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North Swindon MP Backs World Cancer Day

North Swindon MP Backs World Cancer Day

Local MP Justin Tomlinson was delighted to raise awareness for World Cancer Day again this year. Justin also joined various other cancer charities whom he has campaigned with since becoming the MP, to help promote the day.Additionally, as part of a joint venture between the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust and the Swindon CCG, a new satellite Radiotherapy Unit at the Great Western Hospital is being delivered. The £2.9million facility, set to open in late 2017, will mean that patients from S...

Justin Tomlinson MP Welcomes Anthony Nolan Donor Campaign

Justin Tomlinson MP Welcomes Anthony Nolan Donor Campaign

North Swindon MP, Justin Tomlinson has met with representatives from the charity Anthony Nolan at the Parliamentary launch of World Cancer Day 2017. Anthony Nolan, named after its founder is a charity which exists to promote blood, organ and stem cell donation to provide means to help sufferers from a variety of cancers and blood disorders.Justin has been supporting the charity since he first worked with them in 2011, where he joined other politicians in pledging to recruit at least ten men each...

VIDEO: Justin Tomlinson Praising Swindon Academy in Parliament

VIDEO: Justin Tomlinson Praising Swindon Academy in Parliament

Justin Tomlinson MP: "It was a great pleasure to welcome the School Standards Minister to Swindon Academy—a school with a predominantly deprived catchment area, a high proportion of free school meals, and, crucially, surplus places. Its decision to introduce a grammar ​scheme in conjunction with Marlborough College has given every student, regardless of background, an opportunity to opt into an academically rigorous curriculum. Will the Minister share this best practice?" Edward Timpson MP: "My ...

Local MP & Councillors Discuss Options For Safer Redhouse Way With Council

Local MP & Councillors Discuss Options For Safer Redhouse Way With Council

North Swindon MP Justin Tomlinson has hosted a meeting with Councillors Vera Tomlinson, Mary Friend & Gemma McCracken and Swindon Borough Council Highways to discuss potential options for making Redhouse Way safer.Justin Tomlinson MP said, “We raised concerns about cars who are parking on the pavements and the lack of passing points along Redhouse Way. This has become an increasing problem for local residents. The Highways Team have promised to work up options to tackle these issues and repo...

Swindon Advertiser Weekly Article - 3rd February

Swindon Advertiser Weekly Article - 3rd February

On Wednesday, Parliament voted overwhelmingly to approve the Article 50 Bill showing our commitment to honouring the will of the British public.We were able to witness Parliament at its best as there were two days of debate where the tone of debate was respectful and the overriding consensus was that we must now seek to make the best of the situation we are now in. Following the debate, Parliament voted 498 to 114 in favour of the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill at second readin...

Justin Tomlinson MP Votes to Allow Government To Trigger Article 50

Justin Tomlinson MP Votes to Allow Government To Trigger Article 50

Yesterday North Swindon MP Justin Tomlinson voted to give the Government the authority to invoke Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, which once triggered will begin the UK’s departure from the European Union. The vote came after a legal challenge was mounted first in the High Court and later the Supreme Court challenging whether the Government has the power to invoke Article 50 without Parliament. Following the decision of the Supreme Court last month, which ruled the government must gain the conse...

Local MP Backs Bone Cancer Research Trust

Local MP Backs Bone Cancer Research Trust

Justin Tomlinson MP has given his support to a new campaign called ‘The Biggest Fight Against Bone Cancer’, the campaign is geared toward raising much-needed awareness and funds for bone cancer treatments.At the reception Justin learned that every year in the UK and Ireland around 600 new cases of primary bone cancer are diagnosed and around 300 people die from these cancers. He also heard from Jamie Wood, a former bone cancer patient and amateur boxer who was diagnosed with Ewing Sarcoma in 201...

Ministerial Visit Showcases The Positives Of Swindon's Schools

Ministerial Visit Showcases The Positives Of Swindon's Schools

Justin Tomlinson MP has welcomed a senior Government Minister to Swindon to see first-hand the success stories of some of the town's excellent schools. He invited Nick Gibb to see the work being done at two schools in North Swindon to turn things around. The below is taken from the Swindon Advertiser article by Chris Humphreys. The article, and more photographs from the visit, can be accessed via http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/15052900.Ministerial_visit_showcases_the_positives_in_Swind...

Justin Breaks Ground On New Multi-Million Pound School For North Swindon

Justin Breaks Ground On New Multi-Million Pound School For North Swindon

Local MP Justin Tomlinson has joined New College Principal Graham Taylor, to dig the first spade into the ground bringing a start to construction work for the new £21 million Great Western Academy, which is set to open in 2018.Construction company BAM (who are also responsible for the state of the art UTC building in Swindon) will build The three-storey secondary teaching and learning school, which will provide space for up to 1210 pupils.  The building will provide study and teaching facilities...