A better way of rural life

Access to better broadband and phone signal is vital for residents and businesses across our rural area. My priority is to work with BT and Openreach and bring all parties to the table to understand the barriers to high speed broadband and identify solutions.  I am actively tackling the large mobile not-spots in Brecon and Radnorshire by keeping up the pressure on the UK Government’s Shared Rural Network. 

As your Member of Parliament, Brecon and Radnorshire will not be left behind.  On a visit, Robert Jenrick, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government announced that there will be one billion pounds invested to improve connectivity, new masts shared by providers and increased geographical coverage from today's 66% up to 95%. 

I want to see the UK and Welsh governments taking an imaginative approach to rural services; Brecon and Radnorshire needs better public transport options to underpin our tourism economy and we should not have to suffer second rate public services just because we don't live in a city.

 

News

Fay Jones MP pays tribute to Sarah Everard

Today in Parliament, Fay Jones MP criticised the policing of the vigil for Sarah Everard on Clapham Common, but also raised concerns that the vigil was turned into a protest by those who would “seek to defund the police and destabilise our society”.

Fay Jones MP marks International Women’s Day

To mark this year’s International Women’s Day, Fay Jones MP celebrates all the incredible women across Brecon and Radnorshire, with special thanks to those who have assisted with the pandemic response.

Local Conservatives demand pause on school closures

Brecon and Radnorshire’s Member of Parliament and Conservative Candidate for the Senedd elections have joined forces to call for a moratorium on local school closures during the coronavirus pandemic. 

Fay Jones MP welcomes work resuming on A479

Almost a year since the A479 Trunk Road between Talgarth and Crickhowell was closed as a result of flooding and a landslide, Fay Jones MP has welcome news from Welsh Government Highways that work will resume on Monday 1 February with a view to re-opening the road in the spring.