News - Andrew Percy MP

Senior Canadian MP Visits Brigg & Goole

Mar 23, 2016

Last week Andrew welcomed the Opposition House leader in Canada, and former Speaker of the Canadian Parliament; Andrew Scheer MP, to the constituency whilst he was on a visit to the UK. Andrew Percy MP reports, “I’m always keen to raise the profile of our area and when people are visiting I try and get them up to the constituency. We were able to see a lot of the area during Andrew’s brief visit and I think he was very impressed.” Andrew Scheer MP commented, “Andrew always talks passionately abo...

Keadby Skate Park

Mar 21, 2016

Work has started on the new skate park in Keadby, following a £50,000 grant from North Lincolnshire Council to Keadby with Althorpe Parish Council. Andrew reports, “This skate park has been made possible as a result of the Community Grant scheme which was established by the Conservative-run North Lincs Council in 2011, with the aim of supporting local projects. Works are expected to take around a fortnight to complete and will provide a brand new facility at the already very popular New Generati...

Old Goole Post Office

Mar 17, 2016

Andrew has welcomed the Post Office’s announcement that residents in Old Goole will be able to benefit from extended opening hours at their local Post Office, as well as a modernised Post Office service. Old Goole Post Office, which is located on Swinefleet Road, is being upgraded to one of the Post Office’s new-style local branches following a recent consultation with customers. The new-look Post Office is due to open next week, subject to completion of the refurbishment works. Andrew says, “I ...

National Apprenticeship Week

Mar 15, 2016

Andrew has welcomed the Government’s commitment to creating apprenticeships at the launch of National Apprenticeship Week 2016, which runs from the 14th - 18th March. The growing number of people in our area starting apprenticeships demonstrates that the Government is delivering on its manifesto commitments. The theme for this year’s National Apprenticeship Week is that an Apprenticeship can take you anywhere, as a growing number of young people are looking to an apprenticeship as an alternative...

Council Tax Frozen Again

Mar 14, 2016

Andrew is pleased to report that Conservative-run North Lincolnshire Council has been able to freeze the general portion of the Council Tax for a fifth year in succession. Also, following a consultation with residents which showed that improving social care for older residents was a priority, the Council will be taking up the new 2% social care precept. Andrew reports, “I’m pleased that thanks to sensible management of local finances, we have been able to freeze Council Tax here for the fifth ye...

Scheme Agreed For Goole Subways

Mar 10, 2016

Andrew has welcomed confirmation from Network Rail that they will be investing £40,000 into the subway drainage system in Goole and that they have developed a two-phase plan to address flooding concerns. Users of the subways are currently forced to walk on the road when the subways flood, or travel a significant distance to reach their destination. The first phase of the works, which are an interim measure, includes a new replacement pump with remote monitoring from Network Rail’s York control...

Andrew Welcomes Government Consultation on Fair School Funding

Mar 09, 2016

Andrew has welcomed the announcement this week that the Government will be consulting on proposals for fair school funding. These proposals look at introducing a new national funding formula from 2017/18 onwards and will ensure that every school and local authority area is fairly funded. This new funding formula will based according to pupil needs, no matter where they are in the country, rather than the current system; under which our area misses out. Currently the ten best funded areas of Engl...

Green Light For New Leisure Centre

Mar 07, 2016

Andrew and local Councillors, John Briggs and Julie Reed, are delighted to report that planning permission for the new Leisure Centre and Swimming Pool in Crowle has now being given full planning permission. The new £4.5 million facility, a key election promise from your local Conservatives, can now begin construction. Andrew Percy MP reports, “Whilst other Councils are cutting left right and centre, because of our sensible management of the finances in North Lincolnshire, we have been able to f...

Scunthorpe Telegraph Column - March 2016

Mar 03, 2016

I seemed to spend all last week on my feet at various different speaking events, the most fun of which was on Saturday night for the Isle of Axholme Lions 50th anniversary dinner. They do great work locally and it was incredible to hear of their fundraising efforts over this past 50 years. I did make some reference to the EU referendum in my speech, which is the issue that has defined the past week politically. I will be campaigning for us to leave the European Union so that we can take back con...

Isle of Axholme Strategy Meeting

Mar 02, 2016

Andrew joined local Councillors, Drainage Boards and North Lincs Council at a meeting with the Environment Agency last week to discuss progress on the Isle of Axholme Flood Strategy. This is the strategy that will set out how flood and drainage resources on the Isle will be managed over the next 10 to 15 years. The meeting discussed the recent studies undertaken into how the Isle of Axholme's flood and drainage assets work and how they might be managed into the future. Isle MP, Andrew Percy, rep...