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Queens Speech Reaction

May 10, 2022 0 Comments by Chris in Crime Education Health Immigration Infrastructure Misc Opportunities for young people Uncategorized

A few thoughts on the Queen’s speech. Will be making a speech about it on Thursday. It was an amazing experience being in the Royal gallery but sorry not to see the Queen who I know we’re all thinking about at the moment.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak Visits Local Retailers

May 10, 2022 0 Comments by Chris in Local Economy

While the Chancellor was in Ipswich, I wanted to show him some of our wonderful independent shops. St Peter’s Street is a great example of this. As well as Applaud Coffee, I brought the Chancellor to see Maria in Hug Womenswear and Cathy at OneLove gift shop.

Rishi Sunak also met Antonio, who runs The Italian Shirt Shop. Antonio thanked the Chancellor for his support for small businesses throughout the pandemic – and said that without the drastic action and unprecedented grants, his and many other small businesses wouldn’t have survived.

It’s clear that these unique shops bring a lot of atmosphere to the street. The Chancellor was impressed with the culture of support and commented that it is places like this that really make Ipswich a vibrant town centre and a great place to shop.

Meeting with Google and visit to Microshops

May 10, 2022 0 Comments by Chris in Local Economy

Surprise visitor in ipswich this morning. Big meeting with Google at Portman Road followed by trip to meet business owners along St Peter’s Street and ended up at Microshops-Ipswich on Carr Street.

Many of the businesses we’ve met with have raised numerous concerns over the past few years so it was great for them to be able to meet the Chancellor in person.

Was also really pleased for him to meet with many of the small independent businesses at Microshops. It’s been a great success story giving a foothold to many small independent businesses, many who have no got premises elsewhere in Town.

Supporting Ukraine

May 3, 2022 0 Comments by Chris in Uncategorized

I’m proud of the fact that our Prime Minister was the first world leader to visit Ukraine and the first to address the Ukrainian Parliament as well.

We have heard that President Zelenskyy views the Prime Minister as his most reliable and dependable ally, which is something we can all be proud of.

We want to be as robust and strong in our support for Ukraine as possible, through our military support. This has to be balanced with the fact that we are dealing with a nuclear power in Russia.

Listen to my thoughts above.

Primary School competition for Platinum Jubilee Celebrations

April 21, 2022 0 Comments by Chris in Education Misc

Today, on the Queen’s 96^th Birthday and in celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, Ipswich Member of Parliament Tom Hunt is delighted to announce his new ‘Jubilee card for the Queen competition’ for all Primary Schools and Children aged 11 and under. Tom is asking for children across his Ipswich constituency to design their best card to send to the Queen to celebrate 70 years on the throne.

Whilst there is no limit to the design, it must be colourful and cheerful to reflect the spirit of the celebrations. Entries must be A4 size using pen or pencil and sent to Tom’s Parliamentary Office at ‘Tom Hunt MP, Houses of Commons, Westminster, London, SW1A 0AA’. Please don’t forget to put your name, age and address on the design to make sure we know how to contact the winner!

The competition ends on 17^th May with Tom and his team judging the winner and all those who deserve a special mention.

Tom Hunt MP commented “I am really excited to announce my new ‘Jubilee card for the Queen’ competition for Children in Ipswich. This year we mark an incredible achievement by our Queen. 70 years of incredible and loyal service deserves a special celebration and I know with all the amazing young artists we have in Ipswich, this is a great way.

I am very much looking forward to judging all the amazing entries we are going to have and choosing which card will be sent to Buckingham Palace on behalf of myself, and all the people of Ipswich. Good luck!”