Steve Double, Member of Parliament for St Austell and Newquay has welcomed £4.8m of extra funding to the Royal Cornwall Hospital NHS Trust for urgent equipment replacement and improvements.

Steve Double, Member of Parliament for St Austell and Newquay, has welcomed news that two schools in Mid-Cornwall have been successful in bidding for a share of £433m additional funding from the Government.

The Conservatives on Cornwall Council have welcomed the news that St Erth Station is getting a share of the £300m Access for All fund from the Department for Transport in order to improve accessibility at the station.

George Eustice, MP for Camborne, Redruth and Hayle has welcomed recent news that the national living wage will be increased to its highest level. 

Cornwall Councillors have joined together with a variety of voluntary organisations to call for Better Beach Management from Cornwall Council in a motion submitted for April’s Full Council.

Steve Double, Member of Parliament for St Austell and Newquay has welcomed the news that the Government is providing more than £600,000 of funding from the Rough Sleeping Initiative fund to Cornwall.

Commenting Steve said:

The Conservative Group on Cornwall Council have welcomed the announcement by Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government James Brokenshire MP, that Cornwall Council will be receiving £625,009 from the Rough Sleeping Initiative fund to help in the fight against homelessness.

Steve Double, Member of Parliament for St Austell and Newquay has today welcomed the news that projects in the constituency have received over half a million pounds from the Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government.

Steve Double, Member of Parliament for St Austell and Newquay, has welcomed confirmation by Cornwall Council that they will be allocating nearly £100,000 of government funding to enable community groups to have access to more equipment for litter picks and beach cleans.

Statement from Sarah Newton MP: