Dr Luke Evans MP urges Government to reverse family farm tax which “devastated” farmers Monday, 4 November, 2024 Dr Luke Evans, Member of Parliament for Hinckley and Bosworth, has attacked the Chancellor’s changes to Agricultural Property Relief and accused the Labour Government of “taking an axe to the trunk of family farming in the UK.” In the Autumn Budget on 30th October 2024 the new Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, announced the Government would scrap Agricultural Property Relief for farms valued over £1... Local News
Dr Luke's Weekly Update - 19 June 2021 19th June 2021 As the economy is showing positive signs of recovery, I met with local businesses in Bosworth to discuss their concerns regarding their post pandemic revival... 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
Jeremy Corbyn’s policy of continuing free movement with the EU would cost over £4 billion in benefits 27th November 2019 New analysis has revealed that Jeremy Corbyn’s plan to continue free movement with EU countries would cost DWP over £4 billion in extra benefit costs over the... National News
Boris Johnson: Poor mobile phone signal will be a thing of the past 27th November 2019 The scourge of poor mobile phone signal in rural areas will be a thing of the past under bold new plans to be fast tracked in the first 100 days of a... National News
New national vaccination reminder system to boost childhood vaccination rates 27th November 2019 A Conservative majority government will introduce a national vaccination reminder system to boost childhood vaccination rates. National News
Tax hikes for the many – new report reveals millions face tax hikes under Labour 26th November 2019 A new official report released by the Conservative Party today, The Twelve Taxes of Labour, shows Labour’s manifesto would mean taxes rising for millions of... National News
Jeremy Corbyn's plan to hold two referendums will take up the whole of 2020 and will cost over £150m 26th November 2019 New analysis has revealed that Jeremy Corbyn’s plan to hold two referendums in 2020 will take until September 2020 at the very earliest, and that the cost will... National News
Conservatives ask Labour - will you get Brexit done? 25th November 2019 Conservative candidates across the country have today written to their Labour opponents asking them to confirm where they stand on Brexit and whether they will... National News