A Mayor for the East Midlands.

Here’s a link to the full debate👇

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Fabulous #Mansfield team out ahead of next week's election for a regional Mayor for #Derbyshire and #Nottinghamshire , spreading the news.

It's a £4bn investment in our part of the world and a chance to tackle some key issues, like fixing our #roads , improving public #transport …

Last night the BBC TV hustings was on BBC1, and now is available on iPlayer for you to watch. Just as before, and throughout this process, other candidates can say 'I'll make it better' but I'm the only one who can tell you how!

It's vital we have an experienced Mayor who knows…

Top teams out all across the #EastMidlands today letting residents know about our big plans for #Derbyshire and #Nottinghamshire

Thanks guys 🙏

Great morning out and about in High Peak with Edwina Currie, and local Conservative Councillors and members, to help get the brilliant Ben Bradley (Cllr Ben Bradley MP) elected as the new East Midlands Mayor on Thursday 2nd May.

I've been to The Do Club #Business Event at #Derbyshire County Cricket Club this morning where I sat on a panel with industry leaders in the region to talk about the challenges and opportunities for business and #growth here, and of course particularly the opportunity to help…

So sad to read of the death of Frank Field. As the Chairman of the Work and Pensions Committee when I first got elected, he was welcoming, kind, generous and always took time to give advice. A diligent Parliamentarian of the old school. He'll be much missed.

We've spent a lot of time as candidates in recent weeks talking about the core powers of the Mayor, for obvious reasons, and my commitment to fix our roads, improve transport and deliver new investment in jobs and training.

But there's more to it than that, as the Mayor has the…

Talking with residents in Bingham this lunchtime about our ambitious plans for the new regional Mayor. If elected I'll invest heavily in improving our #roads with the new transport funding I've secured, as well as improving public #transport , and working with local Councils to…

I really enjoyed a vist to MatlockTownFC_Onlinestore last night where I spoke to the Chairman about their ambitious plans to support the local community and develop their ground. It's great to see a local club that's so focused on what they can do for the town, and for local people 👏

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I've been at #Bakewell Livestock Market today with Cllr Alasdair Sutton, talking with #farmers and other stakeholders from the agricultural and #food sector, that forms a huge part of our employment and our #economy in the region - as well as the obvious national importance of…

Beautiful Bakewell by the river

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I've got four key transport priorities for the new Combined Authority to deliver using the 4x increase in Transport funding that I've secured from Government:

- fix our #roads
- invest in and expand the #bus network
- improve #rail routes and timetables
- deliver a long term…

Yesterday the candidates for East Midlands Mayor took part in a TV hustings, for Notts TV NottinghamshireLive and Derbyshire Live

I'm pleased these TV hustings are happening because it gives residents the chance to see what's been happening in all of the many hustings we've had…

Team Derby Out again for Cllr Ben Bradley MP and Amanda Solloway MP all the play for in this mayoral election!

Yesterday I took part in a televised hustings ahead of the regional elections on May 2nd, which was live streamed on Facebook across #Derbyshire Live and #Nottinghamshire Live channels, as well as being on Notts TV last night.

The candidates took part and we went through the key…