Maria Miller MP said, ‘’Every year in Hampshire there are more than 30 000 reports of domestic abuse, making it the largest reported crime in the county. Official statistics show that it accounts for 15% of all recorded crime nationally and affects nearly 2 million people each year.
Basingstoke Community Food Link is a local volunteer led charity set up to collect food that cannot be sold by local supermarkets to make sure it doesn’t go to waste.
In the past three years there has been a 20% increase in the number of children and young people referred to NHS mental health services. To reflect this, an extra £79million has been provided nationally to the NHS to expand children's mental health services in places like Basingstoke.
Local MP Maria Miller has spoken in support of the work being done at Hampshire Hospitals Trust to get the acute care part of our local NHS back on track following the immense challenges of the Covid Pandemic and the consequential backlog of patients awaiting treatment.
Maria Miller recently met with officials from the Department of Education to discuss the rebrokering of the Austen Academy, the Ashwood Academy and Coppice Springs. In the meeting, Maria reiterated her calls for increased capital investment in Ashwood and Coppice Springs.
Today the Government has confirmed Hampshire Hospitals Trust can move forward to the next stage of their work to build a new Hospital to serve the people of Basingstoke.
On Thursday, local Borough Councillors will meet to decide who leads Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council for the coming year following the elections on May 4th.
Following a successful bid, and in partnership with the County Council, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust and Southampton University, £495,000 of funding will allow The Greening Campaign to work with more communities to make meaningful changes to tackle climate change.