Supporting our Rural Communities and Services

Northumbria Police

A key priority for me is supporting the rural communities and services in my constituency. From rural policing, local schools and small businesses, to rural broadband, post offices and banks, this page is a collation of my work towards that.

Campaigns

Chathill Station

As a resident of rural North Northumberland and your Member of Parliament, I have had countless local people in the Chathill area ask me to help improve the rural train service in our constituency. Supporting our rural communities and services is one of my top priorities, especially pressing for mu

News

The Forge at Ulgham needs your help

The Forge at Ulgham needs your help! You've seen my visits to the Fisher's Arms, Horncliffe, which secured £65,000 from the Government's £150 million Community Ownership Fund. Now the local community in Ulgham are trying to save their local, The Forge, too.

Anne-Marie calls for nominations for local businesses

‘RURAL OSCARS’: There’s still time to nominate a great North Northumberland business for one of the The Countryside Alliance ‘Rural Oscars’, with categories covering village shop/Post Offices, local food and drink, rural enterprise, pubs, and butchers; deadline 12th Nov: research.net/r/CAA24Social

Anne-Marie's Farming Update

See my updates first on my Facebook. Yesterday I shared NFU Online’s petition for a ‘Buy British’ button on supermarket online shopping sites. Did you know? ¼ our local North Northumberland businesses are in agriculture, putting farmers at the heart of our rural community and economy £1.04m in

Monthly Column – September 2023

We have 3,550 businesses registered in our constituency, up 5% from when I first became your MP (and 5,000 in self-employment), and it’s been lovely to pop into even more of them than usual over the summer.

Monthly Column – August 2023

My last column shared just some of the hundreds of millions of your money being invested in North Northumberland. People are rightly asking about progress on dualling our stretch of the A1. Commuting, popping to the shops and driving to surgeries, I rely on local roads too.

Anne-Marie welcomes cut in beer duty helping 1,685 North East Pubs

In our rural North Northumberland villages, our pubs are the pumping heart of our communities, such as The Farriers Arms in Shilbottle. This week our ‘Brexit Pub Guarantee’ comes into force: 1,685 North East Pubs helped Up to 11p cheaper per pint than supermarkets 38,000 local pubs and bar

Anne-Marie visits Seahouses harbour and shares fishing update

It was lovely to visit the new harbourmaster in beautiful Seahouses recently, one of the many harbours our coastal constituency’s fishing vessels call home. Northumberland’s fishermen, from home harbours of Berwick, Seahouses, Amble and beyond, have shaped our coastal community for centuries.

Anne-Marie supports Ambitious about Autism's Employ Autism Pledge

It was a pleasure to support the Employ Autism Pledge in Parliament last week, hosted by Ambitious about Autism, aimed at helping more autistic young people enter in the workplace. 71% of autistic young people who are unemployed say they would like to be in work, but less than a third are confident