Plymouth's voice in Westminster It's May day, and if you are an MP in a battleground seat of the General Election in just 5 weeks time, like me you would have spent a great deal of time out in the rain today on people's doorsteps.And today it was fascinating. It wasn't ... Read More
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May2017
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Apr2017
not Westminster's voice in Plymouth
but Plymouth's voice in WestminsterIt's almost Easter and it's been a very busy few days in Plymouth.
Last Thursday I asked the ... Read More
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Apr2017
Minister of State at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Tracey Crouch MP, visited Plymouth today, Friday 31st March, to speak to a packed out room full of local sports clubs at Plymouth Argyle Football Club, Home Park.Visiting the city to view preparations for the Mayflower 400 celebrations in ... Read More
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Apr2017
On Thursday 30 March, Health Minister, David Mowat MP, visited Mount Goud Local Care Centre in Plymouth to see first hand the excellent work that has been done in Plymouth to integrate health & social care. Led by Steve Waite, Chief Executive at Livewell Southwest, the Minister was ... Read More
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Mar2017
The National Funding Formulae currently being consulted upon seeks to bring fairer funding allocations to schools. While this doesn’t provide new money to the system, instead more fairly distributing the overall funding allocated, it is generally good news for schools in Plymouth which have historically been underfunded. ... Read More
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Mar2017
Johnny Mercer MP welcomes news that GP Partners at two of the largest practices in and around Plymouth have announced plans to merge later in the year.Bringing together the Beacon Medical Group and Ocean Health will create a practice serving 60,000 patients in different locations including Plympton, Chaddlewood, St Budeaux, ... Read More
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Mar2017
Plymouth Moor View MP, Johnny Mercer, has praised local community groups following their success in securing Veterans Covenant Funding from the Government.
The Veterans Covenant was established by the Government in 2015 as a way of financially assisting the valuable work done to support veterans in ... Read More
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Mar2017
Thank goodness it's friday!
We're still not talking about it enough. With the successful campaings around IHAT and others, I am all too aware that one of my other 'key missions' in ... Read More
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Mar2017
You have one final chance to have your say on the future of Plymouth.
The Joint Local Plan (JLP), which encompasses the Plymouth Plan for development in the city between now and 2034, has reached its final stage of public consultation before it goes before a ... Read More
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Mar2017
Last Friday, Johnny Mercer visited one of the largest employers in his Plymouth Moor View constituency, BD (formally known as Becton Dickinson).
Manufacturing 20% of the worlds medical products such as the needles and containers used by medical professionals for taking blood samples, the plant in Belliver ... Read More
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Mar2017
Friday afternoon brought with it a meeting of the MKC Heroes in the Council Chamber.
MKC Heroes is a large group of children and young people from across Plymouth who have parents serving in our Armed Forces or who are veterans. The young people who took part in ... Read More
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Mar2017
Johnny Mercer MP will be holding his next monthly Drop-in Surgery on Friday 17th March from 9.30 to 11am in the Café at Tesco Superstore on Transit Way.
Whether you live close by or elsewhere in the constituency, if you have an issue you think ... Read More
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Mar2017
Johnny Mercer MP has pledged to take on the unacceptable lack of progress in tackling young people’s mental health.Johnny Mercer MP joined MPs from all parties in swearing to tackle mental illness at an event in Parliament.New figures from mental health research ... Read More
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Mar2017
Yesterday evening, Tuesday 28 February, in the House of Common, Plymouth Moor View MP, Johnny Mercer, shared a selection of letters from children at Whitleigh Primary School with Amber Rudd MP, the Home Secretary.
Johnny met with a group of pupils from the school just before Christmas ... Read More
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Mar2017
Today I chose to abstain on a vote regarding the end of the Dubs amendment.
The Government’s position is to bring an end to the programme which unaccompanied child refugees brought to the UK from Europe under the Dubs amendment and while I cannot agree with that ... Read More