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Rt Hon Robert Buckland QC MP pictured with Justin Tomlinson MP

Swindon to receive an extra £731,500 to boost local cycling and walking infrastructure

Friday, 20 November, 2020

Swindon to receive an extra £731,500 to boost cycling and walking infrastructure The Active Travel Fund is designed to create safe space for cycling and walking Part of the Government’s £2 billion investment into cycling and walking Swindon MPs Justin Tomlinson and Robert Buckland have welcomed news that Swindon is set to receive an additional £731,500 from the Government’s Active Travel Fund –...

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Robert's Weekly Column - 16th September

16th September 2020

Free and accessible testing is a cornerstone of the new NHS Test and Trace service, which is working to stop the spread of coronavirus in local communities like...

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Robert's Weekly Column - 9th September 2020

9th September 2020

Since first being elected in 2010, over 10,000 people in our town have started an apprenticeship and I am determined that the despite the economic cost of Covid...

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Robert's Weekly Column - 2nd September 2020

2nd September 2020

Parliament returned this week from summer recess, during which I spent meeting local residents to discuss issues ranging from parking to noise pollution to...

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Robert's Weekly Column - 26th August 2020

26th August 2020

Swindon railway station is an historic and vital part of our town, so I was very pleased that Signal Point will now receive the renovation works it needs as...

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Swindon’s MPs Welcome Significant Government Funding Boost For New College

20th August 2020

Swindon MPs Robert Buckland and Justin Tomlinson have welcomed the news that New College has been awarded £1,491,834 as part of the Government’s £2000 million...

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Robert's Weekly Column - 19th August 2020

19th August 2020

This time of year is always nerve-wracking for A level and GSCE students, but in this Covid-hit year of 2020, the process was always going to be a particularly...

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Robert's Weekly Column - 12th August 2020

12th August 2020

This Saturday as we mark the 75th anniversary of VJ Day it is important we remember all those who served in the Far East and ultimately brought an end to the...

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Robert's Weekly Column - 5th August 2020

6th August 2020

Our NHS has been our front line over the past few months, so it is really great news for our town that building work has now begun on the Radiotherapy Unit on...

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Robert's Weekly Column - 29th July 2020

29th July 2020

Parliament dissolved for summer recess last week and that means I have the opportunity to spend even more of my time here at home in Swindon, meeting with local...