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1 week ago | 
lutontoday.co.uk | Alin Martin
Residents in Dunstable and Houghton Regis are being encouraged to take advantage of improvements to local bus services starting this June, which will see new buses, routes and improved frequencies. Local MP Alex Mayer hopped aboard one of the brand-new buses in Linmere. People living in the new community will for the first time have a service running every 15-minutes connecting them to Houghton Regis and Luton seven days a week. It is part of an £9.7 million investment in local buses by Arriva.
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1 week ago | 
leightonbuzzardonline.co.uk | Alin Martin
Leighton Buzzard Post Office will remain open, it was confirmed today. Local MP Alex Mayer hailed the news as “a good day for Leighton Buzzard” as the Post Office revealed that an independent stationery retailer UOE will take over the running of the branch. There had been fears the post office could be axed in a nationwide shake-up of the UK’s Crown Post Offices.
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2 weeks ago | 
lutontoday.co.uk | Alin Martin
Pupils from Chiltern School in Houghton Regis were joined by local MP Alex Mayer before officially opening a new building for their growing special school. It means the school now has capacity for 420 pupils following its expansion into the neighbouring former Universal Technical College building on the Kingsland Campus. The additional space will help to meet growing local demand for specialist education provision.
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2 weeks ago | 
lutontoday.co.uk | Alin Martin
Smaller local renewable energy projects will be able to connect to the grid more quickly, thanks to a rule change secured with the support of local MP Alex Mayer. The energy regulator Ofgem has approved a key rule change that will speed up connections for community energy schemes and other local clean energy projects. Under the new rules, projects under 5 megawatts (MW) will no longer be required to undergo a full “Transmission Impact Assessment”.
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3 weeks ago | 
yourworld.net | Alin Martin
EcoSIP, based in Leighton Buzzard, is a pioneering local business that produces innovative ultra-light packaging for wine. Designed by local inventor Alex Taylor the single serve pouches slash CO2 emissions by 90% compared to traditional glass bottles. Speaking in a Parliamentary debate local MP Alex Mayer highlighted the company and called for a little known regulation to be changed to allow the business to grow.
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3 weeks ago | 
leightonbuzzardonline.co.uk | Alin Martin
A local company on a mission to decarbonise the drinks industry got a shout out in Parliament. EcoSIP, based in Leighton Buzzard, is a pioneering local business that produces innovative ultra-light packaging for wine. Designed by local inventor Alex Taylor the single serve pouches slash CO2 emissions by 90% compared to traditional glass bottles.
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3 weeks ago | 
lutontoday.co.uk | Alin Martin
Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowMonthly column by Alex Mayer, MP for Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard constituencyPeople across our constituency have been celebrating and commemorating the 80th anniversary of VE Day. A big thank you to everyone who organised events, beacon lightings and bell ringing. I was also honoured to join the Royal British Legion at the Linslade memorial to lay a wreath for those who served but never returned.
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1 month ago | 
lutontoday.co.uk | Alin Martin
Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowLocal MP Alex Mayer has welcomed new powers to crackdown on fly-tipping. The MP first raised the issue with government ministers after a visit to Mead Open Farm in Billington, where she heard first hand from local farmers about a rise in local fly-tipping on their land. More than 2,500 incidents of fly-tipping were recorded in Central Bedfordshire last year – a 143% jump since before the pandemic.
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1 month ago | 
lutontoday.co.uk | Alin Martin
Local MP Alex Mayer has scooped a £2,500 cash prize for Home-Start Bedfordshire in a national language-learning competition hosted by Duolingo. At a lively awards ceremony in Westminster attended by Home-Start Bedfordshire’s Chief Executive Linda Johnson and Duolingo’s famous green owl mascot, the MP handed over her winning cheque to the charity. Over the last three months Ms Mayer joined more than 200 MPs and peers brushing up their linguistic skills on the Duolingo app.
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1 month ago | 
leightonbuzzardonline.co.uk | Alin Martin
Local MP Alex Mayer has scooped a £2,500 cash prize for Home-Start Bedfordshire in a national language-learning competition hosted by Duolingo. At a lively awards ceremony in Westminster attended by Home-Start Bedfordshire’s Chief Executive Linda Johnson and Duolingo’s famous green owl mascot, the MP handed over her winning cheque to the charity. Over the last three months Ms Mayer joined more than 200 MPs and peers brushing up their linguistic skills on the Duolingo app.
