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Winchester & Chandler's Ford MP Steve Brine is passionate about the 'green' agenda which drove him towards a career in politics from a very early age.

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News

New flood defence for Winchester

Flood defences in Winchester will be strengthened thanks to a £895,000 joint project by Hampshire County Council and partner organisations. HCC Leader, Cllr Roy Perry has approved the start of the tendering process for the joint scheme which is funded by Hampshire County Council (£250,000), Winches

Flood consultation for Park Avenue

Steve Brine has welcomed news that Winchester City Council is working in partnership with Hampshire County Council, the Environment Agency and the University of Southampton to develop a flood water management scheme around the North Walls/Park Avenue area of the City. A public consultation on this

Steve Brine MP visits new energy efficient homes in Stanmore

Twenty-one new energy-efficient homes are well under way on the site of the former New Queen's Head pub in Stanmore. Today Cllr Caroline Horrill, Winchester City Council's Portfolio Holder for Housing, provided Steve Brine, local MP for the Winchester and Chandler's Ford constituency, with a sneak

Steve Brine presses Ministers on 'pathfinder' plan in national flooding debate

MP Steve Brine led an important debate in the House of Commons on Wednesday 19th November as MPs discussed flooding and its impact on their constituents. The Winchester & Chandler's Ford MP called the 'Winter Flooding Preparation' debate to highlight the positive response from local authorities

EA launch flood Incident Command Vehicle

Steve Brine met with the Environment Agency on Friday 19th September as the team launched a new Incident Command Vehicle. The launch was part of a live flood response exercise, held at North Walls Recreation Ground, to train staff in helping with a response to a flooding event in Winchester.

Climate Change Minister and local MP meet Cool Communities

Greg Barker, the Minister of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change, joined local MP Steve Brine at the Kings Worthy home of Cool Communities EcoGroup leader Sarah Cramoysan on Monday 9 June to hear about Cool Communities, the new initiative from Winchester Action on Climate Change. O

Steve Brine MP chairs WinACC debate

Steve Brine chaired a major debate on the best way for Winchester District to do our fair share to meet our climate change targets, as eighty people crammed into St Lawrence's Parish Room on Saturday 7th June. Introducing speakers on the national and European targets for greenhouse gas and renewabl

Steve Brine brings Prime Minister's flooding envoy to city

Steve Brine brought a Government Minister to Winchester on Tuesday 29th April as part of his work to ensure that the city's response to the recent flooding is fed into the heart of government. Greg Barker, the Minister of State for Climate Change, visited Water Lane and Park Road as Steve Brine and

Twyford meeting after the floods

Winchester MP Steve Brine brought together local councillors and officials from various agencies today (Wednesday 5th March 2014) to discuss the recent flooding and how it affected the village of Twyford. Senior officers from county and city councils joined representatives from Southern Water and t

MP chairs post-flood meeting in Hursley

The recent flooding has brought many challenges to our area, including the beautiful village of Hursley. Extremely high groundwater levels led to a wide range of problems which flooded cellars and overwhelmed sewerage systems, at one point sending raw sewage down Main Road in the heart of the villa