of a bigger hospitality crisis.
Cask ale depends on the pub trade, which has been under the same massive pressures. Even if a pub looks packed, it's likely the landlord is finding it way harder to make profit because costs are up and punters are spending differently.
That’s why at our conference this week we’ve focused on getting those costs down:
📉 Cutting energy costs with our Cheap Power Plan
🧾 Halving employer NI for 21–24-year-olds
🛍️ Taking most of the high street out of business rates
🚛 Stopping the New Year fuel duty hike that will push up delivery costs
Get the economics wrong, and we all know we lose way more than breweries, pubs, and pints. This is as much about history, community, culture and friendship.
morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2026/1…
