Local MP Kevin Foster raised the future of Paignton Hospital in the Chamber of the House of Commons recently. He asked the Minister of State for Health, Philip Dunne MP, to consider the provision of services in Paignton regardless of the site and building that is eventually decided upon.

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Campaign Apprenticeships

Location:
North West, West Midlands, London, South East and South West.

Start Date:
Early January 2017.

Kevin Foster raises Torquay Town Centre in PMQsLocal MP Kevin Foster took the opportunity today to raise with David Cameron the possible closure of BHS in Torquay Town Centre, and asked him what plans his Government has to support Town Centres and High Streets such as ours.Attached is a video of Kevin questioning the Prime Minister, and the Prime Minister's response.

Both our local MP, Kevin Foster, and Alison Hernandez, our Police & Crime Commissioner Candidate were out with a campaign team consulting and talking to local residents in the Willows area today.In spite of literally hale, rain and sunshine the team determinedly carried on and had the oportunity to meet and talk with many residents.
 

TORQUAY councillor Nick Bye is the new chairman of Torbay Conservative Association.He defeated sitting chairman Churston councillor Richard Haddock at a packed annual meeting last night at the Preston Conservative Club.It was a reversal of the vote the year before. Deputy chairman political is former association agent Andrew Barrand.Cllr Bye said:"It was a very positive meeting. We had well over a hundred people. "There was a lot of fire and speeches and good questions, but clearly the great majority of people in the association want to unite and work together and support Kevin Foster as MP and Gordon Oliver as Mayor."The membership of the association is now well over 300 and a lot of the people involved in the successful election in May last year have joined.

Local MP Kevin Foster spoke in the Second Reading of the Investigatory Powers Bill recently. This new law will update and consolidate the powers that the security and intelligence agencies require to keep us safe in an increasingly dangerous world. At the same time, the law will maintain strict codes of practice and will introduce stronger privacy safeguards. 

Local MP Kevin Foster was interviewed on BBC Spotlight about the closure of Torquay Magistrates' Court.Kevin has been clear both in public, and in private with Government Ministers, that he does not agree with this decision, and he recently presented a petition to Parliament containing signatures of over 500 local residents urging the Government not to close the Court.

The Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith was in Torquay on Thursday to meet some of those who have started a business after receiving support from Outset Torbay.

Kevin Foster, has welcomed new figures showing 1,345 fewer people in Torquay and Paignton claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance compared to January 2010.

Kevin Foster, the Conservative Parliamentary Spokesman for Torbay, has welcomed the announcement of £47 million additional funding from the Regional Growth Fund to help businesses grow and create jobs across the South West Region.