Neil O'Brien

Neil O'Brien Member of Parliament for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston (CREDIT: parliament.uk)

MP faces complaint after revealing private party membership information

Harborough MP Neil O’Brien at the AdamSmile footpath.

Harborough MP calls on council to make progress on AdamSmile path upgrade

Station sign. Picture: Olivia Preston

East Midlands Railway to be brought into public ownership by end of next year

Protesters and MPs in Whitehall. Picture: Olivia Preston

MPs blast Mayor after he claimed expansion will still go ahead despite pause

MPs outside Number 10. Picture: Olivia Preston

MPs take petition to Downing Street over city expansion plans

Neil with a lamb. Picture: Neil O'Brien

Harborough MP calls on Prime Minister to scrap family farm tax in first budget

Councillor Simon Whelband. Picture: Harborough District Council

Council leader reacts as review into local government overhaul plans announced

Mr O’Brien said he had been contacted by multiple residents regarding changes to traffic light signalling at the junction of The Square/Northampton Road and St Mary’s Road.

MP calls for review of changes to traffic light timings in Market Harborough

Jason Gilbert with his dog Tilly

Harborough resident 'refused ambulances' due to costs for care for his dog

Neil O'Brien MP (centre) with fellow Leicestershire MPs Ed Argar (left) and Peter Bedford.

Harborough MP takes fight against Leicester's expansion plans to Parliament

Harborough MP Neil O'Brien is among 120 MPs that have signed an open letter to Lloyds Banking Group calling on them to restore cheque deposit services at Post Offices and banking hubs

Harborough MP signs letter calling on Lloyds to restore cheque deposit services
Harborough MP Neil O’Brien is among 120 politicians to sign a letter to Lloyds Banking Group calling on them to restore cheque deposit services at Post Office branches and banking hubs.
Neil Shefferd

A computer generated image of how the new air ambulance base might look (Image: Air Ambulance Service)

Plans for air ambulance base in Harborough district move forward

Harborough MP Neil O'Brien has secured a meeting with the Environment Agency to discuss concerns of suspected pollution in the town

MP arranges meeting with Environment Agency over Harborough pollution concerns

Harborough MP Neil O'Brien has called for action to be taken to improve the appearance of the Tesco building in the town centre

Harborough District Council working to improve appearance of town centre Tesco

Harborough MP Neil O'Brien is calling for action to be taken to ensure more parking for supporters attending Harborough Town Football Club matches

Calls to increase parking for Harborough Town fans following latest promotion

Harborough MP Neil O'Brien with Burford Green residents and councillors - more than 1,000 people had signed a petition against plans for a big development in the area

Harborough MP welcomes rethink of plans for major development on Burford Green

Harborough District Council is being urged to be upfront with residents over the costs of a town or parish council for the area, ahead of a referendum on the issue later this month

Referendum on possible town council for Harborough takes place on April 30

Pictured, from left: Dean Olivant and Kelvin Tate from Colours Building Ltd, Aurora Strategy Director Dan Slater, Neil O'Brien MP and Aurora CEO Kelvin Donald

MP visits new Market Harborough specialist school site

The Light of Live festival in Market Harborough. (Photo: Clive Mason)

Light and Life festival will not be returning to Harborough this year

Before and after: Neil O'Brien at the 'Harborough Hole'.

MP delighted after new tree planted to fill the ‘Harborough Hole’

Rough outline of the location plan
Image: LDRS

Children’s home refused near Kibworth despite officers' recommendation

Government contractor Serco is looking for accommodation in Kibworth and Great Glen to house around 14 asylum seekers.

Harborough MP launches petition against plan for asylum seekers

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Evidence of Iron Age settlement in Market Harborough could be lost

Harborough MP Neil O’Brien has called on the council to act in the wake of the “long-standing” concerns about the Church Road and New Road junctions on the A6 in Kibworth.

'Dangerous junctions in Kibworth will be fixed when funding becomes available'

Politicians across Leicestershire, including Harborough MP Neil O'Brien (middle, bottom row) have raised serious concerns over the proposed closures of nurseries for children with special educational needs and disabilities

Leicestershire politicians join fight to protect vulnerable children

Harborough MP Neil O'Brien has secured an on-site meeting with council staff at the Church Road and New Road junctions on the A6 next month

Harborough MP arranges on-site meeting at 'dangerous' Kibworth junctions

Harborough MP Neil O'Brien says he supports plans from Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch to increase the social media age limit to 16

Harborough MP welcomes plans to increase social media age limit to 16

Harborough MP Neil O'Brien at Market Harborough station with Network Rail’s East Midlands route director Mark Budden

MP welcomes 'positive step' to improve railway station appearance
Harborough MP Neil O’Brien has welcomed a ‘positive step’ to improve the appearance of derelict land at Market Harborough railway station.
Neil Shefferd

One of the new parking machines.

Harborough council defends new parking machines after criticism from MP

Harborough MP Neil O'Brien visited East Midlands Railway's aurora fleet, which is set to begin service next month

Harborough MP visits new fleet of trains set to enter service next month

David Lander and John Feavyour from the Harborough Community Bus scheme with MP Neil O'Brien

Harborough MP will help community bus scheme in its attempt to get a Blue Badge

Neil O'Brien MP expressed concerns about the appearance of land owned by Network Rail next to Market Harborough Railway Station during a meeting with the train company

'Neglected land gives visitors poor first impression of Harborough' says MP

Councillor Simon Whelband.

Suspected Chinese spy targets Harborough MP’s parliamentary aide

Leicestershire County Council

Council's £1.4m savings review branded ‘farce’ and ‘insult’ to taxpayers

Neil O’Brien MP.

Harborough MP aims to set up meeting with Rail Minister

Harborough MP Neil O'Brien visited The King Group's premises in the town to learn more about the company's operations

MP visits King Group to learn about company's operations

Harborough's MP Neil O'Brien says more permanent flagpoles should be installed across the district.

Harborough's MP calls for more permanent flagpoles

Manor Oak Homes has submitted a proposal to build 85 homes on 30 acres of fields separating the Farndale View and Farndon Fields estates. (Image: Insitu Design).

MP slams Harborough housing scheme amid flooding fears

Leicestershire County Council discussed the application yesterday.

Decision on controversial biogas plant near Great Bowden deferred

Residents are objecting to the proposed plant. Image: Mark Adams

Residents 'shocked' as go-ahead recommended for controversial biogas plans

Plans for a community facility have not yet emerged despite over 100 homes having been built.

Concerns developer ‘dragging feet’ as community facility plans fail to emerge

The line between Harborough and Wigston was electrified last year.

MP slams decision to shelve further electrification of Midland Main Line

A new YouGov poll reveals a much more politically diverse set of MPs for the city and county, with Nigel Farage’s Reform UK turning parts of the county turquoise for the first time ever.

Reform UK would take multiple Leicestershire seats if election was held now

Mr O'Brien says new-build residents are being hit with unexpected charges for 'shoddy' maintenance of green spaces.

MP urges residents to raise 'fleecehold' concerns as council reviews open spaces

Campaigners are calling for a stop to the 4,000 home town proposed near Great Glen.

Campaign group calls for stop to 'needless destruction' of countryside
Residents claim a proposed “new town” near Great Glen is “needless destruction” of the countryside.
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The club is worried the move will reduce capacity for indoor sports in the region. Photo - Frame Harirak/ Unsplash

Survey launches after badminton club asked to relocate from sports hall

Leicestershire County Council and Harborough District Council HQs.

“Time for rethink” says MP after county council criticism over draft Local Plan

Market Harborough town centre. PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTER

Have your say: 8-week consultation begins on draft Local Plan

Member of Parliament (MP) for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston, and Shadow Minister for Education, Neil O'Brien with the team and residents at HC-One’s Magna Care Home

Residents at Wigston care homes enjoy MP visit

A woman is rescued from her car stranded in floodwater in Great Glen.

MP concerned 'loophole' in flood plan means developers will do bare minimum

Harborough MP Neil O'Brien

Harborough's new housing target is 'twice the rate of Leicester', says MP

Hundreds turned out to cheer as tractors parades through Harborough at the weekend.

Video: Footage shows hundreds cheering as Tractor Run parades through Harborough

Harborough leaders are uniting to fight plans to ditch local councils.

'Stop riding roughshod over local democracy' says Harborough MP and council boss

The headquarters of Leicestershire County Council (left) Harborough District Council (right).

Harborough MP’s petition to block Leicester expansion hits over 3,000 signatures

The pub was severely damaged by floodwater.

Great Glen 'flood hero' to reopen pub this Friday after community clean up

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