the Swan pub and it was with great pleasure that I chaired a public
meeting attended by nearly fifty residents shortly after Easter. Having
been in touch with the Charles Wells Brewery we have successfully
managed to get the pub back on the market and a four point action
the meeting to try
and ensure a
successful and
sustainable future
for the pub. A
residents survey
will be distributed
and I am also
pleased that the
Parish Council are
working hard on a
village plan to try to
ensure that all the
village amenities
such as the shop
and post office
this I have just returned from the chamber where sadly Alastair
Darling has just decided to increase the duty on alcohol by 2%,
another blow to the campaign.
Clean
the Stantonbury Spring
Clean that I took part in
and which brought
together local volunteers
from across the
community to pick up
litter in Stantonbury for
the day. I must say the
place looks much better as a result and hopefully will encourage
people to keep it that way from now on. Not only very effective but
great fun, every community should have one!
principally highlighting concerns over school funding in Milton
Keynes. The highlight however was my first speech from the
despatch box when I was asked to wind up a historic debate on
Africa in my role as the Shadow Minister for International
Development. It was great to be able to tie in the work of the Olney-
Newton link and excellent local NGO's such as Advantage Africa
based in Olney but an entirely different, and to be honest slightly
daunting experience speaking from the box!
contact the Newport Pagnell office.
the closure of The Swan.
Stantonbury.
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heard his
voice . . .
now try his
sauce . . .
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