As part of the Great North Rail Project Network Rail, TransPennine Express and Northern are investing in stations and other rail infrastructure to prepare the north for new trains.

Calderdale Conservatives are urging residents across the borough to take part in what is likely to be the final public consultation on the Local Development Plan.

Craig is calling on Calder Valley’s small shopkeepers to enter the Best Small Shops Competition, celebrating the creativity of small shops and the central role they play in their local community.

Craig is encouraging good causes in his constituency of Calder Valley to apply for a share of a funding pot worth over £3 million that has been raised by players of People’s Postcode Lottery to support projects helping local people.

The attached infographic gives an overview of the Calderdale flood partnership’s progress over the last few months and highlights some of the key actions that have moved forward in this time.

New procedures, which rail companies Northern and TransPennine Express have agreed with the government, are now in place for passengers who have been affected or severely delayed by the introduction of new rail timetables to claim compensation.

Around one million public sector workers are set to benefit from the biggest pay rise in almost 10 years, the government announced today (24 July 2018). The 1% cap ended last year in recognition that dedicated public sector workers deserve a pay rise.

Figures out today show that the number of people in work is at a record high. In Calder Valley the number of people who are unemployed has fallen by 681 – a 30 per cent drop – since 2010.

Craig Whittaker MP has welcomed the news that the import and export of services from the cultural, digital, and creative sectors have risen steadily since 2010.