Derek Thomas took time off from his street campaigning to welcome both the Prime Minister and Health Secretary to West Cornwall last week.

Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock pledged his commitment to Helston Community Hospital on a visit with Derek Thomas, the prospective Conservative candidate for West Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly.

Derek Thomas has pledged to improve the lives of people with dementia should he be re-elected on 12th December.

Derek Thomas has welcomed new announcements from Boris Johnson that will support two of his long-standing priority campaigning issues – supporting pubs and post offices and helping small business.

Derek Thomas has received a personal thank-you for his work to help conserve Manx shearwaters and birds in general from the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds).

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Claiming that Newlyn has been ‘unjustifiably over-looked’, Derek Thomas has called on the Local Government Secretary to intervene so that the fishing port can potentially benefit from millions of pounds of investment.

West Cornwall MP Derek Thomas says he is “greatly encouraged” by the Chancellor’s response to a demand for funds to build an integrated health and social care hub on the Isles of Scilly.

West Cornwall MP Derek Thomas has enjoyed a “very constructive” meeting with the Education Secretary to follow up on a number of issues raised by a group of West Cornwall headteachers.

This week Barclays reversed its decision to stop customers withdrawing cash from post offices. This follows intense pressure from MPs, including myself, Post Office Ltd and Treasury Ministers. Barclays is in no doubt as to the strength of feeling against their initial decision.

A nine-month pilot project at St Ives’ Edward Hain Hospital trialling a new approach to caring for elderly and vulnerable people has been hailed as a ‘huge success’.