Edward has joined the local team from English Heritage on a visit to Kirby Muxloe castle to discuss the value of tourism to our area; the preservation of our heritage; and ASB issues in the vicinity of the castle.

Edward has met with Highways England in Parliament to press them on local transport issues on their strategic road network in the Charnwood constituency.

Edward has joined people living with arthritis at an event in Parliament organised by arthritis charity ‘Versus Arthritis’.

Bereaved parents will no longer have to pay the cost of their child’s burial or cremation after Edward, in his capacity as a Justice Minister, signed the legal instrument to set up the Children’s Funeral Fund for England today, with the Fund due to come in to effect next month.

Edward has met with the founder of Plastic Free Queniborough, Sue Woodward, in the village to give his support to her campaign to reduce single use plastic.

Edward has joined Councillor James Poland, Parish Council Chairman Tom Prior and local residents for an evening of skittles on the Green in Thrussington. 

Carers Week is a national awareness week that celebrates and recognises the vital contribution made by those caring unpaid for someone living with an illness, disability, mental health condition or as they grow older.

Edward has met with the Inland Waterways Association at an event in Parliament, to discuss our local canal and river network in Leicestershire, and the work being done across the country to restore and improve our network of waterways.

Voters in the Charnwood constituency went to the polls yesterday to elect local Borough and District Councillors for the next 4 years, seeing Conservative Councillors elected across the constituency, winning 26 out of the 32 seats contested in wards for Charnwood BC, Blaby DC, and Hinckley &

Edward has met in Parliament with the team from Midlands Connect, a cross-Midlands partnership working to improve investment in transport in the Midlands, particularly east-west links.