News Category - Justin Tomlinson MP

Justin Welcomes Record Employment Rate

Feb 20, 2020

North Swindon MP Justin Tomlinson has welcomed news that average weekly wages have reached their highest levels since Labour’s financial crash. Figures released by the Office of National Statistics showed that the average weekly wage reached £512 in the three months to December - which is the highest since March 2008, when adjusted for inflation. In addition to this: the employment rate reached a record high of 75.5% - up 0.6% than last year and 0.4% up on the last quarter. the number of people...

Justin Meets With Crest For An Update On Tadpole Garden Village

Feb 13, 2020

North Swindon MP Justin Tomlinson and Conservative Councillor Rahul Tarar met with a representative from Crest, to discuss issues relating to Tadpole Garden Village. The meeting aimed to address a number of issues at Tadpole Garden Village highlighted on social media - including resurfacing of roads, street-lights, sports pitches, pub, medical centre & shops update. During the meeting, the following was discussed: Street Lights: i) Green Street: Crest have identified 21 non-functional stre...

Justin Meets With Ramblers To Discuss Historic Footpaths

Feb 10, 2020

North Swindon MP Justin Tomlinson met with members of North East Wiltshire Ramblers, to listen to their concerns regarding access to nature and historic footpaths. Graham Lee and Peter Gallagher from the Ramblers visited Justin’s community office to discuss the group’s Walking In Nature manifesto – and the recommendations it made regarding historic footpaths. Another issue raised was the inconsistency of enforcement and compliance regarding pathways and public right of way. Following the meeting...

Swindon Advertiser Column - Apprenticeships Are A Vital Career Route

Feb 07, 2020

This week is National Apprenticeship Week, which is an annual campaign to raise awareness of the benefits of apprenticeships for both employers and apprentices. And to highlight how they can be a successful career path for people of all ages and backgrounds. Each year, NAW has a different theme, with this year’s theme being: ‘Look Beyond’. I think this theme is particularly apt as it encourages employers and potential apprentices to ‘look beyond’ the outdated myths surrounding apprenticeships an...

Justin Discusses School Sports With Wiltshire & Swindon Sports

Feb 06, 2020

North Swindon MP Justin Tomlinson met with Wiltshire & Swindon Sport (WASP) Chief Executive Steve Boocock, to learn about WASP’s work to increase sport provision for young people. Sport England commissioned WASP to work with schools, young people and activity providers to support the development of opportunities, share best practice and develop resources that will enable schools to manage the opening up of facilities. Their work also includes The School Sport Action Plan, which recommends th...

Justin Praises Swindon Resident's Invention

Jan 31, 2020

North Swindon MP Justin Tomlinson will show a local resident’s invention to Health Secretary Matt Hancock, in the hope that it will be implemented by hospitals around the country. Rosemarie Phillips visited Justin to show him a patient information board, which she invented to provide important information to staff and visitors. The board includes four symbols which can be uncovered to identify if a patient has a hearing or vision impairment, has dementia, or is at risk of falling. The board cont...

Swindon Advertiser Column - Delivering On Our Brexit Promise

Jan 31, 2020

Last week, I talked about the latest record employment statistics, with 33 million people now in active work in the UK – up 3.9 million since 2010. While Swindon’s economy has challenges as we seek to navigate the post-Honda changes, we still have seen 11,000 more jobs created since 2010. One of the largest growth areas has been in the financial services sector, with Nationwide now becoming Swindon’s largest employer with over 6,500 staff. Yesterday I had the pleasure of helping to cut the ribbo...