Stuart Anderson, MP for South Shropshire, shares his gratitude for the year's experiences and outlines his key accomplishments, including securing funding for the Hospital Transformation Programme and preventing the closure of local recycling centres and post offices. He also addresses the challenges faced by local farmers.
As the year draws to an end, I approach it full of gratitude for what it has entailed and the people I have met as the Member of Parliament for our most beautiful constituency of South Shropshire. It has been a great pleasure to visit many schools, churches, charities, businesses, and other organisations in South Shropshire. I hope to continue to do so in the new year. My advice surgeries recently returned to Ludlow. This marked my 53rd surgery appointment.
My team and I have been touring South Shropshire since my election in July, so we can meet you in your neighbourhood and listen to your concerns and hopes for the future. I have responded to more than 3,500 cases spanning areas as diverse as health, education, and housing. It is a huge privilege to help fellow residents in South Shropshire. I will continue to do so. My regular newsletter is also received by over 2,500 people - keeping them updated on my work. You can sign up via my website. My annual report, which has now been published on my website, documents the great progress that we have made so far in South Shropshire since my election. This includes a major victory, having helped secure £312 million for the Hospital Transformation Programme. With strong local support, we have successfully also prevented the closure of the recycling centres in Craven Arms and Bridgnorth. In addition, we have also ensured that Post Office services in Clunton and Clunbury have remained open. Local farmers love what they do, but times are hard. They have just faced one of the worst harvests on record. I have met local farmers who cannot make a profit and rely on Universal Credit, despite working every hour of the day. The industry is not working to support farmers, and the Government are making it even worse with changes to inheritance tax relie
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