News - Justin Tomlinson

Justin Talks To Reform About Halving The Disability Employment Gap

Nov 02, 2015

Minister for Disabled People Justin Tomlinson MP, has spoken at a roundtable event hosted by think tank Reform on how to close the disability employment gap.Reform is a non-party think tank and registered charity which produces research based on core issues including the economy, health, education, welfare and law and order. They hosted the roundtable in partnership with PeoplePlus in order to explore how integration of back-to-work and health services can help to narrow the disability employmen...

Swindon Advertiser Weekly Article - 23rd October

Nov 02, 2015

There was positive news this week as Honda announced that 500 new jobs will be created at the Swindon factory as part of a £200 million investment to create the site into a global production hub. Furthermore the site will become a worldwide production centre for the Civic five-door model, which will now be exported from Swindon to be sold in North America. I was delighted to take the phone call ahead of the announcement and I was especially pleased with the speed at which this investment will t...

Local MP Supports Prince's Trust Plans To Change Lives Of Disadvantaged Young People

Oct 28, 2015

Justin Tomlinson MP was the keynote speaker at a recent event hosted by the Prince’s Trust to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Trusts’ ‘Team Programme’ and showcase their new social return on investment report.Justin spoke about the fantastic work that the Prince’s Trust do in offering opportunities to disadvantaged young people and what more can be done to ensure young people are provided with the best start in life.He spoke about his own background and experiences of attending a school bo...

Justin Learns More About The Open University's Support For Students With Disabilities

Oct 27, 2015

With the highest number of students with a declared disability in the country, Justin Tomlinson MP met with the Open University to discuss the work that they are doing to support disabled students.Having met with the Open University before to hear about their work in Swindon, Justin was keen to discuss how university institutions are best able to support disabled students, as part of his role as Minister for Disabled People. They discussed how the OU works to support the over 20,000 students stu...

Swindon Advertiser Weekly Article - 16th October

Oct 27, 2015

An exciting prospect lies in stall at the Brunel shopping centre with the announcement of their plans to create a food hub on the first floor of the town centre shopping centre.What will be called The Crossing will be a new development providing new food service space over seven food outlets and two kiosks, creating a new hub for the shopping centre. Subject to planning permission, The Crossing, will open in Spring/Summer 2016. Located in the area around the existing link bridge between the Brun...

North Swindon MP Supports Fujitsu's Successful Disability Passport

Oct 27, 2015

Local MP Justin Tomlinson has met with representatives from Fujitsu to discuss a variety of issues including their contribution to the Disability Confident campaign.Fujitsu employs around 12,000 people across the UK and has been a supporter of the Governments Disability Confident campaign since its creation 2 years ago. Crucially the company has developed its own internal system in which people with a disability are given a Disability Passport. The passport means that an employee only has to sha...

Justin To Host Innovative 'Reverse Jobs Fair' As He Leads National Campaign

Oct 16, 2015

Swindon is set to host a new 'Reverse Jobs Fair' to fill vacancies with local employers, leading the way on behalf of a national 'Disability Confident' campaign.North Swindon MP and Minister for Disabled People, Justin Tomlinson, is hosting an event next week on Friday 23 October at the STEAM museum in Swindon with the aim to create tangible employment opportunities for local disabled people.Currently there is a huge gap between the UK employment rate of disabled and non-disabled people – over 3...

Swindon Advertiser Weekly Article - 9th October

Oct 16, 2015

On Wednesday the Prime Minister delivered his speech to the Conservative Party conference. In doing so, he brought to an end four very busy days for me which I spent meeting with various organisations, catching up with charities and speaking at many different events.For me this conference was very different as it was my first as a Government Minister. Whereas I would normally spend all of my time meeting with businesses and charities with a link to North Swindon; this year I had to do all of tha...

Local MP Joins Forces With British Heart Foundation To Fight Heart Disease

Oct 16, 2015

Justin Tomlinson MP has shown his support for UK medical research by joining British Heart Foundation (BHF) scientists and to hear how research is helping to save and improve the lives of the millions of people affected by heart and circulatory disease in the UK.Justin spoke to BHF-funded researchers and raced around the special BHF track to learn more about the latest research projects. There are an estimated 7,900 people in North Swindon living with heart and circulatory disease, and seven mil...

Justin On Target In The Fight Against Breast Cancer

Oct 13, 2015

Local MP, Justin Tomlinson, has played in The Football Association’s annual Conservatives vs. The Press Lobby XI football match at the Conservative Party Conference.The match was also an opportunity for Justin to show his continued support for Breast Cancer Care – the only UK-wide specialist support charity and The FA’s official charity partner for 2014-16.With the help of Justin's footballing skills, the Conservative MPs won the match 3-1. Justin then had the opportunity to find out more about ...