West Oxfordshire District Council's (WODC) cabinet is due to pass a proposal at a meeting today, outlining three potential schemes for installing more electric car charging points in West Oxfordshire.

Robert has welcomed the announcement of a recruitment drive which will see Thames Valley Police recruit an additional 183 police officers in 2020-21.

For decades, congestion on the A40 has been one of the biggest issues in West Oxfordshire. I have described the traffic problems on the A40 as being a "millstone around West Oxfordshire's neck" - hampering our businesses and causing misery for motorists. 

Robert has continued his efforts to deliver the B4044 Community Cycle Path between Eynsham and Botley, visiting the site of the proposed path with Oxfordshire County Council Leader, Ian Hudspeth, Eynsham District Councillor, Ed James, and Oxford West & Abingdon Candidate James Fredrickson.

Robert said: "The wonderful Mason Arms in South Leigh held a Macmillan Coffee Morning event today in their wonderful garden tent, raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support. This is such a great idea for a wonderful cause, and expertly run by the pub’s fantastic local manager Fiona.

Robert said: "It was great to be back in West Oxfordshire and to spend the morning hosting an interactive assembly at Tower Hill School in Witney, where I explained how Parliament works and invited pupils to debate - and pass - an Act of Parliament.

Living in Bladon with my young family, I know just how important the NHS and our local NHS services are. That is because my family and I use the local NHS, are registered with a local GP and, just a few short months ago, my wife gave birth to our second child at a local NHS hospital.

Robert has written to new Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Robert Jenrick, to express his support for Oxfordshire County Council's bid to the Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF).

Robert said: "I enjoyed a wonderful visit to Kingham Primary School on Friday, a truly superb local school in an idyllic West Oxfordshire setting.