National Star College Funding Campaign

In a written Ministerial Statement the Fire Minister, Bob Neill MP, today (5 September) announced that the Department for Communities and Local Government have launched a short phase of pre-market engagement, which will allow interested parties to offer clear views on the future of the Fire Service College.  read more »

The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, the Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP, today announced that he was dismissing the application for the construction of 300 homes by CALA Homes in Moreton-in-Marsh.  read more »

The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, the Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP, has announced that a decision on the application for the construction of 300 homes by CALA Homes in Moreton-in-Marsh has been delayed and will now be made on or before 1 April 2011.  read more »

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown has today secured a review of funding for Specialist Independent Colleges after discovering that the National Star College would have been ineligible for funding recently announced by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.  read more »

Cotswolds MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown organised and chaired a series of separate flood progress consultation meetings with regards to Moreton-in-Marsh, Lechlade and Fairford.  read more »

Responding to a significant level of public concern over two proposed housing developments in Moreton-in-March, Cotswolds MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown has organised a public meeting to allow local residents to air their concerns.  read more »

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown raises a number of concerns of his constituents in particular funding for the National Star College and business rating revaluation - especially the effect on small petrol stations.

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown calls on the Minister for Further Education to "redouble his efforts" to find funding for the National Star College redevelopment project.  read more »

Almost 9 months to the day since Cotswolds MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown first raised the issue of the effects the Government’s moratorium on funding projects would have on the National Star College, the MP and his colleague Mark Harper, MP for the Forest of Dean, today together challenged the Further Education Minister Kevin Brennan MP as to what progress the Government have made in securing the funding.  read more »

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP today accompanied Helen Sexton (Principal) and Peter Horne (Vice Principal) and Paul Styles (Vice Chairman) from the National Star College for a meeting with the Further Education Minister Kevin Brennan  read more »