Steve Brine's issues and campaigns
26 JAN 2012

Campaign for new primary school

Momentum is gathering for a new primary school in Winchester and local MP Steve Brine has been leading calls for the new facility. On this page: The context The detail What you can do? Links and more information The context ...   Steve raised the issue in the local press last ye...


09 JAN 2012

Miscarriage care campaign

Local MP Steve Brine is working with campaigning website MumsNet and local health professionals to improve the care given to couples who experience miscarriage.  Full details of the campaign will appear here shortly but you can see what MumsNet have been up to already here. If you live in the...


28 NOV 2011

Winter weather plan for railway

A joint package of improvements has been put in place in preparation for the eventuality of severe winter weather affecting the South West Trains' network in and out of Winchester this year. South West Trains and Network Rail are jointly responsible for what is one of the busiest and most complex c...


10 NOV 2011

Consumer Energy Saving

Steve Brine has welcomed the release of a practical guide to energy saving from the Department of Energy and Climate Change, following the Consumer Energy Summit which was held on 17 October 2011. Rising energy prices, driven by international fossil fuel prices, are hitting many households hard at ...


29 SEP 2011

Barton Farm Development

Winchester MP Steve Brine has been a long-standing and consistent opponent of plans to build 2,000 homes on Barton Farm.  He has spoken out against development on the site during his long tenure as Prospective MP and since his election to represent the city in Parliament at the 2010 General Ele...


04 JUL 2011

Commission on the funding of care and support

Successive governments have promised to look properly at the big questions on long-term care. This coaliton Government will not duck this issue and it has published the independent report of the Commission on the funding of care and support (the 'Dilnot report'). The Dilnot report contains a r...


22 JUN 2011

The Future of Higher Education

Important changes to student finance are taking place in 2012/13 which will have far-reaching consequences for prospective students, employers and Higher Education Institutions.  Here, we take a look at what's already been agreed and what is proposed by Dr Vince Cable and David Willetts. ...


07 JUN 2011

Securing the value of nature

The Government has published a groundbreaking Natural Environment White Paper entitled The Natural Choice.  It is the first enviroment white paper in twenty years and has been warmly welcome by Winchester & Chandler's Ford MP Steve Brine. The document sets out how Government will deliver i...


30 MAY 2011

Building the BIG society

The Government has unveiled new Big Society plans to make it easier and more attractive to give time and money to good causes.  The Giving White Paper is a "breath of fresh air" from the Government says Steve Brine. Britons are already generous but evidence suggests levels of giving time and m...


18 MAY 2011

The Greenest Government ever

When the coalition came together last year, David Cameron said he wanted this to be the greenest government ever.  Winchester MP (and long-term member of Friends of the Earth) Steve Brine said this would be music to many ears.  We are clear this is the right approach f...


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New school campaign

Steve is campaigning for a new primary school to be built in Winchester - it could even be a 'free school'. Join the campaign right here.

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