Rt. Hon. Sir Alan Beith MP

VICTORY as ambulance chiefs back down - Berwick to keep emergency ambulance!

Sir Alan says "There has been a massive response to our campaign with thousands of people signing my petition to Save Berwick's Emergency Ambulance - health bosses have listened, and are not cutting the service. This is a victory for common sense and our community. Thanks to everyone who backed the campaign!"

A message from Sir Alan Beith MP

Alan Beith

As the MP for Berwick upon Tweed, my job is to fight for our area and my constituents, for the services we need and deserve, and for this beautiful and varied part of England.

I make it my top priority to represent the views and concerns of the people of Northumberland, from Berwick to Belsay and from the Cheviots and the National Park to the coast.

You may be interested in my campaigns in the Berwick-upon-Tweed constituency, such as keeping Berwick residents safedualling and improvements to the A1, protecting our ambulance cover, pushing for new school buildings for Alnwick, kidney dialysis at Berwick Infirmary, chemotherapy at Alnwick Infirmary, help for farmers and fishermen, support and protection for flood victims, better facilities at Alnmouth railway station and a new platform at Belford railway station as well as protecting bus services, more NHS dental services, bringing high speed broadband to the most rural parts of the constituency and, of course, boosting jobs and our local economy. There's always plenty to do!

If I or my team can be of any help, or if you would like to contact me about any issue, please don't hesitate to get in touch by email, phone, letter or by coming to one of my regular surgeries. And thank you for your support.

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Recent updates

Beith calls for date to be set for announcement on school capital funding

Article: May 17, 2012

Local Liberal Democrat MP has used the Queen's Speech debates in parliament to highlight the need for a decision on school capital funding, and in particular the bid for money to replace Alnwick's school buildings.

Under the Coalition Government's plans, capital funding to repair and replace school buildings is now based on the state of the buildings - and the High School in Alnwick is widely acknowledged to have the worst buildings in the county, if not the country.
A1 dualling plans under threat from planning decision

Article: May 17, 2012

Local Liberal Democrat MP Sir Alan Beith has raised the need for investment to upgrade the remaining single-carriageway sections of A1. But plans to develop the road have been threatened by Conservative Councillors on Northumberland's North Area Planning Committee.

Two stretches of the A1 - at Mousen Bends near Belford, and between Morpeth and Felton - are almost ready for work to begin, as long as funding can be found.
Euro MPs demand end to 'travelling circus'

Article: May 11, 2012

MEPs have again called for an end to the 'traveling circus' which costs taxpayers millions of pounds a year.

The European Parliament is currently based in both Strasbourg and Brussels, forcing politicians and staff to relocate every month at an estimated annual cost of £145 million.

MEPs' have now voted to back calls for the adoption of a single location, further raising the pressure on national governments to push through reform.
Beith welcomes announcement on new hospital for Berwick

Article: May 10, 2012

Sir Alan Beith has welcomed the long-awaited announcement on the location for the new hospital for Berwick.

Sir Alan said:

"I welcome the fact that the site for Berwick's new hospital has been agreed, which means it should now go ahead, and the agreement with the Academy should improve local sports facilities.
New caps to cut 'scandalous' phone charges

Article: May 9, 2012

Using your mobile phone abroad will be cheaper from this summer after MEPs voted to cut roaming charges again today.

The new limits set in the European Parliament mean phone calls will cost no more than 28p per minute, while the cap on SMS charges is down to 8p per message.

For the first time, there will also be a cap on the amount charged for using data services abroad. MEPs managed to negotiate a much lower price ceiling than originally proposed, limiting the cost of using one megabyte of data to 67p, falling to 18p by July 2014.
Beith condemns arson attack on Ellington nature reserve

Article: May 2, 2012

Local MP Sir Alan Beith has condemned the vandals who set fire to the bird hide at Ellington nature reserve, causing £15,000 worth of damage.

The hide at Ellington Pond was set on fire on Sunday.

Sir Alan said

"It is very sad to see a community project being destroyed by the mindless action of a few people. The community in Ellington put a great deal of effort in to setting up the nature reserve and building the hide.
Sir Alan Beith MP calls on Northumberland businesses to take part in programme to find the UK's top manufacturer

Article: Apr 25, 2012

Manufacturing Excellence from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers offers £20,000 worth of free consultancy to all businesses which enter competition.

Berwick upon Tweed's Liberal Democrat MP Sir Alan Beith is calling on local businesses to get in involved in Manufacturing Excellence 2012, the UK-wide awards programme which not only identifies and celebrates outstanding UK manufacturing businesses but can also help companies improve.
Beith to visit Wooler housing scheme following closure announcement

Article: Apr 25, 2012

Local MP Sir Alan Beith is meeting residents at Hordonside in Wooler on Saturday 28 April, after news that the housing complex is to close.

Sir Alan said

"This must be an extremely worrying time for the tenants and I will help in any way I can.

"I know Berwick Borough Housing are providing support to help find new homes for the tenants and I will be making sure tenants are looked after."
Beith offers support to Wooler residents affected by housing scheme closure

Article: Apr 25, 2012

Sir Alan Beith MP has promised to help any tenants affected by the proposed closure of Hordonside, the sheltered housing complex in Wooler which is run by Berwick Borough Housing.

Tenants were told last week that because of the high level of upgrading work the building needs, along with the lack of demand for bedsit properties, the scheme is to be closed. All the tenants will be helped to find new homes. The site will then be redeveloped.
2,200 Northumberland apprentices started since August - Beith

Article: Apr 23, 2012

New figures show that in Northumberland, 2,200 people have started an apprenticeship between August 2011 and January 2012.

This comes on top of record numbers of apprentices in our area last year: 3,860 were on an apprenticeship in 2010/2011, which is an increase of 73% on the previous year.

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