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
This was what the Prime Minister said live at Conference 2nd October 2019 It’s great to be here in Manchester at the best attended conference for years, and I gather there was quite a lively mood last night in the hotel bars.And I... National News
Why we're ending Automatic Early Release for violent & sexual offenders 1st October 2019 The worst offenders should serve most of their sentence in prison. They should not be released after serving just half of their sentence automatically. National News
We’re signing the Armed Forces Covenant 1st October 2019 Veterans risked their lives for our country to keep us safe and protect the values we hold so dear. The Conservative Party stands behind our Armed Forces. National News
Why we’re implementing Magnitsky’s Law 1st October 2019 Once we have left the EU we will implement the ‘Magnitsky’ provisions of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018. That way, those responsible for human... National News
Our gigabit rural broadband plan for the UK 1st October 2019 Investment in rural broadband is vital. Broadband is not just essential for businesses across the United Kingdom, but it also makes areas more attractive places... National News
