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Andrew Bridgen MP for North West Leicestershire has welcomed £215,318 of funding for Leicestershire to help keep the poorest people in the local area warm this winter.  read more »

Andrew Bridgen MP supports Tesco nationwide food collection launch for Christmas as new research highlights extent of people going hungry  read more »

The economic recovery is taking longer because the damage is worse than we feared. But the economy is healing. The last thing we could do is put all this progress at risk and attempt to borrow less by borrowing more. We cannot turn back.  read more »

North West Leicestershire MP Andrew Bridgen has welcomed figures showing that net migration has fallen by almost a quarter.  read more »

Andrew Bridgen MP has joined with train companies to show his support for the relaunched Jobcentre Plus Travel Discount Railcard.  read more »

North West Leicestershire MP Andrew Bridgen has given his support to Hollywood hard man Vinnie Jones for a charity’s campaign to get life-saving skills taught as standard on the secondary curriculum.  read more »

Today, North West Leicestershire is on track to get the superfast broadband it needs to help deliver jobs and boost growth after the EU gave the roll out of high speed broadband across rural areas the green light.  read more »

Andrew Bridgen welcomes work on a £12 million refurbishment of East Midlands Airport's terminal building which will begin in the next few weeks.  read more »

The Government has today announced more support for small businesses and disabled entrepreneurs to pay for specialised equipment and to cover the other costs facing disabled people in work.  read more »

As part of its continuing links with the local community, the Rotary Club of Coalville welcomed local MP Andrew Bridgen to open the Summer House and newly renovated garden in the grounds of Coalville Community Hospital.  read more »

Andrew Bridgen MP for North West Leicestershire has welcomed Government plans to lower energy bills for hardworking people across North West Leicestershire.  read more »

A new campaign to introduce tougher penalties for dangerous drivers who kill has been given support by North West Leicestershire MP, Andrew Bridgen.  read more »

Andrew Bridgen MP has welcomed the announcement by the Secretary of State for Transport, Patrick McLoughlin, that the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has awarded a new seven year contract to the Post Office to provide DVLA’s services from their post office network.  read more »

North West Leicestershire MP Andrew Bridgen is adding his weight to campaigns to make sure the needs of blind and partially sighted people are taken into account. They are being spearheaded by Guide Dogs for the Blind.  read more »

MP for North West Leicestershire, Andrew Bridgen MP, this week lent his support to the Atrial Fibrillation Association (AF Association) in promoting the use of an innovative software tool, GRASP-AF, which has the potential to prevent around 8,000 AF-related strokes in England every year.  read more »

North West Leicestershire Andrew Bridgen MP says the clock is ticking on the countdown to a new police and crime commissioner for Leicestershire.  read more »

North West Leicestershire MP Andrew Bridgen has welcomed a range of new crime and justice measures announced by the Government this week.  read more »

Local MP Andrew Bridgen has visited the Royal National Institute of Blind People’s futuristic sight loss simulator to experience at first hand common sight conditions and find out how he can work with RNIB to reduce the risk of sight loss for people in North West Leicestershire.  read more »

Andrew Bridgen MP joined families of missing people on Tuesday 23 October to pledge their support for the charity Missing People’s Missing Rights campaign which is seeking legislative support for families fighting the bureaucracy and heartache of resolving or managing a missing loved one’s affairs.  read more »

Two thirds of people think their energy bill will be higher this winter – with many living in colder homes than they would like.  read more »