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Local MP Andrew Bridgen has welcomed Government proposals for tougher community sentences that will see offenders forced to spend longer in their homes, keeping the streets safer.  read more »

Local MP Andrew Bridgen paid a visit to Coalville manufacturers Zeeko, who have scooped the Innovation prize at this year’s Queen Awards for Enterprise.  read more »

Local MP Andrew Bridgen enthusiastically supports the Government’s review, which will boost the number of local pubs.  read more »

Andrew Bridgen, MP for North West Leicestershire, welcomed the news that the Government has made £3.75 billion of cash savings in just ten months from May 2010 to March 2011.  read more »

Local MP Andrew Bridgen has welcomed new measures to provide more car parking spaces in town centres.  read more »

Andrew Bridgen, MP for North West Leicestershire, has welcomed Government plans to review and reform a National Planning Policy Framework.  read more »

Local MP Andrew Bridgen is welcoming Government support for businesses in North West Leicestershire, after Norton Motorcycles secured the first loan under a new finance scheme.  read more »

Andrew Bridgen, MP for North West Leicestershire, has welcomed the Government’s plan to localise business rates.  read more »

Local MP Andrew Bridgen is calling for charities in Leicestershire to take note of the Government’s new Global Poverty Action Fund.  read more »

Andrew Bridgen, MP for North West Leicestershire, is calling on constituents to take action to winter-proof their homes and save money.  read more »

Local MP Andrew Bridgen has lent his support to an event highlighting the importance of improving children’s oral health.  read more »

Andrew Bridgen, MP for North West Leicestershire, has welcomed the decision to continue the use of cheques, saying they are vitally important for many small businesses, charities and older people.  read more »

Local MP Andrew Bridgen visited the Communal Bakehouse in Coleorton to see an example of Prime Minister David Cameron's "Big Society" at work.  read more »

Andrew Bridgen, MP for North West Leicestershire, joined eye health professionals and representatives of national sight loss charities in Parliament to mark National Eye Health Week.  read more »

Local MP Andrew Bridgen is applauding a decision that means GPs in North West Leicestershire villages will still be able to dispense medicines.  read more »

Keith Dolbear, Managing Director of TriMark Europe Ltd, was delighted to welcome Andrew Bridgen, MP of North West Leicestershire, to the company’s Bardon Hill centre last week.  read more »

Local MP Andrew Bridgen is urging Whitwick people to take part in a survey on plans for a new community centre.  read more »

Andrew Bridgen today calls on residents of North West Leicestershire to try out a new online health check, launched this week by the Money Advice Service.  read more »

Andrew Bridgen MP, for North West Leicestershire is joining the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy in calling for national coordination to ensure that musculoskeletal services are prioritised in the new NHS structures.  read more »

Local MP Andrew Bridgen has praised the latest Government apprenticeship figures following a visit to Stephenson College in Coalville for its World Skills Day.  read more »