News - Justin Tomlinson

North Swindon MP Praises Valuable Role Of Working Links

Jul 17, 2017

Local MP Justin Tomlinson has highlighted the important and valuable progress that Working Links have made with businesses, and candidates across Swindon, as he attended the Employability Day event at Alexander House in the Town Centre.Working Links works across the whole of the UK to ensure people do not become socially excluded in periods of unemployment and helping people who are out of work, whether it is through a lack of skills, opportunities or persons who have been in prison looking to t...

North Swindon MP Supports Local Amateur Filmmaker At Screening At Shaw Ridge

Jul 17, 2017

Last Sunday, Justin Tomlinson attended a film evening hosted by Swindon resident and amateur filmmaker Simon Sly. Simon had hired one of the screens at Cineworld in Shaw Ridge to showcase his compilation of short films, entitled “The 12 Wonders of the Short Film World”, to a packed audience full of family and friends. Simon who is former maths teacher, was diagnosed with primary progressive MS eight years ago but the world of cinema has allowed Simon to escape and use his creativity to produce a...

Swindon Advertiser Weekly Article - 17th July 2017

Jul 17, 2017

Last week I was delighted to attend Swindon College’s annual Apprenticeship Awards Ceremony. I joined vice-principal David Francis and operational manager Julia Hoskins to congratulate students and staff as part of the celebration of the success of this year’s outstanding apprentices.Among the winners were students who had completed an apprenticeship in a range of disciplines including housing, accountancy, carpentry, business administration and plumbing.In our manifesto we repeated our pledge t...

Justin Welcomes News NHS Ranked Best Healthcare System In The World By Leading Independent Think Tank

Jul 17, 2017

North Swindon MP Justin Tomlinson has welcomed the news that the NHS has been ranked the best healthcare system of 11 wealthy countries by the independent think tank The Commonwealth Fund.The NHS came top in 5 of the 11 areas assessed, including access and safety of care and placed highly in every other category.Not only does the NHS rank the highest in measures related to the equity of health systems with respect to access and care process, but it also ranks first based on the performance acros...

North Swindon MP Welcomes Transport Investment Plan.

Jul 14, 2017

North Swindon MP Justin Tomlinson has welcomed today’s announcement of a multi-billion pound fund to combat congestion in towns and cities, like Swindon, across England. The money will aim to improve local roads and forms part of a fund totalling more than £61 billion until 2020/2021 that will upgrade the road and rail network nationwide. With a significant element of the fund set aside for improvements, the plan will aim to: decongest local towns; create smoother journeys; reduce air pollution ...

Justin Visits Link Centre To See Redevelopment Work

Jul 14, 2017

Justin Tomlinson MP joined GLL officials to view the new facilities and discuss the role GLL plays in Swindon’s community.Justin was accompanied by work experience student Isabel, 15, of Farringdon Community College. As well as helping with research and casework, Isabel wrote the following article about the visit: North Swindon MP Justin Tomlinson was eager to visit the Swindon Link Centre to see what changes had been made since Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) recently took over the establishmen...

Justin Tomlinson MP Continues to Tackle Childhood Obesity Issues In Parliament

Jul 13, 2017

North Swindon MP, Justin Tomlinson has been working actively, both in Parliament and locally in North Swindon at directly challenging the high levels of childhood obesity. Justin has been reaching out to fellow local residents with popular events that are encouraging children to be more active this summer, and as well as in Parliament pushing for increased funds using the Sugar Tax to support summer sports clubs.Last week Justin hosted his first ‘Summer Activities Fair’ at the Orbital Shopping P...

Local MP Celebrates Success Of First Summer Activities Fair

Jul 12, 2017

North Swindon MP, Justin Tomlinson, hosted his first ‘Summer Activities Fair’ on Saturday 8th July. As the school summer holidays approached, Justin was keen to provide parents and carers with ideas for ways to keep their children active. Local businesses and groups such as Draycott Sports Camp, GLL Better Leisure, Abbey Meads FC and Roves Farm joined Justin to showcase their ways to keep children suitably entertained.Held at the Orbital Shopping Centre, the event was a great success and proved ...

VIDEO: Asking For The Foreign Office To Redouble Efforts For Kevin Taylor In The Philippines

Jul 12, 2017

Justin Tomlinson MP has highlighted his concerns about the safety of a North Swindon resident currently in the Philippines during questions to Ministers from the Foreign Office.Mr Taylor, originally from Stratton, was arrested in 2009 for running an alleged employment scam and was held in custody for five years without trial or any prospect of release.In 2014 he was found guilty of an employment offence and handed a jail sentence totalling 12 years, along with his partner Charlene.Mr Taylor, who...

Justin Encourages Local Children To Get Reading This Summer

Jul 12, 2017

Justin Tomlinson MP was excited to join forces with British Land and the National Literacy Trust to provide an exciting visit for children in Swindon’s primary schools.As part of the National Literacy Trust’s campaign to encourage more children to read, the students were invited to the Orbital Shopping Park to take part in a number of activities including sunflower planting at Homebase and a behind the scenes tour of Asda. The children then visited Justin’s office to select their third free book...