BizClub Lunch : Friday 20th November : Alicia Kearns Member of Parliament for Rutland & Stamford

BizClub Lunch : Friday 20th November : Alicia Kearns Member of Parliament for Rutland & Stamford

The BizClub are delighted to welcome our local MP to our lunch on November 20th. Alicia will be talking about her political  life and will welcome questions from the audience. Here is more about Alicia in her own words : 

During my four and a half years as the MP for Rutland and Melton, I was proud to have stood up for our wonderful area, supported thousands of constituents, and secured some important local wins. From standing up to ensure our dairy farmers were supported throughout the pandemic, to securing £23m in Government funding as part of our successful Levelling Up Bid, I’ve raised our communities at the highest levels of Government and beyond.

I grew up in a tiny village in Cambridgeshire, and I understand the needs of rural communities and know how often they are forgotten and don’t receive their fair share of central Government funding. My priorities are to protect our rural way of life, make our roads safer for our communities, end rural rural disadvantage in local government funding, protect food security, improve flooding resilience and improve broadband and mobile phone signal for our communities.

Prior to being elected in 2019, I worked in counter-terrorism at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and then as an independent consultant across the Middle East and North Africa, Eastern Europe and the Western Balkans. During my time in Parliament as the MP for Rutland and Melton I had the honour of being elected as Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee. I also launched the All Party Parliamentary Group on Geographically Protected Foods, for Bosnia and Herzegovina and for UK overseas territory Turks and Caicos.

At the General Election on 4th July I had the honour of being re-elected as the Member of Parliament for the new constituency of Rutland and Stamford. I look forward to making our incredible communities even better places to live and delivering on what matters most to us all.

All my best to you and yours,

Alicia