Schools in Boston & Skegness are among the 2,820 secondary schools across England that will receive funding through the £200 million Summer School programme. 542,710 pupils are expected to attend a face-to-face summer school this year, with around three quarters of eligible mainstream secondary schools taking part. The programme will Read more…
Newly released figures show that 116 police officers have been recruited in Lincolnshire as part of the Conservative Government’s pledge to put 20,000 more officers on the streets by 2023. Across England and Wales, 9,814 police officers have been recruited since the recruitment drive was launched in September 2019 – Read more…
New government high street strategy has been published setting out how town centres will be transformed into vibrant places to live, work and visit. The strategy includes details on how communities can bid to take over local football clubs, theatres, pubs and stadiums at risk of closure – as well Read more…
East Lindsey District Council and Boston Borough Council will receive extra funding of £575,555 and £316,060 respectively to help tackle rough sleeping, as part of £200 million across England to get people off the streets. Additional funding will cover over 14,000 bed spaces and 2,700 support staff. The Conservative Government’s Read more…
Nearly 9,000 police officers have been recruited as part of the Conservative Government’s campaign to recruit an additional 20,000 by March 2023, with 132 more in Lincolnshire alone. This means the target for year one of the recruitment push – to recruit 6,000 officers by March 2021 – has been Read more…
Around two million of the UK’s lowest-paid workers have benefited from the Conservative Government’s increase to the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage. The National Living Wage has risen by 2.2 per cent to £8.91 this year, and has been expanded to cover 23 and 24-year-olds for the first Read more…
The local authorities of East Lindsey and Boston will receive £226,238 and £62,811 respectively. This funding is to help local high streets reopen and attract shoppers and tourists. East Lindsey will benefit from additional support through the High Streets Taskforce Conservative Government investing a total of £56 million through the Read more…
Budget delivers on commitment to provide security and stability to the British people through the pandemic – providing over £407 billion of support for families, jobs and businesses over this year and next. Key measures include extending furlough to the end of September, two further grants for the self-employed, a Read more…
Matt Warman has welcomed the latest figures showing 30.6 per cent of people in Boston & Skegness have now received a vaccine In total, more than 19.3 million doses have been administered to over 18.6 million people across the United Kingdom – equivalent to 1 in 3 adults The vaccine Read more…
Lincolnshire has now received 3,650 laptops and tablets to help support disadvantaged children and young people while they learn at home. More than 1 million laptops and tablets have now been delivered, with more on the way. Matt Warman has welcomed the announcement that pupils across Lincolnshire have benefited from Read more…