Over the course of last weekend and the early part of this week I have received a number of calls and emails about the prospect of a horse fair being held in and around Earl Shilton this coming weekend.

Thank you for all your kind messages and anniversary wishes, they are really appreciated

It’s now over 6 months since I was elected as your Member of Parliament.

Dr Luke welcomes Government funding to develop plans for Burton upon Trent to Leicester line.
Part of the Government’s £500 million commitment to reopen railway lines and stations across the country that were closed during the Beeching cuts of the 1960s.

Total government support for local government and communities since the beginning of the pandemic is almost £27 billion.

This week has been Mental Health Awareness Week, a week that has rightly become increasingly important in our calendar.

Companies in Hinckley and Bosworth can now apply for a convertible loan of between £125,000 and £5 million, to support continued growth and innovation in sectors as diverse as technology, life sciences and the creative industries.

Following on from the Prime Minister’s announcement last Sunday night about the roadmap for lifting lockdown this week I took the opportunity to ask both him and the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy about supporting our economy here in Bosworth.

Dr Luke Evans, the Member of Parliament for Bosworth, is continuing his search to highlight the constituency’s community heroes of Coronavirus.

That search has led to Desford and the innovative work undertaken by the Desford Support Group.

The past two and half months have been completely unprecedented in most of our lifetimes in the way in which our daily lives have been disrupted.

A painting of Colonel Tom Moore painted by my colleague Dean Russell MP