It would be no understatement to say that whenever I’m out, whether that’s knocking on doors or holding one of my open surgeries, the issue of immigration is brought to my attention.
Antony Higginbotham MP spoke with the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Enterprise and Markets about the importance of Burnley and Padiham's small businesses.
Who isn’t proud to be from Lancashire? We powered the industrial revolution - established football as a major game - invented the jet engine - have some amazing countryside, and still punch above our weight with our engineering prowess.
Local MP Antony Higginbotham has spoken about county line drug gangs in Parliament, raising the exploitation of children by those who seek to peddle drugs within Burnley and Padiham.
Speaking in the House of Commons, MP Antony Higginbotham said:
Thousands of men’s lives could be saved, and their loved ones spared the tragedy of losing someone to cancer, as a major new prostate cancer screening trial is set to get under way in the UK backed by £42 million from the government and Prostate Cancer UK.
Burnley and Padiham’s MP Antony Higginbotham has welcomed a huge £244 million of extra Government funding being given to Lancashire County Council over the next eleven years to provide smoother, safer, and faster road journeys.
Antony Higginbotham MP has welcomed extra support with the cost of housing for families across Burnley and Padiham, with more than 115,000 households set to benefit across the wider North West region thanks to the Conservative Government’s Autumn Statement for Growth.
