On Wednesday 28 February, Rochester and Strood MP Kelly Tolhurst joined DWP Financial Inclusion Minister Guy Opperman MP and other members to thank all those involved in her Breathing Space campaign which nears its final approval as part of the Financial Inclusion Bill.

Rochester and Strood MP Kelly Tolhurst met with apprentices to celebrate National Apprenticeship Week 2018, which runs this week from 5 to 9 March.

On the day Medway Council Cabinet met to approve the next stage of the Local Plan process I met with the RSPB to discuss the Council’s latest draft Plan and its severe implications for the Peninsula, including Lodge Hill and Deangate.

Kelly Tolhurst, MP for Rochester and Strood, has praised the Kent Police and Crime Commissioner’s proposals to increase police officer numbers across the county.

Rochester and Strood MP Kelly Tolhurst has lobbied to secure increased funding for Medway’s council services, including additional funds for social care, from the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government.

MP Kelly Tolhurst is today supporting a year-long programme of events organised by the UK Parliament to mark 100 years since the 1918 Representation of the People Act, which gave all men and some women the vote for the first time.

Yesterday morning I joined residents in protest at Medway Councils proposed decision to permanently close Deangate Ridge.

Figures out today show that unemployment is at the lowest rate since 1975 and over three million more people are in work since 2010. This means 4,647,000 people are in work in the South East – an increase of 455,000 since the Conservatives came into Government.

Rochester and Strood MP Kelly Tolhurst has pledged her support for a national campaign to get more young people into engineering, joining government and industry in a united effort to tackle a major skills gap.

Kelly Tolhurst MP hosted the Kent and Medway branch of Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) in Parliament for an event to celebrate the region’s business success and discuss the challenges that lie ahead.