The Prime Minister visited a Wetherspoons pub in Rotherham yesterday to discuss with locals about how they will be impacted by his spring budget announcement.
Rishi Sunak was at The Queens Hotel pub in Maltby during his ‘fleeting visit’ to South Yorkshire.
Sat alongside Alexander Stafford, Rother Valley’s MP, the media asked the PM questions surrounding topics such as devolution, women’s safety, jobs and elections.
The Prime Minister insisted that the people of Rother Valley “are getting the investment and the support that they need.”
Since its creation in 1918, Rother Valley had always elected a Labour MP, but all that changed when the so-called red wall crumbled in 2019, and Alexander Stafford became the first Conservative MP for the constituency.
Sunak insisted that Rother Valley will re-elect a Conservative MP in the next general election.
He told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: “We’ve got a fantastic local MP. Alex does a fantastic job of championing local communities in Parliament and he’s delivering for them.
“This government is delivering for them, £12m of funding for Dinnington, just over £5m already here in Maltby, and we’re having conversations about what Alex would like to do in future that’s going to help regenerate and improve the town centres and local communities, provide opportunities.”
Sunak also visited Doncaster yesterday and was interviewed on BBC Radio 2.
The PM fuelled rumours he could call an early election when he failed to deny that he was secretly plotting a vote in May during the interview.