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
The Prime Minister's Update: Tackling the Coronavirus 30th April 2020 The Prime Minister's latest update on April 30 on tackling Coronavirus. National News
We’re extending coronavirus testing to meet our 100,000 tests a day target 30th April 2020 From today, Coronavirus testing has been extended further to protect our most vulnerable and keep people safe. National News
How our Bounce Back Loans will boost small businesses affected by coronavirus 28th April 2020 Small businesses will benefit from a new fast-track finance scheme providing loans with a 100% government-backed guarantee for lenders, the Chancellor announced... National News
Boris Johnson: If we keep going, we will beat coronavirus together 27th April 2020 The Prime Minister has returned to Downing Street to lead the country in tackling coronavirus. He lays out the five tests for when we are moving to phase two of... National News
Coronavirus testing available to all essential workers 24th April 2020 All essential workers in England and members of their households who are showing symptoms of coronavirus will now be able to get tested. National News
Our Future Fund for supporting innovative British businesses 21st April 2020 We’re supporting start-ups by delivering £250m of new government funding to innovative businesses across the United Kingdom. National News
