Karl has welcomed new figures today showing that 51,000 businesses in the East Midlands are already benefitting from the Employment Allowance, introduced in April, which reduces the cost to businesses of employing people.
Karl McCartney MP is urging local schools and hospitals to back a Government initiative which could see £400 million of potential new business heading the way of British farmers and food producers.
Lincoln’s Member of Parliament, Karl McCartney MP, today welcomes the Acquisition and Development Manager at John Lewis Partnership (JLP), Andrew Mills, to his City of Lincoln Constituency. Karl has met with and spoken to Andrew and other JLP representatives on a number of occasions over the past 24 months after Lincoln’s Member of Parliament contacted them and other retail business leaders around the Country to explore the potential for locating more High Street Brand Stores, such as John Lewis, in Lincoln.
new figures just released show that 730 fewer people are relying on Jobseeker’s Allowance in Lincoln compared to this time last year, with the number of people in work in the East Midlands up by 133,000 since 2010.
My City of Lincoln Constituents and the people of Lincolnshire will be as concerned as I am to hear that, as a result of the Care Quality Commission’s recent Inspection of United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT), Professor Sir Mike Richards, England’s Chief Inspector of Hospitals, has concluded that the Trust requires improvement and should remain in special measures for a further six months.
Karl is supporting a campaign run by charity The Reading Agency to encourage all primary school children to join their local library and take part in this year’s Summer Reading Challenge.
“I am, of course, extremely pleased that our beautiful and historic Lincoln Cathedral is to receive £395,000 under our Conservative-led Government for conservation and restoration of the masonry on the northwest turret.
Karl McCartney MP, the Member of Parliament for the City of Lincoln, has expressed his disappointment at Labour Councillors, elected to the City of Lincoln Council, who have indicated that they will not be available to attend the Lincoln Major Works Programme at Lincolnshire County Council’s Chambers in Newland, Lincoln, on Thursday, 10 July, as there will be a Unison strike and they refuse to cross the picket line.
“Tomorrow’s public sector strikes won’t just be an inconvenience to thousands of people in Lincoln, they will hurt our economy and damage our children’s education".
