Home Secretary Theresa May hails West Midlands in Express & Star visit
The West Midlands has a 'crucial role to play' in the country's fortunes, Home Secretary Theresa May said this afternoon on a visit to the Express & Star.
The Home Secretary visited the Express & Star's head office in Wolverhampton today and expressed her admiration for the region in the run up to the General Election.
The West Midlands has some of the key marginal seats that changed hands from Labour to the Conservatives in 2010, as well as some Labour just clung on to.
Seats such as Wolverhampton South West, which the Tories won with a slender 691 majority, and Dudley North, which Labour held by just 649 votes, are going to be major battlegrounds in the run up to May 7.
Mrs May took a tour of our newsroom and gave an exclusive interview about the Tories' chances in the election, child sex abuse and police station front desk closures.
She said: "If you look at issues around employment, manufacturing and development of business, the West Midlands is a key part of the country in those terms. The West Midlands has always had a crucial role to play."
Read the full interview in tomorrow's Express & Star.
