Last week I brought together Natalie Forrest, the Head of the NHS’s New Hospitals Programme, and the Hospitals Minister, Nick Markham, with Basingstoke residents, so they could set out the facts and bust the myths about our new NHS Hospital.
Every child deserves the chance to succeed in life, which is why the Government has increased the high-needs budget by over 60 per cent since 2019-2020 to over £10.5 billion in 2024-25.
Maria welcomed the Secretary of State for Education announcement on funding to improve the condition of school buildings for Basingstoke’s Queen Mary's College.
Hospitals Minister Nick Markham and NHS New Hospitals Programme Director Natalie Forrest met Basingstoke residents, County Councillors and Borough Councillors to update them on the extensive progress that is being made to ensure the doors of the new Hospital at Junction 7 of the M3 will open by 2
I had a fantastic time watching performances and presenting awards at the annual Nupura School of Arts event held at Aldworth School. Local Councillors Jay Ganesh, Simon Minas-Bound and David McIntyre joined in too.
In December, the Government announced significant changes to their house building planning policy, giving new powers and freedoms to local planning authorities, such as Basingstoke and Deane, through changes to the national planning policy framework.
Basingstoke’s MP, Maria Miller met with Chiltern Way Academy Trust, the new multi-academy trust set to take over the Austen Academy, Ashwood Academy and Coppice Springs School, to discuss how they will work to turn these schools around to achieve ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ Ofsted reports.
