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Farnborough surgery refurbishment will enable more GP appointments
A fresh chapter has begun: South Western Railway (SWR) services have been taken back into public control. We finally have the chance to get our once-treasured rail services back on track.
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Sovereign defence financing capability is key component of national security, MPs say
Two prominent Labour MPs have called for a complete overhaul of outdated rules holding back defence sector financing, to accelerate economic benefits to the UK and enhance the nation’s security.
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Getting our rail services back on track
A fresh chapter has begun: South Western Railway (SWR) services have been taken back into public control. We finally have the chance to get our once-treasured rail services back on track.
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I was delighted to open Boeing UK’s High-Lift Aerodynamics Collaboration Centre recently.
The centre, which supports the only high-tech wind tunnel of its type in the UK, will bring together experts from around the globe to test and improve designs of aircraft that could deliver significant environmental value through improved fuel efficiency and reduced noise emissions.
It is a significant investment from Boeing and a massive vote of confidence in the future of the aerospace and defence industries in this area. It will ensure that Farnborough continues to be at the forefront of aviation research and development, providing hundreds of well-paid jobs and opportunities for local residents.
#aldershot #farnborough #hawley #blackwater #yateley
@boeing_uk
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Looks impressive. The Boeing Company any plans to offer up tours of the facility to schools and groups in the area to help promote STEM?
Where are they in Farnborough ?
Im impressed with Alex, She gets things done. Never did any Tory MP keep us updated like Alex
Long Live Lidos! Having opened Aldershot Lido for half-term, I was pleased to speak to Chris Romer-Lee from Future Lidos, a group passionate about keeping our public lidos open and supporting the development of new ones.
Lidos are, in fact, making a comeback due to the enormous enthusiasm for outdoor swimming and because of the obvious benefits to health and well-being. So, it really underlined how lucky we are to have such a great example locally.
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Doesn’t matter how warm Summer gets the water in that pool is bloody freezing. 🤣
"Long Live Lidos"....... for flips sake, sort of lol (exasperation) ...... sorry had to put that 🫶🙏💦🌈
Considering the recent rain, I’ll be happy when/if we get the new Farnborough pool.
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Last year FareShare provided almost 80 tonnes of good quality surplus food to frontline charities and community groups in and around Aldershot and Farnborough.
I was pleased to meet their team in Parliament last week to find out just how they do it. They really are an impressive organisation, taking goods from right across the food industry and getting it to nearly 8,000 organisations across the UK, including school breakfast clubs, older people’s lunch clubs, homeless shelters, and community cafes, like at Yateley Industries and the Grub Hub.
#Aldershot #Farnborough #Hawley #Blackwater #Yateley #Fareshare
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What an amazing organization. Praise God for such dedication. ☺
While life needs to destroy and eat to survive, obviously myself included, that's a pretty good effort tbh imo it seems 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 ❤️🩷🧡💛
Right now, many GP surgeries could be seeing more patients, but don’t have enough room or the right facilities to accommodate them.
So, I’m really pleased to see the Labour Government back its action to recruit more than 1,500 new GPs nationally, by announcing record levels of investment in the bricks and mortar too.
Earlier this week I met the Jenner House Surgery team - including Rajni Pathak and Baljite Libra-Dhillon (pictured) who will be among the first in the country to benefit from this extra investment. It’s exciting news. The improved and enlarged waiting room facilities have the potential to open up new spaces for more appointments and consultations.
It’s a small but significant step on the road towards eliminating the dreaded ‘8am scramble’ to get a GP appointment.
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My guess would be some people are turned away purely on the fact they wouldn’t be able to wait in a crowded room. That’s my best guess.
There's no 8am scramble at ours, you now have to log in online and submit a form (basically asks if you are dying or not and if you are to head to a&e) and wait to be told if there's an appointment free. I submitted a form 6 weeks ago and no appointments any time I check.
Yes we all understand this problem will not be fixed quickly. A lot of it is the backlog of 'Covid' as well as poor investment. However, at least we now have an MP whose finger is on the pulse, and listening.
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I took time to meet with Nick Hinton last week. Nick served for 27 years in the British Army, spending much of that time with the Gurkhas and he is Chair of both the Britain-Nepal Charitable Trust and the Britain-Nepal NGO Network.
Along with John Harrop, he’s written a book titled ‘Remarkable Times, Remarkable Men’ which is a new history of the 2nd Goorkhas. It really looks like a fabulous book, with some superb photographs and illustrations.
#Aldershot #Farnborough #Hawley #Blackwater #Yateley #Gurkha #Gurkhas #BritainNepal
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The ability to read is not just a fundamental skill, but it also opens up other opportunities and life chances for children, such as empathy, imagination, and wellbeing. But, in England one in four children don’t reach the expected level of reading by the age of 11.
So, I was really pleased to attend the Parliamentary launch of the Summer Reading Challenge. This annual event led by the Reading Agency helps to inspire parents and children to enjoy reading for fun over the summer holidays. Look out for events in your local library from 5 July. @The Reading Agency @readingagency
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Our school are taking g part!
It’s not the end of the world if your reading and writing skills are below par ! You can always get work in politics
So good to see support for our local libraries, we need to use them to keep them open and so many activities now available in them.
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Great to meet Tony Lawson and Alexander Johns of XLB this week to hear about their plans for Cody Technology Park.
The Park is one of the UK’s leading centres for aerospace and defence technology so it’s an exciting time for the businesses based there, especially now that the Government is scaling up investment in defence.
I came away with a strong sense that XLB are ambitious to support business and innovation, which will help to deliver jobs and prosperity for the local community.
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More arms for Israel, shame on you.
Read my column in this week's Aldershot News & Mail below 👇
This week I highlighted the difference that the nationalisation of South Western Railway will have on communities like ours, making transport more reliable and putting passengers first.
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Hi Alex Baker MP Can a request be made to GWR/Network Rail to review the timetable of trains stopping at Farnborough North on the North Downs line? Farnborough North is a very popular station on this line, due to its convenient location for the town, colleges and business districts. It’s also a very popular route to Gatwick Airport and the GW main line at Reading. This popularity was noted by the Network Rail business case to install the new footbridge over the old level crossing last year. However, North Camp station has a far higher frequency of stopping trains, but a lower footfall than Farnborough North. It too could use a safer passenger footbridge, but one is not currently planned there, which says something. The timetable format for this line has remained unchanged for a long time, with the preference to stop more trains at North Camp than Farnborough North, possibly for historical or military reasons. However times change, and GWR/Network Rail should look at a timetable which would serve Rushmoor more effectively, encourage more rail travel in and out of the borough, and likely help them sell more tickets. Thanks, George
Labour have not pushed forward any of the pledges they made previously about the train service. One massive let down
I can’t be the only person who would like to go back to the good old days of NSE, when Aldershot to London took 40 minutes, and was cheaper and more reliable than the current 57 minute service.
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Local people won’t need reminding that sewage was discharged into the River Blackwater, which runs through Aldershot, Farnborough, Blackwater and places in between for more than 700 hours last year. It’s a shameful statistic.
Yet, water company bosses consistently awarded themselves bonuses in spite of this failure, while the Conservative government turned a blind eye.
So, I’m delighted to welcome Labour’s ban on undeserved bonuses with immediate effect delivering on the promise we made at the General Election. Just like anyone else, the water bosses should only get bonuses for good performance, and certainly not if they’ve failed to tackle water pollution.
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I'm just pleased Alex seems to have her finger on the pulse and trying. Well done Alex.😏
Didn't labour fail the pensioners?🤔
We can all do our bit to conserve water -stop flushing the loo when it's only liquids, and take a shower not a bath
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