Richard welcomes £1.7 for Central Bedfordshire Council to boost electric vehicle chargepoint rollout Thursday, 28 March, 2024 Central Bedfordshire Council has been awarded £1,413,000 Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) capital funding to support charging infrastructure. This is in addition to £348,000 of LEVI capability funding that has already been approved. The is part of the government's £381 million LEVI fund for councils, which can choose where is best to install chargepoints in their local area. This... Local News
National Insurance Tax Cut comes into force on 6 January 6th January 2024 From 6 January 2024, 27 million employees are to receive the largest ever cut to National Insurance by cutting the main rate of Employee National Insurance... Local News
Richard's next Town Hall Meeting: Thursday 11 January in Oakley 5th January 2024 Richard holds regular "Town Hall" meetings to provide an opportunity in a public forum for constituents to hear his views on current issues and to ask him any... Local News
Applications now open for 15 hours free childcare per week for eligible working parents of two-year-olds 4th January 2024 Applications for the first wave of the rollout of the largest ever expansion of free childcare for working parents opened on 2 January 2024. Eligible working... Westminster News
Richard calls on government to be fiscally prudent in reaching Net Zero 3rd January 2024 Last month, Richard reminded the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change to be fiscally prudent in achieving Net Zero. Richard's full question and the... Westminster News
Richard holds drop-in surgeries in Yelden and Podington. Next one in Moggerhanger on 26 January. 2nd January 2024 Just before Christmas, Richard held drop-in surgeries in the villages of Yelden and Podington for residents to come along and raise issues of concern with him... Local News
Funding applications now open for communities around A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet 2nd January 2024 National Highways have announced that they are launching a £2 million initiative to support communities around the A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet improvements... Local News
Richard attends ceremony to mark start of construction on the A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet scheme 31st December 2023 In December, Richard attended ceremony to mark the formal start of works on the A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet improvement scheme with Bedford Mayor Tom... Local News
Richard presses Roads Minister for improvements to Bedfordshire roads 30th December 2023 Before the House of commons rose for the Christmas break, Richard met with the new Roads Minister to discuss the road network in Bedfordshire. Speaking... Local News
Government response to Lord Harrington's review of Foreign Direct Investment into the UK 29th December 2023 Last week in Parliament, Richard asked the Chancellor to update the House on how he plans to implement the key recommendations of Lord Harrington's review of... Westminster News