Shailesh Vara MP recently met with Peterborough Councillor Chris Harper who represents the Stanground South Ward to discuss problems with local fly-tipping.

Shailesh Vara MP joined the first meeting of the national Thomas Cook Taskforce, chaired by the Secretary of State for Business, Andrea Leadsom and the Secretary of State for the DWP, Therese Coffey.

Shailesh Vara MP has praised his local community in Parliament following the collapse of Thomas Cook.

Thomas Cook is an iconic UK company with 178 years of trading history and its collapse is a matter of great sadness.

Following the financial situation of the tour operator Thomas Cook, whose UK headquarters are based in North West Cambridgeshire, Shailesh Vara MP said:

“I have spoken with Thomas Cook today and am assured that whilst the situation is very serious, everything possible is being done to try to secure the additional £200 million required by the lenders.

Shailesh Vara MP officially opened the new Wyton on the Hill Primary school last Saturday.

Shailesh Vara MP will open a new post office in Orton Waterville tomorrow located in the Sheri Food Store, run by the Singh family.

Shailesh Vara MP today visited Whirlpool’s UK Headquarters in his constituency in Peterborough to see the site of a devastating fire which occurred last week.

Shailesh Vara MP has expressed his concern at the decision taken by the Governing Board of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to indefinitely suspend NHS funded IVF treatment.