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 - 5 December 2020 5th December 2020 This week has been a momentous week in the fight against COVID as the first of hopefully several vaccines has been approved for public use. I’m sure that most... Local News
Dr Luke's Weekly Update - 28 November 2020 28th November 2020 This week in parliament has understandably been dominated by the Government’s proposals for local tiers after the end of this second national coronavirus... Local News
Dr Luke's Weekly Update - 21 November 2020 21st November 2020 Over the past few months I have received many emails from constituents who are passionate supporters of Leicester Tigers and other rugby clubs who were... Local News
Dr Luke's Weekly Update - 14 November 2020 14th November 2020 A number of local people have been in touch with me over the past week with concerns they have about fireworks. Some people, understandably, have missed the... Local News
Dr Luke's Weekly Update - 7 November 2020 7th November 2020 This week has understandably been dominated by the debate and vote on the Government’s second lockdown to help us defeat coronavirus. Many of you have been in... Local News
Dr Luke's Halloween Update - 31 October 2020 31st October 2020 Parliament has been in recess this week which means that the day to day business of the House of Commons, for example the debates that you see in the chamber or... Local News
Dr Luke's Weekly Update - 24 October 2020 24th October 2020 It’s been another busy week in Westminster made slightly more complicated than I had at first anticipated by waking upon on Monday morning with potential Covid... Local News
Dr Luke's Weekly Update - 17 October 2020 17th October 2020 This week the Government announced their new local COVID alert system to tackle the long predicted second spike in the virus. It’s important that we have a... Local News
Dr Luke's Weekly Update - 10 October 2020 10th October 2020 It’s not every day that you get speak to the head of the NHS but after recently writing an article for the News Statesman magazine about the health service... Local News
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has opened for applications 21st April 2020 The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has opened for applications – and will provide support for millions of businesses and employees across the UK. National News
Why we’re extending the Coronavirus lockdown 17th April 2020 The Government announced that the social distancing measures currently in place to tackle the coronavirus will continue for at least the next three weeks. National News
Our £750 million support package for charities during the Coronavirus outbreak 9th April 2020 This Government’s announced an unprecedented £750 million package of support for charities – ensuring they can continue their vital work during the coronavirus... National News
Business Secretary Alok Sharma: we'll tackle Coronavirus together 6th April 2020 The Business Secretary, Alok Sharma, wrote for The Sun on Sunday thanking workers and businesses for their support during the coronavirus pandemic. National News
Read the Queen's Coronavirus address in full 6th April 2020 The Queen speaks to the nation about the challenges we are facing as a country in the weeks ahead. National News
Boris Johnson invites Party leaders to come together to tackle Coronavirus 4th April 2020 Boris Johnson has written to all leaders of opposition parties to invite them to work together at this moment of national emergency. National News
