Liberal Democrat MP Richard Foord has blasted the Government for its failure to invest in coastal communities in East Devon during a debate in Parliament.
Local MP Richard Foord has welcomed the news that the village of Northleigh has finally seen fully fibre broadband rolled out to residents, after a strong campaign that he and the local community championed.
Conservative MPs, including East Devon MP Simon Jupp, voted in favour of limiting the water services regulator’s powers - and hampering their ability to take enforcement action against polluting water companies.
Liberal Democrat MP Richard Foord has called on the Government to ensure that cancer patients have the ability to access NHS dental care in their local area.
Richard Foord MP has urged the Government to set out criteria for when the Flood Recovery Framework would be activated to help with the aftermath of flooding, after Ministers refused to in the wake of flooding along the River Otter last year.
Richard Foord MP met with volunteers and users of the Devon Recovery Learning Community in Honiton and promised to demand protection for the service, after it was confirmed their funding from NHS Devon would no longer be continued.
New figures released by the Environment Agency have shown that South West Water discharged sewage into local rivers and waterways for a staggering 530,737 hours last year, an 83% increase on 2022.
Liberal Democrat MP Richard Foord has raised the issues of repeated delays on Devon’s buses and urged the Government to help improve the coordination of rail and bus services, to ensure students have reliable travel options.
Liberal Democrat MP Richard Foord hit out at the Conservative Budget as nothing more than a patch-up job, which fails to fix Devon’s crumbling roads, support health & social care services, or offer relief to those pensioners who are only just scraping by.
No child should ever have to experience sexual abuse. These are horrifying crimes that cause so much harm to the children who are victims. We will keep up the pressure so that the action needed to make our communities safe all children finally happens.
Government must deliver the change people are yearning for
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