Sarah Coombes - New MP for West Bromwich - video Dailymotion

Newly elected MP Sarah Coombes spoke about what voters wanted to see her prioritise

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00:00So congratulations, what are the feelings right now?

00:03Absolutely delighted, it is an incredible honour to be elected to represent such a wonderful,

00:08rich historical area such as ours and people have been really struggling across the back

00:12country for a long time under the Conservative government and Labour is going to bring change

00:17to our region, change to our country.

00:18What are the five priorities you've got now that you've been elected?

00:22So the key things that people raise with me every single day during this campaign but

00:26also in the years and years that I've been involved in politics in West Bromwich is cost

00:29of living.

00:30People are working so hard, even two jobs sometimes and they cannot pay their bills,

00:34we've got to do something about that and help people.

00:36Number two, NHS.

00:37Across the constituency people can't get a GP appointment, even if you have cancer sometimes

00:41it can take months and months and months to get a referral, we've got to sort that out.

00:45We don't see enough police on our streets, you know, people don't feel safe in our town

00:49centres and that's a critical one for me.

00:51Investment, we want to have good jobs, good well-paid jobs and thriving high streets so

00:55that's a big one as well.

00:56What difference is a Labour government going to make, not just within Samwell but do you

01:00think nationally?

01:01I think we're going to get the NHS back on its feet which is the number one priority

01:04for so many people.

01:05That means more appointments every week, it means more nurses, more doctors and also more

01:09dentists because people in West Bromwich, Oldbury, they really struggle to get a dentist

01:12appointment at the moment.

01:13And we're also going to have a huge green industrial revolution with GB Energy which

01:18is going to be bringing down energy bills and creating renewable power.

01:20So we've got big plans for investment, for jobs in the future and we're very excited

01:25about the change that we can bring.

01:26And how quickly do you want to hit the ground running on this?

01:28Immediately!

01:29So the work of the Labour government hopefully starts tomorrow.

01:32I, as the new Labour MP, will be working straight away and, you know, we've waited too long

01:37for this change and the change needs to start soon but we know it's not going to be easy.

01:41We have been left with a really difficult environment but Labour is determined to make

01:45a change that people can feel.