Lung screening programme to be rolled out nationally to detect 9,000 more cancers a year at an early stage 29th June 2023 The Department of Health and Social Care announced a lung screening programme targeting people aged 55 to 74 who are at high risk of lung cancer to be rolled... Westminster News
Richard meets with the MND Association 27th June 2023 Last week Richard met with the Motor Neurone Disease Association (MNDA) at a parliamentary drop-in for Global MND Awareness Day. Motor neurone disease is a... Westminster News
Richard asks Treasury about long-term fixed rates in the UK mortgage market 23rd June 2023 During Treasury Questions this week, Richard asked the Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Andrew Griffith, whether the Treasury would look again at introducing... Speeches in ParliamentWestminster News
£150 Disability Cost of Living Payment paid to six million disabled people from Tuesday 20 June 22nd June 2023 More than six million disabled people across the UK are set to receive a £150 Disability Cost of Living Payment from Tuesday 20 June. The one-off payments... Westminster News
Richard chairs meeting with London Stock Exchange's Head of AIM 21st June 2023 This week, Richard chaired a meeting in Parliament with Marcus Stottard, the Head of the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) at the London Stock Exchange... Westminster News
Richard holds parliamentary debate on East West Rail 16th June 2023 On Tuesday in Parliament, Richard held a parliamentary debate in Westminster Hall to highlight the flaws in the underlying rationale for East West Rail, and to... Local NewsSpeeches in ParliamentWestminster News
Four million more people in work since 2010 14th June 2023 New figures published by the Office of National Statistics show there are a total of 33.09 million people in work in the UK – this is an increase of 382,000... Westminster News
National Audit Office publishes report on Active Travel in England 8th June 2023 The National Audit Office (NAO) published new report this week – Active travel in England and examines whether DfT is set up to achieve its ambitions for... Westminster News
£650 million investment in Life Sciences to help cut NHS waiting times, improve commercial clinical trials and boost innovation 1st June 2023 The government has announced that £650 million will be invested in the UK’s Life Science sector. This will include an ambitious life sciences package to help... Westminster News
