Weston MP John Penrose has criticised a masterplan which will create a ‘new town’ in North Somerset, demanding the proposals focus on tackling the district’s congestion woes instead. The MP has told of ‘important concerns’ he has with the Joint Local Transport Plan (JLTP), created by councils in the West…
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Article originally published in The Telegraph on 24/02/2019. It was written by Edward Malnick, Sunday Political Editor. Delaying Britain’s departure from the EU is an “elephant trap” that could kill off Brexit altogether, senior ministers warned on Saturday night. Writing in The Sunday Telegraph, John Penrose, the Northern Ireland minister,…
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No-one wants a World Trade Organisation ‘no-deal’ Brexit, right? So why not rule it out now, once and for all. Wouldn’t that be safer, and let everyone calm down? Well no, not really. Taking the option off the table wouldn’t just massively weaken the Prime Minister’s negotiating position. It could…
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Weston’s MP John Penrose says everybody in Weston and nearby villages will be extremely sad and disappointed at the news that Marks & Spencer’s Weston-super-Mare store is one of 17 proposed closures across the country. Traditional High Street retailers are all struggling against twin trends of shoppers switching to out…
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