Richard and Blake Stephenson, MP for Mid Bedfordshire, have jointly written to the new Labour Secretary of State for Education, urging a reconsideration of the government's plans to apply 20% VAT to Independent Schools' fees from January 2025.
Within days of the General Election on 4 July, the new Labour government gave the go-ahead to three large solar farm proposals in the country: one in Lincolnshire, one covering Rutland and Lincolnshire and the other in Cambridgeshire and Suffolk.
In this video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfXgju4lKDo, Richard gives an update on some of the key issues he has been working on since Parliament returned.
Richard Fuller MP said:
During the general election, I promised to be your st
The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) has launched an open conversation to gather the views of everyone living in the region on the future of healthcare in the East of England.
This engagement is part of the Trust’s ongoing efforts to develop a strategy for the next five years in
On Monday, Rachel Reeves, the new Labour Chancellor, gave a statement to the House of Commons on the economy in which she scrapped a series of infrastructure projects, announced the winter fuel allowance for pensioners would be means-tested, gave above-inflation pay rises to the public sector and sa
Richard recently appeared on ITV Anglia's East of England Late Edition politics programme to discuss the recent general election as well as his role as Party Chairman in the process for finding a new leader of the Conservative Party.
Speaking after the interview, Richard Fuller MP said
During the
Last weekend, Richard attended the Bedford River Festival. It was the 22nd biennial Bedford River Festival to be held, the first being held in 1978 to commemorate the opening of the river from Bedford to the Wash.
As well as enjoying the many events on the river and the surrounding green space
On Sunday, Biggleswade Town FC hosted a 'legends' game featuring former players.
This year Biggleswade Town FC celebrates an incredible 150 years, making it one of the oldest clubs in the UK and the Legends Match was part of their year-long celebrations.
Attending the match and joining in wi
Since 2019, The National Lottery Community Fund has provided almost £1.4 million of funding to 39 projects in North Bedfordshire.
Richard Fuller MP said:
I have been delighted to visit many of the projects that this funding has supported and seen for myself the transformative benefits on communit
