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Last Friday I attended the Quarterly Levelling Up Fund Delivery – Programme Board Meeting at The Growth Hub at Vantage Point, Mitcheldean. The multi-site...

A good response on the doorstep today in Newnham-on-Severn as I called on residents. Many I managed to speak to face to face and left a card for those I didn’t...

Earlier today, I was pleased to welcome the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, which will reduce taxes, raise the national living wage for hard-working Britons, and...

I had a great day visiting the Wyedean Rally last Saturday 18th November. Despite the somewhat pessimistic weather forecast, we managed to stay relatively dry...

I am delighted to hear that the Dean Heritage Centre has been awarded £133,886 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to help build a new literary collection...

Much like elsewhere in the country, most people in the Forest of Dean travel by road, and potholes on those roads can cause misery for motorists, from expensive...

This morning I attended Cinderford's Remembrance Sunday parade and service. This year is the 100th anniversary of Cinderford's War Memorial and it was a...

It was a great honour to attend Gloucestershire Constabulary’s Remembrance Service this morning. My fellow Gloucestershire MPs, the Chief Constable, Rod Hansen...

This week I had the honour of planting the Forest of Dean’s cross at the Constituency Garden of Remembrance in the Houses of Parliament. The Garden contains a...