Batley Bulldogs won the trophy at Blackpool earlier today by beating Widnes Vikings 25-24.

Mr Wood, who is vice president of the club, sa...]]> 16 July 2010 20:33:12 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=671 Mike Wood has welcomed news that the town's new health centre is ready to open.

The centre, paid for under the last government's extensive investment in local health services, is a major component in the continuing regeneration of Heckmo...]]> 15 July 2010 16:40:10 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=670 We all knew it was going to be tough and we knew the new government was on a mission to cut public spending faster and deeper than necessary. But there's been a lot of surprise and shock at the decision to completely withdraw £200million of B...]]> 08 July 2010 10:47:44 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=668 Members of Parliament have expressed alarm at proposals to close 157 courts across the country, including two in Dewsbury.

Plans to close the magistrates’ court and the county court were announced by the coalition government two weeks ago ...]]> 06 July 2010 14:08:33 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=669 In light of yesterday's decision by the government to axe the Building Schools for the Future funding for Kirklees, Mike Wood said:

"This is a devastating, cruel decision.

All the money, work and time that have gone into this proj...]]> 29 June 2010 14:24:59 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=667 Batley and Spen MP Mike Wood gave evidence in support of the campaign to overturn a ruling preventing a new pharmacy from opening in Roberttown.

Mr Wood was represented at the appeal hearing in Huddersfield on Monday where he gave evidence in fav...]]> 29 June 2010 14:11:39 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=666 Batley and Spen MP Mike Wood is opposing Government plans to close two local courts and has branded the proposals unjustifiable.

The plans, announced by the Ministry of Justice last week, would see the county court and the magistrates’ cou...]]> 17 June 2010 22:03:44 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=665 Batley and Spen MP Mike Wood has congratulated Batley Bulldogs on beating Leigh Centurians to get through to the final of the Northern Rail Cup.

The 25-4 win puts Batley into their first final since 1952.

Mr Wood, who is vice president...]]> 17 June 2010 11:50:25 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=664 As has been the case since my first general election victory in 1997, within hours of the result being announced there are people wanting support from their MP. The reward for all that campaigning, all that hard work and all those long days and sleeple...]]> 16 June 2010 09:19:28 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=663 Batley and Spen MP Mike Wood has turned down the offer to formally reopen Spen Valley Greenway following works by Yorkshire Water to lay a new sewage pipe.

Mr Wood, who played a key role in the creation of the Greenway, opposed plans to use the r...]]> 12 June 2010 08:47:32 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=662 Batley and Spen MP Mike Wood today holds his first ever advice surgery in Heckmondwike.

Mr Wood became the MP for Heckmondwike for the first time following last month's general election and a series of boundary changes.

Consti...]]> 09 June 2010 10:20:34 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=661 Batley and Spen MP Mike Wood has switched his nomination for Labour leader to Diane Abbott in a bid to ensure at least one left candidate makes it onto the ballot paper.

Mr Wood was backing John McDonnell but after it became clear it would be imp...]]> 07 June 2010 14:34:39 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=660 Batley and Spen MP Mike Wood has nominated John McDonnell MP to become the new leader of the Labour party.

Mr Wood was campaign manager for Mr McDonnell in 2007 when he attempted to force a leadership contest following the departure of Tony ...]]> 17 May 2010 14:22:04 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=659 Fresh from the general election campaign, Batley and Spen MP Mike Wood has announced his latest series of local advice surgeries.

The list includes the usual venues of Batley, Cleckheaton and Birstall with the addition of Heckmondwike, which is n...]]> 11 May 2010 11:16:32 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=657 Mike Wood has expressed his views on the present political dealings over who should form the next Government.

Mr Wood said: "In my view David Cameron should be prime minister and for him not to be flies in the face of natural justice - his p...]]> 10 May 2010 12:11:20 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=656 Mike Wood will hold a special surgery on Saturday for new constituents from Roberttown and Hartshead.

Mr Wood's re-election as MP last week means he is now the MP for Roberttown, Hartshead and the whole of the Heckmondwike ward. The boundary ...]]> 07 May 2010 12:05:41 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=655 Mike Wood has been re-elected as the Labour MP for Batley and Spen at the general election.

"I'd like to thank everyone who voted me and all the people who have worked so hard for over two years to make sure the vital work we do here in ...]]> 06 April 2010 11:32:29 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=654 Local pub The New Charnwood will be celebrating its 5th Anniversary on Monday 12th April from 7pm. 

The event will celebrate five successful years of business and a chance to thank all those involved for their support over the years.  ...]]> 01 April 2010 09:53:13 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=652 Batley MP Mike Wood is set to meet the head of Batley Grammar School.

The meeting follows the announcement in last week's Batley News that the school is to seek to become an academy within the state sector.

Mr Wood visited the school l...]]> 31 March 2010 17:39:53 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=653 Mike Wood MP has welcomed news that council-controlled car parks across Batley and Spen are to remain free of charge.

And in light of this the he is to press Kirklees to look at ways of further helping local traders.

Mr Wood, who has fought...]]> 22 March 2010 13:21:50 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=651 Batley and Spen MP Mike Wood is backing calls to improve access to polling stations for people with a disability.

Mr Wood is supporting a Commons motion calling on the Government to ensure that all electors can vote independently and with dignity...]]> 15 March 2010 12:23:12 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=649 Batley and Spen MP Mike Wood has been meeting constituents with long term conditions who are trialling a new NHS system that's designed to improve the care they receive.

Home Telecare is a new monitoring system provided to people with a chro...]]> 22 February 2010 09:42:03 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=648 A reproduction of a painting that's too valuable to display has gone on show at Batley Art Gallery.

The painting Figure Study II by one of the 20th century's most influential artists - Francis Bacon - was presented to Batley...]]> 18 February 2010 09:42:07 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=647 Mike Wood MP is supporting a new campaign by the Batley and Birstall News that hopes to encourage people to support local shops.

The campaign, urging loca...]]> 03 February 2010 09:24:52 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=645 International Women’s Day is an annual celebration of women’s achievements over the years but also the chance for communities to come together and confront the challenges we still face as a society regarding gender.

To celebrate Inte...]]> 02 February 2010 18:31:08 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=646 Batley and Spen MP Mike Wood has welcomed news that the general election counts in Kirklees will be held immediately after polls close on polling day, rather than the following day.

But Mr Wood is concerned that Kirklees now plans to hold all fou...]]> 18 December 2009 11:25:37 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=644 Mike Wood MP, his wife Chris and all the staff and volunteers from his office wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year.

Every year Mike sends a Christmas card to all the households he has had some form of contact with - 10,000 cards are se...]]> 18 December 2009 11:08:26 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=643 Subsequent to the Legg audit, I have agreed to make a small reimbursement to cover two overpayments on utility bills. One from 2006/07 and one from 2008/09.

My overall claim for the last complete year from the ‘London allowance' was &p...]]> 18 December 2009 11:03:40 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=642 I love Christmas and am looking forward to the break. But as I write this the Copenhagen conference on global warming has hit its first major crisis. It was to be expected as nearly 200 countries wrestle with the biggest threat to our globe. Rich count...]]> 17 December 2009 11:04:19 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=641 I love Christmas and am looking forward to the break. But for many the festive season will have a hollow ring. Nowhere more so than in Gaza where the terrible affects of the Israeli invasion of last Christmas are still being felt. Children continue to ...]]> 24 November 2009 09:34:08 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=640 The fifth Mike Wood Citizenship Award was presented this week to a Batley woman who works tirelessly for the local community.

The Batley and Spen MP presented the surprise award to Amina Bulbulia at the Al Hikmah centre on Monday afternoon.

The national awards are organised by Inspire Magazine.

Mr Wood said: ...]]> 19 November 2009 22:07:09 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=638 To this day, the one theme that dominates my postpag more than any other is animal welfare. Even if I hadn't been passionate about it personally it is something that I would have needed to have quickly got to grips with over the last 12 years given...]]> 10 November 2009 15:25:19 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=637 Mike Wood MP has welcomes news from Northern Foods about the future of Fox's Biscuits in Batley.

Fox's parent company announced that the site's future was guaranteed until 2011 when they would again review the three locations from whi...]]> 02 November 2009 15:27:06 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=635 Kirklees Council have announced how they plan to reduce the number of falls on the steps at Birstall market place.

MP Mike Wood raised concerns put to him by traders and members of the public with Kirklees highways. He subsequently met officers ...]]> 02 November 2009 15:10:58 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=636 Batley MP Mike Wood continues to support the campaign to keep Fox's Biscuits based in the town not only to maintain the historic links with the company but also to safeguard local jobs.

Mr Wood attended the re-opening of the learning centre a...]]> 30 October 2009 12:20:07 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=634 Batley and Spen MP Mike Wood will lay a wreath at all four Acts of Remembrance taking place this year.

Mr Wood attends all the Acts of Remembrance in Batley and Spen and is represented at those events that clash with others each year. Mr Wood wil...]]> 20 October 2009 18:41:25 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=632 Batley and Spen MP Mike Wood visited 10 Downing Street last week with a special guest from the constituency to introduce her to the Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah.

The Prime Minister invited Mr Wood to to bring a local community h...]]> 15 October 2009 12:36:13 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=631 Spen Valley residents affected by flooding met Cabinet minister Hilary Benn on Friday during a presentation on proposed flood defence work.

Residents from the streets in Littletown and Cleckheaton that have been affected by flooding were invited ...]]> 15 October 2009 12:03:34 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=630 Cabinet minister Hilary Benn visited Hills Office supplies in Cleckheaton on Friday to see first hand the company's innovative approach to recycling.

During his three hour visit to Batley and Spen, organised by Mike Wood MP, the Environment S...]]> 15 October 2009 11:49:33 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=628 Organising a visit from a Government minister normally involves considerable planning, tweaking and discussion that often culminates in a hurried half hour photocall. So when Cabinet minister Hilary Benn MP agreed to spend three hours in Batley and Spe...]]> 15 October 2009 11:29:53 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=627 "As of today I have not received a letter from Sir Thomas but I understand from his office that he would like some additional information from me.

"I will provide this information and once he's reviewed it he will tell me if he wou...]]> 18 September 2009 16:57:27 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=626 Candidates from the three main parties in all four of Kirklees's parliamentary seats have united behind a national campaign to save general election night.

Kirklees Council is considering holding the counting of ballot papers on the day after...]]> 17 September 2009 11:52:22 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=629 Parliament is in recess but, contrary to popular opinion, there is no 82 day holiday and anyone with any sense knows the work doesn't stop for summer breaks. September is always a month I can focus solely on the constituency - which suits me perfec...]]> 10 September 2009 20:26:26 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=623 Mike Wood called into the Hawthornes care home in Birkenshaw tonight to join residents for their race night at the dogs.

The Batley and Spen MP dropped by to have a flutter at the home off Mill Lane. He also got the chance to meet and chat with r...]]> 09 September 2009 14:13:27 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=624 Batley and Spen MP Mike Wood was up early on Wednesday morning to call in at Kings Court in Birstall to join residents at the complex for their Breakfast Baps event.

Residents get together for breakfast on a regular basis and Mr Wood called in at...]]> 07 September 2009 20:26:00 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=622 The £11million regeneration of Fieldhead estate in Birstall began this week.

Batley and Spen MP Mike Wood was one of the guest speakers at the launch on Monday morning and formally broke ground for work to begin.

Mike Wood said: &qu...]]> 02 September 2009 14:27:25 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=621 Mike Wood MP paid a visit to Spring Valley community centre in Littletown today to meet residents of the housing complex.

The Batley and Spen MP was taken on a tour of the complex by the tenants association before sitting down to chat with resid...]]> 21 August 2009 16:03:39 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=620 For the media summer time is known as silly season - a lot of people are away, news is slow and often the desperation to fill the airwaves is all too obvious from the output we see on our televisions and from what we read in national newspapers.

Batley Grammar School pupil Kaiya Stone, who lives in Healey, was on a work placement with Batley and Spen MP Mike Wood whe...]]> 31 July 2009 13:03:02 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=616 Three school children from Batley and Spen have been presented with certificates and gifts from the House of Commons for taking part in a national competition.

Mike Wood MP invited schools in Batley and Spen to enter the competition to design a ...]]> 30 July 2009 11:31:08 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=615 Mike Wood MP was invited to a unique and special presentation in Batley recently to thank him for the stand he took in support of Gurkhas.

The Batley and Spen MP was one of a number of Labour MPs who voted against the Government's attempts to...]]> 16 July 2009 11:55:44 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=614 Over the last three weeks I have been sitting on the panel of a Parliamentary inquiry with other MPs and Peers and we have been examining the effectiveness of international aid.

The sessions have proved interesting and very worthwhile as we have ...]]> 13 July 2009 14:18:24 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=612 Kirklees Council has pledged to take action to improve safety at Birstall Market Place following a meeting this week with Mike Wood MP.

Mr Wood visited the market last month to speak with local people and allow them to air their views directly on...]]> 10 July 2009 14:25:39 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=610 Batley and Spen MP Mike Wood visited the Building Bridges exhibition today, a multi-media artwork that came out of a Batley community cohesion project.

A dozen local women, a handful of toddlers and children from Hyrstmount and Carlinghow Junior...]]> 07 July 2009 10:29:33 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=609 Mike Wood met governors at closure threatened Heaton Avenue First and Nursery in Cleckheaton yesterday before touring the 'outstanding' school with the headteacher.

The Batley and Spen MP is supporting the school's bid to relocate to ...]]> 06 July 2009 13:53:22 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=608 Batley and Spen MP Mike Wood is among those organising a campaign in Parliament to secure compensation for people who lost out due to the scrapping of the 10p tax rate.

Mr Wood is a co-signatory of an amendment to the Government's Financ...]]> 02 July 2009 14:39:03 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=607 Yesterday's announcement by the Business Secretary Lord Mandelson will be a popular decision, said the Batley and Spen MP.

Mr Wood, who has been ...]]> 30 June 2009 15:43:38 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=606 Batley and Spen MP Mike Wood has made a submission to Kirklees Council today as part of the Primary Schools for the Future consultation - and keeping good schools open is at the heart of his case.

Mr Wood has put forward arguments for keeping ope...]]> 29 June 2009 19:02:54 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=606 Batley and Spen MP Mike Wood is campaigning to keep all four schools in Cleckheaton open as Kirklees Council consults on options for primary school re-organisation in the town.

Mike Wood said: "Having assessed the council's proposals, sp...]]> 29 June 2009 15:35:51 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=606 Batley and Spen MP Mike Wood is campaigning to keep both schools in Hightown open as Kirklees Council consults on options for primary school re-organisation in the village.

Mike Wood said: "Having assessed the council's proposals, spoken...]]> 29 June 2009 09:18:49 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=601 Batley and Spen MP Mike Wood will be a member of a Parliamentary panel holding a three week long inquiry into the effectiveness of international aid.

The inquiry, which starts tomorrow, will be held in the House of Commons and will hear evidence ...]]> 27 June 2009 14:38:21 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=605 Cleckheaton's war memorial was re-dedicated on Saturday morning as new names were added to commemorate those who gave their lives for their country.

Mike Wood attended the service. He said: "I thought the ceremony went extremely wel...]]> 26 June 2009 15:25:29 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=598 Batley and Spen MP Mike Wood paid a visit to Lion Confectionery last week to tour the factory, meet staff and discuss issues affecting the industry.

Mr Wood has visited the Lion factory a number of times before but this is the first visit since o...]]> 26 June 2009 10:14:25 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=602 Batley and Spen MP Mike Wood has backed calls for a broader and more robust inquiry into the Iraq war. 

A motion in the House of Commons by the Conservatives last week attempted to change the terms of the inquiry announced by the Prime Minis...]]> 25 June 2009 15:34:18 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=602 Batley and Spen MP Mike Wood is campaigning to keep the school in East Bierley open as Kirklees Council consults on options for primary school re-organisation in the village and in Birkenshaw.

Mike Wood said:

"Having assessed the counc...]]> 22 June 2009 11:02:35 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=599 Mike Wood has welcomed this week's election of John Bercow MP as the new Speaker of the House of Commons.

Mr Bercow represents the constituency of Buckingham and was a Conservative MP prior to his election as the 157th Speaker.

Mr Wood...]]> 19 June 2009 14:09:30 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=597 Next month Batley and Spen will host a major international conference on climate change and low carbon futures.

The event will be unique and low on what you might normally expect to see and hear at this sort of thing. Dry, academic presentations ...]]> 11 June 2009 14:04:51 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=596 Mike Wood was out and about in Birstall this week to talk to local people about the MPs' allowances scandal.

Mr Wood, who voluntarily published the claims he made from Parliamentary allowances over the last four years on his website, met shop...]]> 04 June 2009 13:20:36 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=595 Batley and Spen MP Mike Wood has welcomed changes to benefits rules that will give people who are blind an extra £30 a week.

Mr Wood joined RNIB and many other blind people's organisations to celebrate this historic change at a special ...]]> 02 June 2009 13:21:01 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=594 The new high occupancy vehicle lane linking the M606 to the M62 eastbound at junction 26 Chain Bar is cutting journey times, say ministers.

In a reply to a House of Commons question from Mike Wood transport minister Paul Clark MP said the effects...]]> 22 May 2009 11:43:42 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=593 The following links connect to newspaper stories about Mike Wood's claims from Parliamentary allowances:

Spenborough Guardian - here for more information.

The information I have at p...]]> 06 May 2009 11:27:13 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=581 An article in the Mail on Sunday claiming that MPs who defied the Government over the Gurkhas' right to settle in the UK may be prevented from standing for Labour at the next general election has been dismissed by Mike Wood.

Mr Wood did not s...]]> 06 May 2009 10:36:07 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=580 Mike Wood has lent his support to a national campaign to stop the privatisation of Royal Mail.

Mr Wood ran a street stall in Cleckheaton to collect names on a petition organised by the Communication Workers Union (CWU), which represents Royal Mai...]]> 20 April 2009 13:43:47 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=580 Mike Wood is campaigning to stop Batley and Spen and the rest of north Kirklees from bearing the brunt of the district's new housing development.

Mr Wood has prepared an alternative plan (option 5) that will be fairer and spread more evenly t...]]> 20 January 2009 10:44:34 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=580 Mike Wood MP is joining forces with the Communication Workers Union to press the Government to abandon its plans to partly privatise sections of Royal Mail.

Mike Wood MP is joining forces with the Communication Workers Union to press the Governm...]]> 16 December 2008 10:55:09 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=543 Mike Wood is supporting schools and parents over Kirklees Council’s plans for major schools reorganisation in north Kirklees.
Mr Wood has concerns about the council’s course, its ability to see through its plans and th...]]> 11 December 2008 12:30:08 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=542 Mike Wood was briefed on Friday by the hospital trust that runs Dewsbury District Hospital concerning plans to temporarily reduce the number of neo-natal cots at the hospital

Mr Wood said: “Clinical need determines how services are o...]]> 09 December 2008 12:31:01 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=541 Each year Mr Wood asks a different local school to offer designs for his constituency Christmas card...]]> 01 December 2008 12:06:38 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=540 The Commowealth Parliamentary Association’s UK branch hosted a conference that looked at the effectiveness of...]]> 20 November 2008 09:21:27 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=531 Mike Wood MP has identified a site that will keep Fox’s Biscuits in Batley.

Mr Wood is determined to keep Fox’s, which was founded in the town, in Batley in order to maintain the historic ties between the two and protect local j...]]> 08 October 2008 12:17:07 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=532 Test. It’s all change in the office of Batley and Spen MP Mike Wood as a familiar face moves on and a new face joins his constituency team.
Di Lightowler, who has been Mike’s personal assistant and office manager since he was elected ...]]> 10 September 2008 15:22:57 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=534 The campaign to keep Fox’s Biscuits in Batley has received a major boost after local MP Mike Wood identified four sites within the town that could provide a new home for the company.

Mr Wood has met with all those involved in the Fox’...]]> 04 September 2008 15:25:52 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=535 Hundreds have signed the protest petition, and hundreds more have signed up on the internet and by text and email yet Yorkshire Water continues to push to close the Spen Valley Greenway to lay a new sewer.

In addition local people, who use and en...]]> 23 July 2008 12:10:14 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=536 Batley and Spen MP Mike Wood is supporting local haulage firms whose business is being affected by rising fuel prices.
Mr Wood has met with a number of local hauliers and is pressing the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer to intr...]]> 15 July 2008 15:30:20 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=537 Campaigns to save three local post offices from closure have failed to convince the Post Office to change its plans.

Post Office Ltd announced today that it was going ahead with its planned closure of East Bierley, Soothill and Bradford Road at B...]]> 09 July 2008 11:14:01 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=544 The results of the local campaigns to stop the closure of three local post offices will be known next Wednesday (July 15).
More than 250 people attended two meetings - one in Batley and one in East Bierley - organised by Mike Wood ...]]> 17 June 2008 12:49:02 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=545 Mike Wood MP has organised the local campaign against the closures following two public meetings. These mee...]]> 12 June 2008 12:47:34 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=546 The submissions will be used to convince the Post Office Ltd not to drive ahead with the proposed closure of branches o...]]> 03 June 2008 12:47:49 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=547 Mike Wood MP called two public meetings to kick start campaigns to save the branches at Soothill and Bradford Road in Batley and at East Bierley. ...]]> 19 May 2008 12:49:32 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=548 The two meetings, chaired by Mr Wood, allowed local people to air their views and m...]]> 15 April 2008 12:13:00 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=550 As of April 1 everyone who is disabled or over the age of 60 will be entitled to free off-peak bus travel anywhere in the country.
John Heale...]]> 18 March 2008 14:34:03 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=551 As well as welcoming the safe discovery of the nine year old from Dewsbury Moor, Mr Wood also pays tri...]]> 30 December 1899 16:29:29 http://www.mikewood.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=625