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
Our spending boost to tackle adult mental illness 1st October 2019 Provision of community services for people with serious mental illness has historically not been a focus of mental health reforms. National News
How we’re planning to invest in our communities 30th September 2019 Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sajid Javid, has set out major new plans for investment alongside further measures to tackle the housing crisis. National News
5 key points you must know about our new housing policy 30th September 2019 Robert Jenrick, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, will announce that tenants in new housing association properties will be given... National News
Why Labour’s education policy will undermine education 30th September 2019 We are investing £14 billion into school funding to make sure our children have a world class education. We’ve made sure that extra funding will go towards... National News
The Chancellor’s Speech to Conference 2019 30th September 2019 Twenty years ago, Mum thought it was a big deal when she watched the first Asians move into Coronation Street here in Manchester.Well, now she’s watched as the... National News
We’re giving police officers Tasers to combat assault 29th September 2019 Senseless violence has blighted our streets for far too long.Over recent weeks, we have seen police officers attacked while simply doing their jobs. And... National News
