On 14th June 2021, Leicestershire County Council announced that it is considering rejecting £15m of Government funding for the Southern stretch of the MMDR.

I don't consider this to be acceptable. So I've been working with extensively behind the scenes over the last year to save the MMDR in full.

And I am pushing Leicestershire County Council to make the right decision, and get behind the MMDR, for the people of Melton.

Alicia Kearns’ Letter to LCC, P2Alicia Kearns’ Letter to LCC, P1

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