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All the updated news related to John Howell

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Wage rise welcomed

Wage rise welcomed

19/04/21

JOHN HOWELL has welcomed the decision to raise the national living wage. The Henley MP praised the 2.2 per cent rise of 19p to £8.91, meaning more than £345 extra per year for full-time employees. The national living wage is the Government’s set ...

MP elected vice-president of Council of Europe assembly

MP elected vice-president of Council of Europe assembly

01/02/21

JOHN HOWELL has been elected a vice-president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. The Henley MP was voted in by colleagues at a session on Monday, two weeks after being made leader of its British delegation. He put himself ...

New Year message from John Howell, MP for Henley

New Year message from John Howell, MP for Henley

04/01/21

LOOK forward to 2021 with great optimism. At the end of December, we had an approved vaccine against covid-19 and a second likely to be approved by the regulatory authority. A third had been approved by the US administration. It is true that ...

Independent traders will survive if we use them

Independent traders will survive if we use them

15/06/20

WITH many more “non-essential” shops and businesses due to emerge from lockdown on Monday, I support the Henley Standard’s revived Think Local campaign. If we want these traders to survive, including the many independent retailers which we ...

MP against Bill change

MP against Bill change

19/10/20

JOHN HOWELL backed the Government by voting against a House of Lords amendment to protect animal welfare standards in future trade deals. The Henley MP was one of 332 MPs to vote against the change to the Agriculture Bill, which ...

Townlands beds protest not widespread says MP

Townlands beds protest not widespread says MP

19/10/17

JOHN HOWELL says the new Townlands Memorial Hospital had “enormous” support from outside the town despite protests at the decision not to have beds there. Speaking in Parliament on Tuesday, the Henley MP said the hospital was a ...

MP calls for hospital parking fines to be scrapped

MP calls for hospital parking fines to be scrapped

12/02/18

JOHN HOWELL has called for an immediate halt to parking enforcement at the Townlands Memorial Hospital in Henley. The Henley MP says the system is not suitable as it is “unclear” and has led to dozens of complaints by patients ...

Are schools properly funded in order to maintain standards? YES

20/11/17

YES: Henley MP John Howell says that campaigners and the media don't paint a fair picture of the Government's investment. IN recent years I have supported our schools over funding in many ways — arranging meetings with the ...

MP backs bridge lights plan

10/02/20

JOHN HOWELL has backed the plans to illuminate Henley Bridge. In a letter to Clive Hemsley, the Henley MP said: “I am happy to confirm to you that I support the lighting up of the bridge at Henley. “At a time when so many ...

Different issues

10/09/18

JOHN HOWELL obviously likes to keep his ear to the ground on both national and local issues. The Henley MP regularly tweets about his discussions with constituents as he tours towns and villages. Writing on Twitter, he ...

Developers ‘should lose right to planning appeals’

Developers ‘should lose right to planning appeals’

17/12/18

DEVELOPERS would lose their right to appeal when they are refused planning permission under a new law being proposed by John Howell. The Henley MP says housebuilders should not be allowed to have decisions overturned ...

John Howell MP on the education funding march

John Howell MP on the education funding march

09/09/19

I RECOGNISE that core funding for schools and high needs has risen from almost £41 billion in 2017/18 to £43.5 billion this year, a record amount. But, in the Henley constituency, schools are still struggling and ...

Tories triumph across the board

Tories triumph across the board

15/05/15

The Conservatives' major national success was reflected at local government level in the Henley area.

I know how you feel, says MP

I know how you feel, says MP

13/01/22

JOHN HOWELL has refused to comment on the “bring your own booze” party scandal that has engulfed the Prime Minister Boris Johnson. But the Henley MP said he understood people’s frustrations over the event held ...

MP accused of 'cheap shot' over hospital beds support

MP accused of 'cheap shot' over hospital beds support

27/10/17

CAMPAIGNERS have accused John Howell of a “cheap shot” by suggesting that the fight to retain the beds at the new Townlands Memorial Hospital in Henley was not supported by residents outside the town. Last ...

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