We have a vibrant rural economy but there is so much more potential. Farmers produce great food for us all. I will back farmers to thrive, and support them to be great custodians of our countryside.
Mid Bedfordshire MP Blake Stephenson has urged the Government to do more to support businesses after unemployment in the UK hit a four year high.Unemployment has jumped to 4.7 per cent, its highest level since the height of COVID in 2021, real wage growth has fallen to just 1.1 per cent, and the num
Mid Bedfordshire MP Blake Stephenson is pushing the Government to do more to ensure rural communities have easy access to Post Office services. Flitwick’s Post Office closed at the end of 2022, while the new town of Wixams is still awaiting its own service more than 15 years after the first hom
Local MP Blake Stephenson is launching his Mid Bedfordshire Pub of the Year competition to help shine a spotlight on the hospitality industry. Since his election in 2024, Conservative MP Blake has heard many stories from local pubs about the impact of Government decisions on hospitality. H
Mel Stride MP, the Conservative Shadow Chancellor, was in Mid Bedfordshire to listen to local businesses about the challenges they face, and the opportunities ahead. The Shadow Chancellor was invited to host the Small Business Roundtable by local MP Blake Stephenson who has been working cl
Local MP Blake Stephenson and Shadow Farming Minister Robbie Moore hosted a roundtable with Mid Bedfordshire farmers yesterday (24th June). With the Labour Government hitting farmers with the Family Farm Tax, concern is high amongst the farming community and local MP Blake was keen to ensu
To help his work to support the hospitality sector Mid Bedfordshire MP Blake Stephenson has been elected as a vice-chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Pubs.The APPG aims to promote and campaign for the interests of pubs, landlords and the communities around these pubs both in Westminster a
Blake Stephenson, the MP for Mid Bedfordshire, is continuing to support farmers in their fight against the Labour Government's Family Farm Tax by joining the protest in Westminster earlier this week.Thousands of farmers descended on Parliament on Monday (10th February) to rally against the plans whi
Blake Stephenson, the MP for Mid Bedfordshire, has called on the Government to reverse its plans for a 'Family Farm Tax' during a House of Commons debate on rural affairs.During the Budget statement on 30th October, the Chancellor Rachel Reeves announce farmers will no longer be able to pass their f
Mid Bedfordshire MP Blake Stephenson has hosted a roundtable with local farmers to discuss the potential impact of the Government's recent Budget.The local MP convened the meeting at The Musgrave Arms in Shillington with farmers from across the Mid Bedfordshire constituency on Thursday afternoon (7t
Blake Stephenson, the MP for Mid Bedfordshire, is encouraging people to sign a petition aimed at reversing the Labour Government's plans for a Family Farm Tax.Earlier this year the Labour Party promised that they would not change Agricultural Property Relief for farmers, but in last week's Budget, t
