The Budget 2020

Budget 2020

Yesterday the Chancellor unveiled a Budget that delivers on our promises to the British people to level up our whole United Kingdom and spread opportunity across every community. 

•    Yesterday’s Budget delivers on our promises to the British people and gets things done. It is a Budget delivered in challenging times, that delivers security today and lays the foundation of prosperity for tomorrow.
 
•    Many will be worried about the impact of Covid-19 on their lives. But because the foundations of our economy are strong, today we have been able to set out one of the most comprehensive economic responses of any government anywhere in the world, to date. Though this virus will have a significant impact on our economy it will be temporary. 
 
•    But this is not the only challenge we face – we have just had an election where people voted for change. 
 

This Budget delivers our promises to the British people – it is the Budget of a Government that gets things done. We promised to:

•    Let hard working families keep more of what they earn – this gets it done.
•    Back business and innovate, invest and trade – this gets it done. 
•    Invest in science and research – this gets it done. 
•    Deliver green growth and protect our environment – this gets it done.
•    Level up, with new roads, railways, broadband and homes – this gets it done. 
•    Record funding for our NHS and public services – this gets it done. 

Yesterday's Budget is the first of this decade, the first in 50 years outside the EU and first of this government. At the election we said that we needed to be one nation, and while talent is evenly spread, opportunity is not. 

That election gave a clear verdict. Now the People’s Government is delivering a Budget which delivers on our promises to the British people – it is a Budget of a government that get things done. 

You can see all the details of the Budget online here .  It includes new measures such as the fuel duty freeze, axing the tampon tax, freezing duty on beer, spirits, wine and cider, extending the repayment dates for those in debt on UC, reducing reassessments for PIP benefit, increasing he national living wage, developing a west midlands rail hub, improving the rural phone network and more. 
 

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Deliver A Successful Brexit

I have no intention of stopping, delaying or reversing the United Kingdom's exit from the EU. The British people voted in an historic referendum in 2016 to leave the EU and reassert our sovereignty.

Support Our NHS

Demand for the NHS only continues to rise, and as the population ages, there are a growing number of widespread chronic conditions which will be increasingly expensive and challenging to address, without a credible and effective plan to fund the NHS and social care. 
 

Promote Tamworth Jobs and Tourism

Tourism is currently worth £127 billion to Britain’s economy and as Britain’s seventh largest export industry, inbound tourism’s economic contribution is currently valued at £26.2 billion. We are lucky to have so much on our doorstep that I want to continue to promote. 

Supporting Great Schools In Tamworth

My colleagues in the Department for Education are committed to ensuring that everyone can have the best start in life, and go as far as their talents and hard work can take them.

Promote The Right Development

Everybody needs a place to live and this Government is committed to trying to fix the housing market. For many, property prices have become unattainable and it is important to keep building new, quality homes to meet this need. 

Improving Tamworth Town Centre

I am working with local traders and the local authority to make ambitious plans for our town centre a reality.  I back enterprise partnerships and am in support of Tamworth's bid for Future High Street Funding.

Honour our heroes

I am calling on the people of my constituency to help name all those Tamworth heroes who have fought and died since serving in our armed forces since WW2.

Working with Rev Alan Gordon and Tamworth District and Civic Society, we aim to build a memorial to them.

Highlighting Defibrillators in Tamworth

Recent research shows that your best chances of survival from a cardiac arrest is to receive a cardiac shock within three minutes. Every minute afterwards decreases your chance of survival by 10%.

Reducing The Cost of Living

Keeping prices low is incredibly important, though more people are in employment and education than ever before, cost of living is still a key issue for many of my constituents.

Backing our pubs

Pubs and breweries are a vital part of our town centres and villages.  From multinational brewers to microbreweries like the Tamworth Tap, the drinks industry employs hundreds of people across my constituencies and thousands more all over the United Kingdom.

Supporting rural communities

I work to support rural communities and businesses.  As the MP for the constituency of Tamworth I also represent the surrounding villages so helping rural areas thrive is high on my agenda. 

Improving The Welfare Benefits System

Getting benefits right is a concern of mine, the benefit system is there as a safety net for those who need support and should not be abused.  However it is also important that for benefit claimants, the system is actually helping, not hindering their progress. 

Getting tough on crime

The increase in serious violence is worrying and sadly some people living in our area do not feel as safe as they should.

Comment on the Pfizer vaccine and update on testing

“It is fantastic news that the United Kingdom is the first country in the world to have a clinically approved vaccine for supply. With our regulations authority giving the Pfizer vaccine the green light, we are now in a place where the vaccine will be delivered next week.