I was made aware yesterday that some residents in Chilton Foliat have been experiencing a loss of internet connection. BT Openreach has just responded to my concerns with this update:
I’m very pleased to hear that Wiltshire is set to benefit from more than £2 million in Government funding to improve and protect local bus services. It means Wiltshire Council has benefitted from £4,230,538 funding from the Conservative Government to support bus services since 2022.
Many constituents have been writing to me, expressing concerns over The Rail Delivery Group’s plans to close virtually all 1,000 of our ticket offices nationally.
Danny Kruger MP has made a public call for Royal Mail to reconsider its decision to close Tidworth sorting office, which will impact thousands of residents, in a public letter sent today (August 18) (below).
I was pleased to join a large crowd of residents in Marlborough town hall yesterday evening, at the invitation of Caroline Thomas, Wiltshire councillor for Marlborough East and also the cabinet member for highways.
I asked a question in Parliament today about the blight of Heavy Goods traffic on our country roads, particularly the A338/A346 running from Tidworth through Burbage and Marlborough to Swindon.
Last week the Chancellor announced a ‘mini-budget’ focused on growing the economy. I list the main measures below, but also wanted to describe the wider context of the new measures.
Following the recent 'near-miss' involving a Home Bargains HGV in Collingbourne Ducis, on Thursday evening (30 July) I met with residents who live alongside the A338 to talk about what more can be done to improve road safety through their villages.
Danny Kruger has again asked the Government to ban HGVs from using the A338, following a near-miss in Collingbourne Ducis this weekend and marking the first anniversary of the crash in the village which killed seven-year-old Eloise Jackson.
