News - Justin Tomlinson

North Swindon MP Meets Businesses To Discuss Planning & Regeneration

Oct 22, 2018

The impact of government policy, both local and national, on the property and development market was the topic of conversation at the recent breakfast meeting of the Swindon and Wiltshire Action for Property Group - known as SNAP.Both Justin Tomlinson MP and his South Swindon colleague Robert Buckland MP, attended the event and spoke to the 40+ attendees. Justin spoke about the unanimously acknowledged need to build more houses alongside the need for more infrastructure, including improvements t...

Justin Tomlinson MP Welcomes Extra Investment In Local NHS & Social Care Services For This Winter

Oct 18, 2018

Swindon is set to receive more than three quarters of a million pounds from the Government for adult social care this winter – news which has been welcomed by North Swindon MP Justin Tomlinson.Earlier this month, Secretary of State for Health Matt Hancock, announced a £240 million social care investment to ease NHS winter pressures – and Swindon will receive £769,255 of this money.The purpose of the investment is to help councils alleviate winter pressures on the NHS, getting patients home quick...

North Swindon MP Highlights New Statistics Which Show Wages Are Up & Unemployment Is Down

Oct 17, 2018

New independent statistics show that workers in the UK have seen the fastest wage growth for nearly a decade, news which has been welcomed by North Swindon MP and Work & Pensions Minister, Justin Tomlinson.Figures released by the Office of National Statistics show that wages rose by 3.1% in the three months since August – the fastest rise since 2009 – 0.7% above inflation; meaning families will be able to feel the benefit of increasing wages.The above inflation increase, the seventh consecut...

Justin Welcomes Launch Of New Loneliness Strategy

Oct 15, 2018

The Prime Minister has launched the Government’s Loneliness Strategy, to tackle what has been described as ‘one of the greatest public health challenges of our time'.Evidence shows that up to a fifth of all UK adults feel lonely most or all of the time and loneliness can be as bad for a person's health as obesity or smoking. For example 200,000 older people have not had a conversation with a friend or relative in more than a month.The strategy, which sets out the Government’s plans to change thi...

Swindon Advertiser Column: Our New Cancer Strategy Will Save Lives

Oct 15, 2018

Cancer can strike any of us at any time. Half of us will be diagnosed with cancer; all of us know someone who has been.Nothing prepares you for the shock of being told that you or a loved one has been diagnosed. Nothing prepares you for the loss of someone close. Survival rates are up. Around 7,000 more people alive today compared to 2010 because of improvements in diagnosis & treatment, as well as the Cancer Drugs Fund we created.But while we’ve seen improvements, we are still lagging behin...

North Swindon MP Welcomes Prime Minister's Wide-Ranging & Positive Speech

Oct 10, 2018

The Prime Minister Theresa May gave an energetic and confident speech as she closed the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham last week.During the speech she called for unity over Brexit and asserted her confidence in a post-Brexit Britain, saying: “Don’t let anyone tell you we don’t have what it takes, we have everything we need to succeed.”The strong economy was also highlighted, and the Prime Minister reaffirmed her commitment to backing businesses and supporting the free market.The Pri...

Justin Joins Wiltshire's Chief Constable On The Beat In Swindon

Oct 04, 2018

This week Justin Tomlinson MP joined Wiltshire Police Chief Constable Kier Pritchard out on the beat, as they covered over 12,00 steps across Pinehurst, Penhill, Rodbourne Cheney, Gorse Hill & Upper Stratton.Kier was previously a police officer in Swindon, and both he & Justin discussed the ever-increasing complexities of wider policing as well as the local community policing model. In particular, they talked about the increasing pressures which the police have to face today compared to ...

GP Hub Update

Oct 03, 2018

The majority of GP practices in Swindon (and the UK) are owned and run by GPs (something which has been allowed since 2005-6) with the vast majority working to NHS contracts, following NHS guidelines and seeing NHS patients. A number of local GPs in Swindon chose to receive the support services of IMH and have said that this has allowed them to stabilise their GP practices & focus more on clinical decisions. A few practices have seen solid improvements since seeking support from IMH (they ar...

North Swindon MP Welcomes Reforms To Ensure Apprenticeship Levy Delivers For Students & Employers

Oct 02, 2018

North Swindon MP Justin Tomlinson has welcomed a package of reforms to ensure the Apprenticeship Levy provides people with the skills they need to succeed.The changes include a £90 million investment to enable employers to use a quarter of their apprenticeship funds on people working for businesses in their supply chain.In addition to this, a further £5 million has been announced for the Institute for Apprenticeships to introduce new standards and updating existing ones so that more courses can ...

Local MP Visits Swindon Powertrain To See Zero Emission Vehicles

Oct 02, 2018

North Swindon MP Justin Tomlinson, has praised local business Powertrain, for its work in developing zero-emission cars.Powertrain supplies high performance powertrains as well as components and cutting edge development projects to the automotive world and the motorsport industry. Recently the company represented Swindon at the UK’s first ever zero-emission vehicles summit which was attended by the Prime Minister, to discuss their development of a completely electric, classic Mini.Justin had the...