Fylde MP Mark Menzies has praised the progress on the £19.5 million sea defences programme in Fylde.

Work on the scheme, stretching from Fairhaven Lake to Fairlawn Road, is well progressed and on target.

Fylde now has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country, according to official statistics.

The number of people claiming employment benefits fell year-on-year to 695 – some 1.8 per cent of the economically active population of working age.

Fylde MP Mark Menzies has welcomed a further £2.5 million of Government funding to help deal with winter pressures at Blackpool Victoria Hospital.

Fylde MP Mark Menzies has backed Prime Minister Theresa May ahead of a leadership vote.

And he called on his fellow MPs to concede there is no perfect 'Brexit' and that compromise is a necessity on all sides of the debate.

Fylde MP Mark Menzies says Lytham's traders should not have to pay the price as Lancashire County Council looks to increase its parking revenues.

Fylde MP Mark Menzies has called for calm in the Brexit debate - saying he supports the Prime Minister, but is not convinced by the deal on the table at present.

This week, ahead of Small Business Saturday, I took a look at St Annes town centre.

It is clear the centre needs some help to ensure it has a vibrant future.

Fylde MP Mark Menzies asked ministers for talks on doubling the frequency of the South Fylde Rail Line - and placed on Parliamentary record Northern Rail's appalling number of cancelled services in the process.

Fylde MP Mark Menzies has highlighted the importance of the UK taking control of its borders and trade policies as Parliament looks at the Brexit deal.

Fylde MP Mark Menzies said: "This is a very fast-moving situation.

Fylde MP Mark Menzies has been assured by a minister that nuclear fuels workers will be beneficiaries of the Government’s new nuclear programme – despite Toshiba’s decision to withdraw from the development of a site in Cumbria.