LOUGHBOROUGH’S MP, NICKY MORGAN, WARNS OF THE DANGERS POSED BY DOOR STOP SELLERS In a push to protect the vulnerable, Nicky Morgan, is supporting the Office for Fair Trading’s (OFT) Doorstep Selling campaign, empowering local residents to deal with untoward doorstep sellers, including those who are invited into the home after a cold call sales [...]
LOUGHBOROUGH MP WELCOMES BOOST TO KEEP OLYMPIC FLAME ALIVE IN THE TOWN Loughborough MP Nicky Morgan has welcomed Sport England’s announcement that £493 million will be pumped into grassroots sport. The funding aims to keep the inspiration of London 2012 alive, helping to fulfil Lord Coe’s pledge that the Games would get more people – [...]
Attended briefing on the new child maintenance arrangements – The Government is introducing plans for the reform of child maintenance. Changes include an increase in the flat rate for low-income non-resident parents from £5 to £10; improvements to the body that delivers the service in order to shorten application processing times, quicker action on arrears [...]
Following their recent letter to the Independent Reconfiguration Panel (IRP) about Glenfield’s children’s heart surgery unit, a cross-party group of East Midlands MPs and Peers met with members of the Panel and its chairman Lord Ribeiro earlier today. Led by Liz Kendall, MP for Leicester West and Nicky Morgan, MP for Loughborough, Parliamentarians set out [...]
I and other local MPs met Lord Ribeiro, Chair of the Independent Reconfiguration Panel, and other Panel members to discuss the future of children’s cardiac surgery at Glenfield Hospital – Lord Ribeiro and his team seemed to really appreciate hearing our perspective, based on what Loughborough residents have said, about the proposed reconfiguration of children’s [...]
LOUGHBOROUGH’S MP VISITS A VERY BUSY ROYAL MAIL SORTING OFFICE IN LOUGHBOROUGH Local MP Nicky Morgan has visited the very busy Royal Mail sorting office in Loughborough today. She went to see them dealing with the Christmas rush. This is the third time Nicky has been to visit the sorting office. Nicky met with Marc [...]
1. Submitted evidence about Charnwood Council’s ASB work to the Home Affairs Select Committee – the House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee asked for examples of anti-social behaviour partnerships as part of their pre-legislative scrutiny of a future anti-social behaviour Bill. I was pleased to send them some experiences gathered by our hard-working team [...]
1. Met with local representatives from the Royal British Legion – I met with the Royal British Legion’s Area Manager and discussed the work of the Legion in Loughborough and the campaigns they are currently running – in particular the establishment of ‘Community Covenants’. These are statements of mutual support between local civilian and armed [...]
LOUGHBOROUGH’S MP BACKS SCHEME TO GIVE FREE SOFT DRINKS TO DESIGNATED DRIVERS Loughborough’s MP Nicky Morgan has called on people from the local area to keep the roads safe this Christmas by becoming Designated Drivers as part of a national campaign run by Coca-Cola and the Department for Transport. Over the Christmas period, Designated Drivers [...]
NICKY MORGAN MP MEETS NEW AREA MANAGER FROM TOP ARMED FORCES SERVICE PROVIDER The Royal British Legion has thanked Nicky Morgan, MP for Loughborough, for making the time to meet new Legion Area Manager, Paul Mulingani. The Legion is the leading provider of welfare for the Armed Forces community in Loughborough and this week Nicky [...]