Following the local elections last Thursday, Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset, has paid tribute to outgoing Dorset Councillors, and has expressed his congratulations to all new and re-elected Councillors across the constituency.
Speaking in Parliament on the 7th May 2024, West Dorset’s MP once again made the case for fairer rural funding allocations. The local MP called for the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Laura Trott, to review the ‘Green Book’ guidance to ensure fairness in rural funding allocations.
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Rt Hon Steve Barclay, visited West Dorset on 26th April in support of Chris Loder MP’s rural campaigns.
Secretary of State for Business and Trade, Rt Hon Kemi Badenoch, visited West Dorset today (24th April) to meet with small business owners across the constituency and members of the Dorchester Chamber of Business.
Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset, has advanced his long-standing campaign to increase defence spending to 2.5% by 2030. Mr Loder, who is a member of the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme, welcomes the Prime Minister’s announcement and has called long called for defence spending to increase.
8,700 households and businesses in West Dorset will benefit from ultrafast full fibre broadband following the latest Project Gigabit procurement contract. Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset, has hailed the announcement as a campaign success for rural residents.
Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset, has expressed his support for the introduction of legislation to quash the wrongful convictions of hundreds of innocent sub-postmasters implicated in the Horizon IT scandal.
Chris Loder MP has today welcomed the news that inflation has fallen to just 3.4%. It means the cost of living is rising at its slowest pace since September 2021, helping ease costs on West Dorset’s households and residents. Mr Loder said: