Newcastle Baptist Church has hosted a public election debate on behalf of the local churches, where all five candidates vying for the Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency have faced questions from members of the public.
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock, has today hailed the positive effects of more than £26m recent investment in our local hospital trust, to create more beds, relieve pressure on A&E during winter months, and speed up cancer detection to improve treatment.
I met today with members of the Newcastle Weekly Blind Social Club at their regular meeting, in Silverdale. Thank you very much to Elizabeth Glover for inviting me to come and join the meeting of the Queen's Award-winning social club.
I invited Robert Jenrick, Communities and Local Government Minister, to meet me in the town centre today to show him how we would use Government investment to help shops, market stalls and businesses thrive in Newcastle.
In September Boris Johnson and the Conservatives announced 100 towns that will receive extra funding to level up opportunities across the country and ensure places like Newcastle can look towards the future with renewed optimism.
I spent this morning with Lilian Barker MBE at the fabulous and Queen’s Award-winning One Stop Shop that she runs in Chesterton with a team of dedicated volunteers. Lilian herself first set up the shop in 2001 - it has been a true labour of love!
Today I met with Silverdale campaigner Derrick Huckfield and leader of the council Simon Tagg to discuss the issues local residents have been having with the very bad smell emanating from the Silverdale landfill site at Walley's Quarry.
