Fair School Funding is an important issue for Torbay. Kevin Foster MP has presented a petition to Parliament on behalf of constituents to show the support for reviewing the funding formula.
Representatives from local consumer champion for health & social care Healthwatch Torbay have travelled to London to raise the real life concerns of people using health and social care services at the Houses of Parliament, Westminster.Healthwatch Torbay joined forces with more than 70 attendees from fellow local Healthwatch organisations across the nation at a special event on 27 October, attended by more than 30 parliamentarians, as well as key decision makers from across health and social care.
111 MPs have written an open letter to David Cameron calling on the Government to deliver school funding reform including Kevin Foster MP for Torbay. The MPs, working on a cross-party basis, ask the Prime Minister to implement the funding formula proposed by the F40 campaign group, which would ensure fair funding based on pupil need.Under the current system, the ten best funded areas of England will receive an average grant of £6,297 per pupil this year, compared to an average of just £4,208 per pupil in the ten most poorly funded areas.
On Friday 11th September 2015 the House of Commons debated the Assisted Dying (No2) Bill, in this article Kevin sets out what he would have said if called to speak.
Kevin has had a few e-mails this week in relation to the situation in the Mediterranean with refugees and in this Kev's Column he gives his views on this issue.
