Ed was delighted to join the National Trust in re-chalking the Uffington White Horse.  This significant monument is a vital part of the local communities history and Ed thanked all the staff and volunteers who maintain it for the enjoyment of all.

I am calling on Wantage’s small shopkeepers to enter the Best Small Shops Competition, celebrating the creativity of small shops and the central role they play in their local community.

This article originally appeared in the Herald Newspaper on 31st July 2019.

In a letter to local Member of Parliament Ed Vaizey on her penultimate day in office, Prime Minister Theresa May MP took the opportunity to praise the UK’s ‘world leading capabilities’ in the space sector, in particular drawing attention to the ‘vibrancy’ of the Space Cluster at the Harwell Campu

This article originally appeared in the Herald Newspaper on 17th July 2019.

Ed met with education minister, Lord Agnew, and Ian Hudspeth, leader of Oxfordshire County Council to discuss the expansion of several primary schools in the Wantage and Didcot constituency.  Officers at the council and officials at the Department for Education had a useful meeting and have agree

This article originally appeared in the Herald Newspaper on 3rd July 2019.

Ed met Tim Sherwood and Barbara Ghinelli, from the Satellite Application Catapult, at the Space Cluster at Harwell. This was a showcase for the space industry, ninety space companies have been established at Harwell in the last decade.

Ed met with his constituent Penny Hearn from Bee Watch who is campaigning for a mandatory register of bee keepers.  This would help combat the spread of bee disease. 

Ed met Sara Wells and Steve Brown of the Medical Research Council to discuss the amazing work into genetics being carried out at their centre in Harwell