Investment in Shrewsbury

Thank you to constituents that have contacted me about the Emergency Energy Tariff Campaign.  I am aware of the impact that global energy price rises have had on consumers, and I welcome the action taken by the Government to support the most vulnerable.

I am delighted the Government is investing a total of £153,072,000 to Shropshire Council over the next eleven years, meaning thousands of people across Shropshire will enjoy smoother, safer and faster road journeys. The Government is investing a total of £8.3 billion of redirected HS2 funding to

With the backing of some of my fellow MPs who have the River Severn flowing through their constituencies, I had the opportunity today (15 November 2023) to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt, for an additional £500 million for the River Severn Partnership.  The partnership is made up

I was pleased to welcome Philip Duffy, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency to Shrewsbury today (8 November 2023).  Shropshire Council officers and elected members joined me in the Darwin Shopping Centre to talk through the proposals for the redevelopment of the Riverside and Smithfield Road

People will be able to try Shropshire Council’s new on-demand bus service for free from Monday 6 November to Saturday 2 December [2023], when the service is tested ahead of its full launch on Monday 4 December.

Shropshire Council's Northern Planning Committee have today (31 October 2023) approved plans for the North West Relief Road and will now begin the process of tendering for a firm to build the road, and also prepare its full business case, which will be submitted to the government next year.

In a Westminster Hall debate today (24 October 2023) I had the opportunity to raise my on-going concerns over the delays in implementing the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust's Hospital Transformation Programme.  

Today (19 October 2023), in the House of Commons Chamber, I participated in Oral Parliamentary Questions to the Department of Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs. 

I initially asked ‘What steps her Department is taking to protect rural communities in flood-risk areas?’

A four-week public consultation gets underway today (Thursday 19 October 2023) on the Smithfield Riverside regeneration project in Shrewsbury town centre.

I am pleased to announce that Transport Secretary Mark Harper has confirmed that the government will fund the full cost of the North West Relief Road following the Prime Minister's announcement that funding from cancelled HS2 link will be redistributed to support local transport projects.