Government announces new energy scheme for businesses, charities & the public sector until April 2024 9th January 2023 This week, the government set out its plans for continued energy bill support for businesses, charities and the public sector. The new UK-wide Energy Bills... Westminster News
Homes for Ukraine Scheme 'thank you' payments increased for longer term hosts 8th January 2023 The government recently announced that the £350 ‘thank you’ payments paid to sponsors, will be extended from 12 months to a maximum duration of two years. The... Westminster News
Prime Minister sets out five priorities for 2023 6th January 2023 This week, the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, outlined his five key priorities for 2023. Speaking from London, he acknowledged that as well as needing peace of... Westminster News
Richard speaks to his amendments on the Levelling Up & Regeneration Bill to give greater local control, support for owners of listed buildings and to implement Infrastructure First 2nd January 2023 At the end of last year, Parliament debated the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill during which Richard spoke to the amendments he put down on that Bill. His... Westminster News
Richard outlines his amendments to the Financial Services and Markets Bill 21st December 2022 Earlier this month, Richard spoke during the debate on the Financial Services and Markets Bill and outlined the goals of the amendments that he had put down... Westminster News
Pensions Dashboards move a step closer to introduction - Richard's views. 16th December 2022 The Government has committed to introduce a Pensions Dashboards scheme but the complexity of introducing such a comprehensive and new way of improving access to... Westminster News
Motor Neurone Disease funding: an update on Richard's calls for increased research funding 14th December 2022 In April 2021, Richard, along with several other Members of Parliament, wrote to the then Health Minister about the need for greater funding into Motor Neurone... Westminster News
Tackling illegal migration: Richard welcomes the Prime Minister's announcement and asks about Home Office accountability 13th December 2022 In the House of Commons today, the Prime Minister unveiled a range of measures designed to strengthen immigration laws and combat illegal migration whilst... Westminster News
Richard attends launch of CPRE survey of over 1000 UK farmers 13th December 2022 Last week in Parliament, CPRE The Countryside Charity held a reception at Westminster to promote hedgerows as a shared stewardship issue for the nation. The... Westminster News