Local MP Mark Pawsey has backed charity events supporting the fight against cancer both in the constituency and in Westminster this week.

Mark Pawsey MP has today pledged his support for the Long Live the Local Campaign to help pubs in Rugby keep their doors open. Mark joins the more than 100,000 people who have signed the petition so far, including 190 in Rugby.

Last week the government announced additional funding for local authorities in England to help ease pressures over winter, including £2.2 million extra for Warwickshire.

Rugby MP Mark Pawsey has shown his support for beloved local charity the Friends of the Hospital of St Cross when he joined their recent collection at the Sainsbury’s superstore on Dunchurch Road.

MPs from across party lines have called on the Government to provide greater support to early years childcare providers such as Pathfinders Day Nursery in Rugby during a Parliamentary debate attended by local MP Mark Pawsey.

Rugby MP Mark Pawsey has praised the advanced engineering taking place at Rolls-Royce’s Ansty factory.

Mark raises the important work done by hospital charities such as the Friends of the Hospital of St Cross during Business Questions in Parliament.

As Rugby’s Member of Parliament, I am often involved in a wide array of issues that before being elected I would not have ever come across.

Nurseries help to give our children the best possible start in life and I am proud of the Government's record in increasing access to childcare for working families.

Last week the Secretary of State for International Trade visited the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) in Rugby to see for himself the exciting and innovative work taking place at the facility.