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Local MPs support plan to relink Northampton, Kettering and Market Harborough by rail

Monday, 10 March, 2025

Fast, direct and regular trains should once again link Northampton with Leicestershire and the East Midlands, according to a growing group of supporters and campaigners. https://www.harboroughmail.co.uk/community/local-mps-support-plan-to-re…

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Neil O'Brien in the countryside

MP calls Local Plan consultation ‘woefully inadequate', as few residents respond

17th September 2024

MP Neil O’Brien has described both Harborough and Oadby & Wigston Council’s recent Local Plan public consultations as ‘woefully inadequate’ and has called on...

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MPs call for secret housing maps to be published

17th September 2024

The three MPs representing the Harborough District in Parliament have written a joint letter to council leader Phil Knowles asking the council to publish secret...

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Neil O'Brien slams decision to cut the Winter Fuel Payment

11th September 2024

Speaking in Parliament on Wednesday, Neil O'Brien slammed the new Labour Government's decision to slash the Winter Fuel Payment to pensioners. The Harborough...

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Neil speaking in Westminster Hall

Neil O'Brien leads parliamentary debate on illegal immigration

10th September 2024

Neil O'Brien this week secured a Parliamentary debate on illegal immigration, and and used it to ask some questions about where the government is going on this...

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Neil O'Brien with Shopmobility volunteers

Harborough MP launches public appeal to secure the future of well-used charity

6th September 2024

Harborough MP Neil O’Brien is appealing for help to secure the future of a charity based in Market Harborough. Shopmobility, based at Roman Way Community Centre...

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Neil O’Brien slams Labour decision to axe winter payments for pensioners

6th August 2024

MP Neil O’Brien has slammed the Labour Government's decision to axe winter fuel payments for thousands of pensioners in Harborough, Oadby, and Wigston. The...

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Neil with headteacher

Road safety measures to be introduced outside Market Harborough School following concerns raised by MP

Road safety measures are set to be introduced outside a Market Harborough school, following intervention by the town’s MP. Neil O’Brien was invited to visit...

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Neil at bus stop

Residents of Market Harborough retirement complex served by regular bus service, following intervention by MP

Harborough MP Neil O’Brien has welcomed a change to a local bus route which will make Market Harborough town centre more accessible for residents living in a...

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Stop the prison

MP writes to Ministers asking for rethink on prison

Neil O’Brien, MP for Harborough Oadby and Wigston, has written to Planning Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner and also to Justice Secretary...

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