A visit by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg to Bradley Stoke planned for today has had to be cancelled “for operational reasons”, according to a Liberal Democrat spokesperson. The visit first came to light on BBC Radio Bristol news bulletins this morning (Friday 8th), where it was announced that: “The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is to make a flying
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Provisional lists of candidates standing for the 5th May district and local elections have been published by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC). In each of the three SGC wards in Bradley Stoke, the three main parties (Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrats) have each nominated a number of candidates that exactly matches the number of seats being contested (i.e. one or two).
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South Gloucestershire Labour is the latest politcal group to launch its manifesto for the 70 seats on the district council that are up for election on Thursday 5th May. The theme of Labour’s manifesto is that the party will be the community’s voice in the tough times ahead. It outlines “the Con Dem Coalition’s harsh treatment of local government, the
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South Gloucestershire Liberal Democrats fired the opening shots in the 2011 Local Election campaign when they launched their ‘Action for our Area’ manifesto in Bradley Stoke’s Town Square on Saturday morning. Local MPs Steve Webb and Don Foster joined local candidates and activists to promote the document that promises to “create a Council that works for you … not for
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Bradley Stoke residents have a chance to talk to their MP, Jack Lopresti, this Friday (11th March) when he holds a surgery in the town. The surgery runs from 4pm to 6pm and appointments may be made by phoning 01454 617783 or emailing jack.lopresti.mp@parliament.uk. Mr Lopresti has recently honoured his pre-election pledge to publish all his MP’s expenses on his
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Bradley Stoke Councillor Robert Jones has attracted criticism from the blogosphere after he published an insensitive message about proposed Council cuts on the social media site Twitter. The message, sent from the Councillor’s mobile phone as he was waiting for South Gloucestershire Council’s budget-setting meeting to begin on Wednesday evening, read: “Just arrived at south glos council ahead of tonight’s
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Jack Lopresti (Filton and Bradley Stoke) has become the latest local MP to write an article for a weekly series in the Bristol Evening Post. Mr Lopresti’s article focuses on military matters such as the A400M (Hercules replacement), which is partly built in Filton. Previous authors have included Dawn Primarolo (Bristol South, on constituency work), Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset,
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Local MP Jack Lopresti has recorded a Christmas video message for the troops in Afghanistan. Mr Lopresti, who himself served with the Territorial Army in Afghanistan prior to becoming an MP, recorded the message on College Green, outside the Houses of Parliament. The Faces for the Forces campaign is aiming to collect one million video goodwill messages of support for
Continue readingJack Lopresti, MP for Filton and Bradley Stoke, went to Washington DC last week as part of his duty as an Executive Officer of the British and American Parliamentary Group. Jack was part of a delegation of Members of Parliament who flew to the USA on a trip to promote friendly relations and mutual understanding between MPs and Members of
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Local MP Jack Lopresti has opened his new constituency office in Bradley Stoke’s Almondsbury Business Park. The official opening took place on Friday (3rd September), attended by Cllr Janet Biggin, Chair of South Gloucestershire Council, and Cllr Ben Walker, Mayor of Bradley Stoke, along with other local councillors and supporters. The MP for the constituency of Filton and Bradley Stoke,
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