Building back greener Wednesday, 16 December, 2020 Last weekend, the Prime Minister addressed a virtual Climate Ambition Summit, marking the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, and a major milestone on the road to the UN Climate Conference (COP26) in Glasgow next November, hosted by the UK in partnership with Italy. Co-convened by the United Nations, the UK and France, in partnership with Italy and Chile, the summit brought together 75 leaders... Articles
Covid-19 vaccine 9th December 2020 Last week, the independent Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) approved Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine for use. Preparation by the... Articles
Small Business Saturday 2020 5th December 2020 This year, Small Business Saturday is especially important. While business rates relief, a VAT freeze for the leisure & hospitality sector and more than £25... Articles
Women2Win 15 year anniversary celebration 2nd December 2020 Recently, I was proud to join Women2Win to mark their 15 year anniversary, along with MPs, Peers, supporters and almost 300 fantastic female candidates who... Articles
Vote on the new Covid tier system 1st December 2020 This evening, I will regrettably be voting against the new Covid tier system. Why? The Government has still not provided any evidence to MPs that the specific... Articles
Investing in our Armed Forces 25th November 2020 In our manifesto we pledged to increase defence spending by 0.5% above inflation for every year of this parliament. Last week, the Prime Minister announced an... Articles
Letter to the Prime Minister 22nd November 2020 A number of businesses and constituents have written to me in recent weeks concerned that this November’s blanket lockdown, unlike the one earlier this year, is... Articles
Covid Response 19th November 2020 Many constituents have written to me concerned about the impacts of the second national lockdown in terms of physical and mental health, jobs lost and damage to... Articles
Financial support for jobs and businesses 11th November 2020 In response to the vote by Parliament to implement a second national lockdown, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a new package of extra support to... Articles
FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR JOBS AND BUSINESSES 6th November 2020 I hope that my stance over the second national lockdown demonstrates that when I think the Government are getting things wrong, I will call them out and stand... Articles
