Speaking in Parliament today, the Chancellor of the Exchequer committed an extra £160 million to Police Counter Terrorism Funding for 2019/20 from which Bedfordshire Police will benefit.  He then went on to say, “I recognise that policing more generally is under pressure from the changing nature

South West Bedfordshire MP, Andrew Selous, has warmly welcomed the increase in community phlebotomy provision in Dunstable, as explained by NHS Bedfordshire in the attached news release.

Andrew Selous said:

The Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility has written to South West Bedfordshire MP, Andrew Selous, last week to say that 77 new South West Bedfordshire businesses have received financial support from the Government’s Start-Up Loans initiative with a total value of £

Figures released from the House of Commons’ Library show that the number of unemployed claimants in South West Bedfordshire in September 2018 was 535. This represents a rate of 0.9% of the economically active population aged 16-64. The total number of claimants is 25 lower than September 2017.

Following requests from parents and cycling organisations for more safe routes for children to cycle to school, South West Bedfordshire MP, Andrew Selous, raised this issue in the House of Commons with Roads’ Minister, Jesse Norman last week.

The exchange in Hansard was as follows:

In a letter to South West Bedfordshire MP, Andrew Selous, Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group have confirmed that they will be providing a community phlebotomy service in Dunstable and Houghton Regis in October.

South West Bedfordshire MP Andrew Selous has asked all his constituents to make sure that they report all crime to the Police in order to make sure that our area receives the appropriate Police response.

Andrew Selous MP has today shown their support for British farming at Back British Farming Day in Westminster, recognising the crucial role farmers play in producing food and caring for the countryside. Andrew also recently visited the harvest of a local farm.

New figures show that 29,000 more people in South West Bedfordshire are now enrolled in a workplace pension.

Andrew Selous has welcomed new figures showing that, due to changes to workplace pensions, over 9 million more people are now saving for retirement.