Category: News & Articles
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March 24, 2021
Statement on John Lewis store closure
While no brand has been immune to the challenges of the last year and the ongoing trend towards online retail, since opening in 2014 John Lewis has been a key anchor of the Vangarde Retail Park and has been warmly welcomed by local residents. I have already been in touch with John Lewis about their York […] -
March 23, 2021
Julian lobbies Business Secretary for travel sector support and against summer holiday ban
Today in the House of Commons, Julian pressed the Business Secretary to provide targeted support to travel businesses if the government maintains the current covid holiday travel restrictions through the summer. In recent days, Ministers have refused to rule out retaining travel restrictions, despite the success of the government vaccination programme, with half of all […] -
March 19, 2021
Local Coronavirus Update
As the key dates for easing lockdown measures at the end of March and mid-April edge closer with each passing day, it is reassuring to learn that the vaccine rollout remains on track to reach national targets of offering everyone in the top nine priority groups their first dose by the end of April with […] -
March 17, 2021
£297,000 government funding for York air quality project
Julian has welcomed the award of £297,237 from the Department of the Environment’s Air Quality Grant Scheme to City of York Council. This funding will pay for an examination of how to reduce pollution from goods vehicles. There will be a feasibility study on lowering emissions from first and ‘last mile’ light goods deliveries, and […] -
March 14, 2021
Letter to Hospitality Businesses
This week Julian wrote to hospitality businesses across the constituency to ask for their views on the Prime Minister’s roadmap for easing lockdown and the support announced in the Budget to help inform his lobbying efforts going forward. If you have not received a letter or are not currently accessing your premises, and you operate […] -
March 12, 2021
Local Coronavirus Update
As each week goes by, our amazing vaccine rollout programme goes from strength to strength with over twenty-three million vaccine doses having been administered across the country. In North Yorkshire and York alone, over 375,000 people have been inoculated, including 38,000 of my constituents in York Outer. Within the Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group […] -
March 10, 2021
York Press column – The End of the Pandemic is Finally in Sight
Since my last column, the Prime Minister’s roadmap to ease lockdown and the Chancellor’s Budget have provided the detail we have been longing for as to how we will bounce back after the pandemic. Both provide great clarity and offer optimistic reassurance to families, students, businesses and workers that 2021 will see normality return across […] -
March 9, 2021
Julian visit local brewery Ainsty Ales
As part of his ongoing discussions throughout the pandemic with York’s important hospitality and leisure sectors, Julian visited Ainsty Ales in Acaster Malbis on Friday to meet with their owner and Managing Director, Andy Herrington. Founded in 2014, Ainsty Ales has won an array of accolades for their high-quality beers quickly joining the ranks of […] -
March 4, 2021
Budget 2021: Protecting the Jobs and Livelihoods of the British People
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak MP, has delivered a Budget that meets the moment and sets us on a course to recover from the pandemic. WHERE WE ARE: We are providing £407 billion of support for families, jobs and businesses, more than almost any other country in the world. Despite the unprecedented support, […] -
March 3, 2021
Julian welcomes Budget for York’s recovery
I warmly welcome the comprehensive extension of emergency covid jobs and business support, but this must not detract from the urgent need to safely return to normal trading conditions, facilitated by successful vaccination. It is a relief predictions of peak unemployment of nearly 12% have been revised to 6.5%, giving hope of a solid recovery. […]
