Therese wrote for the East Anglian Daily Times this week about the Budget and her ongoing campaign to save Barclays Bank in Leiston ahead of formally presenting the petition to Parliament this coming week. You can read her article below:
In yesterday's DEFRA questions, Therese pressed the minister for the successful trial of PFA in Southwold to be rolled out across the country to help clean up our waterways.
Earlier this month, Therese welcomed the Maritime Minister, Lord Davies of Gower, to the Port of Felixstowe. She took the opportunity to lobby him on a number of issues including ensuring greater resilience of the Orwell Bridge.
Therese said that farmers should always be ‘at the forefront of our minds when we think of the food that we eat, the animals we see and the countryside we enjoy’ when speaking in a debate on farming in the House of Commons this week.
Earlier this week, National Grid Ventures published their supplementary non-statutory consultation response to Lionlink, which includes a proposal for landfall into either Southwold or Walberswick with a huge converter station at Saxmundham and substation at Friston.
This afternoon, the Chancellor delivered a Budget for long-term growth, lower taxes and better public services. Last year, the government cut your National Insurance from 12% to 10%. Today, National Insurance is being cut from 10% to 8%. That’s a £900 tax cut for people on average salaries.
The Chancellor today announced an extension to the Household Support Fund for another six months as part of the measures announced in the Budget. Therese said: "This is great news for the most vulnerable households in Suffolk Coastal.
