Weston-super-Mare MP John Penrose has hailed his ‘brilliant’ spring jobs fair as a success. More jobseekers than ever flocked to Weston College on Tuesday to meet employers and learn about volunteering and apprenticeship opportunities in North Somerset. Mr Penrose told the Mercury: “The jobs fair was better than ever. We…
Secretary of State Sajid Javid MP has called in plans to extend Cribbs Causeway, following a letter from Weston’s MP John Penrose arguing it could damage Weston’s regeneration by taking away around 8.3% of trade (£39 million) by 2021 and making the town’s “rebirth harder to achieve”. Today’s reply from…
The way to solve the housing crisis is to reduce planning restrictions on urban property owners, allowing them to build up to the level of other buildings in the same block, argues John Penrose MP. Housing, whether it’s rent or mortgage payments, is probably the biggest single monthly bill that…
John Penrose MP stated that the housing crisis can only be solved by allowing developers to build on existing buildings. This comment came after the publication of the Government’s Housing White Paper, which proposes change to height limits of residential buildings in urban areas. The House Building Association (HBA) believes…