News Category - Justin Tomlinson

Two Million More Women In Work Since 2010

Jul 19, 2022

The number of working women has now reached 15.7 million – a rise of 2 million since 2010 with more women progressing into senior, higher-skilled jobs. The figures show the portion of women becoming managers, directors and senior officials has climbed almost 25% since 2010, rising by nearly a quarter of a million. Women in professional occupations is also up 40% since 2010 and almost 40% more have moved into associate professional and technical jobs like science, technology, engineering and math...

Hundreds of People Turn Out To Enjoy North Swindon MP’s Summer Activities Fair

Jul 18, 2022

Hundreds of people visited the Orbital Shopping Park last weekend to enjoy the good weather and visit Justin Tomlinson MP’s Summer Activities Fair, The Summer Activities Fair is an annual event, bringing together clubs, businesses and organisations from across Swindon to showcase the events and activities on offer throughout the Summer Holidays. There were a number of different activities kindly arranged by the groups in attendance including: an acrobatic gymnastics display from Evoke Gymnast...

Swindon Advertiser Column - I'm Backing Impressive And Commanding Badenoch

Jul 15, 2022

This is the 3rd leadership election I have experienced as an MP, though it is the first one I have been actively involved with. Last weekend I took the decision to resign as Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party. A position I loved but I had no choice. Those connected to CCHQ must remain neutral in the leadership contest as it is CCHQ who organise and run the ballot. However, I wasn’t elected to sit on a fence, and I knew who I wanted to proactively support. My choice from the very beginni...

Nearly £635k Extra Funding For Domestic Abuse And Sexual Violence Victims In Wiltshire Announced

Jul 13, 2022

Nearly £635,000 worth of funding will be used to support victims of domestic abuse in Wiltshire over the next three years after a successful bid by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC). The latest announcement by the Ministry of Justice, at the beginning of the month, means that funding for the services will be boosted by £211,000 a year for the next three years - and this in addition to the money the OPCC already provides and awards to services. A detailed breakdown of how the...

CapX Article: Kemi Badenoch Is An Unapologetic Conservative Who'll Always Be Straight With Voters

Jul 11, 2022

Last week will live long in the memory for many. Never before have we seen such scenes in Westminster. For those of us in the fray it feels like a dramatic end of an era. But for those outside of the bubble, beyond the boundaries of SW1 and away from the blow-by-blow accounts of our rolling media, the story will be viewed very differently. Political infighting sees Prime Minister toppled; meanwhile the cost of living crisis rages on, our tax burden remains at its highest in decades and is set to...

North Swindon MP Visits GWH to Welcome Site Expansion and Improvements

Jul 08, 2022

Justin Tomlinson MP spent Friday morning at Great Western Hospital to welcome the latest round of site expansions and meet with the CEO, Kevin McNamara. Justin was taken on a tour of the site to view the potential site expansion and the new Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) alongside Kevin McNamara (CEO), Julian Auckland-Lewis (Project Manager), and Claire Thompson (Director of Partnership and Improvement). Following this, Justin joined the official UTC ribbon cutting ceremony alongside Cllrs Curtis...

Swindon Advertiser Column - A Week Is A Long Time In Politics

Jul 07, 2022

Deep breath! As fast as I have tried to type this, events continue to overtake! When I caught the train to Parliament on Monday, I was not expecting to see a change in PM, but ‘a week is a long time in politics!’. Very quickly it became clear colleagues were unhappy, the vote of confidence only a few weeks early which in theory granted the PM 12 months grace was deemed not sufficient. Whilst I was a supporter of the PM, his ultimate resignation became inevitable as he lost the trust of colleag...

Justin Launches National Reading Challenge

Jul 04, 2022

Local MP & former Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Libraries, Justin Tomlinson, has once again hosted the Parliamentary launch of The Reading Agency’s incredibly popular Summer Reading Challenge. Since 2016 Justin has launched the event in Parliament, which is a collaboration between The Reading Agency and local libraries. The challenge encourages children to read for fun throughout the summer holidays and aims to address the dip in reading attainment that can occur while chil...

North Swindon MP Visits Buzz Bingo

Jul 04, 2022

North Swindon MP, Justin Tomlinson visited Buzz Bingo in the Greenbridge Retail Park to celebrate the UK’s second annual National Bingo Day. Taking place on Monday 27th June and supported by the Bingo Association, National Bingo Day is the registered awareness day for bingo in the UK that takes place each year on the same day it is celebrated in the USA. Bingo club operators will be coming together to celebrate the love of the game and everything that makes it fun: people, players, friends, comm...

Swindon Advertiser Column - Summer Reading Challenge Will Encourage Children To Love Books

Jul 01, 2022

This week I was pleased to host an event in Parliament launching the Summer Reading Challenge – the UK’s biggest free reading for pleasure programme for children. This is the seventh time I’ve hosted the event in Parliament, and it was brilliant to see MPs enthusiastically supporting our event. Taking place annually, the challenge encourages children aged 4-11 to keep reading during the summer holidays. Children’s reading can dip during the long summer holidays if they don’t have regular access ...