PRESS RELEASE FROM ALISTAIR STRATHERN MP TUESDAY 17th MARCH 2026   Alistair Strathern, the MP for the Hitchin constituency, is hosting an open forum for local families to share their views to share their views on social media regulation as part of the Government’s national consultation.   The event will run from 6.30-8pm on Monday 30 th  March at Walsworth Road Baptist Hall.   Since being elected, Mr Strathern has regularly shared the experiences of parents and young people l

PRESS RELEASE FROM ALISTAIR STRATHERN MP MONDAY 16 th MARCH 2026 Alistair Strathern, the MP for Hitchin, has celebrated helping to secure millions of pounds from Government for vulnerable households in rural communities exposed to high heating oil prices.   After Strathern joined with rural MPs to put the case for action to the Treasury, the Government has today announced £53m of funding for local authorities across the country to support low-income households exposed to sur

PRESS RELEASE FROM ALISTAIR STRATHERN MP WEDNESDAY 11 th MARCH 2026 Alistair Strathern, the MP for Hitchin, has welcomed news that after pressing Anglian Water over the issues caused by long running sewage works in the town of Shefford a temporary pumping solution will now be installed.   Residents in Shefford have had to endure months of noisy manual ‘tanking’ of sewage after a longstanding fault in the local sewage network broke at the end of last year.    After Strathern’

PRESS RELEASE FROM ALISTAIR STRATHERN MP WEDNESDAY 11 th MARCH 2026 Alistair Strathern, MP for Hitchin, has welcomed a commitment from Network Rail to invest in installing a backup secondary signalling system across a key stretch of the local commuter line from Blackfriars to Farringdon.                                                          Since being elected Strathern has regularly engaged with Network Rail, train operators and the Department for Transport to challenge

PRESS RELEASE FROM ALISTAIR STRATHERN MP FRIDAY 6 th MARCH 2026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Alistair Strathern, the MP for Hitchin, has celebrated an agreement of a £2m investment to expand Langford Village Academy. The academy serves the village of Langford in Mr Strathern’s constituency, and had faced real pressures accommodating local children following the growth of the village. The new funding will enable the school to finally invest in appropriate facilities to accommodate

PRESS RELEASE FROM ALISTAIR STRATHERN MP WEDNESDAY 4 th MARCH 2026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Alistair Strathern, the MP for the Hitchin constituency, has teamed up with Gavin and Stacey  star Alison Steadman to champion palliative care.   Strathern met with Steadman and local palliative care nurses in Parliament with Marie Curie, the palliative care charity, to mark and promote their Great Daffodil Appeal. Steadman was there as a Charity Ambassador.   At the event he also spoke

PRESS RELEASE FROM ALISTAIR STRATHERN MP TUESDAY 24 th FEBRUARY 2026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Alistair Strathern, MP for the Hitchin Constituency, joined staff at MHA Elmside Care home in Hitchin to celebrate care worker Barbara Ashton’s 10 years of service across MHA ran homes locally.   Since joining MHA, the UK’s largest charity run care provider, in 2016 Barbara has become a trusted and much‑loved member of the care team. Her compassion, professionalism, and steady presence

PRESS RELEASE FROM ALISTAIR STRATHERN MP MONDAY 23 rd FEBRUARY 2026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Alistair Strathern, MP for Hitchin, has launched a brand‑new February Street Art Competition, inviting young people across the constituency to showcase what they love most about their community. The competition calls on young designers, creators, and artists aged 13–18 to submit ideas for a new public mural in Hitchin Town. Entrants are encouraged to capture something meaningful, a land

PRESS RELEASE FROM ALISTAIR STRATHERN MP FRIDAY 20 th FEBRUARY 2026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Alistair Strathern, MP for the Hitchin constituency, has urged Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) to make use of new legal powers and funding to improve local bus services.   Writing to the council’s Chief Executive in a letter, Strathern called on HCC to utilise the new pilot powers and measures in the Bus Services Act to address local bus challenges.   Last year Strathern helped secur

Business leaders from across North Hertfordshire came together yesterday morning at Willmott Dixon’s Hitchin offices for a special National Apprenticeship Week Business Breakfast, hosted by Anna Morrison from Amazing Apprenticeships, Natalie Sidey from Willmott Dixon, and Hitchin MP Alistair Strathern. The event shone a spotlight on the vital role employers play in helping young people and adults build their skills through high‑quality apprenticeships.   The breakfast brought

Alistair Strathern, MP for Hitchin, has written to Royal Mail demanding immediate action to address months of unreliable postal deliveries that have caused significant disruption for residents across Hitchin and the surrounding towns and villages.   In recent months, the MPs office has received a surge of emails from constituents reporting repeated delivery failures. These include missed hospital and GP appointments due to delayed NHS letters, disruption to time sensitive cor

Hitchin has launched its bid to be named the UK’s Town of Culture for 2028.   The bid is being led by Hitchin Creative and Visit Hitchin, focusing on the people and organisations that provide the rich variety of culture across the community.   For years, Hitchin has been known for its range of musicians, artists and designers living and working in homes, studios, places of worship and entertainment, many with international reputations.   “Hitchin’s bid for UK Town of Culture

Alistair Strathern, MP for Hitchin, has welcomed the news that Labour will be funding clean power upgrades that cut energy bills for the NHS. The Government has today announced details of the nearly 200 NHS sites that will benefit from funding, jointly delivered with Great British Energy, with Hitchin’s Bedford Road Health Centre in line for funding. Today’s announcement builds on the work of Great British Energy’s solar for schools and hospitals programme and will mean less

PRESS RELEASE FROM ALISTAIR STRATHERN MP FRIDAY 6 th FEBRUARY 2026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Alistair Strathern, MP for Hitchin, celebrated the news that an additional peak time stopping train service from Hitchin would be returning after representations from his office.  Passengers travelling from Hitchin and surrounding stations will benefit from the reinstatement of the morning stopping service to London King’s Cross, following recent concerns raised about its removal durin

PRESS RELEASE FROM ALISTAIR STRATHERN MP MONDAY 2 nd FEBRUARY 2026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Alistair Strathern, Labour MP for Hitchin, asked the Defence secretary today about high home insurance premiums faced by serving troops serving abroad.   Historically, thousands of our armed forces have faced premiums on their home insurance because of their extended time away from home. Home insurance increases the more a home is to be unoccupied over the course of a year. This means

PRESS RELEASE FROM ALISTAIR STRATHERN MP FRIDAY 30th JANUARY 2026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Alistair Strathern MP has welcomed investment in Kelvin Grove Crisis House in Bedford, a new addition to the local area’s mental health support system, due to open in spring 2026.     This innovative service, run by East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT), will provide a safe, domestic, therapeutic alternative to hospital admission for adults experiencing acute mental health crisis.    B

PRESS RELEASE FROM ALISTAIR STRATHERN MP THURSDAY 29 th JANUARY 2026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Last night, Alistair Strathern, the MP for Hitchin launched a new parliamentary group to focus on the challenges facing men and boys across the country.   The Labour Group for Men and Boys aims to bring together MPs and civil society groups working on a whole host of issues from men’s mental health to paternity leave. Supporting the launch were a wide range of groups from Movember, the

PRESS RELEASE FROM ALISTAIR STRATHERN MP TUESDAY 27th JANUARY 2026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Alistair Strathern, MP for the Hitchin constituency, has welcomed the Government’s announcement of the biggest change for leaseholders in a generation.   Strathern has been a regular campaigner on the many challenges facing leasehold home owners in his Hitchin constituency. One such story hit the headlines in 2024 when a 90-year-old resident, along with his neighbours, was hit by a 9000%

PRESS RELEASE FROM ALISTAIR STRATHERN MP WEDESDAY 21 st JANUARY 2026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Following campaigning by MPs including Hitchin’s Alistair Strathern, the Government has set out further action to improve the relationship of children and young people with mobile phones and social media.   The government will bring forward a rapid three-month consultation on additional measures to keep children safe online. This will include consideration of options such as restrictin

PRESS RELEASE FROM ALISTAIR STRATHERN MP MONDAY 19 th JANUARY 2026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Alistair Strathern, MP for Hitchin, is urging Herts County Council to take action to address the unacceptable congestion throughout the town.   Several overlapping roadworks and utility projects, including several related to gas network upgrades by Cadent, have caused roads across Hitchin and nearby villages to come to a standstill over the last week. The long delays, and increased press