A message from The Rt. Hon. Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Levelling up, Housing and Communities: I visited Bournemouth yesterday. Not because Conor asked me to, but because I’ve seen myself how hard he works for Bournemouth West.
With the election campaign officially underway, I was delighted to welcome the Leader of the House of Commons Penny Mordaunt to Bournemouth on Day 1. Penny met local volunteers in Talbot Village before I gave her a tour of our town centre.
When BCP Council announced plans to allocate taxpayers' money towards speed reductions across Bournemouth and Poole, I wanted you to have your say. Your replies were in their hundreds, and they were near-uniform: we do not support the…
We’re going to hear a lot about that over the next six weeks. But for me, over the past fourteen years I’ve had the privilege of serving you, it’s always been about the future.
When we talk about Government spending, we use big numbers that are hard to contextualise. Yet in Bournemouth and Poole, we get to see the material impact of the Government's £250m investment in our local NHS, through: the B.E.A.C.H…
Two years ago, 21-year-old Bournemouth resident Thomas Roberts was murdered on Old Christchurch Road by a perpetrator who should never have been in the UK. No-one in Bournemouth will forget that day.
Bournemouth's nurseries are bustling with energy and learning. I visited two recently - Montessori and Talbot Woods Nursery - to see the amazing staff and children there????.
I had the opportunity to congratulate our frontline NHS staff earlier this month on my visit to Poole Hospital. I also got to see the eight new 'barn' theatres, funded by the biggest NHS investment in Dorset's history.
Branksome Triangle - as it's known locally - in Poole is the site identified by BCP Council to host a permanent 'settled gypsy and traveller community location'.
Dorset's Police and Crime Commissioner is up for election on May 2nd. Please remember it is now mandatory to show a form of Photo ID at the polling station in order to be able to to vote in PCC elections.
BCP Council are looking at following the hugely unpopular experiment of Wales and introducing a 20mph speed limit in our area. Claiming to have campaigned for it the LibDem-led Council are looking at options ranging from keeping the status…
Nearly a year ago, the Liberal Democrats got a mandate to run BCP Council. During the election period, they promised to bring forward a residents' discount card.
In 2021, we successfully lobbied Government for over £500,000 to repair heating and air conditioning. With the same fund now open for another round of bidding, Government support is essential to secure the structural integrity of this 100…