Richard Drax, MP for South Dorset, today welcomed new, South West Trains franchise holders, FirstGroup and MTR.

Stagecoach Group, which has run the service since privatisation in 1996, lost the franchise to the consortium after their bid was unsuccessful.

Richard Drax, MP for South Dorset, today presented the apprentice of the year award at the culmination of Apprenticeship Week at Weymouth College.

Richard Drax, MP for South Dorset, has asked DEFRA Minister George Eustice for assurances that food and farming are top priorities for the Government during Brexit negotiations.

Richard Drax, MP for South Dorset, said yesterday that proposed franchising models for bus services could “affect the local taxpayer and business rates payer.”

Richard Drax, MP for South Dorset, said today that he is “delighted’ that Weymouth Beach has been ranked the UK’s best by online travel site, TripAdvisor.

Richard Drax, MP for South Dorset, today called for a new, fairer funding settlement, based upon population rather than crime statistics, for Dorset Police.

Richard Drax, MP for South Dorset, today supported fairer funding for local authorities, saying that, while he supported the Government’s “direction of travel,” he was “concerned about much of the detail.”

Richard Drax, MP for South Dorset, today “entirely endorsed” Prime Minister Teresa May’s speech in which she set out her 12-point objectives for Brexit, saying that she wants Britain to be “a great, global trading nation that is respected around the world and strong, confident and united at home.

Richard Drax, MP for South Dorset, today warmly welcomed a new, online, trading platform designed make it easier, more cost effective and quicker for British businesses to export abroad.

"If we in this place send our brave men and women to war, we have got to protect them... when they come back.”