Rt. Hon. Alan Beith MP

Member of Parliament for Berwick Upon Tweed

Alan Beith

Welcome to my web site.

My mailbag and inbox have been very full lately with so many people getting in touch to share their concerns over the proposed cuts to GPs' budgets.

Health services provided by our GPs, practice and community nurses are very highly valued in our rural area. Because we live in a rural, sparsely populated part of England, we have special needs when it comes to health services, particularly because of the large distances which often have to be travelled to access those services. We depend heavily on our GP practices, with many offering services which would be provided by a hospital in an urban area like Tyneside.

I've been working with health professionals, the Northumberland Care Trust which finances GP services, and the Strategic Health Authority to ensure that we don't lose our vital services. I've raised this worrying stuation in Parliament.

Now I'm waiting to see if my specific concerns about the funding for GP practices have been met in the revised offers now being considered by the practices.

I promise I will keep fighting for our health services.

If you would like to come and meet me, or raise any issues, I hold regular surgeries in Alnwick and Berwick every month, and in other towns and villages at various times. You can find details by following this link:

It's always good to hear from people in and around the constituency, and from further afield. Please send me your comments and feedback, and suggestions for what you would like to see on the site.

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MP challenges BT chiefs on phone boxes under threat New!

Thu 15th May 2008

The threat to phone boxes in Northumberland's villages was raised by Berwick MP, Alan Beith, in a meeting with BT's Director of Payphones this week. BT are consulting councils throughout the country on a programme which proposes that over 40 call boxes in the Berwick constituency should be taken out of service.

North East fishing under threat from unrealistic quotas, says Fiona Hall, Liberal Democrat MEP for the North East New!

Tue 13th May 2008

Local Liberal Democrat MEP Fiona Hall has written to the Minister for Fisheries, to ask for answers on the future of the local fishing industry within her North East constituency.

Local MP Alan Beith nominated for top award as "Outstanding Member of Parliament" New!

Tue 13th May 2008

Berwick's MP Alan Beith has been nominated for a top award organised by The House Magazine, a weekly publication for Westminster and all those with an interest in politics, policy and Parliament.

Beith takes fishermen's fight to Minister New!

Tue 13th May 2008

Alan Beith, whose Berwick-upon-Tweed constituency includes around 50 miles of coastline, has taken local fishermen's fight for a better deal to the Minister for Fisheries.

Alan Beith with a traditional fishing coble at Boulmer (photography: Clare Mills)

Give Peas a Chance, says MP Beith New!

Tue 13th May 2008

Local MP Rt Hon Alan Beith is backing the British Heart Foundation's war on pester power by supporting a Bill to ban junk food marketing that targets children.

Alan Beith MP with the British Heart Foundation's Giant Pea

Repossession figures worsening in northeast, warn Liberal Democrats New!

Tue 13th May 2008

Alarmed by news that the number of homeowners facing repossessions in the North East has risen dramatically in the last ten years, and more than doubled in the past two years, Liberal Democrat MEP for the North East Fiona Hall said,

Thousands hit by Labour's tax grab, warns Beith

Tue 15th Apr 2008

Alan Beith, MP for Berwick upon Tweed, has slammed the Government's abolition of the 10p income tax band, which has hit people on lower incomes disproportionately hard. On 6th April, Labour doubled the starting rate of income tax from 10p to 20p in the pound. Previously, a 10p rate was paid on the first £2230 of taxable income. As a result, instead of taking £223 in income tax on this portion of people's wages, Gordon Brown's government is taking £446. For those on higher incomes, this is offset by a cut in the standard rate of income tax from 22p to 20p in the pound.

Late Ian McGregor "one in a million" says Beith

Tue 15th Apr 2008

Well known and much loved Liberal Democrat Ian McGregor of Berwick upon Tweed has died. Ian was born and brought up at Ford, a few miles south of Berwick-upon-Tweed, in a large and loving family. He and his wife Helen were married at Ford but work took him to Holy Island where he worked for a number of years for Michael Hackett before becoming Postmaster on the Island.

Ian McGregor with mead at Lindisfarne (photography: Clare Mills)
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