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Dear reader, This will be my final newsletter before Christmas and for 2024. It has been a real joy to begin this newsletter and...
An update on my work in the constituency (flooding), parliament (assisted dying bill and the family farm tax), and elsewhere (visit to the West Bank)
Welcome to the first edition of Brian Mathew MP's fortnightly e-newsletter.
Brian Mathew MP has supported a Parliamentary Motion calling for WASPI women to be compensated. The motion, tabled by Wendy Chamberlain, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Work and Pensions, calls for the new Labour Government to act on the recommendation
Wiltshire Council has confirmed the appointment of Cllr Ian Thorn as its new Leader.
Brian Mathew was declared the new MP for Melksham and Devizes in the early hours of Friday morning.
Many polls and projections show the Liberal Democrats as the main challenger to the Conservatives. [Image Credit: YouGov projection for Melksham and Devizes, as of 19th June]
Following the resignation of Independent councillor Sue Mortimer from Melksham Town Council, it has now been announced that Lib Dem Adrienne Westbrook has won the seat due to no opposition!
Shocking stats reveal a 89% increase in sewage dumps by Wessex Water last year
Dr Brian Mathew, the Liberal Democrat Prospective MP for Melksham & Devizes, wrote to the Gazette and Herald about the death of seven Aid workers in Gaza on April 1st.
‘Smoke and mirrors’, is a phrase often used to describe magicians, or those who are trying to deceive you. It’s a phrase often thrown at politicians these days, and Jeremy Hunt tried and failed to do the same at the budget last week.
Brian Mathew wrote to News Quest describing what the Lib Dems had planned for the Wiltshire Council Budget
