Richard arranges public meeting with GTR Chief for Sandy and Biggleswade station commuters: Thursday 5 March 7.30pm Thursday, 26 February, 2026 The Govia Thameslink (GTR) train service on the Peterborough to Horsham line has seen significant issues over recent years, culminating in the unprecedented levels of disruption during the summer months of 2025. Since 2020, Richard has held many meetings and shared written communications with members of the GTR management team to push for measures that would improve the service, including... Local News
Church of All saints in Eyeworth removed from the Heritage at Risk Register 22nd December 2022 Recently, Historic England published their updated Heritage at Risk Register for 2022. The Register gives an annual snapshot of the critical health of England’s... Local News
Richard outlines his amendments to the Financial Services and Markets Bill 21st December 2022 Earlier this month, Richard spoke during the debate on the Financial Services and Markets Bill and outlined the goals of the amendments that he had put down... Westminster News
Football Foundation has invested £1m in North East Bedfordshire for grassroots facilities since 2000 20th December 2022 Richard has welcomed the investment to improve grassroots football facilities throughout North East Bedfordshire made possible by the Premier League, The FA and... Local News
Richard hosts Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner's Schools Debating Competition Final in Parliament 19th December 2022 Earlier this month, Richard hosted Police and Crime Commissioner, Festus Akinbusoye's Bedfordshire Schools Debating Competition Final in the Grand Committee... Local News
Pensions Dashboards move a step closer to introduction - Richard's views. 16th December 2022 The Government has committed to introduce a Pensions Dashboards scheme but the complexity of introducing such a comprehensive and new way of improving access to... Westminster News
Motor Neurone Disease funding: an update on Richard's calls for increased research funding 14th December 2022 In April 2021, Richard, along with several other Members of Parliament, wrote to the then Health Minister about the need for greater funding into Motor Neurone... Westminster News
Tackling illegal migration: Richard welcomes the Prime Minister's announcement and asks about Home Office accountability 13th December 2022 In the House of Commons today, the Prime Minister unveiled a range of measures designed to strengthen immigration laws and combat illegal migration whilst... Westminster News
Richard attends launch of CPRE survey of over 1000 UK farmers 13th December 2022 Last week in Parliament, CPRE The Countryside Charity held a reception at Westminster to promote hedgerows as a shared stewardship issue for the nation. The... Westminster News
Government announces plans for British employees to be able to request flexible working on day one of employment 13th December 2022 The government has announced plans for employees to be able to request flexible working from day one of their employment to make flexible working the default... Westminster News
