The Prime Minister has set out our ‘New Deal’, an ambitious economic strategy to rebuild Britain across the UK, putting jobs, skills and infrastructure investment at the heart of our economic recovery post-coronavirus, and delivering on our manifesto pledges to level up the entire country.

The Prime Minister announced that he is merging the Foreign & Commonwealth Office with the Department for International Development so that the UK’s interests are better protected and that we can better target our aid budget.

We must stay alert. We must continue to control the virus and save lives.

I have refrained from making public comment on the issue relating to Dominic Cummings until I was certain that most of the facts had come out and the context had been put in place. While more information may well yet emerge, I believe we now have a good understanding of the situation.

Great news from the Treasury who has announced the current furlough scheme would be extended by a further four months with workers continuing to receive 80% of their current salary.

Glad to hear of the new funding being made available to support dairy farmers through coronavirus. 

It’s great to announce that the Regional Schools Commissioner has now approved a sponsor to run a new special school in Brockworth.

Tewkesbury Borough Council has launched a COVID-19 Emergency Community Fund to help communities as they respond to exceptional challenges over the coming months.

In response to COVID-19, the government has shared details of its grant funding package, which is available to eligible businesses across Tewkesbury Borough.

As the country deals with coronavirus (Covid-19), know sport and physical activity organisations are facing a hugely difficult period of time. To help combat this, Sport England have launched a £20 million hardship fund.