Age UK (formerly Age Concern and Help the Aged, who have now merged to form one voice for older people) briefed Margot James on some of the main issues that will form the Age UK manifesto to be published ahead of the General Election.  read more »

Margot James has worked on a voluntary basis for charities that help older people. When she was a local councillor she was the 'Older People's Champion' for her Borough, and has continued campaigning for older people since becoming Conservative Party Candidate for Stourbridge three years ago.  read more »

Margot met the head of Dudley Council’s Older People’s service, Maggie Venables, to discuss how the financial pressures are affecting older people.  read more »

Margot James met Barrie Powell, chairman of the Black Country Equitable Members Action Group (EMAG), to discuss tactics in light of the Government’s continuing resistance to justice for Equitable Members.  read more »

Age Concern Stourbridge, shortly to become Age Concern Stourbridge & Halesowen, is one of the top branches of Age Concern anywhere in the country.  read more »

Margot James visited the Beacon Centre for the Blind in Wolverhampton earlier in the month. The Centre provides services for visually impaired people in Stourbridge and across the Black Country.  read more »