News - Justin Tomlinson

North Swindon MP Hails Government's Ambitious Plans For The Environment

Nov 16, 2020

The latest round of announcements as part of the UK’s 25 Year Plan for the Environment have been praised by North Swindon MP, Justin Tomlinson. The announcements come as welcome news for jobs and the environment and form a part of the Prime Minister’s Ten Point Plan, to drive forward the Government’s green aspirations for the UK. As part of these latest announcements by the Prime Minister and George Eustice MP, the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, thousands of new ...

Swindon MP's Reflect on Remembrance Sunday

Nov 13, 2020

North Swindon’s MP Justin Tomlinson and South Swindon MP Robert Buckland joined with others for the private remembrance Sunday service at the Swindon Cenotaph and laying a wreath as part of Great Western Railway’s Poppy Train. Both Swindon MP’s have previously spoke about how the Covid-19 pandemic, will affect Remembrance Services across the UK, but people should not be deterred from being able to show respect to the men and women of the armed forces in a number of worthwhile ways. One of these ...

Swindon Advertiser Article - 13/11/2020

Nov 13, 2020

The UK, and the whole world, finally had a reason to be cautiously optimistic this week. On Monday, the PM provided the nation with an update on the promising results from the Pfizer/BioNTec Vaccine trials. This new vaccine has been tested on over 40,000 volunteers, with interim results suggesting that it is 90 per cent effective in preventing COVID-19 in participants. There are still, of course, rigorous safety checks and other hurdles that the vaccine must go through before it can be approved....

Swindon MPs Welcome New Winter Support Package To Provide Further Support For Children And Families

Nov 11, 2020

The Government have announced that Children and families will get extra support this winter, with councils given new funding, which will ensure vulnerable households do not go hungry or without essential items. These announcements build on the significant support already given to the most vulnerable in society, and account for the increased pressures caused by the pandemic. The winter support package includes: £170m for the Covid Winter Grant Scheme to support children, families and the most v...

Justin Welcomes Positive Growth For UK Video Games Industry

Nov 02, 2020

North Swindon MP Justin Tomlinson has welcomed news that the UK’s video games industry is expanding at the fastest rate ever recorded. Research carried out by TIGA, the body representing the UK video games industry, has shown that the UK video game sector not only grew at record levels in 2019-20, but also grew at the fastest annualised rate since research was first conducted in 2007-08. The research showed that between November 2018 – April 2020: The number of staff in studios grew by an ann...

Swindon To Receive £650k To Provide A Permanent Place To Live For Rough Sleepers

Oct 30, 2020

• Rough sleepers across Swindon to have access to new, safe, long-term homes, along with support, backed by more than £150 million. • First 3,300 of 6,000 planned new homes for rough sleepers to be delivered by March 2021. • Conservative Government investing more than £700 million to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping this year as part of manifesto commitment to end rough sleeping. Swindon MPs have welcomed the news that the Government is providing funding for Swindon Borough Council f...

Swindon Advertiser Article - 30/10/2020

Oct 30, 2020

Through my role as the Minister for Disabled People, Health & Work – the Prime Minister has asked me to lead on our DWP Green Paper and the National Strategy for Disabled People. These ambitious cross-government programmes are looking to make sure disability policy is prioritised in all departments. This is vital work. 1 in 5 people in the UK have either a disability or a long-term health condition, most developing during their working age. Both programmes will be extensively consulted on ...

Every Cloud Exhibition Showcases New Community Space

Oct 29, 2020

Swindon based arts and wellbeing charity Every Cloud showcased the progress it had made in transforming a barn in Stanton Country Park into a vibrant community space. Every Cloud aims to promote positive wellbeing, through a range of artistic and cultural opportunities. The charity is based in the Farmhouse in Stanton Country Park – which has been turned in to a popular tearoom. In 2016 the group set about transforming an unused barn near its tearoom at Stanton Country Park into a valuable com...

Government announces extra £3.66Million for Swindon to continue providing vital services during coronavirus

Oct 23, 2020

People living and working in Swindon will benefit after Swindon Borough Council was given a share of £900m in additional Government funding for local councils. The money will be used locally to help the council cover coronavirus-related costs and ensure it has the resources needed to keep providing key services as we battle the Covid pandemic. It means Swindon Borough Council has now received £21.7million in direct extra support from the Government since the start of the pandemic. Meanwhile, ...

Swindon Advertiser Article - Feeding children Is A Wider Issue Than In The Theatre Of Debate

Oct 23, 2020

Politics benefits when those with direct, real experience of issues engage and we have seen that with the efforts of Marcus Rashford MBE who has worked tirelessly to highlight the issue of food poverty. This important work, including the possible extension of food vouchers was debated in Parliament this week. Food vouchers were provided when schools were shut and unable to provide free school meals. Thankfully and in no small part due to the work of our teachers our schools have been able to r...