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Victoria Collins
Victoria Collins

MPs back Small Business Saturday

Local MPs Daisy Cooper and Victoria Collins are calling on local communities to turn out in big numbers to support Small Business Saturday, on Saturday 7th December.

1 Dec 2024
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Axe the family farm tax
Victoria Collins

Axe the family farm tax

Victoria Collins, MP for Harpenden and Berkhamsted, met with farming constituents at the National Farmers Union protest in Parliament Square, London to listen to farmers’ concerns about the blow the Budget has dealt to family farms.

20 Nov 2024
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Victoria Collins

17,500 local GP appointments at risk

The equivalent of 17,500 GP appointments in the Herts Valleys area are at risk due to the increased cost to GP practices from the government’s Budget, according to Liberal Democrat analysis.

12 Nov 2024
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Middle aged husband and wife calculating their budget together.
Victoria Collins

Victoria Collins MP responds to the Budget

Local Lib Dem MP for Harpenden and Berkhamsted, Victoria Collins, has said the extra funding for the NHS announced in the Budget must deliver improved services for local people including through extra GP appointments and reducing cancer waiting times.

31 Oct 2024
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Victoria Collins
Victoria Collins

Victoria Collins MP first 100 days

100 days since election win: Victoria Collins MP says tackling the health & social care crisis, cost-of-living crisis and stopping sewage remain her “top priorities”

12 Oct 2024
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News from Victoria Collins MP

Victoria Collins

Social media apps need health warnings

Victoria Collins MP for Harpenden & Berkhamsted has called for cigarette-style health warnings on social media apps and a ‘doomscrolling cap’ for young people, as part of a comprehensive new plan to protect under-18s from addictive social media.

23 Sep 2025
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Cap Profits on SEND Providers

Victoria Collins, has criticised “profiteering” by many private special educational needs providers, as the party calls for a cap on their profits to end the scandal.

27 Aug 2025
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Would you swim in the sea?

A new poll commissioned by the Liberal Democrats, undertaken by Savanta, has found that nearly half of Brits (44%) would never swim in the sea during the summer.

19 Aug 2025
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