Ahead of the forthcoming Autumn Budget, Bristol North West MP Darren Jones has called on the Chancellor to keep the government’s promise that no benefit claimant would suffer financial hardship, or receive less income, under Universal Credit. This is not the first time Darren has spoken out – he also called on the Chancellor in last […]
Darren Jones MP has backed calls from the Police and Crime Commissioner, Sue Mountstevens, for the government to review the Police Allocation Formula (PAF) (which assesses the funding each police force receives from government) alongside the total funding set aside by central government for policing. Continued calls for the PAF to reconsidered come after the force has advised […]
Darren Jones MP has slammed the government’s removal of financial incentives to purchase plug-in hybrids and electric cars. Darren Jones MP said: “Firstly, the government should be ploughing far more investment into public transport and cycle networks to get people out of their cars and reduce air pollution. But, if people are going to drive […]
Bristol North West MP Darren Jones recently accepted the honour of becoming the Honorary President of the 2442 Air Cadet Squadron based in Westbury-on-Trym. Darren said: ” I really enjoyed attending a drill night in late August to see and meet the cadets and the team who support them. I was also able to join […]
MP for Bristol North West, Darren Jones has backed calls to ‘ask twice’ this World Mental Health Day (10th October). Time to Change, a growing social movement run by Mind and Rethink Mental Illness are working to change the way we all think and act about mental health problems. Despite some progress, many people still don’t […]
Bristol North West MP Darren Jones visited Curo’s site at Corbet Close in Lawrence Weston last week to find out more about the organisation’s plans to build 57 much-needed new affordable homes in the area. The local MP was accompanied on the site visit by Curo Managing Director, Gerraint Oakley, and the project team. The […]
Darren Jones MP is proudly supporting the Open Cages and Humane Society International’s campaign to ban the importing of real fur to the UK. Darren Jones MP said: “Animal welfare is of real concern to me – especially where cruelty is so totally unnecessary. That’s the case with the use of real fur and it’s […]
Darren Jones, MP for Bristol North West, recently visited the team at Southmead Hospital Charity. Darren got to try his hand at robotic surgery in a urology theatre and also spent some time on the neo-natal intensive care unit (NICU) at Southmead Hospital. He also found out more about Southmead Hospital Charity’s Prostate Cancer Care Appeal […]
Darren Jones MP is proudly supporting the League Against Cruel Sports local campaign to end dog fighting. The League is distributing 12,000 leaflets around Bristol in a bid to get more information on dog fighting in the city and to highlight the issue. The appeal, backed by Darren, is being made by the League which held […]
A number of constituents have contacted Darren Jones, MP for Bristol North West, about the continued closure of the Iron Bridge in Shirehampton following damage caused by a lorry hitting the historic bridge back in November 2015. Following these concerns, Darren attended a ‘Save the Iron Bridge’ event in January to support the concerns of residents and since site inspections were undertaken […]
