It was the French leader Napoleon Bonaparte who once quipped that England was “a nation of shopkeepers”, apparently seeking to imply that we were a country without ambition and therefore not prepared for war with his French military.
While we do not yet know the full economic impact of this coronavirus crisis, one thing is clear – we must prepare for a serious and potentially sustained period of economic hardship.
Gareth Davies MP has asked the Chief Secretary to the Treasury to consider issuing a Green Gilt in order to help stimulate the British economy and boost employment through new transportation infrastructure investment.
This week the country took an important step in moving to the next phase of tackling the coronavirus with the government announcing its Covid-19 Recovery Strategy.
First virtual question in the House of Commons for Gareth Davies MP. Asked the Northern Ireland Minister of State about the importance of the additional £5.7m of Government funding to maintain air passenger flights between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom.
Gareth has welcomed the announcement that police ranks in Lincolnshire have been bolstered with an additional 64 officers since the government launched its major recruitment drive in September 2019.
Land managers in Grantham and Stamford constituency are being encouraged to get involved in a multi-million-pound government-backed scheme to see more tree planting as part of a woodland creation scheme.
