Philip Dunne MP has welcomed Government funding for a new walking and cycling study for Shrewsbury. 19 local authorities will receive a share of £1.5 million for ‘mini-Holland’ feasibility studies, to assess how the areas could be as pedestrian and cycle-friendly as their Dutch city equivalents.
At the quarterly MPs’ briefing with local NHS Leaders on 29th April attended by Shropshire’s Conservative MPs, Philip Dunne suggested that a taskforce within the NHS in Shropshire be established urgently to tackle delays in patients attended to by ambulances responding to emergency calls.
Philip Dunne MP today welcomed news that Stottesdon Parish Church, St Mary’s, has successfully bid for a £271,500 grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to deliver essential repairs to the 1,000-year-old building.