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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

🛍️ Vote now for Rutland and Stamford’s Favourite Independent Shop! 🛍️ 🗳️You can cast your vote here: www.aliciakearns.com... Voting is open across 20 categories until Friday 20th February. #ShopLocal #RandSFavouriteIndependentShopAwards

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

I recently had the pleasure of joining the fantastic Leicestershire and Rutland Rural Policing Team on patrol 🚓🌾 This expert team is a real asset to local policing – in 2025 alone, they recovered stolen goods and vehicles worth £1,405,150 – what an incredible achievement!

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

I’m delighted to announce final voting for Rutland and Stamford’s Favourite Independent Shop Awards is now open! 🏆 www.aliciakearns.com/independentshopawards2025 📅 Voting is open until Friday 20th February.

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

It’s always a pleasure to welcome local groups to Parliament, including the lovely Browne’s House Hospital volunteers who my team showed around today. I had the pleasure of visiting the Almshouse at Browne’s Hospital this time last year!

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

It was great to welcome Stamford School students to Parliament last week. It’s always fantastic to see A-Level students so engaged with both local issues and foreign affairs, putting me through some testing questions!

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Calling all local schools! From 10am on 28th January, you can book free school visits to Parliament for the Summer Term 2026. 🔗 You can register here: bit.ly/45EQUjJ If you have any other questions you can contact the Parliament Education Team on: 📧 engage@parliament.uk 📞020 7219 4496

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust is marking 30 years since the reintroduction of ospreys to the county! 🦅 It will also be 70 years since the formation of the Trust and 50 years since the opening of Rutland Water Nature Reserve. A big thank you to all the volunteers at the Trust👏🏻

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Have you been affected by flooding before, or want to have a say to help shape future plans? 🌧️ I’m running a Flooding Awareness Survey so I can feed back your views to local authorities and bodies to ensure our communities are better prepared for flooding 👉🏼 www.aliciakearns.com...

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

It was good to meet the Leader, Deputy Leader and Chief Executive of South Kesteven District Council. We covered a range of local priorities and issues including LGR, water infrastructure, the abatement notice to stop the stink in Corby Glen, flooding and Council budgets from Government.

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

I’m running a Flooding Awareness Survey to better understand your experiences, concerns and ideas 🌧️ Whether you’ve experienced flooding before, or you want to have a say to help shape future plans, please do spare a few minutes if you can. www.aliciakearns.com...

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Whether you are looking for your first job, new job, or dream job – my Job and Careers Fair is the place to start! 💼 It’s free – just turn up on the day! If you would like to find out more, please do visit my website: 🔗 www.aliciakearns.com...

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Happy Christmas One and All! 🎅🏼 I hope you all have a wonderful day of celebrations surrounded by family and loved ones.

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Have you laid out your mince pies, carrots and milk? 🎅🏻🦌 Not long to go now!

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

My latest newsletter will be in your inboxes between Christmas and New Year!🎄✨ Do sign up below to keep in the loop with all my latest work 👇🏻 📧 www.aliciakearns.com...

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

I would like to say a huge thank you to our incredible Armed Forces and all you do to keep us safe both at home and abroad. To all our local units based at Kendrew Barracks and St George’s Barrack, and to your families, thank you - we are thinking of you. (Photo: Royal Anglian Regiment)

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Have you been affected by flooding, or are you concerned about future flood risks? 🌧️ My Flooding Awareness Survey will help me to better understand your experiences and what more support is needed locally. ➡️ Please do complete the short survey here: www.aliciakearns.com...

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

It’s always a pleasure to give back to the local groups who do so much for our communities and welcome them for tours of Parliament, including Citizens Advice Rutland who my team recently showed around.

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

🚨It's your final chance to nominate you favourite local independent shops! Nominations for Rutland and Stamford’s Favourite Independent Shop Awards close at 5pm this Friday 🔜 🔗 You can make nominations on my website: www.aliciakearns.com... #ShopLocal #RandSFavouriteIndependentShopAwards

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

It was a joy to join the 1st Uppingham Brownies last week for a Q&A session as they marked Parliament Week. I had some fantastic questions, and the girls did a great debate learning some of the traditions of Parliament. Thank you for having me!

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

A selection of your wonderful Christmas card competition entries displayed in my office window for this year’s theme ‘My Perfect Christmas Tree’🎄✨ Keep an eye out next week as the winners will be announced! 👀

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

These awards are my small way of celebrating our wonderful local independent businesses and encouraging us all to shop locally as we get our Christmas shopping done! 🛍️ You can nominate your favourites across 19 categories on my website: www.aliciakearns.com...

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

It was wonderful to see farmers and families come together this morning at the 118th Uppingham Fatstock! 🐏 As ever it’s lovely to chat with farmers and hear them speak so proudly about their livestock and have a good sale.

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

My latest newsletter went out yesterday! Do sign up below if you’d like to keep up to date with all the latest local news: 🔗 www.aliciakearns.com...

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

🛍️ Rutland and Stamford’s Favourite Independent Shop Awards 2025 🛍️ 🗳️ Nominate your favourites here: www.aliciakearns.com... 📅 You have until 5pm on Friday 12th December, before a shortlist of shops is created and final voting opens in January.

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

First job, new job, or dream job? Whatever next step you are looking to take, my inaugural Job and Careers Fair is the place to start! If your business would like to find out more, or if you want to attend, please do visit my website: 🔗 www.aliciakearns.com...

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

I would be very grateful if you could spare a few minutes to answer this question and others in my dementia awareness survey: 🔗 www.aliciakearns.com... Together we can improve our understanding and awareness of dementia, so we can increase diagnoses and ensure the right support is in place.

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

My work to improve mobile phone signal in the ‘notspots’ identified in my survey continues, and my team recently met with EE to discuss coverage issues 📱 I’m pleased to share EE is investigating all of the ‘notspots’ you shared with me locally, to see how coverage can be improved.

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

This Flood Action Week I’m asking everyone to take a few simple steps: 💧 Check your flood risk at www.gov.uk/check-flo... 🌧️ Sign up for free flood alerts so you get a warning when it matters most 🌊 Make a household flood plan so you have a plan if water levels rise

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

It’s a pleasure to welcome members of our communities for tours of Parliament, including Graham and Dianne from Oakham who my team recently showed around. Did you know St Stephen’s Hall (pictured) stands on the site where the House of Commons sat for nearly 300 years until the fire of 1834?🔥

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

🚨 Calling all Great Ponton residents! If you’ve received my Great Ponton survey in the post, this is a reminder to return your answers by Wednesday 15th October so you can help shape decisions around the future of the central reservation crossings.

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

I would be very grateful if you could spend a few minutes of your time answering this question and others in my dementia awareness survey: www.aliciakearns.com...

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

On World Tourism Day it’s a joy to celebrate all our wonderful communities have to offer! Why not use this weekend as an opportunity to walk, cycle or even try Rutland’s new on-demand bus service to explore new areas in our beautiful part of the country we are fortunate to call home 💙

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

I’d like to gauge whether our awareness and attitudes surrounding dementia have changed over the past year, and where we still need to improve our understanding of the condition, so I’d be very grateful if you could fill out my short survey below: www.aliciakearns.com...

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

We’ve received nearly 1,000 responses to my Stamford survey – please keep them coming! ✉️

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

🚨 Two-thirds of residents oppose Local Government Re-Organisation 🚨 Thank you to everyone who completed my survey on proposals for Local Government Re-Organisation. The results showed clear opposition to proposals to abolish District Councils, replacing them with larger Unitary Councils.

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

On Back British Farming Day we are celebrating our incredible farmers and their contribution to our economy, food production and rural way of life 🚜 Thank you to all our farmers across Rutland, Stamford, Harborough, South Kesteven villages – today and every day! 🇬🇧 #BackBritishFarmingDay #NFU

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Three years ago today, our nation lost Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. A woman of extraordinary duty, devotion and grace, she guided us through decades of change with an unwavering commitment to service. Thank you for everything Your Majesty.

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

If you are serving in the Armed Forces, a family member of someone serving, or a veteran who lives or has lived in defence housing, please do share your views via my survey. I will be writing to the Ministry of Defence with your reflections: www.aliciakearns.com...

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Whissendine is regularly one of our worst-affected villages by flooding, that’s why my team met with the Landlady of the White Horse Inn and residents to discuss what additional support and mitigation works are needed up and down the stream to further protect the village from devastating floods.

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Last week I wrote to the Leader of Lincolnshire County Council asking him to reverse the decision to exclude Stamford from planned consultation events on Local Govt Re-Organisation. I am relieved the Leader has listened to my concerns, and as a result an event will now be held on 24th September.

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

It’s exciting to see the roof is on Houghton on the Hill's new pavilion! After working with the team and supporting their bid for Community Ownership Funding by raising it with the Government, I was delighted the Association was successfully awarded £231,000 at the end of 2023.

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

It’s always a pleasure to welcome members of our communities for a tour of Parliament, including recently the lovely Barbara and William from South Witham who my team kindly showed around. Do get in touch if you would like to visit!

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Are you currently serving in the Armed Forces, a family member of someone serving, or a veteran who lives/has lived in defence housing? Please do share your views on what you think would improve the housing provided via my survey: ✍🏻 www.aliciakearns.com...

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Good luck to everyone across Rutland, Stamford, Harborough and the South Kesteven villages receiving your GCSE results tomorrow! 🍀 I hope your results are everything you hoped for, but even if they’re not remember there are so many other options available to build the future you want.

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Our new virtual reality experience at Rutland Museum is a must try this Summer holiday! There’s also lots more to come soon thanks to a share of the £23.7m Levelling Up Funding I helped secure with the Government, so watch this space… 🗓 Open six days a week, Monday to Saturday 🕙 10am - 4pm

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Thanks to a share of the £23.7 million Levelling Up Funding I secured with the then Conservative-led Rutland County Council, every village in Rutland will benefit from buses for the first time, starting today! You can find out more here: rutlandbuses.info

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

🏡 Do you live in Rutland, Stamford, Harborough or the South Kesteven villages? I would be grateful for your views on which council you think our communities would be best served by under Local Council Re-Organisation. My survey only takes a few minutes to complete: www.aliciakearns.com...

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Are you currently serving in the Armed Forces, a family member of someone serving, or a veteran who lives/has lived in defence housing? Please do feed back your views via my survey so I can represent your views: 👉🏼www.aliciakearns.com...

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

If you haven’t done so already, please do complete my short survey on my website on the Local Council Re-Organisation proposals submitted to Government. Your feedback is vital as I continue to fight to make sure our voices are heard. You can find the survey here: www.aliciakearns.com...

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Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Are you serving in the Armed Forces, a family member of someone serving, or a veteran who lives/has lived in defence housing? As part of the Defence Housing Strategy Review, I would like to hear from you to feed back to the MoD and shape the future of military housing. www.aliciakearns.com...

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