Dear Colleague,
OUR PLAN TO REDUCE AIR POLLUTION WHILE PROTECTING DRIVERS
I am writing, on the behalf of Jesse Norman and myself, to give you information on Defra and DfT’s joint publication, The UK Plan For Tackling Roadside Nitrogen Dioxide Concentrations.
Air quality has significantly improve
Just before Parliament broke for the summer recess I attended an interesting presentation by representatives from the Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership, Gatwick and Network Rail about blockages on the Brighton London line and what to do about them.
Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club, as owners of the New Monks Farm site, have now formally applied for planning permission for this substantial development in Lancing.
The campaign to get a fair slice of funding for schools in West Sussex continues and just before the Parliamentary recess the Secretary of State for Education announced an additional £1.3bn to be spent on schools on top of the budget set in the 2015 spending review.
New Monks Farm development proposals
Many constituents will be aware that Brighton and Hove Football Club have bought the land known as New Monks Farm between the Airport and the eastern edge of Lancing adjacent to their new training academy.
I took part in an investigation into Pro-Anorexia - the vast online community that glamourise Eating Disorders.
There are accounts across all social media platforms, including Instagram, Twitter and Tumblr that inspire people to starve themselves.
Today Jeremy Hunt has announced plans to recruit 21,000 new mental health workers in England to properly integrate mental and physical health services.
We want people with mental health conditions to receive better treatment, and part of that means having the right NHS staff.
Please find attached the latest edition of In-touch, GTR's stakeholder newsletter. In this edition you can read more about automatic delay repay, the roll-out of Wi-Fi onto Great Northern trains and the spring National Rail Passenger Survey Results.
Last week Parliament broke for the summer recess but it turned out to be one of the busiest weeks of the summer. The main news of course was the long awaited publication of Highways England’s work on the A27.
