Spellar warns of organised crime ‘getting in on’ supported exempt accommodation money Black Country MP John Spellar warned of organised crime taking advantage of supported exempt accommodation regulations and called on the Government to allow local councils to take action to do something about it. In a Westminster Hall debate,…

Black Country MP John Spellar slammed the appointments process to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA). In Parliament yesterday, he lamented the fact that “We almost never have anybody from industry; they are always from the professions and the City of London. The person we are being recommended was a…

Black Country MP John Spellar today joined fellow MPs in a Westminster Hall debate calling for banning of the fur trade. Afterwards John Spellar said “ The UK can be proud to have been out front when the Labour Government banned fur farming. Now we must go further and ban…