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Basingstoke MP Maria Miller opened the therapeutic garden at Parklands Hospital .

Following many months of volunteering, fundraising, partnership working and hard physical work,  the garden was unveiled to the patients and ward staff who are set to benefit from the new outdoor space.

Basingstoke MP Maria Miller visited a British Transport Police County Lines operation at Basingstoke Station. British Transport Police(BTP) have been carrying out County Lines operations across England, Wales and Scotland since Home Office funding for a Taskforce in December 2019.

Basingstoke’s MP has welcomed the Government’s landmark new Kickstart scheme and called on local employers to sign up and help young people into work to mark the opening of the initiative.

New figures show that nearly a million workers returned to their jobs part-time in the first month that flexible furlough was introduced, which includes 130,900 jobs in the South East.

The Housing Secretary has announced 274 councils will receive emergency funding to provide accommodation for people at risk of homelessness as part of the Government’s commitment to end rough sleeping.

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. 

This September, Basingstoke’s MP Maria Miller is supporting the Spot Leukaemia campaign, helping constituents to recognise the signs and symptoms of leukaemia.

More than 73,000 meals were claimed in Basingstoke under the Government’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme, according to the latest statistics.

Basingstoke MP, Maria Miller visited tennis facilities at Statton Park that are currently undergoing improvements to make venues more accessible and open-up park tennis to the local communities.

Hampshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is to receive £1,505, 000 to upgrade A&E facilities ahead of winter as part of £1.5 billion announced by the Prime Minister to upgrade hospitals, accelerate hospital building and expand A&E facilities.