North Cornwall MP Scott Mann has today welcomed the Chancellor’s announcement of £500k in seed funding for the Camelford bypass. The funding commitment represents the first stage of the Government’s financial commitment to the project.

Speaking from Westminster, Scott Mann MP said:

Ministers and bosses from mobile network operators will meet this afternoon to sign a £1 billion deal to make poor and patchy rural phone coverage a thing of the past.

Details of the next round of the Contracts for Difference scheme, which opens in 2021, have been set out today, Monday 2 March.

I recognise the impact this will have on Flybe’s passengers and staff – and express deep sympathy for all those affected.

Update on farm payment schemes

This document sets out what the UK as a whole has done – and plans to do – to tackle the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, based on our experience dealing with other infectious diseases and our influenza pandemic preparedness work.

Thousands more police officers will be equipped with Taser under a Home Office-funded uplift.

Forces in England and Wales will receive £6.7 million to purchase 8,155 devices, the Home Office has announced. Devon & Cornwall's share will be 164 Taser, (£135,300).

Next week the annual Treasury budget will be delivered by the Chancellor. The budget will not only be the first for the new majority Conservative government, it will also be the first one delivered by our new Chancellor, Rishi Sunak.

A promise to bring back a pioneering overnight service at Stratton's Community Treatment Centre will be fulfilled, thanks to the efforts of dedicated health workers and support from the community.

Councils are being given a boost to provide essential, life-saving support in safe housing for survivors of domestic abuse and their children, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has confirmed today (17 February 2020).