Labour Government fail to intervene to Save Chatham Docks Tuesday, 29 October, 2024 Sadly today the news came through that Labour’s Secretary of State Angela Rayner has decided NOT to call in the decision made by the Labour Medway Council to allow Peel Holdings to redevelop Chatham Docks. This now directly puts at risk the livelihoods of 1000s of local “working people”. This could signal the end of high skilled employment at Chatham Docks and businesses who are responsible for... Local News
Carol Vorderman supports Rochester Airport 24th January 2017 Last week, Carol Vorderman MBE joined Kelly Tolhurst MP and parliamentarians from both houses to launch the All-Party Parliamentary Group on General Aviation... Westminster News
Kelly Tolhurst MP Calls for Infrastructure Investment at Kent Partnership Summit 23rd January 2017 On Friday, I was delighted to represent Medway’s MPs at the Kent and Medway Economic Partnership Infrastructure Summit, where I was joined by a number of Kent’s... Local News
Kelly Tolhurst MP Concerned with BAE Job Losses in Rochester 16th December 2016 I was disappointed to learn last week of BAE System’s proposal to cut up to 60 jobs at the local Rochester Airport site. I therefore wanted to take the... Speeches in Parliament
Kelly Tolhurst MP Seeks Debate on High Street Bank Branch Closures 9th December 2016 Yesterday (Thursday 8 December), Kelly Tolhurst MP called on the Leader of the House of Commons to allow for a debate on the impact of the latest round of... Westminster News
Kelly Tolhurst MP speaks up for Children and Social Carers in Landmark Bill 8th December 2016 On Monday I was pleased to take to take the opportunity to speak at length on the Children and Social Work Bill, which covers an area and profession dear to me... Speeches in Parliament
Kelly Tolhurst MP Highlights Local Grammar School Contributions at PMQs 6th December 2016 At last week’s PMQs I was pleased to have the opportunity to raise and highlight the important contribution of Medway’s grammar schools to local education and... Speeches in Parliament
Kelly Tolhurst MP Welcomes Measures to Help Boost Local Exporters 2nd December 2016 Kelly Tolhurst MP welcomed last week the Government’s GREAT.gov.uk website which is designed to match supply and demand, put power in the hands of businesses to... Articles
Kelly Tolhurst MP Declares Opposition to High Street Natwest Branch Closure 1st December 2016 I was extremely disappointed with today’s (1 December 2016) news that the Royal Bank of Scotland have made the decision to close the Natwest branch on Rochester... Local News
Kelly Tolhurst MP and Team Join Hundreds at the Rochester Santa Fun Run 1st December 2016 On Saturday 19 November, Kelly Tolhurst MP and members of her parliamentary and constituency team took part in the annual Rochester Santa Fun Run organised by... Local News
