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Daniel Kawczynski: Autumn Statement Great News for Shrewsbury and Atcham

The economic recovery is taking longer because the damage is worse than we feared. But the economy is healing. The last thing we could do is put all this progress at risk and attempt to borrow less by borrowing more. We cannot turn back. 

Daniel encourages Use of Local Firms in Construction of Battlefield Energy Recovery Facility

Daniel Kawczynski MP is appealing to local firms to come forward in January 2013 to find out more about securing contracts for the Battlefield Energy Recovery Facility. 

Daniel Kawczynski: MP calls on residents to sign-up to alerts about local care quality

Daniel Kawczynski  MP is calling for local residents to sign-up to a new service that is being launched by the Care Quality Commission. People will be able to sign-up to email alerts keeping them informed about when the Care Quality Commissions plans to inspect or publish a report about their chosen health and social care locations.

Daniel Kawczynski: Welcomes Government help keep the poorest warm this winter

Daniel Kawczynski MP for Shrewsbury and Atcham has welcomed government support to help keep the poorest people in the Shrewsbury and Atcham area warm this winter.

£114,058 has been awarded to Shropshire Council who will administer the allocation of resources. Some of the funding will go towards initiatives in Shrewsbury and the surrounding areas.

This investment comes from the Government’s Warm Homes Healthy People fund which invited local authorities to bid for money from the Department of Health to reduce deaths over the winter months

Daniel Kawczynski: Helping Disabled People into Work

The Government has announced more support for small businesses and disabled entrepreneurs to pay for specialised equipment and to cover the other costs facing disabled people in work.

Businesses with more than 49 employees will no longer pay towards the extra costs faced by disabled people in work – saving businesses up to £2,300 for every employee who uses the Access to Work fund.

Disabled jobseekers who want to set up their own business using the New Enterprise Allowance will now be eligible for Access to Work funding from day one of claiming Jobseekers Allowance.

Daniel welcomes investment in Shrewsbury College of Arts and Technology

Daniel Kawczynski MP for Shrewsbury and Atcham has welcomed £2,041,984 of funding from the Government to help improve facilities at Shrewsbury College of Arts and Technology.

This investment will go towards provision of a new employment and enterprise centre to accommodate childcare students and provide hair and beauty facilities.

Across the country the Government is investing £110 million which will be matched with £302 million investment from colleges. This is part of over £1 billion of investment in college buildings across England.

Shrewsbury MP success in pressing European Commission on broadband funding

After working alongside Shropshire Council and Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK), Shrewsbury’s MP welcomed the much awaited decision from the European Commission to grant the Government’s £500 million upgrade of Britain’s broadband state aid approval.

Town MP and Council Candidate success in lifting Russian ban on British Beef

The recent news from Russia that they are to lift the long standing ban on imports of British Beef and Lamb was celebrated by a Conservative Council candidate Dan Morris and Daniel Kawczynski, the Town’s MP, who had both been campaigning on the issue.

British farmers have been prevented from exporting beef and lamb to Russia since the BSE outbreak in the 1990s. However recent discussions between the two Governments have led to a commitment to re-assess the ban.

Daniel welcomes Post Office being awarded DVLA contract

Daniel Kawczynski has today welcomed the announcement by the Secretary of State for Transport, Patrick McLoughlin, that the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has awarded a new seven year contract to the Post Office to provide DVLA’s services from their post office network.

DVLA-related services at the Post Office will expand to include services currently only offered through DVLA local offices. There is also scope for the provision of other Government services through the post office network.
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