Today Parliament debated the place that pylons should have in National Grid’s upgrades to the UK’s electricity grid. The debate in Westminster Hall was led by Matt Warman MP, who reiterated to the Minister that whilst an upgrade to the grid and new infrastructure is needed to meet the UK’s Read more…
Following the public meetings I’ve held with County Councillors, IDBs and Anglian Water in Old Leake and Stickney focusing on water management and flooding, it was good to receive an update this morning. I’ll continue raising residents concerns and working with partner agencies to deliver long term improvements. Dear Read more…
The pandemic put huge pressure on the NHS, but the Conservative Government has made good progress on its priority to cut waiting lists, virtually eliminating waits of over two years and cutting 18 month waits by over 90 per cent from their peak – but there is more to do. Read more…
Skegness Grammar School played host to Matt Warman MP’s second annual William of Waynflete (WoW) inter-school debate competition, with Boston High School proclaimed worthy winners for the second year running. Boston Grammar School were runners up and all participants received medals kindly sponsored by Chattertons Solicitors and Wealth Management. Read more…
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visited a local school this week to talk to students about the health hazards of smoking. Smoking causes 1 in 4 cancer deaths in this country which is why the government is bringing forward legislation to ensure this generation of children are never exposed to its Read more…
• The Conservative Government has started the process of returning hotels temporarily accommodating asylum seekers to their normal use by the community, boosting the local economy. • The Government has always been clear the use of hotels was only ever a short-term measure to accommodate asylum seekers who would otherwise Read more…
55 towns will benefit from a new £1.1 billion endowment fund to deliver the Conservative Government’s long-term plan to regenerate left behind towns. The Long-Term Plan for Towns set out by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will allocate a ten-year endowment-style fund of £20 million each to both Boston and Skegness Read more…
We all have our NHS stories. Not every one is perfect – at its heart the NHS is millions of people giving their very best in the service of others. Nurses like my mum, doctors like my wife, porters and managers, cleaners and countless other workers alongside volunteers. It’s not Read more…
When I last visited Novak house in June 2019 it was a shell of a building on an industrial estate, zoned for business use and struggling to get planning permission for the community hub and wellbeing centre envisioned by St Barnabas Hospice. I was happy to support the hospice in Read more…
A new state-of-the-art mental health hub in Boston is a step closer to being built after planning permission was granted. A planning application has been approved for Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust’s (LPFT) new 19-bed mixed-gender inpatient ward at the Norton Lea site on London Road. The plans are part of a wider Read more…