Indian Visa Centre opens in Leicester after 20 year campaign!
Keith collects petition calling for road safety measures outside Linden Primary
Keith attends opening of Leicester Diabetes Centre
Keith launches new look Nether Hall Post Office
Keith hands out awards to pupils with 100% attendance at Abbey Primary
Keith launches national campaign to ban sugary drinks in schools
Mass Gangnam Style launches Leicester’s bid for City of Culture 2017
Keith holds public meeting on Sainsbury’s development
Warm welcome for play area revamp
Hamilton Community College students visit Parliament
Keith presents aHUS Petition to Parliament
First Mango Festival in Leicester a great success!
Keith helps plant bee meadow in Rushey Mead
Keith revisits Peggy Taylor to check improvements in her house.
Keith launches Leicester Landmark Heritage Project
Education Secretary Gove marks official opening of Krishna Avanti school with Keith
Keith opens outdoor gym in Netherhall Park
Keith opens sweet shop ‘Sweetilicious’ on Melton Road
Keith checks progress of Scouts Hut renovation
Keith pledges to help elderly resident
Bring and buy sale for Mrs Taylor a success!
Leicester’s John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John sing duet for Allan Gratrix’s 75th birthday
Keith meets residents and parents concerned about traffic at Thurnby Lodge Primary School
Keith revisits scene of attack in Southey Close
Keith’s sponsored bike ride raises over £2000 for local youth facilities!
Keith opens a new branch of Solar Style
Keith visits fire-damaged Catherine Junior School
Keith meets constituent hurt in unprovoked attack
Keith meets rising star of Indian football Brandon Fernandes.. Again!
Keith holds public meeting with residents and traders on Green Lane Road
Keith meets residents concerned about road safety in Evington
Keith attends start of Diwali celebrations in Leicester
Keith meets with residents concerned about changes to benefits
Keith celebrates biometric visa centre success
Keith meets with residents on Green Lane Road
Keith joins protest in Parliament Square at closure of Glenfield Ecmo Unit
Keith celebrates 40 years of Ugandan Asians in Leicester
Keith launches bike ride to raise money for Thurnby Lodge youth facilities
Keith joins march against closure of Children's Heart Unit at Glenfield
Keith discusses plans for St Paul’s Catholic School
Keith welcomes Indian High Commissioner on first visit to Leicester
Welcome.
Thank you for visiting my website. Here you can find information about my local activities on behalf of the people of Leicester East as your MP and my work as Chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee. I welcome all comments and suggestions about issues in Leicester East. If you are a constituent and have a problem you think I may be able to help you with, please don't hesitate to contact me. You can do this directly through the website, where you will also find details of my offices and how to book a surgery appointment.
With very best wishes,
Rt. Hon Keith Vaz MP
Keith and the Reverend Jesse Jackson have planted a tree in memory of Antoin Akpom, the promising football coach who died after being attacked in the street earlier this year. Around 60-70 people gathered at Nirvana FC on Sandhills Avenue … Continue reading
The celebrated US civil rights leader the Reverend Jesse Jackson visited Leicester on Thursday at the invitation of Keith and had a park named in his honour. Hundreds of school children and local residents gathered at the Jesse Jackson Park at … Continue reading
Keith recently hosted a health and diversity breakfast in Parliament with Public Health Minister Jane Ellison MP to launch a report on inequalities in the health system. The report ‘Unequal Cities’ was undertaken by the diabetes charity Silver Star, of … Continue reading
The first Indian Visa Centre in Leicester officially opened its doors to the public on Friday 29 November at 11.30am. The 20 year campaign to establish a Visa Centre in Leicester has been brought to an end with the opening of the service … Continue reading
Keith spoke at the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Refugees annual general meeting in Parliament. At the meeting he outlined the key findings and recommendations of the Home Affairs Committee’s report on the asylum system. Also on the panel was … Continue reading
Keith has backed Metropolitan police commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan Howe, in his “Give a Gift” Christmas Tree appeal which aims to make sure over a thousand children in care across London get a special Christmas gift delivered this year. Members … Continue reading
Keith spoke at the Police Federation Constables of England and Wales Christmas reception held on the Terrace of the House of Commons. Will Riches, the Chair of Constables, and representatives from around the country were also addressed by the Policing … Continue reading
Keith hosted a meeting in Parliament for four members of the Yemeni Council of Representatives and the Yemeni Ambassador recently. The MPs were on a fact-finding mission to the UK to find out more information about the NHS and discussed … Continue reading
Keith recently spoke at the 14th Annual South Asian Health Foundation conference in Birmingham. The focus of the conference was on diabetes and cardiovascular disease. During his speech Keith spoke about his own experiences of having Type-2 diabetes and his current … Continue reading
On Monday in the House of Commons, Keith raised the plight of failed Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seekers who have been deported from the UK back to Sri Lanka with Prime Minister David Cameron. The exchange in full: Keith Vaz (Leicester … Continue reading
