I was pleased this week when 500 leading businesses announced that they were backing the Prime Minister’s plan to renegotiate Britain's ties with the EU and to hold a referendum on whether we should remain within the EU on the new terms.  read more »

To understand what Baroness Thatcher accomplished in her time as Prime Minister, it is necessary to reflect on the pattern of decline and retreat that had characterised much of our history since the Second World War.  read more »

Geoffrey Cox, MP for Torridge and West Devon, has issued the following statement on the death of Baroness Thatcher yesterday.  read more »

Around 38,000 people in Torridge and West Devon are benefitting from the biggest income tax cut in a generation this April.  read more »

George Osborne’s Budget speech last week provided much relief for hard working people, providing opportunities for young people to get on the property ladder with mortgage guarantees, tax-free child care for working parents and a £150 million boost for primary school sports.  read more »

Geoffrey Cox, Member of Parliament for Torridge and West Devon, visited and was given a tour of Great Torrington Junior School and Bluecoat C of E Infant and Nursery School to discuss plans to merge into one Primary School at their current location.  read more »

Get Mentoring is a Government Funded project run by SFEDI (Small Firms Enterprise Development Initiative) that ran throughout 2012 to recruit and train thousands of volunteer business mentors from the small and medium sized business sector.  read more »

Geoffrey Cox QC MP was out and about all day in his constituency on Friday 15th March and his focus was a number of sites and issues within the Torrington area.  read more »