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Fylde MP backs Lottery bid for top tourist attraction

Fylde MP Mark Menzies has written to the Heritage Lottery Fund in full support of plans to restore Fairhaven Lake.

Mr Menzies wrote a letter of support for the Fylde Council bid which would see a major restoration and improvements at the top attraction.

MY WEEK IN WESTMINSTER

I'm pleased to see the Government taking steps to stop the sale of puppies and kittens from unscrupulous breeders.
This will make life far more difficult for the appalling puppy and kittens farmers who have scant regard for the health and wellbeing of the animals they sell.

Fylde MP backs search for best local business

Fylde's legion of small independent shopkeepers are being urged to enter the Best Small Shops Competition, celebrating the creativity of small shops and the central role they play in their local community.

MY WEEK IN WESTMINSTER

I am astounded that Northern Rail cancelled services yet again on our Blackpool South line last Sunday.

It is simply not good enough and I have written to both Northern Rail and the Minister for Transport to ask that the matter be fully investigated.

Mark Menzies MP welcomes record employment figures

Fylde MP Mark Menzies has hailed a further fall in unemployment in the constituency - as the national rate reached its lowest level since 1975.

The unemployment count in Fylde is 650 - down 40 on the same month last year, and down five on the previous month.

Fylde unemployment falls again

Unemployment has fallen in Fylde again.

Fylde MP Mark Menzies has welcomed the figures, which show 655 unemployed claimants in the constituency in June 2018.

That's 40 fewer than June 2017. There are 25 fewer claimants than last month.

MY WEEK IN WESTMINSTER

You may have noticed a bit about Brexit this week – again.

Putting aside the political manoeuvrings from certain people, I can tell you the Prime Minister reaffirmed to us we will take back control of our borders – there will be no free movement once we leave the EU.