Hopes for January decision on Seaton Hospital community business case
A community group working to save an East Devon community hospital wing from demolition, is hoping to have an answer to its business plan next month.
CW
16 Dec 2024
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Richard Foord
Richard Foord MP calls for transparent monitoring of sewage spills
Richard Foord, MP for Honiton & Sidmouth, has called for clarity over sewage spills, following discharges into the East Devon coast.
CW
5 Dec 2024
Richard Foord
Richard Foord calls for energy bills to be frozen and Winter Fuel Payments to be reinstated after energy price rise
Liberal Democrat MP for Honiton & Sidmouth, Richard Foord, has called on the government to freeze energy bills following Ofgem’s announcement that the energy price cap will rise again in January.
JC
25 Nov 2024
Richard Foord
Richard Foord MP calls for urgent plan to fix South West “dental desert”
Richard Foord is calling for an urgent plan to boost the numbers of NHS dentists across the region, at a debate held in Parliament on 12th November.
CW
12 Nov 2024
Richard Foord
Hundreds of farms across mid and east Devon could be hit by new “family farm tax"
LAST week in parliament, local MP, Richard Foord, spoke against a new “family farm tax” that the Government says could affect more than 250 farms across mid and east Devon.
CW
6 Nov 2024
Richard Foord
BUDGET: Richard Foord MP to urge Education Secretary to act over flood-hit Tipton St John Primary School
Richard Foord MP has expressed his views on the first Labour budget since 2010, and will urge action to rebuild Tipton St John Primary School, following the Chancellor’s pledge to plough £6.7bn into school rebuilding.
CW
30 Oct 2024
Richard Foord
‘Neighbourhood health centres’ must feature Eastern Devon’s community hospitals
Richard Foord, Member of Parliament for Honiton & Sidmouth, will ask the Health Secretary to incorporate East Devon’s small hospitals into a new plan to create neighbourhood health centres.
CW
29 Oct 2024
Richard Foord
Remembering Britain’s nuclear weapons tests
Nuclear test veterans and their families have been overlooked for years, but their sacrifice must receive the recognition it deserves.
RF
3 Sep 2024
Richard Foord
Mobility and Rural Life
People living in rural areas like East Devon face challenges which are not appreciated by government ministers from urban constituencies.
RF
27 Aug 2024
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This Christmas, Love is Enough
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ED
by Ed Davey
29 Nov 2024
Climate Change
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PH
25 Nov 2024
Farming & Food
The Family Farm Tax explained
What the Government is doing, and why we're opposing it.
LD
21 Nov 2024