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Ruth backs new Veterans Strategy in West London

Ruth Cadbury MP has welcomed the Government’s new plan to increase the levels of support given to veterans across Hounslow and the UK. Over 3,000 veterans in Hounslow are set to benefit from a transformational new Veterans Strategy and new investment in Armed Forces housing. As part of this plan, £27 million in government funding has been announced for local bids to increase the network of wraparound services in recognised VALOUR centres. This new funding will allow local a

Nov 202 min read

Monthly Newsletter - November

IN THE COMMONS in November The Transport Secretary launched the review of the airports national policy statement , covering just the third runway at Heathrow . I challenged her on the implications of the expansion on the UK’s legal climate commitments, on the need for rail access into the airport from the south, and on the cost increases to airlines and thus passengers. She partially addressed one of those issues in her response to me At Cabinet Office Questions I r

Nov 135 min read

Ruth attends Remembrance events at Isleworth & Whitton

Ruth Cadbury MP attended two Remembrance events over the past week: one at St Philip & James in Whitton for Remembrance Sunday, and then on Tuesday, 11th November at the Osterley War Memorial. At both events, Ruth laid a Parliamentary wreath, while volunteers laid her wreaths at the services Heston, Hounslow, Brentford, and Isleworth. Speaking in full after these events, Ruth said: “This year marks 107 years since the guns fell silent on the Western Front. Remembrance

Nov 111 min read

Renters Rights Bill Becomes Law

Ruth Cadbury, Labour MP for Brentford and Isleworth, has hailed today as a ‘great day for renters’ as the new Renters Rights Bill becomes law. This bill gives extra protections for the 100,000 residents living in rented accommodation in the Boroughs of Hounslow and Richmond, as the Renters Rights Bill has officially receives Royal Assent and becomes law. This is delivering the biggest reform of renting in over forty years. More than eleven million private renters across E

Nov 12 min read

Monthly Newsletter - October

Conference Season . I was in the hall for the Prime Minister's speech, to hear his positive vision for our country - one that is tolerant and open, determined to get back on its feet after almost 15 years of public sector cuts and economic mismanagement. He reminded us of the work the Government has started only just over a year of being back in office; tackling family poverty, standing up to racism, investing in our children’s future and improving the rights of working peopl

Nov 16 min read

Brexit and small business

Brexit has put huge costs on small businesses in Hounslow.

Oct 221 min read

Heathrow

A third runway at Heathrow means more noise and more congestion for West London, while also putting the UK behind in its important goal to reduce emissions. Yesterday in Parliament I responded to the Governments announcement of a National Airports Review, in the context of a third runway at Heathrow. As Chair of the Transport Committee I am looking forward to scrutinising these proposals. As a constituency MP I will continue to make the case that Heathrow could be better, an

Oct 221 min read

Ruth on the Heaton Park Synagogue Attack

‘‘I was horrified by the attack at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester yesterday. This took place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish Calendar, and comes when Jewish people up and down the country will have been attending synagogue. My thoughts are with the victims and their families, and I know that this will be an extremely difficult time for them and for the whole Jewish community here in the UK. I know that the Prime Minister chaired

Oct 71 min read