On Friday (30th June) GWR announced that they were entering into Year 3 of their Customer Communities Improvement Fund (CCIF) and have £750,000 to award in grants. They are looking for projects that will start in April 2018 and conclude by March 2019.
Anne Marie won re-election early on Friday morning after increasing her majority from 11,288 to 17,160. Overall she won 28,635 votes, an increase of 8.2% on 2015.
One of the biggest concerns people talk to me about is transport. In a rural area like ours we need a good train service, good road connections and a reliable bus service. But we also need motorist friendly policies as despite all of that, we are very dependent on our cars.
I welcome the Prime Minister's announcement that she will seek a General Election on June 8th. It is right to seek a mandate to deliver Brexit and re-establish a program for government drafted by our current Prime Minister.
