North West Leicestershire MP Andrew Bridgen has highlighted the economic performance of the District and its falling unemployment in Parliament.  read more »

Andrew Bridgen MP met with graduates Lizzie Leary and Beth Widdowson who set up online shoe boutique Kindred Sole at an event in Parliament. The University Alliance hosted the event to showcase projects highlighting the effects of graduate entrepreneurs on the UK economy.  read more »

Andrew Bridgen MP attended Tesco in Ashby on Saturday 15th June 2013 to support the staff’s ‘Scaling for Gold Challenge’.  read more »

Andrew Bridgen welcomes the Health Secretary ’s statement on the future of children’s congenital heart services, but seeks reassurance that the Government will take full account of the world-leading ECMO (extra corporeal membrane oxygenation) services at Glenfield hospital when plans are made.  read more »

The Countryside Alliance is asking people to become phone detectives this summer and help it map real phone reception rates across the UK and Andrew Bridgen MP is behind the cause.  read more »

• People to have much earlier and better involvement in turbine plans,
• Five-fold increase in benefits to be paid by developers to local communities,
• Planning guidance changed to make clear need for renewable energy does not automatically override concerns of local communities.

Andrew Bridgen calls on the Government to prevent the abuse of free movement rights within the EU which is enabling people to come to the UK to rely on benefits.  read more »