Cotswold Chatterblog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Cotswold MP handed messages to 10 Downing Street last Thursday to mark the end of Save the Children’s ‘Knit One, Save One’ campaign. Over 40,000 personal messages were delivered to the Prime Minister from knitters across the country. At the event Mr Clifton-Brown said “I was delighted to be able to join Save the Children’s [...]
Cotswold Chatterblog (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
Cotswold MP, Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, has expressed utter dismay at the decision by the Office of Rail Regulator (ORR) to exclude the doubling of the Kemble to Swindon railway line scheme for at least another seven years. On hearing about the outcome of the decision, Mr Clifton-Brown said: “This decision is condemning rail users between Cheltenham and Swindon [...]
Cotswold Chatterblog (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
Cotswold MP, Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, the Shadow Minister of Trade, had a meeting with over 40 local businessmen and businesswomen to discuss the current economic situation and the effect it was having on businesses. A number of issues were discussed, with particular consideration given to the role of the banks. The meeting was organised by Neil Carmichael [...]
Cotswold Chatterblog (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Cotswold MP was delighted to attend the announcement ceremony of a new sharing arrangement. The event was attended by The Right Hon David Cameron, MP for Witney, David Neudegg, New Chief Executive of the West Oxfordshire and Cotswold District Councils, Barry Norton, Leader of the Council of the West Oxfordshire District Council and [...]
Cotswold Chatterblog (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
Cotswolds MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown held a joint forum with Professor Malcolm Evans OBE, Professor of Public International Law and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Law at the University of Bristol, to talk about the future works of the United Nations, including prevention and conflict. The forum was held at Farmors School in Fairford and [...]
Cotswold Chatterblog (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
The Health Care Commission report into the death of Rebecca Wedd and the performance of the Great Western Ambulance Service (GWAS) has provoked a strong response from Cotswolds MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown. Mr Clifton-Brown, who has been closely involved with the case said today that “Whilst this report can only awaken poignant memories for Rebecca’s family, I [...]
Cotswold Chatterblog (Free subscription) | 12/08/2008
Following the Government’s decision earlier this year to close 12 post offices across the Cotswolds, local MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown has been further inundated with correspondence regarding the Post Office Card Account. A campaign has been led by the National Federation of Sub postmasters (NFSP) as the Government is currently deciding upon who should run the new [...]
Cotswold Chatterblog (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
Cotswolds MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown had the pleasure of hosting an assembly last Friday for all pupils during an engaging visit to Cirencester Junior School, where the MP was also able to meet with a number of pupils and teachers. Top of Mr Clifton-Brown’s “to do list” was the chance to meet with Rosa Spencer who had [...]
Cotswold Chatterblog (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
Following the recent closure of 12 Post Office branches across the Cotswolds, local MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown visited the Post Office in Wotton-under-Edge to demonstrate his support for the continued operation of the branch and to be handed copies of a postcard campaign in support of the Post Office Card Account (POCA2). The Government’s current contract on [...]
Cotswold Chatterblog (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
Cotswold MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown has made his final representation to Post Office Ltd consultation on the proposed outreach hours for Rendcomb Post Office. The Rendcomb branch was one of twelve Post Offices across the Cotswolds which the Post Office has confirmed will close but is one of the eight of those which will receive outreach. Under [...]
Cotswold Chatterblog (Free subscription) | 01/07/2008
Cotswold MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown yesterday called an adjournment debate on the subject of the redoubling of the section of single track railway running from Swindon to Kemble. The MP called for the debate after the Office of the Rail Regulator (ORR) announced on the 5th June that they would not provide funding for this scheme [...]
Cotswold Chatterblog (Free subscription) | 26/06/2008
Cotswolds MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, in his capacity as the Shadow Minister for International Trade and Development, has spent two days in Brussels meeting with the Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Alan Duncan MP and the rest of his Shadow departmental team, and meeting with senior trade representatives at the European Parliament. This visit was of [...]
Cotswold Chatterblog (Free subscription) | 26/06/2008
With the consultation on the 15 short listed eco town locations across the country due to close on Monday 30th June, Cotswold MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown has sent a detailed letter of opposition to the proposed site at Long Marston, also know as Middle Quinton, which borders on the Northern edge of the Cotswold constituency. The MP yesterday [...]
Cotswold Chatterblog (Free subscription) | 15/06/2008
Cotswolds MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown has given a cautious welcome to the long awaited announcement from the Gloucestershire Primary Care Trust (PCT) that UK Specialist Hospitals (UKSH) will carry out a range of routine, planned operations at Cirencester Hospital from Autumn 2009. The MP, along with Dr Tony Walsh from Tetbury amongst others, visited UK Specialist Hospitals [...]
Cotswold Chatterblog (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
Whilst welcoming the news that Colesbourne is to receive extended outreach hours and the ongoing consulatation on the hours of outreach at Rendcomb, Cotswolds MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown believes this is a tacit admission by Post Office Ltd that the consultation was flawed. During the consultation the MP regularly raised the point that with the closure of [...]
