The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Sajid Javid MP, has named Surrey as one of 10 pilot areas in the country which will be allowed to retain 100% of the business rates raised in the County.

Crispin Blunt has personally intervened on behalf of Southern Rail season ticket holders fearing that they would be penalised financially as a result of a number of their services suddenly being switched to Thameslink trains on 11 December.

Crispin Blunt has today welcomed the results of Epsom and St Helier Hospital Trust’s recent consultation, published on 10th November, which sought public views on proposals to create a new purpose-built acute-care facility at one of the Trust’s hospital sites.

Crispin Blunt has today dispatched a petition, co-ordinated by the Reigate, Redhill and Reigate District Rail Users Association (RRDRUA) and signed by 2,215 local rail users, to Rt Hon Chris Grayling, Secretary of State for Transport and Charles Horton, CEO of Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), demanding improvements to proposed timetable changes to Redhill services in 2018.

If you look at a map of the London Metropolitan Green Belt (LMGB), you will see that the constituency of Reigate marks its northerly edge where it borders Croydon, Sutton and Epsom and Ewell and its southerly edge where it borders Horley and Crawley.

Crispin Blunt MP chaired a public meeting at Banstead Community Hall this evening, giving the public an opportunity to ask questions and hear more about Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust’s proposals for a dedicated Specialist Acute Care Facility Such a new facility which would provide 21ST century solutions to acute health care needs in the Trust area. The meeting was very well-attended, providing fruitful insights into this unique opportunity.

As the new Parliament settles down to business, All Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are being formed on a whole plethora of topics.

Crispin Blunt MP has expressed concerns about proposals which inform the ‘Planning for the right homes in the right places’ consultation outlined today by The Rt. Hon. Sajid Javid MP, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which links to the Government’s Housing White Paper.

Together with Stephen Trigg and Antony Simm of the Reigate, Redhill and District Rail Users’ Association (RRDRUA), Crispin Blunt MP, President of the RRDRUA, yesterday met with the Rail Minister, Paul Maynard MP.

Crispin Blunt has today welcomed news that more than £6million of National Lottery money has been invested in Reigate’s heritage projects since 1994.