Steve Double, Member of Parliament for St Austell and Newquay, has welcomed the announcement by Secretary of State for Children and Families Nadhim Zahawi MP that St Dennis Primary Academy has been successful in its application for £300,000 in funding from the School Nurseries Capital Fund.

People are celebrating after a charity that helps children through animal assisted therapy has been saved from closure.

Steve Double, Member of Parliament for St Austell and Newquay, has raised concerns at the large year on year increase in the number of fines issued by Cornwall Council to parents whose children have had holidays during school term time.

Steve Double, Member of Parliament for St Austell and Newquay has joined a cross-party group of MPs in writing to the Government asking for fairer funding for education as part of this year’s spending review.

On Monday, the Home Secretary announced that he has asked the Migration Advisory Committee(MAC) to review and advise on salary thresholds for the future post-Brexit immigration system, which will start to take effect from 2021.

Ahead of Clean Air Day on Thursday 20th June 2019, Steve Double, Member of Parliament for St Austell and Newquay attended the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association’s (BVRLA) Road to Zero Report Card launch in Parliament.

Steve Double, Member of Parliament for St Austell and Newquay has called the laying of legislation to set a zero emissions target for the UK in future years, a major step forward in the fight against climate change.

Steve Double, Member of Parliament for St Austell and Newquay, has welcomed the announcement of Government funding for lithium exploration in Cornwall, as part of £23 million of funding to develop the latest technology for electric car batteries.

The positive #WillyoubemyGP campaign to secure the future of Mevagissey Surgery has been a success, as NHS England has today announced a new contract holder for the facility, safeguarding its future for the 5,300 people registered there.

The announcement today that the Government is providing £7.8m of funding to Spaceport Cornwall has been hailed as a huge boost for Cornwall by Mid-Cornwall MP Steve Double.