Removing bins from Cornwall Housing areas is deeply disappointing. Recently, I joined other volunteers for a litter pick around the Beacon in Falmouth. We collected over 100kg of rubbish. Four times the weight of the last litter pick in this area before the public bins were removed.  I understand the cost pressures on Cornwall Council. However, under this Labour government, the Council received its highest funding increase since austerity last year and will benefit from this

This summer, I launched a parliamentary petition to highlight the need for a swimming pool in Falmouth. The Falmouth & Penryn area is the only community in Cornwall without a pool. The nearest 25-metre pool is over half an hour away, leaving children and families with no local place to learn to swim. Local primary schools have reported a sharp drop in Year 6 children confidently swimming 25 metres, which is a worrying trend for a coastal town like Falmouth. Swimming is import

A lot is happening with buses in Cornwall. Buses are a real lifeline for people in rural areas. When routes are cut or become unreliable, it creates barriers to work, study, medical appointments, and social connections. I was really concerned to hear that First Bus will withdraw all its services in Cornwall from February 2026. I have contacted Cornwall Council, First Bus, Go Cornwall, Falmouth University and the union representing workers. My priority is ensuring a seamless c

The recent Budget revealed a huge investment for Cornwall with a £30 million Kernow Industrial Growth Fund. This is fantastic news as the fund will help unlock the enormous potential we already have in critical minerals, renewable energy, and marine innovation, among other sectors. By backing local infrastructure, research, and supply chains, it will attract new investment, create skilled jobs, and strengthen the industries that will power our future economy. Cornwall is at t

The Minister for Industry, Chris McDonald MP, recently visited Cornwall to launch the Government’s new Critical Minerals Strategy  and highlight Cornwall’s role in domestic mineral production. The Minister was taken on a whistle-stop tour of Camborne School of Mines, the University of Exeter, Falmouth Docks, Cornish Lithium, British Lithium and Cornish Metals Inc by Cornwall’s Labour MPs.   With lithium, tin and tungsten essential to everything from renewable energy and trans

I have been working with the Government and Cornwall Council on a housing strategy to secure the funding and support needed to deliver the right homes, in the right places, for local people. Following the Housing Strategy for Cornwall launch event, which I recently hosted in Parliament, Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook MP has given Cornwall the green light to develop a Memorandum of Understanding with Homes England - the government body responsible for distributing the £39

Jayne Kirkham on the panel at Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Growth Summit 2025 This month, I attended the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly...

This month brings good news for loads of families across Cornwall as free childcare expands to help parents and children. When speaking...

In the face of horror in the Middle East and the fading prospect of a two-state solution, the UK has now, acting alongside some of our...

Jayne Kirkham debating in Parliament Good, reliable transport is essential for Cornwall, but with just one rail line, a single road...

Jayne Kirkham hosting 'Fleasehold' roundtable for residents across Truro & Falmouth Across Truro, Falmouth and surrounding villages, many...

Jayne Kirkham MP with letters from a local school on environmental issues Living by the sea, we know all too well the threat that plastic...

Jayne Kirkham MP with CHWW team The Community Health and Wellbeing Workers (CHWW) programme, piloted in Cornwall since 2023, is a key...

EV Chargers Coming to Hospitals: Government funding is now available to install electric vehicle chargers at hospitals across the...

Only four famines have been declared by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) since it was established in 2004,...

I have just launched a Parliamentary petition calling on the Government for new swimming facilities for Falmouth, after the town’s only...

Jayne Kirkham MP viewing the names of 26,380 individuals who died in the Burma Campaign with no known place of rest - Portscatho This...

Jayne Kirkham MP hosting SEND roundtable with parents, carers, and guardians At the start of this Parliament, a group of MPs and I met...

Politics Summer School 2025 attendees with Jayne Kirkham MP I hosted my first Politics Summer School at Falmouth University, and it was...

There’s positive movement for sustainable oyster fishing in Cornwall.   In response to a recent parliamentary question I raised, Minister...