Ian Sollom MP 🔶
@iansollom.bsky.social
MP for St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire
Liberal Democrats 🔶 Spokesperson for Universities and Skills
Liberal Democrats 🔶 Spokesperson for Universities and Skills
The Government’s proposed cuts to benefits will see more than 400,000 disabled people left facing extra disability related costs with little or no support from PIP. The Government must change course and must listen to disabled people to prevent them being pushed into deep poverty.
December 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The Government’s proposed cuts to benefits will see more than 400,000 disabled people left facing extra disability related costs with little or no support from PIP. The Government must change course and must listen to disabled people to prevent them being pushed into deep poverty.
This is a huge shortfall in what they need to live on and I have met people and organisations in the constituency who are struggling to pay for the support and services they need.
December 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
This is a huge shortfall in what they need to live on and I have met people and organisations in the constituency who are struggling to pay for the support and services they need.
The average Personal Independence Payment (PIP) – the money that enables disabled people to pay for specialist support, medical equipment and transport to access training or work opportunities - is £465 a month across households.
December 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The average Personal Independence Payment (PIP) – the money that enables disabled people to pay for specialist support, medical equipment and transport to access training or work opportunities - is £465 a month across households.
There are over 15,000 disabled people living in St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire and according to Scope’s research, it costs a disabled household over £1,000 a month more to have the same standard of living as non-disabled households.
December 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
There are over 15,000 disabled people living in St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire and according to Scope’s research, it costs a disabled household over £1,000 a month more to have the same standard of living as non-disabled households.
If you need my help or would like to speak to me about an issue, please email me at [email protected] and a member of my team will be in touch.
UK Parliament
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December 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
If you need my help or would like to speak to me about an issue, please email me at [email protected] and a member of my team will be in touch.
✔️ Held my regular MP surgery online, listening to the concerns of local residents and advising them on help I can give.
December 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
✔️ Held my regular MP surgery online, listening to the concerns of local residents and advising them on help I can give.
✔️ Spoke at Report Stage for the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill to present my three amendments which address missed opportunities in the skills devolution elements of the Bill.
December 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
✔️ Spoke at Report Stage for the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill to present my three amendments which address missed opportunities in the skills devolution elements of the Bill.
✔️ Ahead of the Autumn Budget, I spoke to James, owner of Bohemia St. Neots about issues faced by small businesses due to rising energy costs and last year’s rise in National Insurance Contributions.
December 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
✔️ Ahead of the Autumn Budget, I spoke to James, owner of Bohemia St. Neots about issues faced by small businesses due to rising energy costs and last year’s rise in National Insurance Contributions.
✔️ Marked UK Parliament Week 2025 with a visit to Cambourne Village College to speak to Politics A-level students about parliamentary process and the creation of legislation, as well as my path in politics and how they can make their voices heard.
December 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
✔️ Marked UK Parliament Week 2025 with a visit to Cambourne Village College to speak to Politics A-level students about parliamentary process and the creation of legislation, as well as my path in politics and how they can make their voices heard.
✔️ Joined campaigner Dave Young at a prostate cancer event at Cedar House Practice in St Neots, where over 130 men came to speak to GPs about their risk and received PSA testing.
December 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
✔️ Joined campaigner Dave Young at a prostate cancer event at Cedar House Practice in St Neots, where over 130 men came to speak to GPs about their risk and received PSA testing.
✔️ Spoke to members of the Overlapping Illness Alliance to hear about the work they are doing to improve recognition and support for people living with conditions such as ME, Long Covid, EDS and PoTS.
December 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
✔️ Spoke to members of the Overlapping Illness Alliance to hear about the work they are doing to improve recognition and support for people living with conditions such as ME, Long Covid, EDS and PoTS.
✔️ Dropped into Tesco in St Neots to support their Winter Food Collection campaign in collaboration with the Trussell and FareShare.
December 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
✔️ Dropped into Tesco in St Neots to support their Winter Food Collection campaign in collaboration with the Trussell and FareShare.
✔️ Pressed the Housing Minister to ensure that concrete commitments to GP surgeries, school places and transport links are made for St Neots in any planning for new development at Tempsford.
December 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
✔️ Pressed the Housing Minister to ensure that concrete commitments to GP surgeries, school places and transport links are made for St Neots in any planning for new development at Tempsford.
I'll be using that meeting to push for concrete commitments on GP surgeries, school places, and transport links between St Neots and any new development.
November 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I'll be using that meeting to push for concrete commitments on GP surgeries, school places, and transport links between St Neots and any new development.
I secured a commitment from the Housing Minister this week to meet with me once the Strategic Environmental Assessment concludes and the Government confirms whether they will progress with their plans at Tempsford.
November 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I secured a commitment from the Housing Minister this week to meet with me once the Strategic Environmental Assessment concludes and the Government confirms whether they will progress with their plans at Tempsford.
The development could bring opportunities and jobs to our area, but only if the Government ensures that St Neots gets the boost to education, health, and water infrastructure that it will need to accommodate and thrive alongside such significant growth in housing nearby.
November 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The development could bring opportunities and jobs to our area, but only if the Government ensures that St Neots gets the boost to education, health, and water infrastructure that it will need to accommodate and thrive alongside such significant growth in housing nearby.
If you need my help or would like to speak to me about an issue, please email me at [email protected] and a member of my team will be in touch.
UK Parliament
Parliament is made up of the House of Commons and House of Lords. It is responsible for making laws, deciding taxes and scrutinising the Government.
parliament.uk
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
If you need my help or would like to speak to me about an issue, please email me at [email protected] and a member of my team will be in touch.
✔️ Held my regular MP surgery online, listening to the concerns of local residents and advising them on help I can give.
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
✔️ Held my regular MP surgery online, listening to the concerns of local residents and advising them on help I can give.
✔️ Visited Anglia Ruskin University and met with Vice Chancellor, Roderick Watkins. We toured the Cambridge campus and discussed the success ARU has had in steering young people into careers, as well as concerns about the Government’s proposed levy on international students.
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
✔️ Visited Anglia Ruskin University and met with Vice Chancellor, Roderick Watkins. We toured the Cambridge campus and discussed the success ARU has had in steering young people into careers, as well as concerns about the Government’s proposed levy on international students.
✔️ Alongside mothers Lynn and Natasha from my constituency, I met with Minister for Patient Safety to call on the Government to launch a full-scale review and enforcement of clinical governance at Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) Trust.
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
✔️ Alongside mothers Lynn and Natasha from my constituency, I met with Minister for Patient Safety to call on the Government to launch a full-scale review and enforcement of clinical governance at Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) Trust.
✔️ Alongside the Campaign for Mathematical Sciences, I hosted this year’s ‘Maths Week Parliamentary Expo’, bringing together leaders from academia, education and industry to show the huge impact mathematical sciences have on the UK economy.
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
✔️ Alongside the Campaign for Mathematical Sciences, I hosted this year’s ‘Maths Week Parliamentary Expo’, bringing together leaders from academia, education and industry to show the huge impact mathematical sciences have on the UK economy.