PRESS RELEASE FROM ALISTAIR STRATHERN MP WEDNESDAY 7 th JANUARY 2026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Alistair Strathern, Labour and Co‑operative MP for Hitchin, was pleased to welcome colleagues from the Co‑operative Party to the Red Lion pub  in Preston, Hertfordshire – to celebrate the UK’s first ever community‑owned pub.   The visit celebrated Preston’s remarkable achievement in coming together to save a much‑loved local asset over 40 years ago, and highlighted how communities can

PRESS RELEASE FROM ALISTAIR STRATHERN MP TUESDAY 23 rd DECEMBER 2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Alistair Strathern, MP for Hitchin, has celebrated the Government’s decision to raise the inheritance tax threshold for agricultural estates from £1 million to £2.5 million - a move that will protect family farms while ensuring the largest estates become liable for inheritance tax.   The change follows months of campaigning by Strathern and other rural Labour MPs, who argued that the

PRESS RELEASE FROM ALISTAIR STRATHERN MP THURSDAY 18th DECEMBER 2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Alistair Strathern, the MP for the Hitchin constituency, has welcomed the launch of the Government’s plan to tackle the challenge of unadopted housing estates.   Unadopted housing estates are those where the local authority has not adopted shared assets like roads and public spaces. Historically, unadopted estates were a rarity, but research from the Home Builders Federation found up t