Earlier this month, Richard met with The Harpur Trust, which has provided charitable support in the form of educational opportunities and community support for centuries.
Richard Fuller MP said:
We are fortunate to have such a strong charity committed to improving Bedford Borough and it was a great pleasure to meet with the Chair and the CEO of the Harpur Trust recently.
We shared the same perspective that our part of the world is going through a period of exceptional change: rapid local population growth; the rise of Cambridge as an economic as well as academic centre of excellence; the potential for a large scale new town and a world class theme park destination. And there are national changes too, most directly with the cascade of pressures on Harpur Trust schools from this new government.
I left the meeting with great confidence that the trustees will manage through these changes and be able to continue their good work for all communities across the Borough.
You can find out more about the Harpur Trust at www.harpurtrust.org.uk/
You can find out more about the impact on the government's policy of adding VAT to school fees at https://www.richardfuller.co.uk/campaigns/vat-private-school-fees
