Secretary of State for Business and Trade, Rt Hon Kemi Badenoch, visited West Dorset today (24th April) to meet with small business owners across the constituency and members of the Dorchester Chamber of Business.
8,700 households and businesses in West Dorset will benefit from ultrafast full fibre broadband following the latest Project Gigabit procurement contract. Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset, has hailed the announcement as a campaign success for rural residents.
Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset, has advanced his long-standing campaign to increase defence spending to 2.5% by 2030. Mr Loder, who is a member of the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme, welcomes the Prime Minister’s announcement and has called long called for defence spending to increase.
Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset, has expressed his support for the introduction of legislation to quash the wrongful convictions of hundreds of innocent sub-postmasters implicated in the Horizon IT scandal.
Chris Loder MP has today welcomed the news that inflation has fallen to just 3.4%. It means the cost of living is rising at its slowest pace since September 2021, helping ease costs on West Dorset’s households and residents. Mr Loder said:
Chris Loder MP has hailed the policies announced today in the Spring Budget as a win for West Dorset’s workers, families and small businesses. It follows numerous meetings Mr Loder has held with the Chancellor to ensure the interests of West Dorset are heard.
Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset, has hailed the announcement today that the Energy Regulator OFGEM has dropped the energy price cap to the lowest level since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 caused an unprecedented spike in energy prices.