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Claire Spencer

Claire Spencer

A letter to my MP, Roger Godsiff, about his response to Anderton Park School

I wrote the below to Roger five days ago. Since then, he has showed no sign of reflecting on his stance on Anderton Park. Worse still, he…

Jun 8, 2019

Jun 8, 2019

Claire Spencer

#LivingWageWeek Launch | Inclusive growth and fair pay

Today, I am going to talk about why there is no such thing as a strong regional economy without fair pay, using the prism of the West…

Nov 5, 2018

Nov 5, 2018

Claire Spencer

Purpose rebuilt

Those of you who know me will know that one of the things that I loved most about being a councillor was that it was purposeful work —…

May 24, 2018

May 24, 2018

Claire Spencer

20180309 Things to note at WMCA Board

NB: …because it was my birthday, this is a little later than usual, albeit inclusive of any additional discussion that came up at the Board…

Mar 13, 2018

20180309 Things to note at WMCA Board

Mar 13, 2018

Claire Spencer

Speech on local government funding cuts

Thank you Lord Mayor.

Mar 13, 2018

Speech on local government funding cuts

Mar 13, 2018

Claire Spencer

20180209 Things to note at WMCA Board

Life can always be too interesting, and at such times, we can do much worse than channel Mark Corrigan:

Feb 9, 2018

20180209 Things to note at WMCA Board

Feb 9, 2018

Claire Spencer

An email to colleagues following WMCA Board

You might have now caught up with what happened at the Board meeting on Friday - here is part of the email I have sent to my Birmingham…

Jan 14, 2018

Jan 14, 2018

Claire Spencer

20180112 Things to note from WMCA Board

2018 has arrived, and rejoice/woe, many things are as they ever were. If you needed an example, see the latest edition of ‘Lord Digby says…

Jan 12, 2018

20180112 Things to note from WMCA Board

Jan 12, 2018

Claire Spencer

20171207 Things to note at WMCA Board

As it’s technically a ‘matter arising’ from the last meeting, I think we should start today’s summary by saying: CONGRATULATIONS COVENTRY!

Dec 8, 2017

20171207 Things to note at WMCA Board

Dec 8, 2017

Claire Spencer

CfPS speech: scrutinising WMCA in practice

The below is a speech I made to the Centre for Public Scrutiny conference on Combined Authority Governance (#whatup), on December 5th 2017:

Dec 6, 2017

CfPS speech: scrutinising WMCA in practice

Dec 6, 2017

Claire Spencer

Claire Spencer

Building an #InclusiveWM | Trustee @WTBBC | Devolutionary | Agathist | Lab and Co-op | Speaking to connect, not on behalf of others | Just get the bus, FFS

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