Category: South Middlesbrough
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Loan pressure eased for Park End family
Luke Myer MP helped a family in Park End secure a two-year pause on student loan repayments for their seriously ill daughter, after the Student Loans Company continued to chase an overpayment from her time at university. Despite her being bedbound in hospital, and now in a care home, calls…
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Luke Myer Launches Community Survey for £20 Million Park End Regeneration Fund
Local MP Luke Myer has launched a new community survey to ensure residents have their say on how £20 million of regeneration funding should be spent in Park End. The funding, part of the Labour Government’s “Pride in Place” investment, represents a major opportunity to shape the future of the…
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Luke Myer MP supports South Middlesbrough Charity Pub Crawl for Children’s Cancer Charities
Luke Myer MP and his wife Beth joined local residents in Marton on Saturday for the South Middlesbrough Charity Pub Crawl, a community event raising funds for two important causes – the Children’s Ward at the Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI) and the Teenage Cancer Trust. The event, which brought together…
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Luke cures £100 headache for Marton patient
NHS Charge Waived for Marton resident Luke Myer MP has helped a Marton resident get an unfair £111 NHS prescription charge overturned after a long-running administrative error left him facing a sudden payment demand. After Luke raised the case with the NHS Business Services Authority, the organisation reviewed the situation…
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Easterside alleyway finally cleaned up
Luke Myer MP helped a resident in Easterside who had repeatedly reported an overgrown, fly-tipped alleyway between Bollington Road and Brettenham Avenue that was still being left in a dangerous state. After Luke and his team kept pressing Middlesbrough Council and the Mayor’s office, the alleyway was fully cleared, with…
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Luke Myer MP backs Coulby Newham pharmacy at ‘Shot in the Arm’ campaign launch
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland MP Luke Myer has shown his support for local pharmacies after attending the launch of the Local Pharmacies: Shot in the Arm campaign in Parliament on Monday 20 October. The event, organised by the Independent Pharmacies Association (IPA), brought together pharmacists, parliamentarians, and healthcare leaders…
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Luke sparks action on Coulby Newham power fault
Power cut fault traced after local resident raises alarm Luke Myer MP has secured action from Northern Powergrid after a resident in Coulby Newham reported repeated unplanned power cuts that damaged his boiler and disrupted home working. Following Luke’s intervention with the company’s executive team, engineers used specialist fault-finding equipment…
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Teesside Leading Britain’s Clean Energy Future
Teesside is fast becoming the beating heart of Britain’s clean energy revolution — with major new projects in carbon capture, nuclear, and offshore wind set to create tens of thousands of good, skilled jobs across the region. The government’s Clean Energy Jobs Plan, published this month, forecasts 400,000 new clean…
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£590,000 Secured to Tackle Homelessness in Middlesbrough
Luke Myer, Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland, has welcomed a £590,000 funding boost to help tackle homelessness in Middlesbrough – part of a major national package announced by the Labour Government on World Homeless Day. The new investment will support Middlesbrough Council and local charities to…
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£500 boost for Marton resident after Luke takes on HMRC
Luke Myer MP helped a Marton resident, Michele, secure a long-overdue refund of voluntary National Insurance contributions after more than a year of unsuccessful attempts to get the Pension Service and HMRC to resolve the issue. Following a meeting at Luke’s Nunthorpe surgery, he wrote directly to HMRC asking for…
