Local Matters

Keep up to date with everything I'm doing on the island, and for the island.

Campaigns

Local Jobs for Local People

The UK Government was elected on a manifesto to take us out of the EU and level up the UK.  Levelling up means making sure that areas of the UK that have been underfunded in recent years – like Ynys Môn – get inward investment so that our young people have the same opportunities as more prosper

Ensure Ynys Môn is front and centre of government policy

For years Ynys Môn has been poorly represented in Westminster by our MPs.  Our island needs someone fighting its corner and making sure that the people in power know and understand our local issues and assets.  My fights for Wylfa and a Freeport are well documented but I have also been wor

News

Buy British supermarket campaign backed by myself is a resounding success

A campaign backed by myself calling on supermarkets to implement an online ‘Buy British’ button has been a resounding success with retailers like Aldi and Tesco now signed up. I signed an open letter calling in August last year with her colleagues asking supermarkets to highlight the very best of B

I launch my Aldi to Amlwch campaign

I've launched a campaign with residents to bring Aldi to Amlwch after the community asked her to get involved. I kicked off the drive alongside residents Mandy Jones and councillor Aled Morris just before Easter at the Blueberries Café in the town and 60 residents came along.  Already 150 peo

I meet local residents at Menai Bridge update meeting

Residents visited the Menai Suspension Bridge Community Meeting on Friday, that was instigated by myself, to hear an update by the contractors on the repair works. Around 40 local people went to the Menai Heritage Museum to be briefed by UK Highways A55 Ltd who are undertaking the work on the histo

I supported Llangefni Tourism and Hospitality Jobs Fair

I supported a successful Tourism and Hospitality Jobs Fair held at Llangefni Jobcentre. I made a short speech at the opening of the event and thanked the DWP organisers before going on to meet those looking for work and companies who attended. More than 140 people came to it on Friday.

Huge £14,000 raised for Holyhead education fund at fundraiser

More than £14,000 has been raised to support the educational needs of Holyhead’s young people at a dinner hosted by Ynys Môn MP Virginia Crosbie. Ninety people were at Braids Bistro, Holyhead Golf Club last Thursday for the event in aid of the John Cave Memorial School Fund. The guest of honour wa

I'm supporting new legislation to protect livestock from dog attacks

I'm supporting a parliamentary Bill to better protect livestock from dog attacks. I have been a champion of legislation to tighten up the laws on livestock worrying and is now backing the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill that has government support. In 2021 I brought forward a bill

I support Brynsiencyn residents in double yellow lines battle

Ynys Môn MP Virginia Crosbie has met with 45 residents concerned about the introduction of double yellow lines by Anglesey County Council in the village of Brynsiencyn. Virginia visited the village’s High Street on Saturday to talk to residents opposed to the authority’s plans to put the lines on b

Virginia Crosbie MP launches Local Jobs for Local People Campaign

Ynys Môn MP Virginia Crosbie has today launched a Local Jobs for Local People campaign to make the very best of the freeport, green energy and Levelling Up opportunities on the island. Virginia said that local people were concerned that investment through the freeport and a possible new nuclear pla

Freeport Seminar - 24 November 2023

If you are wondering what Freeport status could mean for you, your family and your business, register to attend my free Freeport Seminar on 24 November in M-SParc to find out more. Click here for details.

Holyhead and Anglesey Mail - Nuclear Week in Parliament

Why I wear my nuclear badge with pride Gan ei bod hi’n wythnos niwclear yn Senedd y DU, mae’n gyfle i mi dynnu sylw at y rhesymau pam rwy’n benderfynol o ddod ag ynni niwclear newydd i Wylfa. Mae mwy na hanner poblogaeth ein hynys yn siarad Cymraeg, a dyna pam roedd fy nghynnig cynnar (EDM) cyntaf