One of the first measures announced by the Government to combat the effects of Covid-19 was the payment of support grants to eligible small businesses in the retail, hospitality and leisure sector.

Nigel Evans MP has joined Ribble Valley police in praising residents of the Ribble Valley for their overwhelming adherence to the social distancing rules announced by the Government, which may soon be extended again.

Ribble Valley Borough Council and South Ribble Borough Council are able to offer vulnerable individuals support during this difficult time.

Extract of text received from the Assistant Director of Diabetes UK:

I would like to start by offering my most sincere and infinite thanks to the NHS workers who are dealing on the frontline of this worldwide pandemic. Your heroic work is not taken for granted and the country owes a debt of gratitude for your tireless and selfless efforts to beat this disease.

REASSURANCE FOR PEOPLE ACROSS RIBBLE VALLEY AS GOVERNMENT SETS OUT £330 BILLION PACKAGE TO SUPPORT BUSINESS IN WAKE OF CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK

Today’s budget (March 11) was the first since Autumn 2018 and the first during the tenure of the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak.

Nigel Evans, MP for the Ribble Valley, recently welcomed Rt Hon Esther McVey MP to the Ribble Valley at an event organised by the Ribble Valley Conservative Association.

Nigel Evans, MP for the Ribble Valley, took the opportunity at Prime Minister’s question time this afternoon to quiz the Prime Minister on rural services and funding.

Speaking from the chamber, Mr Evans said:

Nigel Evans MP has hailed the Ribble Valley’s crowning as the happiest place in the UK, according to data from the Office for National Statistics.