Fall in bus usage shows need for reform and investment
Local Labour MP Tom Blenkinsop has today (11th January 2016) condemned government cuts to bus services after official figures released…
Tom urges local primary schools to take part in free trees scheme
Local Labour MP, Tom Blenkinsop, is urging primary schools in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland to take part in a…
Tom praises Loftus opticians for winning the UK’s “Best Opticians Practice Prize” for 2015
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Labour MP, Tom Blenkinsop, yesterday (December 14th 2015) praised a local Loftus optician and his…
Tom Blenkinsop slams government for “insensitive and harmful job cuts for local tax office staff”
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Labour MP, Tom Blenkinsop, today (November 13th 2015) ripped into the government for their handling…
Tom Blenkinsop MP comments on Boulby Potash announcement
My heart really goes out to our East Cleveland miners at Boulby. We must keep them and their families first…
Reaction to Tata steel chief’s comments – Tom Blenkinsop MP
Comments from Tata Steel Europe’s chief executive Karl Koehler’s that the firms’ Long Products Europe operation “has no future” within…
Tom welcomes start of work to repair Gaskell Bridge
Tom Blenkinsop, Labour MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland, yesterday (9th November 2015) welcomed the news that work on…
Tom Blenkipsop Welcomes News of “Unanimous Rejection of Plans to Close a Loftus Community Centre”
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Labour MP, Tom Blenkinsop, today (5th November 2015) welcomed the "great news" that Redcar and…
Tom supports Loftus residents in their fight to save Luke Senior Hall
Loftus residents have my support in opposing this application. The hall is a well-used facility for older people in the…
Too little too late on steel state aid
This is too little too late from a government trying to play catch up, one sixth of the steel worker…
Tom calls on Government to bring forward funding for mental health services
Labour MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland is today (28th October 2015) calling on the Tory Government to bring…
Over 7,000 families in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland could be hit by tax credits cuts
Ahead of crucial debate in Parliament today (20th October 2015) research by the House of Commons has revealed that in…