Tesco have been in touch to let me know about their £8 million 'Stronger Starts' scheme, which aims to help local schools and community groups to provide healthy food and activities.
I recently wrote to the Chief Executive of the Planning Inspectorate about a planning appeal (APP/M2840/W/23/3329781) relating to a new block of flats on Scarborough Street in Irthlingborough, with no parking planned to accompany it.
I was glad to be back on BBC Politics East, to discuss the Government’s recent net-migration announcement and our plans to quickly reduce inflows by 300,000, not least by better encouraging domestic employment in the first instance, rather than resorting to immigration to meet skills needs.
I was pleased to attend an event organised by the Trussell Trust in Parliament last week to meet Martin Langford again, the manager of Corby Foodbank, to hear about how things are going since we last spoke.
It was great to be back at Kirby Hall in Gretton recently to have a look around this beautiful Elizabethan property, on which construction began in 1570 and which King James I was known to frequent!
Further to our recent collaborative efforts, I was pleased to contact the National Lottery Heritage Fund to secure a meeting with one of their representatives, to try and help us progress our local ambitions to restore and enhance the Corby War Memorial for generations to come.
My latest Westminster Report newsletter has just landed in inboxes, filled with lots of interesting news and updates from across Corby & East Northamptonshire and my work in Westminster.
• On Sunday 3rd March, Marie Curie will be leading the fourth UK-wide ‘Day of Reflection’ to remember those who sadly passed away during the COVID-19 pandemic, whatever the cause, and to show support for those who have been bereaved.
