News Category - Justin Tomlinson

Local MP Welcomes Latest Job Figures

Oct 03, 2013

North Swindon MP, Justin Tomlinson, has today welcomed new statistics that show the number of people in work in the south west has increased by more than 40,000 since the general election. Employment levels have reached their highest since records began, with almost 30 million people working - over 2.5 million of them in the south west. In addition, unemployment in both Swindon and the south west has fallen since the general election as the economy recovers and businesses create new jobs. The p...

Swindon Advertiser Weekly Article - 27th September

Oct 03, 2013

When I re-negotiate my broadband, upgrade my mobile phone or switch energy supplier to grab a lower price, like most fellow local residents, I take this freedom for granted. Economic freedom is a result of the bitter political battles of the 1980s, where the central planners of the left fought the free market liberalisers of the right. Freedom won, but this week, for the first time in decades, that freedom was challenged. Ed Miliband announced that a Labour Government would impose government pr...

Justin Urges Swindonians To 'Wear It Pink'

Sep 26, 2013

Justin Tomlinson MP has joined the fight against breast cancer by taking part in Breast Cancer Campaign's biggest (and pinkest) fundraiser, 'Wear It Pink Day'. Over the last 10 years, Wear It Pink has raised a staggering £23 million and on Friday 25th October, people will come together in schools, colleges and businesses throughout the country to raise vital funds for Breast Cancer Campaign's lifesaving research. Justin Tomlinson MP said: "Every year in the UK around 50,000 women and around 400 ...

Success For North Swindon MP As Financial Education Included In New Curriculum

Sep 22, 2013

Last week, the Department for Education released the National Curriculum that will be taught in all maintained schools in England from September 2014. Financial Education, a subject Justin has campaigned tirelessly for, has been included in both mathematics and citizenship, making the topic compulsory for the first time. At a time when everyone is focused on personal finance, generations of young people will now gain the knowledge and skills they need to be able to manage their own finances. Th...

Swindon Advertiser Weekly Article - 13th September

Sep 22, 2013

Every generation faces its own economic challenges, be it revolution, depression or liberalisation. I am a child of the technology revolution, my parents ran businesses through the era of economic liberalisation, my grandparents lived through the Great Depression and my great-great ancestors saw the Industrial Revolution of Victorian Britain. Our children and our grandchildren will too face their own economic challenge posed by increasing resource scarcity. The population of the world grows,...

North Swindon MP Makes Pledge In The Fight Against Dementia

Sep 22, 2013

North Swindon MP, Justin Tomlinson, has pledged to take action to support the 800,000 people living with dementia across the UK. Justin joined 200 MPs from all parties, representatives from Alzheimer’s Society and Arlene Philips in Portcullis House, Westminster to provide a handwritten statement of the action they will take to support people with dementia and their carers. Justin pledged to support Dementia Friends in their constituency. The Alzheimer's Society is aiming to have one million ...

Justin Expresses Support For Raising Awareness Of Electrical Safety

Sep 16, 2013

North Swindon MP, Justin Tomlinson, attended a parliamentary drop-in session to show support for improving electrical safety in the home by raising awareness of the importance and benefits of using a competent, registered electrician to householders via ElectricSafe. ElectricSafe is a single, recognisable, consumer facing register of competent, electricians from across England and Wales. All ElectricSafe electricians are regularly assessed to demonstrate their ongoing competence; they are requir...

Swindon Advertiser Weekly Article - 6th September

Sep 16, 2013

Payday lending is controversial. There are those lawmakers who think we should regulate it out of existence and I was happy to engage with them in a debate I helped secure on the subject yesterday in Parliament. I take a more pragmatic view. The truth is that the payday lending market exists because there is a demand for it. For some, mainstream lending doesn’t suit their needs (small loan for a very short period of time), others don’t have access due to a poor credit rating. We could regu...

Justin Unveils Panel Honouring Highworth War Hero

Sep 05, 2013

Local MP and long time supporter of the Coleshill Auxillary Research Team (CART), Justin Tomlinson, joined Highworth residents at the unveiling a panel detailing the history of the Auxillarty Units and local hero, postmistress Mabel Stranks. The Unit formed part of Churchill's Secret Army, a British Resistance trained to tackle an invasion by Hitler during the Second World War. Mabel Stranks played this key role in Coleshill from 1940 to 1944 at considerable personal risk. The village postmist...

Swindon Advertiser Weekly Article - 30th August

Sep 05, 2013

For only the third time since I became an MP, Parliament was recalled this week. An issue as serious as Syria certainly merits a recall; however it does throw up some interesting challenges. Parliament itself wasn’t quite ready for a recall. The Parliamentary buildings are in constant need of repair and during the Summer Recess much of the heavy work is carried out, so I arrived on Wednesday evening navigating various piles of rubble and scaffolding. With Parliament due to return on Monday many ...