Basingstoke’s MP, Maria Miller, welcomed the Secretary of State for Transport, Rt Hon Mark Harper MP, to Basingstoke to underscore the importance of improving road safety for children.
Basingstoke’s MP, Maria Miller met with Manor Field Junior School’s year three students to hear about their recent work on why green spaces are special and need protecting.
Basingstoke’s MP, Maria Miller met with Penny Alford, Chief Education Officer at Bourne Education Trust, staff and students when she visited Everest Community Academy.
Basingstoke’s MP, Maria Miller convened a meeting between Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council’s Safer Communities team and Basingstoke Police to discuss Operation Chromium, aimed at tackling unauthorised car meets and dangerous road…
Ahead of the publication of the public consultation for Basingstoke's new hospital, Basingstoke’s MP, Maria Miller visited Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital’s Accident and Emergency (A&E) department and heard from staff why the…
Basingstoke’s MP, Maria Miller, visited Cornerstone Nursey to meet nursery staff and children, and to discuss the Government’s expansion to childcare support.
Taylor Wimpey's plans to 'sell off' an important area of green space in The Cornfields has been stalled thanks to the immediate and swift action of County Councillor Stephen Reid, but this episode raises pressing concerns that Basingstoke…
‘’Shoplifting, which can sometimes include threats of violence against staff and other shoppers, has become a real worry for too many residents. That’s why I have called for extra police assigned to our neighbourhoods and back these new,…
Maria has welcomed that Hampshire County Council has responded to the Government’s request to set out their plans for £8,450,000 to be used to repair and resurface roads in Hampshire over the next two years as part of £132,297,000…
Last week I brought together Natalie Forrest, the Head of the NHS’s New Hospitals Programme, and the Hospitals Minister, Nick Markham, with Basingstoke residents, so they could set out the facts and bust the myths about our new NHS…
Every child deserves the chance to succeed in life, which is why the Government has increased the high-needs budget by over 60 per cent since 2019-2020 to over £10.5 billion in 2024-25.
Maria welcomed the Secretary of State for Education announcement on funding to improve the condition of school buildings for Basingstoke’s Queen Mary's College.
Hospitals Minister Nick Markham and NHS New Hospitals Programme Director Natalie Forrest met Basingstoke residents, County Councillors and Borough Councillors to update them on the extensive progress that is being made to ensure the doors…
I had a fantastic time watching performances and presenting awards at the annual Nupura School of Arts event held at Aldworth School. Local Councillors Jay Ganesh, Simon Minas-Bound and David McIntyre joined in too.
“Following reports of a storm overflow incident on Monday 11th March, I have written to Thames Water to request an urgent update on the situation and have asked for information on what measures are being taken to mitigate any further…
In December, the Government announced significant changes to their house building planning policy, giving new powers and freedoms to local planning authorities, such as Basingstoke and Deane, through changes to the national planning policy…
Basingstoke’s MP, Maria Miller met with Chiltern Way Academy Trust, the new multi-academy trust set to take over the Austen Academy, Ashwood Academy and Coppice Springs School, to discuss how they will work to turn these schools around to…
Basingstoke’s MP, Maria Miller invited residents to meet EEEA -Engage, Enrich, Excel Academies Multi-Academy Trust which will run the new £17.5 million Hounsome Fields Primary School. Maria is backing residents calls for an urgent review…
Maria Miller MP convened a meeting between Queen Mary’s College, Basingstoke College of Technology students, and clinicians from Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust, to hear from students about their priorities for Basingstoke’s new…
Maria said, "On the 29th of February I will be hosting one of my regular community chats on the new Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital between 7.30-9. The Department of Health and Social Care have confirmed that it will be funded to…
Too many residents moving into brand new homes in Basingstoke and around the country experience problems with "build quality". Instead of being able to enjoy the luxury of a new home no one else has lived in, residents are all too often…
Basingstoke’s MP, Maria Miller joined the Designated Named Officer, or ‘local bobby’ for Chineham, PC Ralph Frostick, for a Beat Surgery in Chineham Shopping Centre.
Maria Miller MP visited the Basingstoke and Deane Over 55s Forum at one of their regular meetings, along with representatives from the NHS, to talk to members about Basingstoke’s new Hospital.