Travel & Transport
Lib Dem MP slams rail fare rise and calls for fare freeze
Thornbury & Yate MP Claire Young has urged for rail fares to be frozen after they rose by 4.6% this weekend.
4 Mar 2025
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Member of Parliament for Thornbury and Yate
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Health, Care & the NHS
Thornbury & Yate MP joins campaigners calling for action on social care
Liberal Democrat MP for Thornbury & Yate Claire Young joined with campaigners outside Parliament yesterday (25th February) as they held a rally calling on the Government to address the crisis in social care.
26 Feb 2025
Environment
Claire Young MP slams Wessex Water for hiking bills despite failing services
The Liberal Democrat MP for Thornbury & Yate Claire Young has slammed Wessex Water after they asked the water regulator for permission to charge their customers more for failing services.
19 Feb 2025
Travel & Transport
MP tables motion in Parliament demanding action to cut cost of electric vehicle charging
Liberal Democrat MP Claire Young has tabled a motion in Parliament, raising the challenges of accessing electric vehicle (EV) charging points and the high costs for those who can’t charge at home.
10 Feb 2025
Health, Care & the NHS
Claire Young demands PM address Carer’s Allowance scandal
Thornbury & Yate MP Claire Young has raised a serious case of a man with cancer being denied his backdated carer’s allowance payments directly with the Keir Starmer today, urging the Prime Minister to sort out the Department for Work and Pensions.
5 Feb 2025
Community
MP donates books to local charity supporting families
The Thornbury and Yate MP Claire Young has donated stacks of new children's books to a charity which supports vulnerable families and homeless young people.
3 Feb 2025
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The Labour Government's choice to hike inheritance tax on farmers is simply wrong. Farming families plough large sums into their farms to grow food for our tables, and most make very little for themselves. We need to be taxing the big landholders and landbankers, not small family-run farms.
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Too many carers across the country are being unfairly punished by the Department for Work & Pensions for minor overpayments. At PMQs, Claire pressed the Prime Minister over their actions and raised the case of a former local police officer who's been caught up in this scandal.
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Claire led a debate in Parliament on the impact of the closure of the A432 overbridge. She put several direct questions to the Minister about what the Govt was doing to speed up the work, support those affected, and prevent this happening again. Sadly, the Minister chose to duck them and offered little to reassure those living near the bridge or along nearby roads. Claire says this simply isn't good enough and will keep pushing for action.