Truro and Falmouth’s MP Sarah Newton today backed tough new measures to help small businesses win contracts with central government.

Sarah said: “I grew up in a small, family business outside Falmouth and know they are the backbone of our society providing jobs and vital services.

Cornwall’s MPs have met with NHS England representatives in Westminster to discuss the future of radiotherapy services and modernisation proposals.

Local MP Sarah Newton has welcomed this week’s announcement that many more doctors are to be trained in Truro each year.

The University of Exeter Medical School, which has a campus in Truro, is to expand from 130 student places to 218 – one of the biggest increases in the country.

Sarah Newton, the Conservative MP for Truro and Falmouth, has welcomed today’s news that a government project to help businesses and homes connect to full-fibre broadband is to be extended across the UK.

A £40 million fund to transform the UK’s coastal communities opened for applications today.

The Coastal Communities Fund transforms the UK’s coastal communities through investment in jobs, skills and local businesses.

Last Thursday I was pleased to join more than 100 people at the St Erme Community Centre, to help launch Mencap’s new Treat Me Well campaign.

North Devon is leading the way for other UK tourism hotspots by providing fully accessible adventure holidays for disabled people at Calvert Trust Exmoor.

Hall For Cornwall (HFC) has secured a £2m investment from the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), the last piece of public funding required to deliver a £20m rebuild of its venue which will bring jobs, economic growth and world class culture to Cornwall.

Today in Parliament, Sarah Newton MP celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Act of Parliament that enabled all men and some women to vote. Only women over thirty and owning property were enfranchised in this ground breaking legislation.

Today I met with senior representatives from M&S to discuss their proposed closure of the Falmouth branch.