Moorlands MP Karen Bradley hosted her second virtual social distancing coffee morning live on Moorlands Radio this morning.

I have been asked to share the Peak District National Park Newsletter

Last Friday was the 75th anniversary of VE Day.  We had all hoped to be able to use the anniversary as an opportunity to get together with family, friends and neighbours to remember together.  But like so much of life, the commemorations had to be held virtually.

Moorlands MP, Karen Bradley has been contacted by many parents in Staffordshire Moorlands asking if any children in the three tier system that is in place in the Moorlands should also be going back to school.

Workers and businesses across Staffordshire Moorlands have been given a boost by Chancellor Rishi Sunak, who has announced the current furlough scheme would be extended by a further four months with workers continuing to receive 80% of their current salary

I travelled down to Westminster yesterday to speak in the Chamber about a motion to allow the continuation, until 20th May, of remote participation in proceedings of the House of Commons.
The current arrangements have allowed scrutiny of the Government to continue and also remote voting to be carried out for the first time yesterday.

The government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will remain open until the end of October, the Chancellor announced today (Tuesday 12 May 2020).

Staffordshire’s Household Waste Recycling Centres will reopen on Thursday 14 May.
Sites that would normally be shut on a Thursday will also be open on 14 May, before reverting to their normal hours from the following Monday

A new fund will enable eligible dairy farmers in England to access up to £10,000 each to help them overcome the impact of the coronavirus outbreak.

Friday 8th May is Victory in Europe (VE) Day and normally I would be joining members of the Royal British Legion at the Monument in Leek to commemorate the 75th anniversary and pay our tributes to all those who sacrificed so much so that we can have the freedoms we have today.