Will shows Chris Grayling a Community Payback scheme in Saltburn.

WIll invited Kris Hopkins (Housing MInister) to Marton and Guisborough to listen to residents' concerns about building on Green field sites. They also visited a brown field site in Guisborough which is benefitting from the Government's helpt to buy scheme, allowing local people to get on the housing ladder.

Will Goodhand welcomes today's Budget as help is introduced for savers, those who work hard and those with children who want to get back to work.

Will and some of the local team were out around Guisborough talking to rsidents about their concerns. A good response and some interesting issues raised. Saturday proved more useful than Sunday when the entire team was caught in a mini blizzard!

Will was joined by Martin Callanan MEP and Conservative volunteers in Guisborough where both Will and Martin spoke to local residents and businesses.

Will Goodhand has today welcomed new statistics that show that unemployment in the North East is down by 2,000 this quarter.

Conservative Party Chairman Grant Shapps joins Will in visiting local businesses

Cleveland Potash welcomed Cabinet Minister Theresa Villiers and I on Friday. The visit to Boulby came about following the company’s unveiling of a wonderful forthcoming development, which will generate 270 new jobs in our area by 2015. Howard Clark (Sales and Marketing Director) and James Greaves (Head of HR) were our guides around this tremendous Teesside business.

Will continues to support the Earthbeat Theatre Group and their efforts to secure the former Guisborough Register Office as their new home and today he brought Culture Minister, Ed Vaisey to meet the Group

Gratifying as it is to see Labour party branches belatedly conclude the same as so many of East Cleveland’s residents about Redcar & Cleveland Council’s performance, there are fundamental issues at stake.