Quote from Dr Luke Evans MP on Autumn Budget 2024 Thursday, 31 October, 2024 Dr Luke Evans, Member of Parliament for Hinckley and Bosworth, said “With this Budget it is clear Labour has deceived the public and broken promises not to raise taxes. Raising National Insurance on employers is, in the Chancellor’s own words, a jobs tax. For all the talk of growth, even the OBR have downrated its growth forecast from March 2024 by 0.7pc, to 1.1pc. “While I welcome the... Local News
Dr Luke's Weekly Update - 12 June 2021 12th June 2021 This week, with restrictions permitted, I returned to Westminster to resume my duties in the Chamber in person, a nice break from virtually beaming in! My first... Local News
Dr Luke's Weekly Update - 5 June 2021 5th June 2021 Finally, the warm weather has arrived... I hope many of you were able to enjoy the sunshine over the bank holiday weekend as I did on my staycation with the... Local News
Dr Luke's Weekly Update - 29 May 2021 29th May 2021 This week has been especially busy, predominantly in Parliament I was able to raise a number of issues; Most notably, much of the debate centered around Dominic... Local News
Dr Luke's Weekly Update - 22 May 2021 22nd May 2021 Firstly, Congratulations to Leicester City for winning the FA Cup! It was fantastic to see supporters back in Wembley stadium 20,000 is a good start but when... Local News
Dr Luke's Weekly Update - 15 May 2021 15th May 2021 This week saw the State Opening of Parliament and the Government laying out it’s legislative programme for the coming parliamentary session. I always try to... Local News
Dr Luke's Weekly Update - 8 May 2021 8th May 2021 This week Parliament has been in recess and as such I have been at home in Bosworth, mostly in meetings about the administration of my office for the coming... Local News
Dr Luke's Weekly Update - 1 May 2021 1st May 2021 They say buses come in twos…but in this case it is PMQ’s! Astonishingly after being pulled out of the ballot for Prime Minister’s Questions last week my name... Local News
Dr Luke's Weekly Update - 24 April 2021 24th April 2021 With 650 Members of Parliament, and your name picked out of a ballot, it is very rare that you get the chance to ask the Prime Minister a question at PMQs. My... Local News
Dr Luke's Weekly Update - 18 April 2020 18th April 2021 Parliament has returned this week after being recalled a day earlier than planned to allow members time to express the condolences to Her Majesty on the death... Local News
Here’s the Government’s new measures to tackle coronavirus 23rd September 2020 We are introducing new restrictions in England, to suppress the disease, and minimise damage to lives and livelihoods. National News
"Out of touch": 10 things everyone should know about Labour after their Conference 23rd September 2020 Read about the top 10 things everyone should know about Labour after their 2020 Conference. National News
Amanda Milling: ‘The PM still has support of Red Wall despite locking down the North’ 19th September 2020 Amanda Milling, chairwoman of the Conservative party, is wincing at the memory of being a government whip at the height of last year’s parliamentary paralysis... National News
Independent Investigation into Discrimination reaches second phase 18th September 2020 The Independent Investigation into Discrimination within the Conservative party reaches its second phase: the public call for evidence. National News
Prime Minister’s statement on protecting the Union: Speech in Full 14th September 2020 The Prime Minister sets out the case for the Internal Market Bill, which would secure free trade inside of the United Kingdom once we exit the transition period... National News
UK and Japan agree historic free trade agreement 14th September 2020 This deal will boost trade between our two countries by £15.2 billion, creating jobs and delivering new opportunities across every part of the United Kingdom. National News