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.  

Commenting on the news that M&S proposes to close its store in Falmouth Sarah Newton, the MP for Truro and Falmouth, said: “I am very concerned about this news and the impact it will have on its many staff as well as the town centre.

The Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work, Sarah Newton, yesterday launched a new campaign to get retailers to sign up to its trail-blazing Disability Confident scheme.

Sarah Newton, the Conservative MP for Truro and Falmouth, has welcomed the government’s decision to give Cornwall extra funding to help more elderly and disabled residents to make adaptations to their homes so they can live safely and independently.