Liz Truss calls for action on speeding through village

Ms Truss, who just over two months ago was still living in Downing Street, spent roughly an hour earlier this month at Wretham Village Hall, speaking with parish councillors about the problems their village had been having with speeding. 

Since stepping down from the top job after just 49 days in office - and becoming the shortest-serving prime minister in British history in the process - Ms Truss has been raising the profile of a number of local issues within her South West Norfolk constituency. 

Liz Truss MP, pictured during her resignation as prime minister in October (Image: Press Association)

After a 15-month gap between June 2021 and November 2022, the MP has restarted her monthly newsletters to constituents, updating them on her latest campaigns. 

Writing in her December update, she flagged up her meeting with Wretham parish councillors, which was held in private. 

She said: “I have written to Norfolk County Council to express concern about speeding through the village and have been informed that inspectors will be visiting Wretham in due course to investigate lost and damaged signage.” 

Sharon Ford, the parish council’s vice-chair, said Ms Truss’s office had reached out to parishes across the constituency asking if they would like to speak with her about local issues, and that Wretham was selected as the first to receive a visit. 

“We were concerned about the fact that there have been some fatalities outside of the village,” she said, adding that one of the village’s 40mph limit sign had been missing for some time and that some chevrons also needed to be replaced.

Police at the scene of a crash on the A1075 at Wretham in 2019 (Image: Marc Betts)

“We were very happy that she had listened seriously to our concerns and had gone straight to the [county] council,” said the vice-chair.

“We had a good hour with her down at the village hall, expressing local and national concerns as well, but she was very keen to hear about any local issues that we had particularly.”

Elsewhere in her constituency, Ms Truss has also pressed the case for Swaffham’s Royal Mail sorting office to remain open, as the company is reviewing its customer service points across the country. 

Ms Truss, who was first elected in 2010, has said that she intends to stand as the Conservative candidate at the next election, expected to take place in 2024.