Martin Horwood MP met with staff, volunteers and puppies from the charity Guide Dogs yesterday to receive a custom-made Christmas cracker, thanking them for their support this year.

Martin Horwood this week joined UK, international and student activists at a STOPAIDS parliamentary event to mark World AIDS Day on 1 December.

The on-going campaign to get a fair deal for the hundred local workers who will lose their jobs due to the closure of Vibixa in Cheltenham by owners Weetabix was today taken to Westminster by Martin Horwood MP.

Cheltenham MP Martin Horwood is calling for action on the availability and affordability of flood insurance.

Working families will get thousands of pounds to ease the cost of childcare as part of a major tax-free childcare package that is to be rolled out in 2015.

Cheltenham’s MP Martin Horwood has welcomed the introduction of free school meals for hundreds of children in the town. From September this year all reception, Year 1 and Year 2 pupils are entitled to a free meal at lunchtime.

Well over 2,000 apprenticeships have started in Cheltenham since 2010.

Liberal Democrat-led Cheltenham Borough Council has agreed to allocate half a million pounds towards improving the High Street, especially the paving.  The money will come from the proceeds of recent sales of council land.

Westminster Dog of the Year is organised by the Kennel Club and Dogs Trust to highlight the need for responsible dog ownership.

Cheltenham MP Martin Horwood was amongst local leaders greeting HRH The Princess Royal at Kemble station to mark the successful redoubling of the 17 mile stretch of track between Swindon and Kemble.