Coronavirus: Information for constituents & businesses

Funding support is now available from Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council for businesses who were not eligible for other government funding during the latest round of COVID national restrictions.

Local MP “Following the rules together we can get out of these tough measures.”

The Government has announced that Hampshire has been placed in Tier 2 High Alert - local covid restriction level in order to safeguard the gains made during the period of national restrictions.

Local MP Maria Miller has welcomed Borough Council’s helpline for vulnerable residents across the borough to register for support such as access to food and medicine during the nationwide lockdown.

Local MP Maria Miller sets out why she has supported the new Government measures to stop the rapid spread of Coronavirus in Basingstoke. 

Maria's speech;

People living and working in Basingstoke will benefit after Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council was given a share of £900m in additional Government funding for local councils.

Local MP Maria Miller has welcomed that Hampshire County Council will provide a similar level of support for families during the half term break that would have otherwise been provided through the Government’s previous voucher scheme through schools.

Basingstoke's MP, Maria Miller has welcomed the opening of a Local Test Site at The Anvil, making it easier for many people in the constituency to access testing. 

Local MP Maria Miller has contacted Department of Health Ministers following concerns expressed by local residents over the weekend about the availability of coronavirus test slots. 

A new ‘support finder’ tool will help businesses and self-employed people across the UK to quickly and easily determine what financial support is available to them during the coronavirus pandemic.

Access to testing for those with symptoms of coronavirus will be extended across England to include additional frontline workers and symptomatic members of their family or household to allow the key worker to return to work.