Richard celebrates World Book Day Thursday, 5 March, 2026 World Book Day 2026 took place on Thursday 5th March and Richard attended the charity's parliamentary event to support their mission to encourage all children to discover the fun of reading. New figures released by the Charity show that only 1 in 3 children enjoy reading and that reading for pleasure is at its lowest level since 2005. Children have told the charity that it feels like something... Local News
Richard secures parliamentary debate on housebuilding targets in North East Bedfordshire 11th June 2021 On Wednesday, Richard secured a Westminster Hall debate on the effect of house building targets on his constituency of North East Bedfordshire. Speaking after... Local News
Richard praises Biggleswade Job Centre for promoting the Kickstart Scheme to get more young people into work 10th June 2021 This week, Richard asked Minister Paul Scully MP from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to join him in congratulating... Local News
Richard responds to sad announcement of the death of CFO Paul Fuller CBE 9th June 2021 Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service's Chief Fire Officer Paul Fuller CBE died this week following a short illness. He had been in charge of the Fire Service in... Local News
Richard's views on the Foreign Aid Budget 8th June 2021 There was a debate in Parliament this week on the decision by the government to reduce temporarily taxpayer funding of overseas aid from 0.7% of GDP to 0.5% of... Westminster News
Richard urges residents to take part in Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner's Safer Streets Survey 7th June 2021 The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) is planning an application to the third round of Safer Streets Fund. The focus of this round of the Fund... Local News
Richard takes part in debate on remaining stages of the Advanced Research and Invention Agency Bill 7th June 2021 On Monday night, Richard spoke in the debate on the remaining stages through the House of Commons of the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) Bill. The... Westminster News
G7 strike historic global tax agreement 6th June 2021 This week, the Chancellor agreed historic global tax reforms with our G7 partners that will ensure that large global firms pay their fair share towards public... Westminster News
Over half of UK adults vaccinated with second dose 4th June 2021 Richard has welcomed the news that half of UK adults have now received their second Covid-19 vaccine dose, giving them the best possible protection from the... Westminster News
Richard takes part in a litter pick in Farifield 3rd June 2021 On Wednesday, Richard took part in a litter pick in Fairfield with Councillor Vinesh Khatwa from the Parish Council. Richard helped with picking up litter in... Local News
