Yesterday we announced our new £5 billion Project Gigabit that will see more than one million hard to reach homes and businesses benefit from lightning fast broadband - helping us deliver on our manifesto promise to level up the entire country as we build back better.
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been felt in every community in the UK and by so many individual families and businesses. Across Yorkshire and the Humber 12,068 deaths have been officially attributed to COVID-19: a rate of 219.3 per 100,000.
Robert Goodwill MP has welcomed the Spring Budget which provides billions of pounds to support businesses and families through the pandemic, delivers on the Conservatives’ promises it has made to the British people and invests in the UK’s future economy.
Rt Hon Robert Goodwill MP has welcomed new analysis showing that local authorities across North Yorkshire have so far received an extra £153 million to support vital local services during the Covid-19 pandemic, with further funding confirmed for next year.
On Friday, a record 478,000 first doses of the vaccine were given in a single day. Over 5.8 million people across the UK have now had at least one dose of the vaccine.
Three quarters of over 80s have now received a Covid vaccine.
A strong and unified North Yorkshire Council in partnership with the City of York under a directly elected mayor is the best chance of rebuilding “our bruised communities” according to Scarborough and Whitby MP Robert Goodwill.
