A STRONG bid for £50 million of Government support for vital medical research is being backed by a regional MP.
Ellesmere Port and Neston MP Justin Madders, a frontbench health spokesperson in Parliament, joined former leading sportsmen who formed part of a delegation delivering a Motor Neurone Disease (MND) funding call to 10 Downing Street.
The Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care) met former rugby league star Rob Burrow MBE, ex-professional footballer Stephen Darby and others at a reception in Westminster before the letter continued on the final leg of its relay to Number 10.
It was handed in by a delegation including Rob, Stephen, former West Midlands Police Assistant Chief Constable Chris Johnson and Nicola Waters, a leading figure in the campaigning coalition of MND charities.
The letter stated: MND is a death sentence. We will all die of the disease because there are no treatments to help us. However, research has now reached a point where a cure or life-saving treatments can be found.
The current piecemeal and protracted approach of funding individual projects will not deliver the life-saving treatments we need. We urgently appeal for action and investment now.
For more information about the campaign, visit www.mndassociation.org/unitedtoendMND
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