News
MP pushes for Yate train commitment
Thornbury & Yate MP Claire Young has urged the Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones to extend the funding for half-hourly trains via Yate as part of the upcoming Spending Review.
Search
News
MP warns 83% of local PIP claimants could lose out under Labour plans
Claire Young MP has called for the Government to urgently change course and rethink their cuts to Personal Independence Payments (PIP), with new data showing that 83% of local people who get the…
News
Claire Young welcomes Govt backing for Lib Dem calls on EU defence pact
Thornbury & Yate's Liberal Democrat MP has welcomed the new UK-EU defence pact, agreed at a major summit on 19 May. This follows the Lib Dems consistently calling for such a pact.
News
Claire Young welcomes cross-party report on ‘damaging’ Family Farm Tax
Claire Young MP has responded to a new cross-party report which urges the Government to not only delay controversial changes to family farm inheritance tax but consider alternative schemes that will…
News
Claire Young MP urges Govt to back local bus services
Lib Dem MP Claire Young has called on the Labour Government to protect the bus fare cap after reports that the Transport Minister Heidi Alexander has refused to commit to the bus fare cap.
News
Claire Young calls for MP vote on UK-US deal
Thornbury & Yate’s Liberal Democrat MP Claire Young has called for the Government to give MPs a vote in Parliament following the agreement of a UK-US deal.
News
MP gets local gin ‘pride of place’ spot in Parliament
A Thornbury gin distiller has been given a special spot as the official guest gin in the House of Commons this week thanks to a recommendation from local MP Claire Young.
News
Manorbrook Primary school to be expanded
South Gloucestershire Liberal Democrats are delighted today to announce the expansion of Manorbrook Primary School in Thornbury.
News
MP worried about future of Yate Post Office
Thornbury and Yate MP Claire Young has made a statement responding to the announcement that the Post Office will be seeking to transition all 115 Crown Post Offices, including their branch in Yate,…
News
MP Claire Young voices opposition to Yate Rocks development
Thornbury and Yate MP Claire young has responded to new proposals from Clifton Homes, which would see 67 new residential properties built on land at Gravel Hill and see Yate Rocks absorbed into the…
