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It has been a great honour to serve as the Forest of Dean’s Member of Parliament for the last 19 years. Although I am disappointed to have missed out by just...

For 24 years the Forest of Dean has been my home ❤️ It has been an honour to serve you both locally as your MP and nationally as a minister. Thank you for all...

I am pleased to see that the new Forest of Dean Community Hospital in Cinderford has now fully opened this week. It has modern facilities which means more...

The Prime Minister has pledged that the Conservatives will be upgrading the Triple Lock on state pensions to the Triple Lock Plus. I know how much the state...

Yesterday I had a lovely opportunity to visit the Severnbank housing development at Newnham with the builders of the site, MF Freeman. MF Freeman is a local...

On Tuesday, the Prime Minister hosted the second UK Farm to Fork Summit, showing our continued commitment to the farming and food sectors. We are the first...

Well done Chris! Congratulations to Chris Nelson on his re-election as Gloucestershire's Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner. He's worked hard for our...

I am pleased to hear that following a competitive procurement process, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has recently signed a £23 million...

It was an enormous pleasure to have been asked to attend Cinderford RFC last game of the season against Bishop’s Stortford. I was invited to the club by Mr Paul...