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Richard Foord MP calls for urgent plan to fix South West “dental desert”
Richard Foord is calling for an urgent plan to boost the numbers of NHS dentists across the region, at a debate held in Parliament on 12th November.
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Hundreds of farms across mid and east Devon could be hit by new “family farm tax"
LAST week in parliament, local MP, Richard Foord, spoke against a new “family farm tax” that the Government says could affect more than 250 farms across mid and east Devon.
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BUDGET: Richard Foord MP to urge Education Secretary to act over flood-hit Tipton St John Primary School
Richard Foord MP has expressed his views on the first Labour budget since 2010, and will urge action to rebuild Tipton St John Primary School, following the Chancellor’s pledge to plough £6.7bn into…
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‘Neighbourhood health centres’ must feature Eastern Devon’s community hospitals
Richard Foord, Member of Parliament for Honiton & Sidmouth, will ask the Health Secretary to incorporate East Devon’s small hospitals into a new plan to create neighbourhood health centres.
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Remembering Britain’s nuclear weapons tests
Nuclear test veterans and their families have been overlooked for years, but their sacrifice must receive the recognition it deserves.
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Mobility and Rural Life
People living in rural areas like East Devon face challenges which are not appreciated by government ministers from urban constituencies.
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MPs demand answers over railway station re-openings
Richard Foord MP has challenged ministers over plans to re-open Cullompton railway station, after having been told last week that the projects would go ahead.
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Reporting Back As your Member of Parliament, I am determined to keep in touch with residents all year round and to update you of my work both here in Devon and in Westminster. To do this, I run…
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Chancellor's cutbacks point to straitened times ahead
Richard Foord has responded to the Chancellor's announcement on public finances, describing them as "grim reading", but welcomed the commitment to projects in Devon including the re-opening of…
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Community Banking
Protect local banking services Across our towns and villages, nearly three quarters of local bank branches have closed since 2015. This forces many to take round-trips of up to 40 miles just to…