Kelly Tolhurst is MP for Rochester and Strood

Round 2 of the Community Ownership Fund is OPEN!

🟡Groups can apply to protect cherished local pubs, sports facilities, historic buildings & MORE

🟡Projects in England, Wales, Northern Ireland & Scotland are encouraged to apply

🟡Apply ➡ https://www.gov.uk/government/news/communities-across-the-uk-can-bid-for-levelling-up-funds-to-save-pubs-clubs-and-historic-buildings

#LevellingUp

Today #Falklands remember all those who lost their lives around the Fitzroy and Bluff Cove waters. We will remember them 🇫🇰🇬🇧

A real pleasure to welcome to @HouseofCommons President of @KentCricket Yvonne Neame & past President Derek Taylor. Great to introduce them to Minster of sports @HuddlestonNigel & present him with a Kent👕It was terrific to see Kent win T20 @VitalityBlast in 2021. @KellyTolhurst

Rochester and Strood MP @KellyTolhurst asked the Prime Minister to consider greater flexibility on housing numbers so important sites can be protected https://buff.ly/395HSCy

#MedwayBeacons #HMQ90 The Queen's birthday beacon in #Hoo this evening, with a good size crowd enjoying the warmth.

Hate to be all earnest, but journalists and MPs saying the PM has watered the ministerial code down need to correct themselves - the expectation of resignation if ministers mislead parliament is clearly still there. He “hasn’t changed the rules mid-game”…

Just announced 👇

I’ve heard people’s concerns about the impact of the Energy Bills Support Scheme repayments on future bills.

So those repayments will be cancelled.

Furthermore, the £200 of support for household energy bills will be doubled to £400 for everyone.

Disabled people face extra costs in their lives like having energy-intensive equipment around the home or workplace.

So, to help the 6 million people who receive non-means tested disability benefits, we will provide an extra one-off disability cost of living payment worth £150.

From the autumn, we will send over eight million pensioner households who receive the Winter Fuel Payment – an extra, one-off pensioner cost of living payment of £300.

We will send a one-off £650 cost of living payment directly to around eight million of the lowest income households.

Worth over £5 billion, there will be no need for people to fill out forms – we will send the payment straight into bank accounts.

We are introducing a temporary, targeted Energy Profits Levy charged on profits of oil and gas companies at a rate of 25%.

We're also building in a new investment allowance that doubles the relief for the energy companies that invest their profits in the UK.

Friday's Mail: Labour's lockdown lies and hypocrisy #TomorrowsPapersToday #DailyMail #Mail

Today I have written to The Speaker explaining how I believe @Keir_Starmer has misled the House of Commons

To help with the cost of living, we're selling over 1 million rail tickets at up to ½ price for trips from 25 Apr to 27 May 🎫

After 2 yrs of living life virtually, the Great British Rail Sale🚆 starts today.

Get yours here👉 https://greatbritishrailsale.nationalrail.co.uk

Productive meeting with @luhc ministers. All our points taken on board & more clarity to be provided once civil servants have gone through them in fine detail. I used Vista Tower, Stevenage as example & made clear Bill has to work practically @ukcag @EOCS_Official @michaelgove https://twitter.com/SMcPartland/status/1508367583673729026

On Easter Saturday 2022, Friends of Rede Common hosted an Easter egg-stravaganza! Find out more on our website/Facebook.

The PM has apologised again for spending 9 minutes in his office at 2pm as work colleagues came in and wished him a happy birthday (as reported in @thetimes the day after)

Now let’s let him get on with the job 🇬🇧👊 https://twitter.com/MrHarryCole/status/1513925825841803271

At a handshake distance. @BorisJohnson and @ZelenskyyUa walked through the center of Kyiv and talked to ordinary Kyivans. This is what democracy looks like. This is what courage looks like. This is what true friendship between peoples and between nations looks like.

We've doubled the number of degree apprenticeships since I became Minister: I want to double it again by 2024.

With universities asked to set new targets for degree apprenticeships, today we've announced £8m to invest in unis and colleges that deliver.

https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/regulation/guidance-from-government/

My letter to P&O boss makes clear that this government will not stand by while the requirement to treat seafarers with due respect and fairness is brazenly ignored.

It’s time to close the gap in seafaring legislation to protect British jobs and enforce pay and other standards for seafarers.

This is devastating news for all P&O workers & their families.

It is a u-turn on assurances given to me and the RMT Union over the last two years.

It is shabby corporate behaviour by Dubai’s DP World and an insult to the decades of loyalty and hard work by Dover’s workforce.

This is no longer about tackling climate change or reaching Net Zero targets.

Ensuring the UK’s clean energy independence is a matter of national security.

Putin can set the price of gas, but he can’t directly control the price of renewables and nuclear we generate in the UK.

Members of the @HouseofCommons and @UKHouseofLords were in the House of Commons Chamber to hear President of Ukraine @ZelenskyyUA address the UK Parliament.

President Zelenskyy addressed members of Parliament in the House of Commons Chamber via video link.

🔴 The President of Ukraine @ZelenskyyUa is now addressing Members of Parliament in the House of Commons via video link

Watch live ⬇️ https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1ynKOZNBzrlxR

Happy #IWD2022 from Kent's female MPs @KellyTolhurst @RosieDuffield1 @Helen_Whately @NatalieElphicke & Laura Trott

Happy International Women's Day. Today, we are celebrating there being more women MPs in the House of Commons than ever before.

Pictured here are some of the 225 women MPs currently in the House of Commons. #IWD2022

We pay tribute to the brave women of Ukraine

#IWD2022

Today we are marking International Women’s Day

From school to the workplace, check out how the UK continues to help girls around the world reach their full potential

#IWD2022 #breakthebias

Tonight we have sanctioned Kremlin associates Alisher Usmanov and Igor Shuvalov.

For as long as Putin continues his barbaric attack on innocent Ukrainians we will continue to exert every power we have to inflict maximum economic pain on Putin and his war machine. https://twitter.com/FCDOGovUK/status/1499460903355527168

RT is no longer available on British TVs. Channel is now down across Sky, Freeview and Freesat. The Russian dictator will now find it harder to spread his disinformation and lies.

#WeStandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 https://twitter.com/Ofcom/status/1499073885634969604

What is SWIFT?
How have we targeted the Russian economy?
Why is it working?

Below I explain our new financial sanctions on Putin's regime 👇

"Of course we're going to take refugees."

Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the UK is "way out in front in our willingness to help refugees" and "will help people fleeing in fear of their lives".

Latest: https://trib.al/QTC8as2

📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube

Number of rough sleepers reaches 8-year low - http://GOV.UK https://www.gov.uk/government/news/number-of-rough-sleepers-reaches-8-year-low

⚠️ Rail services into and out of most major London stations are now - or in the process of being - suspended.

Travelling conditions are extremely dangerous, caused by fallen trees and debris blocking tracks or debris entangled in overhead power equipment.

@nationalrailenq

🚨🚨A second red warning has been issued🚨🚨

Southeast England from 10 am

Please stay safe today everyone

#StormEunice https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/1494524831982837764

Amendments to the Building Safety Bill have been unveiled by @MichaelGove.

These proposals will protect leaseholders from exorbitant cladding costs and extend protections to cover other fire safety defects.

➡ https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-to-protect-leaseholders-with-new-laws-to-make-industry-pay-for-building-safety

My erstwhile @luhc ministerial colleague @KellyTolhurst is spot on in urging this freeholder to back off + stop his court action against leaseholders. 👇 https://twitter.com/LKPleasehold/status/1492127120558116866

HRH is being shown a large scale model of HMS Victory which was built at Chatham

Prince Charles has arrived at Chatham Historic Dockyard greeted by a guard of honour from local Sea Cadets