Okehampton’s MP Mel Stride and local councillors are celebrating the announcement that the Government has committed £13.5 million towards a second rail station in Okehampton.
Mel Stride MP has visited Belstone Cricket Club to promote local opportunities for youngsters to play cricket this summer. He met with Club President Peter Hammond and coach Richard Drake.
Between June and October last year Pakistan suffered from some of the worst flooding in its history, affecting more than 30 million people including many from the most deprived parts of the country. More than 1,700 people died, including 650 children.
Mel Stride MP has welcomed the Government’s decision to extend the £50 annual reduction in water bills that residents in his constituency and across the South West have received since 2012.
2022 has been an extraordinarily difficult year with the unjustifiable Russian invasion of Ukraine leading to higher energy, fuel and food prices which have hit the pockets of local families and businesses hard.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has a very special Christmas card on display in Downing Street this year – one designed by Bow Community Primary School pupil Joseph Charlesworth, aged 9.
It has been another very busy week, both locally and in Westminster. The week began with a quick catch up with the PM where we discussed my work encouraging more people to get back into work – one of my key goals as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
Year 6 pupils from Chagford Church of England Primary School have hosted a visit from local MP and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Mel Stride.
Central Devon MP Mel Stride proudly took part in a nationwide initiative on Friday to mark the extraordinary life of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by planting a tree in her memory in Copplestone.
