My reaction to yesterday's Budget - rightfully dominated by the response to COVID-19 but other really positive measures - including a £2.5bn 'pothole fund', nearly £650m of funding to help rough sleepers into permanent accommodation, axing the 'tampon-tax' and increasing the National Living Wage to
I am very grateful to Shoreham Methodist Church and the Adur Churches Together for hosting my latest report back meetings last week after my trip to Israel and the Palestinian Territories last year.
Last Friday I hosted a Shoreham ‘Infrastructure Summit’, kindly hosted by Shoreham Port Authority, to bring together key players to look at the increasing problems of congestion and traffic flow in and around Shoreham.
Discussing the 'Shoreham Infrastructure Summit', raising the issue of Kelp forests with the Chancellor, my Israel/Palestine debrief this Thursday in Shoreham, and more in this week's video.
It looks as though my ‘Making Britain Breakfast Again’ initiative to bring the different sides of the Brexit back together after the bruising last couple of years we have had may become redundant. Incredibly Brexit has almost fallen out of circulation as Coronavirus is all encompassing.
This week Parliament approved emergency legislation to stop the automatic early release of potentially dangerous criminals including those in prison for terrorism offences.
A busy week in Westminster and beyond - discussing the landmark Environment Bill, the latest on Coronavirus locally, my ‘Infrastructure Summit’ this Friday, the arrest in Worthing yesterday and more.
A shorter weekly video than usual as this week Parliament is in recess - discussing Storm Dennis, the very successful inaugural ‘Make Britain Breakfast Again’ and the latest developments on coronavirus. Apologies about the video quality!
