Health campaigners have welcomed news that Cossham Hospital is to receive a state-of-the-art MRI scanner to improve cancer survival rates for Kingswood and surrounding patients.

MP Chris Skidmore has welcomed the announcement that the Cossham Birth Centre will reopen on Monday 21 October.  

The local MP for Kingswood Chris Skidmore recently joined Police and Crime Commissioner candidate Mark Shelford in meeting local Hanham residents to discuss the issues they face locally.

137 new police officers coming to Avon & Somerset Constabulary to keep crime falling locally have been welcomed by Kingswood MP Chris Skidmore.

Kingswood MP Chris Skidmore has welcomed the announcement that schools across Kingswood and the wider South Gloucestershire area are to receive over 5% more per pupil next year, a total of £8.4m of additional funding.

South Gloucestershire is set to benefit from a share of nearly £2 million to crack down on illegal developments on the local green belt, Housing Minister Rt Hon Esther McVey MP has announced.

MP Chris Skidmore joined colleagues in lobbying the new Transport Secretary to support the campaign for the new M4 junction 18a at Emersons Green.

High Street campaigners have welcomed news that Kingswood High Street is to receive backing through the government’s Future High Streets Fund.

Health Minister and MP Chris Skidmore has welcomed the announcement that the Cossham Birth Centre will reopen in the autumn.

Planning approval is set to be granted to save a Grade 1 heritage site in Kingswood, delighting the area’s local MP.